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Feb 2021

1h 4m

Revisiting the Assassination of Fred Ham...

REVOLUTIONARY LEFT RADIO

About this episode

In this episode, Breht welcomes Aaron J. Leonard back on the show, this time with his co-author Conor Gallagher, to discuss new FOIA documents they recently received regarding the FBI agent assigned to Fred Hampton, the informant who helped in the efforts to assassinate Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, what the left gets wrong in their understanding of COINTELPRO, and reactions to the new film on Fred Hampton "Judas and the Black Messiah".

Check out Aaron and Conor's books:

A Threat of the First Magnitude: FBI Counterintelligence & Infiltration from the Communist Party to the Revolutionary Union

Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists

Previous Rev Left episode on Fred Hampton here:

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton

Outro Music: "Fight For You" by H.E.R.

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