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Fake News: FBI/CIA War on the Underground Press
June 29, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Through operations dubbed CHAOS RESISTANCE, MERRIMAC, AND COINTELPRO, the FBI and CIA conducted paranoid initiatives of domestic spying. They went so far as to publish fake underground newspapers in ham-handed attempts to introduce moderate voices and cause disruption and confusion among New Left activists. Author Dale Brumfield presents the rare, fake underbround newspapers that he has unearthed in this eye-opening presentation on repressive efforts to disrput, infiltrate and neutralize the underground press.