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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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

Press Release No. 15 - AL-HAQ Calls for the Immediate Closure of Ketziot/Ansar 3 Press Release No. 15 - AL-HAQ Calls for the Immediate Closure of Ketziot/Ansar 3
Publisher: Al-Haq / Law in the Service of Man - West Bank Affiliate of the International Commission of JuristsDate: 5/31/1988Volume Number: No. 15Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Press Release by al-Haq calling for the closure of the Ketziot Military Detention Centre, also known as Ansar 3. Includes a letter from Palestinian detainees at Ansar 3, detailing the conditions at the camp.
Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned About the Middle East (Summer 1990) Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned About the Middle East (Summer 1990)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastYear: 1994Call Number: Volume Number: 34-4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Features articles detailing the environmental impacts of Israeli occupation, including the degradation of land, exploitation of water resources, and pollution from agricultural chemicals. Newsletter also includes short reports on homelessness in Jerusalem and Palestinian women political prisoners. a. Marla Schrader, “Environmental Degredation and Conflict in Palestine” i. Land degredation and desertification ii. Water resources iii. Agrochemical pollution iv. Waste water pollution v. Palestinian efforts b. homelessness in Jerusalem c. Book Reviews i. Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family (Hanna Mina) ii. Daughter of Damascus (Siham Tergeman)
Enforced Exile: A Study of Israeli Deportation and Depopulation Techniques Enforced Exile: A Study of Israeli Deportation and Depopulation Techniques
Publisher: The Permanent Committee for Palestinian DeporteesCall Number: Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Reprinted by Free Palestine Press. Monograph focused on the ways in which the Israeli army carries out and justifies deportations of Palestinians in violation of international law. Introduction / Aims of Deportation / Legal Aspects of Deportation / The Genocide Aspect / Manner of Deportation / Individual Cases of Deportation / Deportation and Uprisings / Other Leading Deportees / Common illnesses in Israeli Prisons / Conclusion.
Torture and Intimidation in the West Bank Torture and Intimidation in the West Bank
Publisher: International Commission of Jurists and Law in the Service of ManCall Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
This is the second report by Law in the Service of Man (LSM) on al-Fara's Prison stemming from LSM's concern about the condition of detainees and prisoners, especially regarding intimidation tactics. Includes a number of affidavits reflecting first-hand accounts of experiences with torture inside.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (May 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (May 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 5/1970Volume Number: Vol. II No. 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Includes pieces by Dr. Constantine Zurayk, Dr.Abdul Fattah Haykal.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 12/1970Volume Number: Vol. II - No. 12cFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami,Dr. George Tomeh, Abdul-Samad Hasan, and Ibrahim Al Abid.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (October 1970) Arab Palestinian Resistance (October 1970)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 10/1970Volume Number: Vol. II No. 12aFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami,George Jabbour, Walid Haj Abed, Ibrahim Al-Abid, V. Pyatigorov, and Shawkat Uthmani.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1971) Arab Palestinian Resistance (December 1971)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 12/1971Volume Number: Vol. III - No. 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami, Sabry Jiryis, Husam Khatib, Shafiq Al-Hout, V. Lavrovsky, Irene Beeson.
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.
Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1971) Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1971)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 2/1971Volume Number: Vol. III - No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Monthly publication from the Palestine Liberation Army-People's Liberation Forces including short stories, book reviews, poems, analyses and histories relating to Israeli oppression and Palestinian liberation. Issue includes pieces by M. T. Bujairami, Hakam Bala'awi, Ibrahim Al-Abid, Yousef Khatib, V. Sidenko.