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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Anti-Zionism

This collection contains numerous publications challenging Zionism, the racist political-religious ideology which argues that the Jewish people have legitimate territorial claims to a Jewish homeland. The Zionist movement began in 1897 with the foundation of the World Zionist Organization by Theodor Herzl. Zionist ideology plays a major role in justifying the colonization of Palestine and creation of the Israeli State in 1948 and in further conquests of Palestinian lands in the June 1967 and October 1973 Wars. Today, it continues to be central in legitimizing the proliferation of Israeli settlements in Palestine and the accompanying state sanctioned violence and racism. While centered in Israel, Zionist ideology has widespread support throughout the world, particularly in the United States. The collection presents the views of numerous critics of Zionism, particularly Jewish anti-Zionists such as Moshe Menuhin and Dr. Israel Shahak. It  includes articles, monographs, and books on anti-Zionism, the colonial roots and nature of Zionism, socialist responses and alternatives to Zionism, and the viciousness of the Zionist lobby in the United States, particularly the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Documents

Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ)
Date: 2/4/1980Call Number: KP 210Format: CassetteProducers: Anne GonskiProgram: KPFACollection: Anti-Zionism
Four members of JAAZ are interviewed on KPFA radio to make the distinction between of what is Zionism and being Jewish and the relation of anti-Semitism. There is also a discussion of Israel's economic motives for settlement of the occupied territories in Palestine, U.S. interests in the Middle East, racism and sexism within Israel itself, and solutions to the conflict.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting
Date: 6/28/1980Call Number: KP 211Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members pose many questions in order to clarify and discuss their purpose, focus, actions, and general political direction. There is frank examination of specific stances on Zionism in regards to a Jewish state and Palestine and the occupation of the West Bank. This is Part 1 of 2 -- see KP 212.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting
Date: 6/28/1980Call Number: KP 212Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members pose many questions in order to clarify and discuss their purpose, focus, actions, and general political direction. There is frank examination of specific stances on Zionism in regards to a Jewish state and Palestine and the occupation of the West Bank. Consideration of the relation of anti-Semitism in Zionism and role Jews in the U.S. can play in assisting with the Palestinian right to self-determination. This is Part 2 of 2 -- see KP 211.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study
Date: 1/1/1980Call Number: KP 213Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members' educational workshop on Middle Eastern culture within the broader context of Israel. Covers the strategic history of oil economics in relations to U.S. policy. In-depth examination of women historically in Islamic culture plus current issues and movement. Includes discussion of genital mutilation. Part 1 of 2 - see KP 214.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study
Date: 1/1/1980Call Number: KP 214Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members' educational workshop on Middle Eastern culture within the broader context of Israel. In-depth feminist analysis and the roles of women in both Israel and Palestine-also includes other discussion of class struggles and racism within that context. Some of the early history of Jewish and Islamic relations. Part 2 of 2 - see KP 213.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #1 Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #1
Date: 7/6/1978Call Number: KP 217Format: Cass A & BCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members' internal educational workshop on Zionism and the state of Israel. Examines historical perspectives of Zionism beginning with pre WWII Palestine. Discussion of the role of propaganda. Touches on the relation between immigration, settlement, colonization, and the occupied territories.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #2 Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #2
Date: 7/6/1978Call Number: KP 218AFormat: Cass ACollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members' internal educational workshop on Zionism and the state of Israel. Questions the role of American Zionists, discusses immigration as necessary for territorial expansion, and the examination of cultural and racist myths of both Arabs and Jews.
All Jews are Zionists: The Unquestioned Assumption All Jews are Zionists: The Unquestioned Assumption
Publisher: Jewish Alliance Against ZionismFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Zionism
Flyer for forum on Anti-Zionism at Women's Building in San Francisco.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Warsaw Ghetto/Tal al Zaatar
Date: 4/23/1988Call Number: FI 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Dramatic reading that compares two struggles--the Warsaw Ghetto resistance to fascism and the Palestinian resistance to Zionist-backed invasion of the Tal al-Zaatar refugee camp in Lebanon A back-and-forth reading of poems, testimonials, and commentaries from both emphasizing the common strand of oppressed people resisting against all odds. Singing of "Zog Nit Kenymol," an anti-fascist WW 2 song at the end.
JAAZ Educational JAAZ Educational
Call Number: FI 311Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Program with educational presentations by several members of the Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ).