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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism
Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies and The Arab Women's Informations CommitteeYear: 1972Format: MonographCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
A record of facts and testimonies by eyewitnesses concerning Zionist and Israeli terrorist activities in the Palestine conflict.
Quo vadis Zionist Israel Quo vadis Zionist Israel
Author: Moshe MehuhinPublisher: Institute for Palestine StudiesYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
A 1969 Postscript to The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time
Journal for Palestine Studies (1971 - 2019) Journal for Palestine Studies (1971 - 2019)
Call Number: Format: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
The Journal of Palestine Studies is a multidisciplinary journal. Since its founding in 1971, it has been the English-language academic journal of record on Palestinian affairs. The following issues are contained in our archives: #1, 11, 12, 15, 32, 33, 37, 58, 124-173, 190,191.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1972) Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1972)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 2/1972Volume Number: Vol. 4-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Topics of coverage include the British betrayal of Palestine; the Jews of Syria; Resistance Operations; China and the Middle East; Ralph Bunche and the Palestine Conflict. Also poems, books reviews, documents, questions and answers, the Palestine Question in world press, more.
Palestine Guerrillas - Their Credibility and Effectiveness Palestine Guerrillas - Their Credibility and Effectiveness
Author: Hisham SharabiPublisher: Georgetown Univ. Center for Strategic and International StudiesYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Research and analysis of the Palestinian Guerrilla movement, its structure, effectiveness, and future. I. Are the Palestine Guerrillas Credible? II. How Strong is the Guerrilla Movement? III. Why the Multiplicity of the Guerrilla Organizations? IV. The Next Phase V. Problems and Prospects of the Next Phase
Aims of Palestinian Resistance Movement with Regard to the Jews - Quotations from Resistance Leaders and Documents Aims of Palestinian Resistance Movement with Regard to the Jews - Quotations from Resistance Leaders and Documents
Publisher: Fifth of June SocietyDate: 4/1970Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Select quotations from Palestinian resistance leaders and organizations including Al Fateh, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Sa'iqa, and The Palestine Liberation Organization.
The Arabs in Israel The Arabs in Israel
Author: Sabri JiryisPublisher: Fifth of June SocietyDate: 5/1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Selection from full text describing conditions of Arab minority in Israel and the "network of hostile laws and military courts under which most Israeli Arabs live." First published in Haifa in Hebrew in 1966 and was quickly suppressed by the Israeli authorities.
Basic Political Documents of the Armed Palestinian Resistance Movement Basic Political Documents of the Armed Palestinian Resistance Movement
Author: Leila S. KadiPublisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterYear: 1969Volume Number: Palestine Books - No. 27Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Description of "the organizational development of Palestinian resistance together with an examination of the political ideologies of the various groups and their relations with the Arab governments." Particular focus on documents of Al-Fateh, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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.
The Freedom Fighters The Freedom Fighters
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Documents structure of Al-Fatah organization and profiles several of its martyred members.