COINTELPRO 101 (Part 1)

Published: May 18, 2011, 12:44 a.m.

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COINTELPRO, the secret FBI project to infiltrate and disrupt domestic organizations thought to be \'subversive,\' targeted many African-American, Native-American, and other movements for self-determination by people of color in the US.\\xa0 Between 1956 and 1971, the FBI conducted more than 2,000 COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) operations.\\xa0 Over the next two weeks, we\\u2019ll be broadcasting the documentary film \\u201cCOINTELPRO 101.\\u201d Today we hear the first half of the film, produced by the Freedom Archives.

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