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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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The Neon Oven- The Chicago Eight The Neon Oven- The Chicago Eight
Date: 12/13/1969Call Number: KP 226Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFACollection: Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Attorneys and experts discuss the case the trial of Bobby Seale and the original "Chicago Eight." They compare the sentencing of the other members to the sentencing and courtroom treatment (bounding and gagging) of Bobby Seale by Judge Hoffman. Also briefly mentioned is the case of Fred Hampton murdered by authorities after they raided his home/Black Panther headquarters. Both Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed in this government attack.
A Jewish Dissenter A Jewish Dissenter
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 191Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Rabbi Elmer Berger, former executive director of the American Council on Judaism discusses Zionism and how Judaism is being used as a political weapon in Palestine. Mentions economic and humanitarian conditions for Palestinians and challenges statements made by Henry Kissinger in defense of Zionism.
Palestine PFLP - Leila Khaled Outakes Palestine PFLP - Leila Khaled Outakes
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 205Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Miscellaneous outakes including personal stories about her family and Jews against Zionism.
Leila Khaled - Outakes Leila Khaled - Outakes
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 206Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
On the role of women in the PFLP (People's Front for Liberation in Palestine), young women tortured and killed in Israeli prisons, and when a Palestinian goes to an Israeli hospital, he or she faces incarceration. Also on how she is not afraid to die or go to prison for the revolution, and the conditions of Israeli prisons are worse than death. Also about the plane hijacking in 1969.
Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 252Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Lee Stradal, the first journalist to interview representative of Al Fateh - about their politics, ambitions for a secular and democratic Palestinian state, and relations to other national liberation movements. Includes a Vietnamese guerilla visiting Al Fateh, the Battle of Karameh, and her time spent at the Hussein Refugee camp in Amman, Jordan.
Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 253Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Lee Stradal, the first journalist to interview representative of Al Fateh - about their politics, ambitions for a secular and democratic Palestinian state, and relations to other national liberation movements. Includes a Vietnamese guerilla visiting Al Fateh, the Battle of Karameh, and her time spent at the Hussein Refugee camp in Amman, Jordan.
Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh - Part 1 Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 257Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Lee Stradal, the first journalist to interview representative of Al Fateh - about their politics, ambitions for a secular and democratic Palestinian state, and relations to other national liberation movements. Includes a Vietnamese guerilla visiting Al Fateh, the Battle of Karameh, and her time spent at the Hussein Refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. Includes lead-in by Colin Edwards on the history of Al Fateh's military operations and distinctions between other Arab guerilla groups.
Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh - Part 2 Woman Correspondent reports on Al Fateh - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 258Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Lee Stradal, the first journalist to interview representative of Al Fateh - about their politics, ambitions for a secular and democratic Palestinian state, and relations to other national liberation movements. Includes a Vietnamese guerilla visiting Al Fateh, the Battle of Karameh, and her time spent at the Hussein Refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. Includes lead-in by Colin Edwards on the history of Al Fateh's military operations and distinctions between other Arab guerilla groups.
Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic) Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)
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.
Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic) Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)
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.