Colin Edwards Collection
The Freedom
Archives is
honored to contain hundreds of programs on many topics produced by
Colin
Edwards. Colin Edwards (1924–1994) was an outstanding internationalist
journalist and writer who created a huge body of work. Colin came from
Wales
and was a fervent Welsh nationalist. Following service in WW II, he became a combat correspondent in Malaya, then in
Burma, Indochina
and Korea. Later, as an independent journalist with Canadian Broadcasting, the BBC and Pacifica Radio among others. He
did important on-the-scene interviews and documentaries on
anti-imperialist national
liberation struggles in the Middle East, especially Palestine, on Asia,
particularly Vietnam, and on many other struggles, including the civil
rights, Black
Power, and student antiwar movements in the US. Edwards also worked
closely with Moshe Menuhin—a prominent Jewish anti-Zionist (and the
father of
world-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin).
The interviews with Moshe Menuhin are in the Archives collection, as is
all of the audio work of Colin Edwards, with the exception of
interviews and
writings on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, which reside in the National
Library of
Wales. The collection was
entrusted to the Freedom Archives by Mary Edwards, his widow, who lives
in
Oakland.
Documents
Palestine Refugee Crisis
Two leading experts discuss serious crisis in plight of Palestinian refugees and the role of the United Nations. Dr Musa Alami was one of the most well known and respected Palestinian nationalist leaders. He describes a "Boystown" project which John H. Davis was also involved with.
Chaim Herzog on Zionism
Call Number: CE 442Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
KCBS "in-depth" program with Chaim Herzog a former President of Israel and Alfred Lilienthal, a leading anti-Zionist. Very nice statement at end distinguishing anti-Zionism from anti-Semitism.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP. Also interview with a man who works with refugee aid.
Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP)
Detailed Interviews with two spokesmen for the DPFLP.
US Officials' Statements on Vietnam
A compilation of US Officials' statements on Vietnam. Speakers include: Dean Rusk, Henry Cabot Hodge, Curtis LeMay, David Lilienthal, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Henry Jackson, John Tower, George McGovern, Eugene McCarthy, John Srennis, Earl M. Wheeler, and others. Topics also include: Communism, Soviet Union.
Carl Oglesby Speech, "Let Us Shape the Future"
Carl Oglesby, President of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), delivers speech, after his return from Vietnam, at anti-war rally, considered to be "a landmark of American political rhetoric." He condemns the “corporate liberalism," American economic interests disguised as anti-Communist benevolence, that, he argued, underpins the Vietnam War. He says, "Don't blame me for sounding Anti-American. It's mowed my liberal values and broke my American heart."
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