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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

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.
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."
The Palestinian Revolution/The Right to Self-Determination and the Independent State The Palestinian Revolution/The Right to Self-Determination and the Independent State
Publisher: The Democratic Front for the Liberation of PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Report following the convening of the 13th Palestinian Council, the Martyr Kamal Junblatt session, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's eighth anniversary of its foundation. Report includes several examples of the activities of the eighth anniversary celebration including an interview of General Secretary of the DFLP on that occasion." "The report also contains the position of the DFLP and the documents it presented in the thirteenth session of the Palestinian National Council (Cairo, March 12-29, 1977), the results of the work of the Council," and the DFLP's view of the results.
A Palestinian View A Palestinian View
Author: Fayez A. SayeghPublisher: General Union of Palestine Students: 2nd World ConferenceFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Essay arguing: "struggle of indigenous Palestinian population against Zionist colonists" is the "origin and cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the key to its solution."
"All Jews Are Zionists" The Unquestioned Assumption (with additional info) "All Jews Are Zionists" The Unquestioned Assumption (with additional info)
Publisher: The Jewish Alliance Against ZionismCall Number: Format: FlyerCollection: Anti-Zionism
Multi-panel flyer announcing forum and cultural evening on Jewish anti-Zionism and the Middle East crisis. The program includes background on Zionism, perspective on anti-Semitism, Zionism in practice, and a discussion period. Flyer includes illustrations of fluctuating Palestinian borders under British Mandate, 1947 UN Partition Plan, and the wars of 1948 and 1967. Under the illustrations, pivotal moments in the battle over Palestinian land are listed chronologically. Ruthie Gorton song titled "Free Palestine Now" included on the back.
Zionism and Apartheid Zionism and Apartheid
Call Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Anti-Zionism
United Nations and International Response to: Israel and South Africa Collaboration. This pamphlet provides a number of General Assembly Resolutions related to the international response of the United Nations to the issue of Palestine and South African apartheid. Resolutions include condemnation of states and companies who provide the South African military regime with equipment and supplies, elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, and more. Of emphasis are concerns regarding the strengthening relations between Israel and South Africa.