#COINTELPRO

Aaron Winter

aaronzwinter

Support for more counterterrorism/extremism, and the expansion of the security state, under Biden by commentators and academics is misguided & dangerous. 1/ Opposition to the far right & racist double

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca

LadyOfSardines

49-years ago today, activist Fred Hampton was murdered by Chicago police & the FBI. He was 21, radical, clear-eyed, purposeful. It was his power & potential that made him a

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Thread: 50 years ago, on Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago cops killed 21-year-old Black Panther, Fred HamptonHampton's death wasn't just another police murder. Even more than MLK or Malcolm X, Hampton's

Derrick Wilmore Jr.

CoachWilmore_

Thread: The FBI and the creation of Kwanzaa Before I get started, below is a thread of my other historical threads. Like I always say, don’t assume anything if

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

It's been popular for twitterstorians & journalists to suggest that 2016 or 2020 was similar to 1968. Perhaps.But I'm more concerned about the risk of the 2020s looking like what

Jake Hanrahan

Jake_Hanrahan

https://twitter.com/rechelon/status/1348252929157984257 "The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation told Congress on Thursday that anarchist and extremist 'Antifa' demonstrators who engaged in recent violent protests a

(((Daniel Katz)))

Prof_Katz

#WeAreBetterThanThis - A history lesson for people who need to study more (1):Map identifying number of enslaved people per county in the United States published in 1861:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/maps-reveal-slavery-expanded-ac

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

US law enforcement has literal centuries of shameful history of infiltrating and spying on politically disfavored activist groups, from trade unionists to suffragists to abolitionists to civil rights advocates to

Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1951, Paul Robeson submitted a petition (edited by William Patterson) to the U.N. titled, “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People,” signed by almost 100

aj 🐝🍋

antoniaking

In a later episode set in court, Uncle Phil tells Jazz he can lower his hands. Jazz replies “Dude's got a gun, next thing you know I got six warning

Will Potter

will_potter

This ain't it folks.   The police response yesterday showed just how upside-down things have gotten.   But left/progressive activists saying “domestic terrorism!” and sending photos to the FBI is really problematic.  Her

Black Socialists in America

BlackSocialists

Donald Lee Cox was one of the core leaders of the Black Panther Party.He was given the title “Field Marshal” due to his experience with weapons.Here are some final words

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

The Black Panther Party was fucking *crawling* with cops…& many of them got themselves *IN CHARGE OF* identifying infiltrators & "disciplining" them…maybe if more party leaders opposed patriarchal violence instead

Donovan Farley

DonovanFarley

I'll be reporting from the Justice Center and other exotic downtown locales this evening, so drop me a line if you think I need to know something. I know people

aj 🐝🍋

antoniaking

Hello! My research into The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - a thread!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCqRmx3Dnw So I’m taking over Prof Kate Williams’ Twitter today! I finished my Masters by Research in Jan and

paulkleinfancam

paulkleinfancam

Paul Klein's CIA business partner in the former communist bloc, Mark Palmer, did us the great service of outlining the important political function of imperialist TV enterprises (like the ones

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