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ENCORE: State murders of Nuns in El Salvador and Black Panther Fred Hampton repression at home and abroad (G&R 444)
This week is the anniversary of two events which define the State in the U.S., both in the past and today.
In 1969, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chicago Police Dept. assassinated Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and his associate Mark Clark while they slept in Hampton's home. Hampton had been an up and coming, inspiring, leader in the Chicago community and worked to build coalition with a variety of groups in the area. The FBI had viewed Hampton as a potential “messiah,” who needed to be “neutralized.” When the COINTELPRO program was exposed, it was clear that the FBI…
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