Records
A Fragment of the Prison Experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
Pamphlet documenting Goldman and Berkman's imprisonment at Jefferson City and Atlanta for anti-conscription organizing. Directly about two of the most famous U.S. political prisoners; both convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act and deported in 1919.
A Guide to the Grand Jury — Kathy Boudin & Brian Glick (Liberation, June 1969)
June 1969 Liberation magazine article on how the grand jury is used to dismantle political movements.
After four years [Press Release]
Press Release four years into the organization's campaign
Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement
Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall's documentary history of FBI operations against the BPP and AIM. Primary published synthesis of COINTELPRO targeting of Peltier, Pratt, the Panther 21, and Wounded Knee defendants.
Berkeley Tribe Vol. 6 No. 5 (1971) — Grand Jury Coverage
Issue of Berkeley Tribe (Vol. 6, No. 5, 1971) containing a Tom Miller article on grand juries.
Black Panther Party 35th Anniversary & Reunion Conference (poster)
A poster for the Black Panther Party 35th Anniversary & Reunion Conference in Washington, D.C., April 18–20, 2002, organized by the It's About Time Committee on the theme "COINTELPRO & Political Prisoners." It advertises workshops, a banquet, film and photo/art exhibits, and speakers; is illustrated with eight photographs; and frames the gathering around the...
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 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 Black Extremists — Part 01
FBI HQ counterintelligence file targeting 'Black Nationalist - Hate Groups' under COINTELPRO. Master file documenting FBI's operations against the Black Panther Party, RAM, Republic of New Afrika, SCLC, SNCC, and individuals including Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, and Huey Newton.
COINTELPRO Black Extremists — Part 08
FBI HQ COINTELPRO file Part 8, including memoranda authorizing Director-level disruption ops against Black Panther figures who became political prisoners (Geronimo Pratt, Huey Newton, Panther 21).
COINTELPRO Black Extremists — Part 10
Continued FBI COINTELPRO Black Extremists file, mid-program operations. Documents FBI dirty-tricks campaigns referenced in later wrongful-conviction litigation for Geronimo Pratt and Dhoruba bin Wahad.
COINTELPRO New Left HQ — Part 01
FBI Headquarters file on the COINTELPRO program against the New Left. Surveillance/disruption file underlying federal cases against SDS, the Weather Underground, and the Chicago 8.
COINTELPRO Puerto Rican Groups — Part 1 of 11
FBI HQ COINTELPRO file on 'Groups Seeking Independence for Puerto Rico.' Surveillance file underlying prosecutions of Nationalist Party members and FALN/Macheteros prisoners including Oscar López Rivera.
COINTELPRO Socialist Workers Party — Part 01 of 05
FBI HQ COINTELPRO file targeting the Socialist Workers Party. Documents ten years of warrantless surveillance the SWP successfully sued the FBI over (Socialist Workers v. Attorney General, 1986).
COINTELPRO Socialist Workers Party — Part 05 (Final)
Final volume of the COINTELPRO-SWP HQ file. Closing memoranda on the SWP disruption program.
COINTELPRO White Hate Groups — Part 01
FBI COINTELPRO file on KKK and white-supremacist groups. Includes informant relationships with klansmen later prosecuted in the Viola Liuzzo and civil rights worker murders.
COINTELPRO — Educator Pamphlet
Long-form COINTELPRO history and methods scan distributed for educational use.
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.
Cesar Chavez — Part 1 of 17
FBI HQ file on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. White-House-directed 'special investigation' surveillance of Chavez; relevant to labor-organizer prosecution history.
Cesar Chavez — Part 2 of 17
FBI Chavez file Part 2.
Chicago Guild Update — National Lawyers Guild (February 1985)
NLG Chicago Chapter newsletter (Feb 1985) covering highlights from the 1985 National Lawyers Guild Conference in Atlanta. (Note: cataloged filename references 'criminal justice' but the document is the Chicago Guild Update — Freedom Archives source data has crossed URLs for two records in this collection.)
Church Committee Final Report — Book II
Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans. Lays out the FBI's domestic intelligence and disruption programs against civil rights and antiwar movements; named source for many political-prisoner wrongful-conviction claims.
Church Committee Final Report — Book III
Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans. The definitive congressional documentation of COINTELPRO operations against MLK, BPP, AIM, SWP, Puerto Rican independence groups, and the Communist Party USA.
Church Committee Hearings Vol. 2 — Huston Plan
Senate hearings on the Huston Plan for expanded domestic intelligence. Documents the Nixon-era plan that authorized illegal surveillance against Weather Underground, BPP, and antiwar-movement prisoners.