Cointelpro: the FBI’s Secret War on Political Freedom

Describes the decades-long covert counterintelligence program—code-named Cointelpro—directed against socialists and activists in the Black and anti-Vietnam War movements. The operations revealed in the documents cited in this book—many of them photographically reproduced—provide an unprecedented look at the methods used by the FBI, CIA, military intelligence, and other US police agencies. Despite their authors’ intentions, these documents also record pieces of the history of efforts to build the communist movement in the United States. To read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS & PROMO tab on this page. “The first book to disclose, in indisputable and chilling words of FBI officials themselves, the two-pronged attack with which the FBI has attempted to discredit and destroy lawful and effective groups working for social justice.” —Ms. “Another point the book makes clearly: This bipartisan campaign is far from over and the fight to stop it continues.” —The Black Scholar “Th