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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Weather Underground Organization (WUO)

The Weather Underground Organization (WUO) was a clandestine, militant anti-racist organization that aimed to overthrow US imperialism. It was formed in 1969 by members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) following internal ideological struggle within SDS. Aligning itself with the anti-war movement and supporting Third World liberation struggles, the WUO staged a campaign of numerous bombings and other direct actions from the late 196s to mid-1970s, in solidarity with liberation struggles in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and in the United States. The organization published numerous pamphlets, communiques, and periodicals and a book Prairie Fire: the Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. The organization disbanded in 1976. In addition to the book, the collection includes monographs from the WUO, communiques, and all issues of the periodical Osawatomie.

Documents

Weather Underground Attack Kennecott Corporation Headquarters Weather Underground Attack Kennecott Corporation Headquarters
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationDate: 9/4/1975Format: CommuniqueCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Communique released by WUO taking responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of Kennecott Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Prarie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism Prarie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism
Publisher: Bay Area Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 5/1975Format: BookCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
A re-print of Prairie Fire, the political statement of the Weather Underground.A strategy for anti-imperialism and revolution inside the imperial US. Contents include: Arm the Spirit; Vietnam; On the Road: Impressions of US History; Imperialism Crisis: The Third World; Imperialism in Crisis: The Home Front; Against the Common Enemy .
Bernardine Dorhn [mp3] Bernardine Dorhn [mp3]
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationFormat: mp3Collection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Sent on international Women's Day, 1975 by the Weather Underground, this includes a statement by Bernardine Dohrn and a poem to Assata Shakur by Kathy Boudin, who is herself now a political prisoner. the audio quality reflects the less than ideal recording conditions, but the message comes through.
Osawatomie Vol. 2-1 Osawatomie Vol. 2-1
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: April-May Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 6 PUERTO RICO 12 REVIEW: AKWASASNE NOTES 16 FIREWORKS: THE WAR OF 1898 17 THE VOLUNTEER ARMY 21 TOOLBOX: SELF-DETERMINATION 22 ZIONISM IS RACISM 24 EYE OF THE STORM: ANGOLA 26 PAUL ROBESON 27 CHOU EN-LAI
Osawatomie Vol. 2-2 Osawatomie Vol. 2-2
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: June-July Vol. 2-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 3 NEWS 6 i CUBA Si! 9 OUT OF WORK 12 FIREWORKS : RECONSTRUCTION 14 FREDERICK DOUGLASS1 4th OF JULY SPEECH 16 WHERE WE STAND 21 EYE OF THE STORM: BOSTON 23 200 YEARS OF DECEIT & DISGRACE 24 TOOLBOX: SUPEREXPLOITATION 25 FICTION: THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
Osawatomie No. 2 Osawatomie No. 2
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Summer No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 6 A MIGHTY ARMY: An Investigation of Women Workers 14 THE POLITICS OF DAYCARE 15 VICTORY IN VIETNAM 18 THE TRIAL: STORIES FROM A TRUCK STOP 20 VICTORY TO THE PONCE CEMENT STRIKE 22 IMPERIALISM = HUNGER 29 June 25th: MOZAMBIQUE INDEPENDENCE DAY 32 The Unemployed Get Organized 33 REVIEW: LONGTIME CALIFORN'
Osawatomie No. 3 Osawatomie No. 3
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Autumn No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents 3 WHERE WE STAND 7 PRISON: BREAK THE CHAINS 14 REVIEW: Three Books about Women 16 Fighting For Our Film 18 WUO Bombs Kennecott 19 Defend the Portuguese Revolution 22 TOOLBOX: Socialism 23 Boston: The Battle Rages 26 FIREWORKS. Korea: The First Defeat 28 THE TRAIL More Stories from a Truck Stop 30 Country Music
Osawatomie No. 4 Osawatomie No. 4
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975-76Volume Number: Winter 1975-76 No. 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 3 WHERE WE STAND 7 CLASS STRUGGLE IN NY: The Truth Behind Default 13 FICTION: THE CLIFFS 14 FIREWORKS: John Brown 16 MO MORE BROKEN TREATIES 18 FIGHTING BACK 24 TOOLBOX: Surplus Value 25 YOUR JOB IS KILLING YOU 28 REVIEW: Labor Radical 30 EYE OF THE STORM: Armed Struggle* The SLA
Osawatomie No. 1 Osawatomie No. 1
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Spring No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 3 WHERE WE STAND DON'T MOURN, ORGANIZE! 7 THE BATTLE OF BOSTON: An Investigation of ROAR 13 POPULATION CONTROL 15 TOOLBOX INTERNATIONAL!SM 18 THE WAR COMES HOME: Roots of the Economic Crisis 25 FIREWORKS SMOKE SIGNALS 27 REVIEW: CUBAN WOMEN NOW 31 US. FAILURE IN CAMBODIA
Constructive Criticism Constructive Criticism
Authors: Vicki Legion, Betty DoerrFormat: PamphletCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
A pamphlet containing advice on how to avoid categorical thinking and provide constructive criticism.