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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Jewish Critics of Zionism - A Testamentary Essay Jewish Critics of Zionism - A Testamentary Essay
Author: Moshe MehuhinCall Number: Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
Provides a history of Zionist ideology and the numerous Jewish critics who have spoken out against Israeli actions. Photocopy from a book.
"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.
International Declarations: Zionism and Racism International Declarations: Zionism and Racism
Publisher: Palestine Information OfficeYear: 1981Call Number: Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
Contents include: Declaration and Resolution of the International Forum on Zionism and Racism (Tripoli, Libya 1976) and Resolutions Adopted by the Symposium on Zionism (Baghdad, Iraq 1976). The declarations and resolutions represent the views and ideas of a wide range of intellectuals and activists from Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as Europe and the United States.
Zionist Israeli Acts of Terrorism 1939-1974 Zionist Israeli Acts of Terrorism 1939-1974
Publisher: Free PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Report enumerating Zionist and Israeli acts of terror against Arabs between 1939 and 1974.
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 (February 1971) Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1971)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 2/1971Volume Number: Vol. III - No. 2Format: 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, Hakam Bala'awi, Ibrahim Al-Abid, Yousef Khatib, V. Sidenko.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (January 1971) Arab Palestinian Resistance (January 1971)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 1/1971Volume Number: Vol. III - No. 1Format: 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, Yousef Khatib, Yahya Makhlof, and Ibrahim Al-Abid.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (January 1972) Arab Palestinian Resistance (January 1972)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 1/1972Volume Number: Vol. IV - No. 1Format: 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. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami, Odeh Abu Rdeneh, Khaled Fahoum, E. Dimitriyev, V. Alexeyev, Hanna Farha, and Khalid Kishtainy.