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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

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. 9 - Middle East History and the West Information Papers No. 9 - Middle East History and the West
Author: H.S. HaddahPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 11/1973Volume Number: NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
An in depth history of the term 'Middle East' and its implications in historical inquiry
Information Papers No. 11 - Arabs and Jews: Possibility of Concord Information Papers No. 11 - Arabs and Jews: Possibility of Concord
Author: Edward Said et alPublisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Date: 1/1974Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Essays by Daniel Berrigan, Edward Said and Israel Shahak on reaching peace between Arabs and Jews
Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance Information Papers No. 14 - The Development of Palestinian Resistance
Author: Walter LehnPublisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Date: 6/1974Volume Number: JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A history of Palestinian Arab resistance to colonialism, beginning in 1882 to 1971
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
Professor Edward Said - 1935-2003 Professor Edward Said - 1935-2003
Publisher: University of California, BerkeleyYear: 2003Format: AgendaCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Agenda for a celebration of Edward Said's life, work and resistance in English and Arabic
Arab Journal Arab Journal
Publisher: Organization of Arab Students in the US and CanadaYear: 1967Volume Number: Vol. IV #1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Collection of essays based around development in Arab world
The Struggle for Palestine: A Reader The Struggle for Palestine: A Reader
Publisher: www.justiceinpalestine.netDate: 10/2004Volume Number: OctoberFormat: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
An accompanying reader for the 4th anniversary of the intifada at Horace Mann Middle School on October 2nd, 2004. a. What does the word “Intifada” mean?, electronicintifada.net; b. Palestine: A Short Primer, Justice in Palestine Coalition; c. The Implementation of the Right of Return, Salman Abu Sitta; d. Zionism as a Racist Ideology, Kathleen and Bill Christison; e. Blind Imperial Arrogance, Edward Said f. From Iraq to Palestine and Beyond, Toufiq Haddad; g. Gaza Disengagement: Palestinian Concerns Ignored, Linh Truong; h. The Future of Palestine’s children and society at rise, Genevieve Cora Fraser; i. The Wall – Not its Route – Creates Apartheid, PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign; j. Palestinian Political Prisoners, Rafeef Ziadah; k. The Crisis in America’s Prisons, James J. Zogby; l. Overstating the Benefits of Palestinian Nonviolence, Ali Abunimah; m. Oil and Empire in the Middle East, Bilal El-Amine; n. Israel and Palestine, Choosing Sides, Alison Weir; o. Israel’s Violations of UN Resolutions, Various Sources; p. US Aid: The Lifeblood of the Occupation, Matt Bowles; q. Queer for Palestine, Deeg; r. Media Activism Advice, Ali Abunimah; s. Activist Hand-Book, SUSTAIN, D.C.; t. Boycott Call Strikes a Responsive Chord, Laila El-Haddad; u. Anti-Aparthied Call to Action, PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign