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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Subcollections

  • Arab Perspectives on Palestine
    Arab Perspectives on Palestine
    Various publications concerning the Arab world produced by members of the Arab community both in the Middle East and within the diaspora.
  • Anti-Zionism
    Anti-Zionism
    Numerous publications challenging the Zionist ideology and the use of Zionism by the Israeli State to justify territorial claims.
  • Human Rights in Palestine
    Human Rights in Palestine
    Various publications about Israeli Human Rights abuses against Palestinians.
  • International Perspectives on Palestine
    International Perspectives on Palestine
    The following collection is comprised of sub-collections focusing on perspectives and information about Palestine from three non-Palestinian organizations.
  • Institute for Palestine Studies
    Institute for Palestine Studies
    The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) was established in Beirut in 1963 as an independent non-profit research institution, unaffiliated with any political organization or government.
  • Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
    Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
    Literature from revolutionary groups in struggle to liberate Palestine.

Documents

Transnational Links Between Arab Community in the US and Arab World Transnational Links Between Arab Community in the US and Arab World
Author: Ayad Al-QazzazPublisher: Cal Central PressYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Palestine
The Wandering Palestinians: Every Man Has a Right to a Country The Wandering Palestinians: Every Man Has a Right to a Country
Author: Eric RouleauPublisher: The GuardianDate: 1/20/1973Call Number: Format: ArticleProducers: The Guardian, Le MondeCollection: Palestine
This article, published in The Guardian, is the first part of a series on the history of the Palestinian peoples' struggles against Zionism, occupation, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, labor violations, and numerous human rights violations.
Birzeit University Conference - Struggles for Freedom Birzeit University Conference - Struggles for Freedom
Date: 3/2016Call Number: V 826Format: DVDProducers: Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University, Arab, Muslim Ethnicities, Diasporas InitiativeCollection: Palestine
San Francisco State and Birzeit University team up for conference: Dimensions of the Palestinian, Indigenous and third world liberation struggles and resistance were marked at the 7th annual conference of "Struggles for Freedom" organized by the Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University and San Francisco State University's Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative. The conference provided a comparative approach of the Indigenous, Black and Puerto Rican Liberation movements in the United States and anti-colonial resistance movement in Palestine, exploring the dynamics of subjugation employed by colonial/racist powers as well as acts of resistance deployed by Natives, Blacks, Latino and Palestinians in their freedom struggles. http://mondoweiss.net/2016/04/creating-an-alternative-world-thru-solidarity-and-collectivity-sf-state-univ-and-birzeit-team-up-for-conference/
An Arab's View on the Palestine Crises An Arab's View on the Palestine Crises
Author: Talat Al-GhousseinPublisher: Government Printing PressDate: 2/9/1966Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Address of Kuwati Ambassador Talat Al-Ghoussein to the American University, Washington DC. The focus of the address is on the colonization of Palestine.
World Public Opinion and Israel World Public Opinion and Israel
Publisher: United Arab Republic Ministry of National Guidance State Information ServiceYear: 1968Volume Number: Series 4Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Articles and letters published by the world press on the situation in the Middle East and the Israeli occupied territories.
World Public Opinion and Israel [6] World Public Opinion and Israel [6]
Publisher: United Arab Republic Ministry of National Guidance State Information ServiceVolume Number: Series 6Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A History of the Balfour Declaration as published in London by the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding in October 1967.
World Public Opinion and the Current Aggression in the Middle East World Public Opinion and the Current Aggression in the Middle East
Publisher: United Arab Republic Ministry of National Guidance State Information ServiceVolume Number: Series 1Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Articles and letters published by the world press on the situation in the Middle East and the Israeli occupied territories.
The Democratic Progressive State in Palestine The Democratic Progressive State in Palestine
Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Palestinian youth attending the 10th International Youth Festival in Berlin, Germany write to international youth about the slogan of the democratic progressive state as a strategic goal in the national liberation struggle against Zionist colonization.
The Arab-Israeli Dispute The Arab-Israeli Dispute
Publisher: American T.V.Date: 12/3/1967Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Transcript of the David Susskind Show on which Fayez Sayegh was a guest.
Getting Back to the Basics for the 80's Getting Back to the Basics for the 80's
Author: Dr. Sabah KabbaniPublisher: The National Association of Arab AmericansDate: 1/26/1980Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Speech given by Dr. Sabah Kabbani (Ambassador of Syria) to the San Francisco Chapter of the National Association of Arab Americans.