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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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
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/
Two Articles on Palestine - The Palestine Problem/The Class Nature of Israel Two Articles on Palestine - The Palestine Problem/The Class Nature of Israel
Authors: Moshe Machover, Akiva Orr, Fawwaz Trabulsi, Haim HanegbiPublisher: Free Palestine PressFormat: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Compilation of two articles offering a Marxist analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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.
Radical Blankets Radical Blankets
Author: Mohammed El-KurdCall Number: Format: ZineCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Multimedia zine by Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd on themes of mourning, resistance, and resilience in occupied Palestine. Contents include: Jerusalem; Bulldozers Undoing God; Flamboyance takes Spine; and RIFQA: a refugee and a destination. Likely published around 2017.
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.
Jews Say "NO!" To Begin Statement and Call to Action Jews Say "NO!" To Begin Statement and Call to Action
Publisher: Jewish Lesbians Against the InvasionCall Number: Format: StatementCollection: Anti-Zionism
Call to action and statement rejecting the Israeli invasion of Lebanon demanding immediate Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and an end to the violations of the rights of the Palestinian people.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism - Principles and Mission Statement Jewish Alliance Against Zionism - Principles and Mission Statement
Author: The Jewish Alliance Against ZionismPublisher: The Jewish Alliance Against ZionismCall Number: Format: StatementCollection: Anti-Zionism
Brochure outlining the Jewish Alliance Against Zionism mission and principles. As an organization, the Jewish Alliance Against Zionism supported the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the legitimate representative of Palestinians.