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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/23/was_bay_area_radical_black_panther">http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/23/was_bay_area_radical_black_panther</a><br>
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<p>Explosive new allegations have emerged that the man who gave the
Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training was
an undercover <span class="caps">FBI</span> informant in California.
Richard Aoki, who died in 2009, was an early member of the Panthers and
the only Asian American to have a formal position in the group. The
claim that Aoki informed on his colleagues is based on statements made
by a former bureau agent and an <span class="caps">FBI</span> report
obtained by investigative journalist Seth Rosenfeld, author of the new
book, "Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise
to Power." But Aoki’s friends and colleagues, as well as scholars, have
challenged the book’s findings. We speak to Rosenfeld, an award-winning
journalist and author of the article, “Man who armed Black Panthers was
<span class="caps">FBI</span> informant, records show,” published by
the Center for Investigative Reporting; and to Diana Fujino, Aoki’s
biographer and a professor and chair of the Department of Asian
American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Transcript to come. Check back soon.]</p>
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<p><b><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/seth_rosenfeld">Seth
Rosenfeld</a></b>, author of the new book "Subversives: The FBI’s War
on Student Radicals,and Reagan’s Rise to Power.” Rosenfeld was an
award-winning a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner and San
Francisco Chronicle for almost 25 years.</p>
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<p><b><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/diane_fujino">Diane
Fujino</a></b>, professor and chair of the Department of Asian American
Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her most recent
book is "Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and
a Paradoxical Life."</p>
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