UC Berkeley Library acquires FBI records of surveillance of Black leaders

It is mentioned towards the end of the article but it&#x27;s important to note that the revelations of the FBI&#x27;s campaign of surveillance, harassment and murder of black leaders wasn&#x27;t the result of voluntarily disclosure but instead the result of activists physically seizing records 1970s (the Church Committee investigations and the Freedom Of Information Act came later).<p>See: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Citizens%27_Commission_to_Investigate_the_FBI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Citizens%27_Commission_to_Inve...</a>

The term &quot;surveillance&quot; is always used in headlines of articles about this phenomenon, but &quot;sabotage&quot; would be more descriptive of the full scope and purpose of the intelligence agencies&#x27; activities.

Berkleyside is a good local news source. Oaklandside, in neighboring Oakland, is my go-to. Very happy to send them a monthly donation.

On the same topic is this post from a bit over a month ago. &quot;Ex‐FBI operative says he worked to disrupt political activities up to &#x27;74 (1975)&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25595897" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25595897</a>

Please put them online. Please. Please. Pretty please.

dupe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26029608" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26029608</a>

Black History Month

The first half of the article paints the FBIs work against the civil rights movement as an anti-communist movement so fervent that it caught up the civil rights movement along with it.<p>I&#x27;m sad to see this accepted so uncritically, especially as the rest of the article belies it. The truth is that american leadership opposed the civil rights movement because it challenged their power and wealth. Communism is just the boogeyman used to justify surveillance and sabotage.

I wonder if any of these documents will shed further light on MLK’s alleged participation in a violent rape [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nymag.com&#x2F;intelligencer&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;martin-luther-king-fbi-files.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nymag.com&#x2F;intelligencer&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;martin-luther-king-f...</a>