
The Bureaucratic Heart of McCarthyism
The Second Red Scare may have been named after the demagogic Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, but no one was more central to it than J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal […]
Folk Singers & The Bureau (Bonus Episode)
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Our Story: Frank Wilkinson, the FBI, and the Origins of Defending Rights & Dissent
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The Bureaucratic Heart of McCarthyism
feat. Ellen Schrecker | Still Spying Podcast
Spying on Muslim & Arab Americans
Feat. Abdeen Jabara | Still Spying Podcast
The FBI vs. The Young Lords
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The FBI's Man Inside the Klan
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Exposing FBI Spying Today
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The War on Black Dissent Part III: The FBI vs. The Movement for Black Lives
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The War on Black Dissent, Part II: COINTELPRO & The Assassination of Fred Hampton
Feat. Jeffrey Hass | Still Spying Podcast
The War on Black Dissent, Part I: Black Lives, Red Scares
Feat. Prof. Gerald Horne | Still Spying Podcast
Is All Policing Political?
Feat. Alex Vitale | Still Spying Podcast
What Powers Does the FBI Have & How Do We Rein Them In
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Legacy of Abuse From The Palmer Raids to Black Identity Extremism
Feat. Mike German | Still Spying Podcast
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Our Story: Frank Wilkinson, the FBI, and the Origins of Defending Rights & Dissent
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In our final episode, we explore the Defending Rights & Dissent’s own origins. Frank Wilkinson was a public housing advocate who was working on an integrated public housing project in Chavez Ravine, The FBI and HUAC working together, hounded him out of a job and Chavez Ravine became Dodgers Stadium as opposed to public housing. Frank went on to found an anti-HUAC, pro-civil liberties organization that would eventually become Defending Rights & Dissent. The FBI was less than thrilled with his career change.
To recount this history, host Chip Gibbons is joined by Kit Gage, the former director of the organization Frank founded and to which Defending Rights & Dissent traces its origins
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