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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Documents

The Struggle of Palestinian Women The Struggle of Palestinian Women
Publisher: Palestine National Assembly Research CenterDate: 9/1975Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis of women's involvement in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle.
A Verdict on Sponsored Terrorism - The Bouchiki Case A Verdict on Sponsored Terrorism - The Bouchiki Case
Publisher: The Palestine Research CenterDate: 11/1974Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
"Translation of the Oslo magistrate's summary and jurisdiction of the Bouchiki trial" evidencing "Israeli clandestine activities in many parts of the world" and revealing "the manner in which state conducted terrorism was carried out against innocent individuals thought to be Palestinian leaders or activists."
Discrimination in Education Against the Arabs in Israel Discrimination in Education Against the Arabs in Israel
Author: Fayez A. SayeghPublisher: Palestinian Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 9/1966Volume Number: Facts and Figues Series - No. 3Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Study of the exclusion of and discrimination against Arabs in educational institutions in Israel.
Political and Armed Struggle Political and Armed Struggle
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement: FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Detailed information about Fateh's position on political struggle and armed struggle as compliments in the battle for national liberation.
Al-Fatah: Press Release No. 1 Al-Fatah: Press Release No. 1
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehDate: 1/1968Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Issued by Al-Fatah "in order to clarify its stand vis-a-vis the Israeli occupation forces and enlighten world public opinion as to the present dimensions of its struggle for its liberation of Palestine."
On Terrorism/ Role of the Party/ Leninism vs. Zionism On Terrorism/ Role of the Party/ Leninism vs. Zionism
Publisher: Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Three articles translated into English from the original Arabic reprinted from the Palestine Resistance Bulletin. Articles one, "Terrorism and Revolutionary Violence," is a "critical analysis of terrorism and its role in revolutionary struggle." Article two, "Role of the Party" states the "necessity of forming a vanguard party in order to insure the continual development of the resistance struggle along the path of the socialist revolution." Article three, "The Leninist Struggle Against Zionism: is a "brief historical analysis of Zionism in its conflict with the international communist movement."
The August Program and A Democratic Solution The August Program and A Democratic Solution
Publisher: Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis by the "Marxist-Leninist wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who later split from the front in February of 1969 and formed the Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" of "the struggle of the Palestinian people against imperialism, Zionism, and Arab reaction. It also explains the failure of the Palestine revolts in 1936 and 1948 and the factors which caused these failures. The analysis also explains the failures of the present Arab regimes."
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Committees for Solidarity with the Palestinian Revolution Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Committees for Solidarity with the Palestinian Revolution
Publisher: Committees for Solidarity with the Palestinian RevolutionDate: 11/1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Introduction to the Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine with a goal of correcting the British Left's "understanding of the present liberation struggle of the Palestinian people and transform[ing] this understanding into active support."
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).
Fact Sheet from the Committee to Protest Sharon's War Crimes Fact Sheet from the Committee to Protest Sharon's War Crimes
Publisher: Committee to Protest Sharon's War CrimesFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Zionism
Provides a list of facts regarding the career Ariel Sharon and his role in the 1982 massacres at Sabra and Shatila.