COINTELPRO
Can a government protect its people while silencing their voices?
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45 mins
Explore how the FBI’s covert COINTELPRO program targeted Black activists, Native groups, and political dissenters during the turbulent 1960s and 70s. Discover the tactics used to fracture movements, discredit leaders, and manipulate public perception under the guise of national security.
Ep 1:
Birth of America's Secret War
From the rise of the Black Panthers to Hoover's paranoid empire, discover how fear and racism birthed COINTELPRO—and how even Hoover briefly hesitated before doubling down.
Ep 2:
Orders to Kill: The FBI Unleashed
Uncover the FBI's hand in real bloodshed—from Fred Hampton's assassination to manufactured gang wars—until a daring break-in exposed it all to a stunned nation.
Ep 3:
Erasing the Panthers
Go inside the FBI's ruthless campaign to fracture and destroy the Black Panther Party, then follow the Bureau's crosshairs onto Hollywood's biggest stars.
Ep 4:
Native Blood, Buried Truths
Explore COINTELPRO's hidden war against Native American activists at Wounded Knee, and the FBI's obsessive hunt to stop a unifying 'black messiah' from rising.
Ep 5:
The Ghost That Never Left
COINTELPRO officially ended in 1971—but did it really? Trace its DNA through the War on Drugs, the Patriot Act, and modern surveillance state.
Discussions (19)
Margaret
Level 2 · 8 mo agoWhat they did to Jean Seberg makes my blood boil. Destroying a pregnant woman’s life is pure evil.
Gabriel
Level 9 · 9 mo agoYou focus on tactics but ignore the threat. The Panthers were an armed militia calling for revolution. Hoover did what was needed to keep stability.
Kieran
Level 4 · 9 mo agoO'Neal definitely drugged Hampton before the raid
