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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Middle Eastern Liberation Movements

Various publications about revolutionary politics in the Middle East. Analysis of the importance of Marxism-Leninism in national liberation, particularly in Yemen and Iran. Analysis of Egyptian, Tunisian, Kurdish, Yemeni, Iranian, and Syrian political ideologies and histories.


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Documents

The Historic Statement of the Revolutionary Command Council on Peaceful Democratic Solution of the Kurdish Issue The Historic Statement of the Revolutionary Command Council on Peaceful Democratic Solution of the Kurdish Issue
Publisher: Ministry of Culture and Information Directorate General of InformationDate: 2/11/1970Format: StatementCollection: Middle Eastern Liberation Movements
Statement on relations between the Kurds and the rest of the Iraqi population and Kurds and the Iraqi government.
South Yemen: Hitched to a Red Star - A report from the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen: Hitched to a Red Star - A report from the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Author: Eric RouleauPublisher: Middle East Research and Information ProjectYear: 1972Format: ReportCollection: Middle Eastern Liberation Movements
This report originally appeared as two articles in the English edition of Le Monde.
Lebanon - The Price of Blood Lebanon - The Price of Blood
Publisher: Committee for a Free PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Middle Eastern Liberation Movements
A history of colonialism and imperialism in Lebanon.
The Principle Tasks of Marxist-Leninists (at the present stage of development of the communist movement in Iran) The Principle Tasks of Marxist-Leninists (at the present stage of development of the communist movement in Iran)
Publisher: Organization of the Iranian People's Fedai GuerillasDate: 2/1979Format: PamphletCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
In this pamphlet we have endeavored to clarify the principal tasks of Marxist-Leninists vis-a-vis the working class and the liberation movement.
More of the Fundamental Tasks of Marxist-Leninists (in the present stage of development of the communist movement in Iran) More of the Fundamental Tasks of Marxist-Leninists (in the present stage of development of the communist movement in Iran)
Publisher: Organization of the Iranian People's Fedai GuerillasYear: 1978Volume Number: November-DecemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
This article examines the relationship between the socialist tasks and democratic tasks in the communist and workers movement and in the liberation movement of the masses. It was created in response to some of the questions that were raised by the preceding publication, "The Fundamental Tasks of the Marxist-Leninists at the Present Stage in the Development of the Communist Movement of Iran," which discussed the need for revolutionary armed struggle.
Platform of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran Platform of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran
Publisher: Moslem Students SocietyFormat: MonographCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
Contents Include: Transitional Stage and Major Tasks of Transitional Period; Phases of Provisional Government's Program; Articles of the Platform; more.
Iran in Resistance, Vol. 2, No. 2 Iran in Resistance, Vol. 2, No. 2
Publisher: Iranian Students AssociationYear: 1984Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. 2, No. 2 March-April 1984Format: PeriodicalCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
This anti-imperialist publication covers international news of the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. This issue includes an article on U.S. arms support to the Middle East in the context of the Iran-Iraq war, an article commemorating International Women's Day, an excerpt commemorating an Iranian armed action on February 8, 1971 which spurred uprisings in the following days, and more.
Condemn Khomeini Terrorism Abroad Condemn Khomeini Terrorism Abroad
Publisher: Iranian Student Organization in Southern CaliforniaDate: 1/23/1982Call Number: Format: StatementCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
This statement discusses the state of the Iranian people and the surge of political activity resulting from economic and political pressure under the Islamic Republic. It exposes targeted attacks against international supporters of the Iranian opposition in the Philippines and Italy.
CARI Bulletin CARI Bulletin
Publisher: Committee Against Repression in IranYear: 1977Call Number: Volume Number: No. 2, AutumnFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
Committee Against Repression in Iran (CARI) was formed to build broad-based campaigns on various aspects of repression in Iran, especially in regards to political prisoners, the British trade union, labor and student movements. This issue focuses on building support for Iranian political prisoner defense. It also includes a report on a seven day hunger strike staged by Iranian moslem clergymen in Paris who called for the release of prisoners and SAVAK killings of student strikers at Tabriz University. The students demanded that instruction in the province of Azarbaijan be inclusive of Turkish, the language native to the region.
Statement No. 16 Hunger Strike Statement No. 16 Hunger Strike
Publisher: Moslem Students Society U.S.A.Date: 7/28/1981Call Number: Format: FlyerCollection: Revolutionary Struggle in Iran
This statement announces the Moslem Students Society's decision to stage a five day hunger strike to expose the massacres of political prisoners in Iran.