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
Action Women of Beirut
Call Number: CE 001Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Action Women of BeirutCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews with North American women active in pro-Palestinian information organizations in Beirut, Lebanon. Conducted two years after June 1967 war. Eyewitness accounts of Jerusalem in 1967, Israeli army home looting, car theft, destruction of villages, mass assassinations, and reports from Israeli socialist organization on assassinations, mass graves, bodies floating in the Jordan River as a result of Israeli army repression. Mentions formation of “Americans for Justice in the Middle East,” which publishes a newsletter on Palestinian resistance and conditions in occupied territories to counter Zionist propaganda, an allied Arab Women’s organization the 5th of June Society, Institute for Palestine Studies, and Palestine Research Center (associated with PLO).
Lebensborn: Nazis Stealing Children - part 1
Call Number: CE 022Format: CassetteProgram: Lebensborn: Nazis Stealing ChildrenCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Radio documentary on Hitler's Lebensborn program, which kidnapped "Aryan" seeming children when Poland and Czechoslovakia etc were invaded, in order to raise a "master race."
Lebensborn: Nazis Stealing Children - part 2
Call Number: CE 023Format: CassetteProgram: Lebensborn: Nazis Stealing ChildrenCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Radio documentary on Hitler's Lebensborn program, which kidnapped "Aryan" seeming children when Poland and Czechoslovakia etc were invaded, in order to raise a "master race."
Children in the Anti-Nazi Resistance
Call Number: CE 024Format: CassetteProducers: Canadian BroadcastingProgram: KALWCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About children who took part in the partisan resistance to the Nazis, with interviews of the children, now adult, on their experiences as fighters, couriers, etc.
South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and Brazil Liberation Interviews
Mishek Myongo, a Vice-President of SWAPO, on armed struggle in Namibia. Miguel Arrias of Brazil, former governor of Pernambuco state, now spokesman for Brazilian Information Front.
The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Parts 1 & 2
Call Number: CE 027Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswold Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Part 3
Call Number: CE 028Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswald Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
Robert Burns Poetry
Call Number: CE 030Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Robert Burns PoetryCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads from the works of Robert Burns.
Rediscovered Welsh Folk Songs
Call Number: CE 032Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Rediscovered Welsh Folk SongsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Welsh folk songs explained and sung by folklorist Elizabeth Lloyd Evans.
Ossie Davis - Wonderful World of Law & Order - part 1
Call Number: CE 056Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Speaking at a literary conference about the need for social action in the streets. A revolutionary message to Black people - a populist folk cultural message protesting segregation. In addition to cruelty, brutality and its murderous nature, segregation can also be depicted as ridiculous and laughable.