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
![Arafat at Damascus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/28/1969Call Number: CE 004Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Arafat at DamascusCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Large-scale international press conference of Yasir Arafat. He is questioned for more than two hours by journalists from around the world. Recorded at Damascus University.
![Correspondents with Arab Guerrillas](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 005Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Correspondents with Arab GuerrillasCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Two journalists, one British, one from US, describe their extensive experiences with and observations of diverse Palestinian liberation groups, as to organization, activities, leadership, political philosophy, and tactics.
![Kyra: Portrait of A Soviet Heroine](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 017Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Kyra: Portrait of A Soviet HeroineCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Former leading actress and personality in Soviet Union, now married to an American, speaks of her life and many famous people she knew in USSR, Stalin and many cultural figures, and of both privileged and unprivileged sectors of Soviet society.
![Scottish Border Ballads](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 029Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Scottish Border BalladsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads 14 ballads associated with English-Scottish border country, important in development of poetic form, dramatic characterization, and storytelling in the English language.
![Abba Eban - Moshe Dayan - Rabbi Joseph Glaser](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 154Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: NBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Meet the Press - Israeli Deputy Prime Minister on UN Security Council intervention, Arab guerilla groups, and borders two years after the Six-Day War.
General Moshe Dayan on roles of Russia and the US in Egypt and the greater Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Includes actuality with Israeli Chief of Staff Hein Wales on Russian and US involvement in the Middle East.
Rabbi Joseph Glaser asking listeners to organize and support efforts to save children in Biafra.
![Meet the Press with Colin Edwards - Panel on Middle East](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 4/9/1969Call Number: CE 155Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: NBCProgram: Meet the PressCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Background on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict on April 9.
A panel discussion follows on April 13 regarding possible steps toward peace in the Middle East.
![Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 159Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview Dr. Elias H. Tuma, Arab-Israeli economist, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The restrictions Arab people face while living in Israel, and becoming internal refugees because of displacement. The complexity of the struggle and solutions.
![Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 160Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continued interview with Dr. Tuma about access to jobs and education for Arabs in Israel. On immigration, the right to return, and the political versus religious motives in the struggle between Palestine and Israel. Changes in population demographics in Palestine/Israel since the British Mandate of 1918.
![Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 161Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continued interview with Dr. Tuma on the media's misrepresentations of Arabs, leading to support of Israel based on racist stereotypes of Arabs. Proposed solutions to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
![Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 162Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview Dr. Elias H. Tuma, Arab-Israeli economist, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The restrictions Arab people face while living in Israel, and becoming internal refugees because of displacement. The complexity of the struggle and solutions.