Records
A Visit to Communist Party Headquarters, Chicago — Oct. 14, 1919
A U.S. Bureau of Investigation surveillance report by Special Agent A.H. Loula describing his October 14, 1919 visit to the national headquarters of the Communist Party of America, then newly founded, at the Smolny Institute, 1221 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago. Loula names the party's leaders — Louis Fraina, Alexander Stoklitsky, Isaac Hourwich, Isaac Ferguson...
After four years [Press Release]
Press Release four years into the organization's campaign
Akinyele Umoja COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Educator and activist - worked with the New Afrikan Independence Movement and founding member of New Afrikan Peoples Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement.
Bring War Criminal Nixon to Trial! Smash COINTELPRO!
Flyer for demonstration against Nixon at Federal Courthouse, Foley Square
COINTELPRO - Domestic Subverside Warfare: The Case of Clark, et. al. v. The United States
Pamphlet laying out the background of COINTELPRO and Clark v. USA
COINTELPRO 101 Trailer
Cointelpro 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Cointelpro refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the gov...
COINTELPRO 1980: Blueprint for Facism
Flyer for COINTELPRO 1980 Forum A Blueprint for Facism. On the back of the flyer is a text about the main themes of the forum.
COINTELPRO: A Brief Overview
Short report deals with a background on COINTELPRO, its true purposes and objectives, and how COINTELPRO operations influenced future political and social opinions.
Common Sense Security: Tip Sheet for Staff Organizers
Useful suggestions to resist repressive techniques of the state, corporations and the right wing. Also suggestions if you are visited by the FBI.
Dear Friends Donation Letter
Donation letter for the Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct.
Dear Friends Puerto Rico Victory Letter
Letter celebrating the freedom of William Guillermo Morales.
Demonstrate Against FBI Coverup!
Flyer for demonstration at US District Court, District of Columbia
Demonstrate! Come to Court Support Clark v. USA
Demonstrate at Federal Courthouse, Foley Square, to support the plaintiffs in Clark v. USA.
Eldridge Cleaver Petition Campaign
An urgent information sheet and petition demanding the release of Black Panther Party Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver, whose parole was revoked without a hearing after the April 6, 1968 Oakland police shootout that killed Bobby Hutton and wounded Cleaver. It gives background on the case and instructions for gathering signatures; the verso carries th...
Emergency Committee to Stop the Grand Jury
Reproduction. Contains a press release, letter from the National Conference of Black Lawyers, Court papers submitted by JBAKC attorneys in Chicago, and all the subpoenaed public documents of the JBAKC.
FBI Secret COINTELPRO Documents Against Black Community
reproduction of FBI documents.
Federal Appeals Court Gives Richard Nixon Extra-Legal Rights To Immediate Appeal of Denial of Absolute Immunity for Crimes
Federal Appeals Court Gives Richard Nixon Extra-Legal Rights To Immediate Appeal of Denial of Absolute Immunity for Crimes.
Fight for Justice: Francisco "Kiko" Martínez (CSU Pueblo exhibit panel)
A panel from a Colorado State University Pueblo library exhibit on Chicano-movement attorney Francisco "Kiko" Martínez. Titled "Fight for Justice," it reproduces a September 16, 1983 La Cucaracha article — "Martínez Cleared on Bomb Charges" — reporting U.S. District Judge Frank G. Theis's August 18, 1983 dismissal of the last 1973 bombing counts against him...
Form Letter to Judge Kathleen Parker
Form letter urging Judge Kathleen Parker to release Geronimo Pratt from prison
Francisco 'Kiko' Martinez COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
In 1973, Chicano activist and lawyer Francisco "Kiko" Martinez was indicted in Colorado on trumped-up bombing charges and suspended from the bar. He was forced to leave the United States for fear of assassination by police directed to shoot him "on sight." When Martinez was eventually brought to trial in the 1980s, many of the charges against him were droppe...
Free Geronimo Pratt!
Flyer urging support for Geronimo Pratt, imprisoned as a result of COINTELPRO activities.
Free Juan Otero
A 1973 movement defense flyer from the Committee to Defend Juan Otero (c/o Rev. Juan Otero, 535 Jackson Ave., Bronx, New York). It presents Otero — a Bronx family man, educational specialist, and community activist working for equality in the building trades — as the victim of a frame-up by South Bronx police, in collaboration with corrupt construction contr...
Grand Juries: Did you know?
Contains information about how the Puerto Rican independence movement is being targeted by grand juries.
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.