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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

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."
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.
Information Papers No.8 - Altered Realities: The Palestinians Since 1967 Information Papers No.8 - Altered Realities: The Palestinians Since 1967
Author: Ibrahim Abu-LughodPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 12/1973Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A study of Palestine-Israel relationships, the differences between the two histories
Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1976Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A close study of the history of peace efforts and the search for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, covering three periods: 1920-1948; 1948-1967; 1967-present
Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography
Author: Hatem HussainiPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1975Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A bibliography with both Arab and non-Zionist perspectives on publications that deal with the Arab-Israeli confrontation.
Association of Arab-American University Graduates Catalogue of Publications Association of Arab-American University Graduates Catalogue of Publications
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Year: 1980Format: CatalogCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A catalogue of publications focused on Arab and Middle East issues
Ruthie Gorton song on Palestine resistance:“Tal al Zaatar” Ruthie Gorton song on Palestine resistance:“Tal al Zaatar”
Call Number: KP 066Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Anti-Zionism
Ruthie Gorton sings solo about the oppression of the Palestinian people at the hands of Zionists. Lyrics about refugee camps, resistance, heroism and bloodshed.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ)
Date: 2/4/1980Call Number: KP 210Format: CassetteProducers: Anne GonskiProgram: KPFACollection: Anti-Zionism
Four members of JAAZ are interviewed on KPFA radio to make the distinction between of what is Zionism and being Jewish and the relation of anti-Semitism. There is also a discussion of Israel's economic motives for settlement of the occupied territories in Palestine, U.S. interests in the Middle East, racism and sexism within Israel itself, and solutions to the conflict.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting
Date: 6/28/1980Call Number: KP 211Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members pose many questions in order to clarify and discuss their purpose, focus, actions, and general political direction. There is frank examination of specific stances on Zionism in regards to a Jewish state and Palestine and the occupation of the West Bank. This is Part 1 of 2 -- see KP 212.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Internal Meeting
Date: 6/28/1980Call Number: KP 212Format: CassetteProducers: JAAZCollection: Anti-Zionism
JAAZ members pose many questions in order to clarify and discuss their purpose, focus, actions, and general political direction. There is frank examination of specific stances on Zionism in regards to a Jewish state and Palestine and the occupation of the West Bank. Consideration of the relation of anti-Semitism in Zionism and role Jews in the U.S. can play in assisting with the Palestinian right to self-determination. This is Part 2 of 2 -- see KP 211.