Cointelpro
This collection contains material on the FBI program COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). This program served to disrupt, destroy and infiltrate many progressive organizations during the 60's-70's in the U.S. This existence of the program was discovered and made public after a break-in at FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania. The anti-war sympathizers had intended to destroy draft records but when they found evidence of a larger web of government repression, they kept the information and released it to the public. This sparked public outrage and resulted in Congress convening the Church Committee to investigate. While no government officials were ever held criminally accountable for the program and the subsequent frame-ups, assassinations and arrests, a number of civil suits were filed. The vast majority of our materials are drawn from two organizations, The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct and The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research. Both of these organizations organized around those imprisoned by COINTELPRO and distributed information about the program and its lasting effects on movements for national liberation.
The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research lead the struggle to expose COINTELPRO attacks on the Black Liberation struggle. By educating and organizing, and by coordinating law suits filed by Assata Shakur, the Republic of New Afrika 11 and others, the Task Force is worked to expose the depths of government attacks and to free some of its major targets.
The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct worked under the leadership of National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research as part of the growing movement against government counterintelligence. Members of the Committee are plaintiffs in Clark v. USA, a major civil law suit against the FBI, Justice Department, Richard Nixon, John Mitchell and others. The plaintiffs have been named as targets of illegal activities for which ex-FBI officials have been convicted on criminal charges.
The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research lead the struggle to expose COINTELPRO attacks on the Black Liberation struggle. By educating and organizing, and by coordinating law suits filed by Assata Shakur, the Republic of New Afrika 11 and others, the Task Force is worked to expose the depths of government attacks and to free some of its major targets.
The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct worked under the leadership of National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research as part of the growing movement against government counterintelligence. Members of the Committee are plaintiffs in Clark v. USA, a major civil law suit against the FBI, Justice Department, Richard Nixon, John Mitchell and others. The plaintiffs have been named as targets of illegal activities for which ex-FBI officials have been convicted on criminal charges.
Documents
Cointelpro 101 - Trailer for CR 10
10-Minute Cointelpro trailer used for panel at Critical Resistance Conference at Oakland's Laney College.
Cointelpro 101 -Final
Backup of complete DVD.
Cointelpro 101 -Final Spanish
Backup of complete DVD with Spanish subtitles.
Cointelpro 101 -Final Spanish - MV4
Backup of complete DVD with Spanish subtitles for web.
President to President: On the question of human rights
Imari Abubakari Obadele, President of the Provisional Government of New Afrika (named a political prisoner by Amnesty International) Challenges US President Jimmy Carter On Oppression of Blacks, Indians, & Others; Genocide, Slave Labor in Prisons, Prisoner Exchange and the US Silence on the Vicious Anti-Black COINTELPRO. Virtual copy available through The Internet Archive.
COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1978Format: PamphletCollection: Cointelpro
Pamphlet laying out the background of COINTELPRO and Clark v. USA
Lessons from COINTELPRO
Publisher: Works In ProgressYear: 2011Volume Number: Vol. 21-12 AprilFormat: ArticleCollection: Cointelpro
Tip of the Iceberg
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/1981Volume Number: MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Clark Plaintiffs Confront FBI; Victory in Pontiac Trial - State's Strategy Defeated; US "Anti-Terrorism": Counterinsurgency of the 80's; US Gov't Escalates Attacks on Black Liberation Movement; Reagan Pardons Cointelpro Criminals; Arab Student Fights Deportation; Zairean CIA Agents in the US; Red Squad Settlement Continues COINTELPRO Cover-up; Committee Targests Struggles for Human Rights; David Truong Appeals Court Decision; Puerto Rican POW Kidnapped by State
FBI List of Suspected Security Threats
Format: CatalogCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction with handwritten notation
FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community
Publisher: National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation & ResearchFormat: MonographCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction of documents
