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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

Palestine

This collection includes a wide range of audio tapes and English publications about the Palestinian struggle for self determination, the colonization of Palestine and Zionism. Political journals and monographs from multiple viewpoints on topics such as Zionism, Israeli abuses of human rights and international law, the role of the US and Britain policy in shaping Palestine, as well as on the Middle East and the Arab world. Perspectives in this collection are drawn from international organizations in the West and the Middle East, Palestinian revolutionary organizations, academics, thinkers and students, and voices of everyday Palestinian resistance. The majority of the materials in this collection are paper documents; monographs, periodicals, articles and pamphlets; however it also includes a number of important and unique audio materials. The bulk of the collection focuses on Palestinian resistance between 1948 and the early 1990s.   

News and information about Palestine: Institute for Middle East Understanding; If Americans Knew; B’TSELEM (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories);

Analysis on Palestine: ElectronicIntifada; Mondoweiss; +972 Magazine

Subcollections

  • Arab Perspectives on Palestine
    Arab Perspectives on Palestine
    Various publications concerning the Arab world produced by members of the Arab community both in the Middle East and within the diaspora.
  • Anti-Zionism
    Anti-Zionism
    Numerous publications challenging the Zionist ideology and the use of Zionism by the Israeli State to justify territorial claims.
  • Human Rights in Palestine
    Human Rights in Palestine
    Various publications about Israeli Human Rights abuses against Palestinians.
  • International Perspectives on Palestine
    International Perspectives on Palestine
    The following collection is comprised of sub-collections focusing on perspectives and information about Palestine from three non-Palestinian organizations.
  • Institute for Palestine Studies
    Institute for Palestine Studies
    The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) was established in Beirut in 1963 as an independent non-profit research institution, unaffiliated with any political organization or government.
  • Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
    Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
    Literature from revolutionary groups in struggle to liberate Palestine.

Documents

Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid Zionism - The Forgotten Apartheid
Publisher: Al-Talib and AlKalimaDate: 12/2001Volume Number: Special EditionFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
A collaboration between two news magazines focusing on giving the reader a brief understanding of Zionism and its effects. Includes facts, a timeline, an expose on torture, massacres and human rights violations. Also contains information on foreign aid, Israel's international war crimes and more. Published by the collective staffs of Al-Talib (UCLA) and Alkalima (UC-Irvine).
Information Paper No. 20: Zionism and the Problem of Palestinian Human Rights Information Paper No. 20: Zionism and the Problem of Palestinian Human Rights
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 10/1976Call Number: Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
Information Paper No. 20 documents the Isareli state's acts of political repression in occupied lands and investigates how and why they occur. It provides context and background on the State of Israel--its origins and developments over time.
Palestine Human Rights Bulletin Palestine Human Rights Bulletin
Publisher: Palestine Human Rights CampaignDate: 6/30/1977Volume Number: No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Contains reports written by Felicia Langer and Leah Tsemel detailing a hunger strike by Arab prisoners at the Ashkelon jail. The strike was undertaken in response to poor conditions at the prison.
Palestine Human Rights Bulletin Palestine Human Rights Bulletin
Publisher: Palestine Human Rights CampaignDate: 8/30/1977Volume Number: No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Contains an excerpt from a letter written by Noam Chomsky to Roger Baldwin of the International League for Human Rights (ILHR). Letter takes issue with the ILHR's stance towards Israeli and their neglect in reporting certain Israeli abuses, such as the use of torture against Palestinian prisoners.
Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned About the Middle East (Summer 1990) Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned About the Middle East (Summer 1990)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastYear: 1994Call Number: Volume Number: 34-4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Features articles detailing the environmental impacts of Israeli occupation, including the degradation of land, exploitation of water resources, and pollution from agricultural chemicals. Newsletter also includes short reports on homelessness in Jerusalem and Palestinian women political prisoners. a. Marla Schrader, “Environmental Degredation and Conflict in Palestine” i. Land degredation and desertification ii. Water resources iii. Agrochemical pollution iv. Waste water pollution v. Palestinian efforts b. homelessness in Jerusalem c. Book Reviews i. Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family (Hanna Mina) ii. Daughter of Damascus (Siham Tergeman)
Arab Palestinian Resistance (May 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (May 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 5/1970Volume Number: Vol. II No. 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Includes pieces by Dr. Constantine Zurayk, Dr.Abdul Fattah Haykal.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 12/1970Volume Number: Vol. II - No. 12cFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami,Dr. George Tomeh, Abdul-Samad Hasan, and Ibrahim Al Abid.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (October 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (October 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 10/1970Volume Number: Vol. II No. 12aFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami,George Jabbour, Walid Haj Abed, Ibrahim Al-Abid, V. Pyatigorov, and Shawkat Uthmani.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1971) Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1971)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 12/1971Volume Number: Vol. III - No. 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami, Sabry Jiryis, Husam Khatib, Shafiq Al-Hout, V. Lavrovsky, Irene Beeson.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1972) Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1972)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 2/1972Volume Number: Vol. 4-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Topics of coverage include the British betrayal of Palestine; the Jews of Syria; Resistance Operations; China and the Middle East; Ralph Bunche and the Palestine Conflict. Also poems, books reviews, documents, questions and answers, the Palestine Question in world press, more.