#COINTELPRO derives from COunter INTELligence PROgram which is a series of covert and at times illegal (PROBABLY MAJORITY OF THE TIME ILLEGAL) projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956-1971 (AND DEFINITELY BEYOND THAT TIME FRAME) FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that they deemed subversive. Including activists of the Civil Rights Movement or Black Power Movement #MLK #MalcolmX #NOI and The #BlackPantherParty Also The American Indian Movement #AIM Independent Movements such as #PuertoRican Independence groups like #YoungLords Feminists organizations Anti #Vietnam War organizers The #Communist Party #USA and a variety of organizations that were apart of the broader #NewLeft The FBI CLAIMED THE PROGRAM ALSO TARGETED THE KLU KLUX KLAN HOWEVER THAT LATER TURNED OUT TO BE FALSE.!!. #Suppression #Oppression #Assassination #Incarceration #Police #War #BlackLeaders #Assata #FredHampton #MarkClark #BlackHistory #HebrewHistory #HebrewHistory365
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