{"id":1925,"date":"2022-03-11T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiagreenparty.org\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2022-03-11T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:00:33","slug":"pass_hr_2998-release_the_cointelpro_papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"Support HR-2998: Release the COINTELPRO Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center button-demo\">\n<p><a href=\"#write-call-congress\">Write and Call Congress,<br \/>\nUse this Tool to do so Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1927 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.wp2.georgiagreenparty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Church_Cmte_Report-COINTELPRO-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO remains one of the darkest chapters in our nation\u2019s history. For decades, the FBI carried out covert actions and dirty tricks against social movements. COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) included among the program\u2019s many targets, organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr, as well as local, state, and federal elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2998\"> a bill in Congress<\/a> that will open up the FBI\u2019s files.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2998\">HR 2998<\/a> would require full, public release of the FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO files. This historic bill is an important step to reconciling with the FBI\u2019s continued legacy of undemocratic abuses of power.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center button-demo\">\n<p><a href=\"#write-call-congress\">Write and Call Congress,<br \/>\nUse this Tool to do so Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please help us make history and expose FBI dirty tricks. Please write your member of Congress today to ask them to support this bill and to support efforts to broaden it to cover the full scope of FBI files.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Email Script:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI am a constituent. I want my representative to support HR 2998 that will require full, public release of the FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO files and to support efforts to broaden it to cover the full scope of FBI files records subject to disclosure. This historic bill is an important step to reconciling with the FBI\u2019s continued legacy of undemocratic abuses of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Calling script:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI am a constituent. I want my representative to support HR 2998 that will require full, public release of the FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO files and to support efforts to broaden it to cover the full scope of FBI files records subject to disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"write-call-congress\">Guidance above, tool to write and call Congress below<\/h2>\n<div id=\"newmode-embed-8243-43298\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    (function(n,e,w,m,o,d){m=n.createElement(e);m.async=1;m.src=w;\n    o=n.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];o.parentNode.insertBefore(m,o);\n    })(document,'script','\/\/engage.newmode.net\/embed\/8243\/43298.js');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a alt=\"The FBI, COINTELPRO and Martin Luther King Jr: Final Report of the Select Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charisbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781610010047\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1927 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.wp2.georgiagreenparty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Church_Cmte_Report-COINTELPRO-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO remains one of the darkest chapters in our nation\u2019s history. For decades, the FBI carried out covert actions and dirty tricks against social movements. COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) included among the program\u2019s many targets, organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr, as well as local, state, and federal elected officials.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"text-center button-demo\">\n<p><a href=\"\/pass_hr_2998-release_the_cointelpro_papers\/#write-call-congress\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Write and Call Congress, <br \/>Use this Tool to do so Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<p>There\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2998\"> a bill in Congress<\/a> that will open up the FBI\u2019s files.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/2998\">HR 2998<\/a> would require full, public release of the FBI\u2019s COINTELPRO files. This historic bill is an important step to reconciling with the FBI\u2019s continued legacy of undemocratic abuses of power.<\/p>\n<p>Please help us make history and expose FBI dirty tricks. Please write your member of Congress today to ask them to support this bill and to support efforts to broaden it to cover the full scope of FBI files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wp.georgiagreenparty.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}