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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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 Peaceful Solution: Illusions and Realities The Peaceful Solution: Illusions and Realities
Author: Hisham SharabiPublisher: Fifth of June SocietyYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Excerpt form an address by Professor Hisham Sharabi, given on Nov. 4, 1970 to the Americans for Justice in the Middle East in Beirut. Reveals "political settlement" as Zionist propaganda and instead asserts the "only solution lies in the defeat of Zionism and the restoration of Palestinian and Arab rights by armed struggle."
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine Zionist Colonialism in Palestine
Author: Fayez A. SayeghPublisher: Research Center Palestine Liberation OrganizationDate: 9/1965Volume Number: Palestine Monographs 1Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Traces the rise of Zionism, the character of the Zionist state, and the Palestinian resistance to Zionist colonialism. Includes information on participation of African, Asian, and Non-Aligned states.
Palestine and Arab Nationalism Palestine and Arab Nationalism
Author: Dr. Anis SayeghPublisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 1/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essay No. 3Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Exploration of the inextricable and complex relationship between Palestinian liberation and Arab nationalism.
Palestine, Israel and Peace Palestine, Israel and Peace
Author: Fayez A. SayeghPublisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 2/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essays No. 17Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
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."
Palestinian Children: The Generation of Liberation Palestinian Children: The Generation of Liberation
Author: Bassem SirhanPublisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 9/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essays No.23Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
"Summary of a sociological study of Palestinian children." "The study aims to measure: 1.The national awareness and identity of the Palestinian children who were born outside Palestine and who have never seen Palestine. 2. The degree of attachment of Palestinian children to their homeland, and how much they are ready to suffer in order to liberate it."
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."
The Palestinian National Convenant The Palestinian National Convenant
Author: Lisa KadiPublisher: Israel Information CenterDate: 5/1978Format: PamphletCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Reproduction of text of Palestinian National Covenant, used as charter of Palestine Liberation Organization published officially, in English, by the PLO, articulating goals of PLO.
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.
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.