COINTELPRO

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COINTELPRO

7/20/2020 by Stuff You Missed in History Class

Part 1

Web player: https://podplayer.net/?id=109948944
Episode: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW7300372766.mp3

FBI surveillance of people associated with the civil rights movement has come up on the show many times. Today, we’re going to talk about the history of the FBI, especially as it related to communism and “subversive threats,” and how that fed directly into COINTELPRO.

Part 2

Web player: https://podplayer.net/?id=110044442
Episode: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/5899E/traffic.megaphone.fm/HSW2172077739.mp3

In part two of this topic, the show looks at some of the specifics of the COINTELPROs that targeted black liberation organizations and the New Left, as well as how these programs were finally exposed to the public.

I had heard a lot about COINTELPRO but didn’t know the history or legal rational of the FBI’s actions. After listening to these two podcast I feel a bit more informed and have more mixed thoughts about the program.

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