The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders


UrWorld NewsMediaUrWorld NewsMedia

This episode of Critical Insights we were joined by author, John Potash, who wrote the FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders. This book contains a wealth of names, dates and events detailing the use of COINTELPRO style tactics by the FBI against a generation of leftist political leaders and leftist musicians. Based on 12 years of research and includes over 1,000 endnotes. Sources include over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and many mainstream media outlets. Book is 192 pages of main text, 100 pages of endnotes, 8 pages of photos (incl. government/court documents) and some more pages of preface, foreword, afterword, and bios.


Related:
Open Letter from Assata Shakur
COINTELPRO Alive: Malcolm X Grandson, Malcolm el Shabazz, Issues Statement
We Charge Genocide Again! Companion Curriculum for “Operation Ghetto Storm”
“Operation Ghetto Storm”: The New Face of US Fascism
COINTELPRO
SILENCING DISSENT
SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILED STAFF REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS – FINAL REPORT BOOK III
THE COINTELPRO PAPERS BY WARD CHURCHILL AND JIM VANDER WALL