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
![Nadira Sururi - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 318Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance.
About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO.
Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions.
Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.
![Nadira Sururi - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 319Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance.
About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO.
Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions.
Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.
![Nadira Sururi - Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 320Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance.
About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO.
Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions.
Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.
![Nadira Sururi - Part 4](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 321Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance.
About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO.
Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions.
Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.
![Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/20/1969Call Number: CE 343 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A press conference with Fatah leader Yasser Arafat in Damscus, Syria (in Arabic). Arafat affirms the righteousness of the Palestinian Resistance movement to resist the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the necessity for it to be supported by other Arab states.
![George M. Weightman Interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 344Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Criticizes the Lebanese government, and particularly the Maronite Christian Phalangist party, for collaborating with the US to thwart Palestinian Resistance in Lebanon. Brief translation of press conference given by Yasser Arafat in Syria on 20 October 1969 in which Arafat affirms the right of the Palestinians to fight against Israel and criticizes US involvement in undermining Palestinian guerillas in Lebanon. Arafat also discusses the vulnerability of Arab regimes to their populace because of their support of the Palestinians.
American Sociologist George M. Weightman discusses how convoluted and unstable Lebanese politics are because of religious sectarianism. Criticizes the unchecked power of Lebanese President Gemayel for his collaboration with the US and the unrepresentative nature of the composition of the Lebanese parliament. Also exposes the sectarianism of political parties in Lebanon. Criticizes the racism and classism of Phalangists in Lebanon.
Weightman distinguishes between Syrian and Iraqi Ba’athist parties and the challenges by minorities and Israel each face. Argues that Syria is more responsible to its people’s demands than either Lebanon or Israel who claim to be democracies. Argues Syria is right to believe that it will be attacked because of Israelis historical hostility. Criticizes the New York Times for propagating the notion that Israel is in danger of being attacked “again” as it falsely claims it was during the 1967 War.
![Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/20/1969Call Number: CE 343 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A press conference with Fatah leader Yasser Arafat in Damscus, Syria (in Arabic). Arafat affirms the righteousness of the Palestinian Resistance movement to resist the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the necessity for it to be supported by other Arab states.
![Une Femme de Liban](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 365Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with a woman student in Lebanon, in French.
![Western Woman Artist Among the Arabs](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 366Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with a Canadian woman artist, Penelope Williams, living in the Middle East.
![The Lebanese Political Labyrinth](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Interview with former member of the independent Nasserite movement in Lebanon. Emphasizes complexity of situation, not just a religious rivalry. Discusses US intervention and the Pan-Arab movement.