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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle East Conflict...but were afraid to ask Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle East Conflict...but were afraid to ask
Publisher: Arab Information CenterYear: 1973Format: PamphletCollection: Anti-Zionism
Provides numerous statistics and facts regarding the persecution of Arabs by Israel and the role of Zionist propaganda in promoting the idea that Israel has sole claim to the land of Palestine.
Prominent Jews Issue Warning Prominent Jews Issue Warning
Publisher: New York TimesDate: 12/4/1948Format: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Open letter denouncing the oppressive and fascist Israeli government under Menachem Begin.
Israeli Atrocities Against the Palestinian People Israeli Atrocities Against the Palestinian People
Publisher: The American Jewish Committee on Human RightsYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Compiles newspaper articles and other reports detailing abuses and atrocities committed by Israel against Palestinians since 1948. Discusses looting, censorship, forced expulsion, the use of torture against prisoners, collective punishment, napalm, and various massacres, such as those at Deir Yasin and Kafr Qasim.
Who is Menahem Begin? - A Documentary Sketch Who is Menahem Begin? - A Documentary Sketch
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine StudiesYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
In this documentary collection, the Institute for Palestinian Studies presents a reminder of Menahem Begin, the Irgun leader responsible for the Deir Yasin Massacre of 1948, and an introduction to the Arab and foreign policy of Menahem Begin, the Huret and Likud leader who stands first in line to be Israel's new prime minister.
Primer the Palestinian Right of Return Primer the Palestinian Right of Return
Publisher: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate: 9/2000Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
Publication of the Western Regional Task Force of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee regarding the Palestinian right of return.
The Arabs in Israel The Arabs in Israel
Author: Sabri JiryisPublisher: Fifth of June SocietyDate: 5/1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Selection from full text describing conditions of Arab minority in Israel and the "network of hostile laws and military courts under which most Israeli Arabs live." First published in Haifa in Hebrew in 1966 and was quickly suppressed by the Israeli authorities.
Deir Yassin, 1948 Zeita, Beit Nuba and Yalu, 1967 Deir Yassin, 1948 Zeita, Beit Nuba and Yalu, 1967
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: CompilationCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Two articles on massacre and destruction of Arabs and and their homes by Israeli military in the villages of Deir Yassin and and Zeita. The article on Deir Yassin appeared in the April 1969 edition of Perspective. The one on Zeita, Beit Nuba and Yala is a reprint from the June 16, 1968 edition of the Sunday Times.
Why did the Palestinians leave Palestine in 1948? Why did the Palestinians leave Palestine in 1948?
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis of Arab mass exodus of April 1948 and the calculated moves of Zionist powers that led to it. Al-Karamah First Anniversary 21 March 1968 - 21 March 1969.
Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem
Authors: L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard, George JabbourPublisher: General Union of Palestine Students: Kuwaiti Graduate SocietyYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Two essays from the Second International Symposium on Palestine. The first is "The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine problem" by L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard. The Second is "An Agenda for Research on Settler Colonialism" by Mr. George Jabbour. Both of these papers were presented at the Second International Symposium on Palestine Feb. 13-17, 1971.