The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders: U.S. Intelligence's Murderous Targeting of Tupac, MLK, Malcolm, Panthers, Hendrix, Marley, Rappers and Linked Ethnic Leftists [Paperback]

John Potash (Author), Fred Hampton Jr. (Afterword), Pam Africa with Mumia Abu-Jamal (Foreword)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2008

The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders contains a wealth of names, dates and events detailing the use of COINTELPRO style tactics by the FBI against a generation of political rap artists. Based on 12 years of research and includes over 900 endnotes. Sources include over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and many mainstream media outlets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Progressive Left Press; 3rd edition (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979146909
• ISBN-13: 978-0979146909
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the FBI war on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders, November 13, 2008

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Nush Mandel "Nush Mandel" (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders: U.S. Intelligence's Murderous Targeting of Tupac, MLK, Malcolm, Panthers, Hendrix, Marley, Rappers and Linked Ethnic Leftists (Paperback)

In this small book is the radical idea that our federal government has from the 1960's on conducted a dangerous and deadly mission against Tupac Shakur and many other minority leaders. Author John Potash divides the book into 190 pages of discursive argument and nearly 100 pages with 900 references to support all his work. This may be because if his thesis is currect or government has committed deadly crimes against the public that are prosecutorial. Tupac Shakur, one of the early rappers, was gunned down at the age of twenty-five after at least 5 attempts at his young life.

John Potash after two decades of revolutionary research comes up with an FBI organization called COINTELPRO involving several state local,and of course Federal Government police state officials who are named and interviewed in the deaths of Bobby Seale, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy, Fred Hampton and many more minority activists. In the 1970's, the so-called "Gansta Rappers", were chased down one by one and attacked, killed or imprisioned by the federal agents of COINTELPRO.

By the end of this small book you are numb to the atrocities of the government and that they "Got Away With Murder". You would think that George W. Bush, who is included in this book, was just following older precedents of spying and torture that already has existed for forty years. John Potash names the men who he thinks killed Tupac Shakur and arrested many of his family. Remember that he includes so many interviews, Freedom of Information, FBI, CIA and other information agencies files, scholarly and underground articles, many publications. I can only conclude that I'm surprised nothing has been printed in the newspapers of his controversial thesis, and no real action has come about. Maybe our new President Barack Obama will try
to bring all these people to justice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders, March 14, 2011

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This is an awesome and clear account of what "is" taking place in the black community. I have always suspected this, but this book brings names and places to light.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening Book!, August 7, 2010

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This shows how the FBI can infiltrate almost any organization. From MLK,Malcolm X,The Black Panthers and Tupac Shakur. Most everyday Americans have no clue what the government does to people of color to keep them down. Buy this book now! I highly salute Mr. Potash for this wonderful book. You will never look at things the same again.