Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Subcollections
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Colin Edwards Collection
Materials representing the life-work and journalism of a Welsh radio correspondent and journalist who worked for Pacifica stations, the BBC and many other broadcasters. -
Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This collection is produced by journalist Colin Edwards and represent a comprehensive account of the Free Speech Movement and its effect on the political climate of UC Berkeley. -
Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Kiilu Nyasha is a revolutionary journalist and former member of the Black Panther Party. Kiilu still hosts Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, which now appears as a TV program. -
“Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
KPFA weekly news program running from 1973-1976 featuring in-depth coverage of liberation struggles around the world. -
“The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon was a radio program broadcast on KPFA from 1971-1973. This news show focused on issues of national liberation, political prisoners, Vietnam and other major national and international topics.
Documents
![Irish Soldiers Executed in Lebanon](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 153Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About two disarmed Irish UNIFIL soldiers being executed by an Israeli-supported private army. Includes background information on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Israel's roots in right-wing terrorism, and references to an interview with Mary Carac of the World Lebanese Cultural Union.
![UN - Emergency Session - Six-Day War](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
The fifth emergency special session of the UN General Assembly called by the USSR in response to Israeli military aggression and the acquisition of land from Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
![Assassination of Said Hammami](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/15/1978Call Number: CE 261Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Furaha Hayati interviews Colin Edwards about the January 4 assassination of the representative of the PLO to the United Kingdom.
Denounces the mass media for blaming the assassination on Palestinian liberation organizations and instead says that Israel killed Hammami to destroy relations between George Habash of the PFLP and Yassar Arafat of Al Fateh.
Includes a list of all Palestinian resistance members killed by Israel.
![Answer to Port Said Atrocity Charges](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/8/1956Call Number: CE 266Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards refutes allegations made by the world affairs editor of the National Guardian, Tabitha Bertrand, that the British massacred civilians during the invasion of Port Said in 1956.
![Answer to Port Said Atrocity Charges](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/8/1956Call Number: CE 267Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards refutes allegations made by the world affairs editor of the National Guardian, Tabitha Bertrand, that the British massacred civilians during the invasion of Port Said in 1956.
Includes a request to the British War Office asking for evidence refuting the allegations made against Britain.
![Dr Fayez Sayegh - Arab Intellectuals](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/12/1968Call Number: CE 268Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Professor and Senior Consultant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait discusses the role of Arab intellectuals from the late 1800's to the present. About Arab students and artists, Arab influence around the world, the rejection of Western culture to rediscover and recreate Arab culture. Also the conflict between settler-colonial Israel and Palestine and how the foundations of Zionism call for the expulsion of Arabs.
![Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 299Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him.
Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces.
![Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 300Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him.
Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces.
![Colonel Yaacov Nash Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 301Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him.
Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces.
Also on Israel's relations with Argentina.
Nancy Nolan Abu Haidar - Palestinians distinguish between Zionists and Jews and Al Fateh's operations as a clandestine organization.
![Tawfiq Zayyad - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/14/1976Call Number: CE 308Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Mayor of Nazareth and Rakah member of the Knesset describes the segregation of Nazareth into an Arab quarter and a Zionist one, the expulsion of 100,000 Palestinians the expropriation of Palestinian homes and restrictions against Palestinians buying land. Describes the militant campaigns by Zionist forces to rid Galilee, Ikrit, and Nazareth of Arabs and how refugees live a few kilometers from their original homes.
Explains so-called free elections in Israel - Israeli ministers visit Nazareth and threaten to withhold Israeli funding if a pro-PLO candidate is elected. Attempts to delegitimize Arabs and communists from political process and preventing them from teaching, working in the government, traveling and frequent arrests.