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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.
To All Progressive Democratic People To All Progressive Democratic People
Publisher: The Patriotic Democratic Assembly of Jordan Students in the USAFormat: StatementCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Student statement supporting anti-fascist resistance movements of Jordan reacting to King Hussein's visit to the US.
Our Socialism - Israel and Palestine: The Search for Justice Our Socialism - Israel and Palestine: The Search for Justice
Publisher: American SocialistsYear: 1983Volume Number: Vol. 1-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
November/December issue of Our Socialism featuring a special report on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Includes articles on debates and contentions over Zionist policies among the Israeli population, Jewish extremism in Israel, the Palestinian struggle for national self-determination, life in the occupied West Bank, and Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. Also includes interviews with Israeli economist Ehud Ein Gil, Yesh G'vul member Gideon Spiro, Dr. Emile Touma of the Communist Party of Israel, Nayef Hawatmeh of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and Jordanian writer Salem Nahhas.
A Gift of Kindness - A Fond Recollection A Gift of Kindness - A Fond Recollection
Author: Moshe MehuhinFormat: TranscriptCollection: Anti-Zionism
Transcript of Moshe Menuhin recollecting the kindness of an Arab dentist he met as a child.
Begin and Co. As they Really Are Begin and Co. As they Really Are
Author: Dr. Israel ShakakDate: 9/1977Format: CompilationCollection: Anti-Zionism
Anthology compiling writings and opinions of Menachem Begin and his political and military associates regarding their Zionist ideology. Menachem Begin was the leader of the Zionist paramilitary group Irgun which targeted the British, Arab and Palestinian civilians leading up to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle East Conflict...but were afraid to ask Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle East Conflict...but were afraid to ask
Publisher: Arab Information CenterYear: 1973Format: PamphletCollection: Anti-Zionism
Provides numerous statistics and facts regarding the persecution of Arabs by Israel and the role of Zionist propaganda in promoting the idea that Israel has sole claim to the land of Palestine.
Farewell Israel Book Review Farewell Israel Book Review
Author: Allan C. BrownfieldPublisher: The LinkYear: 1978Volume Number: FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Book Review of Farewell, Israel by Ephraim Sevela. Reviewed by Allan C. Brownfeld.
How Can the Jews Survive? - A Socialist Answer to Zionism How Can the Jews Survive? - A Socialist Answer to Zionism
Author: George NovackPublisher: Merit PublishersYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
Uses the concept of the "non-Jewish Jew" to argue that Zionist Israel is an institution of Capitalist Imperialism and that the solution for the Jewish people would be to embrace Socialism.
Israel Haunted Israel Haunted
Author: Murray PolnerFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Book Review of Jews Against Zionism by Thomas A. Kolsky. Reviewed by Murray Polner.