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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

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.
Gaza Gaza
Author: Arlette TessierPublisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 8/1971Volume Number: Palestine Essays No. 27Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
History and analysis of the people and land of Gaza during Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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.
Address by Al-Fateh Delegation to the Second International conference in Support of the Arab Peoples Address by Al-Fateh Delegation to the Second International conference in Support of the Arab Peoples
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehDate: 1/1969Format: TranscriptCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Transcription of address by Al-Fateh Delegation to the Second International conference in Cairo January 1969 advocating for Palestinian and Arab Liberation from Israeli violence and imperialism.
The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Al-Fateh The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Al-Fateh
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
History and analysis of Israeli Palestinian conflict and the growth and goals of Al-Fateh as it struggles for democratic, non-sectarian Palestine. I. Introduction II. History of the Palestine Problem III. The Emergence of al-Fateh IV. Aims and Objectives of al-Fateh V. The Position of al-Fateh vis-s-vis: The State of Israel; the Arab countries; the two superpowers; the United Nations VI. Al-Fateh and the Future
Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem
Authors: L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard, George JabbourPublisher: General Union of Palestine Students: Kuwaiti Graduate SocietyYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Two essays from the Second International Symposium on Palestine. The first is "The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine problem" by L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard. The Second is "An Agenda for Research on Settler Colonialism" by Mr. George Jabbour. Both of these papers were presented at the Second International Symposium on Palestine Feb. 13-17, 1971.
The Imperialist Roots of Zionism The Imperialist Roots of Zionism
Format: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Discusses the role of Imperial Britain in promoting the Zionist colonization of Palestine. Also discusses a June 1967 strike by Arab workers in the West Bank.