num_pages: 467
description: Readers anxious about civil liberties' future under G.W. Bush can trace the lineage of political repression meted out by the FBI in the last half century. The original FBI memos reproduced here expose the Bureau's secret, systematic &amp; sometimes savage sabotage of progressive political activity. The authors examine the treatment of the left from the '50s Communist Party thru the '80s Central America solidarity movement. Ward Churchill is a member of the Governing Council of the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement, Coordinator of American Indian Studies for the University of Colorado, Boulder. Jim Vander Wall is an active supporter of the struggles of Native People for sovereignty &amp; has written several articles on the FBI. He's co-author, with Ward Churchill, of Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars on the Black Panther Party &amp; the American Indian Movement ('88) &amp; an editor of New Studies on the Left.Preface: The Face of COINTELPRO Guide to the Documents Introduction: A Glimpse Into the Files of America's Political Police Understanding Deletions in FBI Documents COINTELPRO-CP, USA COINTELPRO-SWP COINTELPRO-Puerto Rican Independence Movement COINTELPRO-Black Liberation Movement COINTELPRO-New Left COINTELPRO-AIM Conclusion: COINTELPRO Lives On
language: English
title: The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
titlecomplete: The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
genres: History, American History, Police, Race, Politics, Activism, Political Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 200
publisher: South End Press