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DESCRIPTION:COINTELPRO Discussion at the Holdout: Counterinsurgency Then and 
 Now\n\nJoin us for a discussion of COINTELPRO and its implications for 
 contemporary social struggles.  This will be the second of what will be 
 monthly presentations and discussions at the Holdout about state 
 repression.  This month we will be discussing the tactics of 
 “bad-jacketing” and entrapment.  We will be presenting on the history 
 of “bad-jacketing” in the Black Panther Party and the American Indian 
 Movement.  We will also look at entrapment – particularly the case of the 
 Ohio 4 (within the Occupy Movement), and the role of FBI-informant Brandon 
 Darby in Minneapolis (RNC 8) and New Orleans (Common Ground Collective), 
 including a presentation by someone who had direct experiences with Darby.  
 Our first meeting in October was a lively discussion of the logic and 
 methods of state repression and counterinsurgency, including obstacles and 
 challenges we are currently facing in Oakland and what we can do to 
 overcome them.  Next month will feature a screening of the film 
 “Terrorizing Dissent” followed by a presentation by, and discussion 
 with, Bradley Crowder – one of the RNC 8 who served time in federal 
 prison because of Darby’s activities.\n\nCOINTELPRO (an acronym for 
 Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert, and often illegal, 
 projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation 
 (FBI) aimed at surveying, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting 
 domestic political organizations.  COINTELPRO tactics include[d] 
 discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals 
 and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the 
 media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including 
 assassination. \n\nIt is the goal of these monthly presentations and 
 discussion about counterinsurgency tactics to better educate ourselves and 
 create a movement culture of awareness that can withstand these ongoing 
 methods of state repression.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/21/18726179.php
SUMMARY:COINTELPRO Discussion at the Holdout: Counterinsurgency Then and Now
LOCATION:The Holdout\n2313 San Pablo Ave\nOakland,CA 94612\nUSA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/21/18726179.php
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