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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

Lebanon's Civil War - Part 1 Lebanon's Civil War - Part 1
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 313Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
How the conflict is not Christian versus Muslim and the socioeconomic factors behind the war. On Syrian President Assad's decision to invade Lebanon and repress the PLO and Lebanese leftist groups in support of the militant right-wing extremists. Interview with Said Hamami, PLO representative in London, on PLO setbacks in Lebanon and the prospect of an independent rightist 'Christian state' in Lebanon. Includes descriptions of rightist militias indiscriminately killing Muslims at military checkpoints.
Lebanon's Civil War - Part 2 Lebanon's Civil War - Part 2
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 314Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Said Hamami on Israel's role in the Lebanese conflict, the Palestinian presence as a factor, PLO acceptance of a Palestinian mini-state, and the PLO's relations with Egypt.
Lebanon's Civil War - Part 3 Lebanon's Civil War - Part 3
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 315Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Said Hamami and Zuhair Mohsen on the dilemma between as-Sa'iqa and the Palestinian Liberation Army. Said Hamami on Syrian President's Assad's motives to invade Lebanon and how the conflict is not one that is strictly Muslim versus Christian.
Lebanon's Civil War - Revised Version Lebanon's Civil War - Revised Version
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 316Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Lebanon's Civil WarCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the conflict in Lebanon, its socioeconomic factors, and how it is not just Muslim versus Christian. Also on Syrian President Assad's decision to invade Lebanon to repress the PLO and other Leftist groups in support of the rightist extremists.
Lebanon's Civil War - For NPR Lebanon's Civil War - For NPR
Date: 9/1/1976Call Number: CE 317Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: NPRCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Commentaries by Colin Edwards on the conflict in Lebanon, its socioeconomic factors, and how it is not just Muslim versus Christian. Includes history of coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon. Also on Syrian President Assad's decision to invade Lebanon to repress the PLO and other Leftist groups in support of the rightist extremists. History of the activity and motives of the rightist "Christian" organizations and militias. PLO representative in London Said Hamami on the prospect of an independent rightist "Christian" state in Lebanon.