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
4 Documents Found
![Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 326Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline.
Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims.
Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians.
Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers.
How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
![Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 327Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline.
Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims.
Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians.
Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers.
How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
![Women in Iraq](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/20/1990Call Number: CE 379Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with Dr. Iqbal Jwaideh Coddington, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, on the situation of women in her native Iraq, and the situation of ethnic and religious minorities.
![Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 435Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline.
Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.
Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims.
Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians.
Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers.
How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
4 Documents Found