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This 12-page typed document is a presentation by Palmira Rios as a representative of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The speech discusses the history of the FBI's counterintelligence (COINTELPRO) program and its targets, including the Communist Party, Socialist Worker's Party, the Black Panthers and other groups. It focuses on the various strategies used to disrupt groups seeking independence for Puerto Rico and notes the main objectives of COINTELPRO: Protect national security, prevent violence, and maintain the existing social and political order. The author questions whether these activities have ceased despite the FBI closing down the program.
Publication Date
12-2-1979
Document Type
Speech
City
Washington, D.C.
Keywords
American Indian Movement, COINTELPRO, counterintelligence, Puerto Rican Socialist Party, FBI, Puerto Rico, United Nations
Language
English
Disciplines
Indigenous Studies | Native American Studies | Political History | Social History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Rios, Palmira, "Presentation Before the National Citizen's Review Commission on the FBI: COINTELPRO, December 2, 1979" (1979). American Indian Movement and Activism. 53.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/john_thomas_aim/53
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This item is made available as part of the Welcome Home Project for educational purposes only. It is not to be distributed for commercial use.
Identifier
Box 5, Folder 3, Item B
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