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''Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement'' is a book by Americans
Ward Churchill Ward LeRoy Churchill (born 1947) is an American author and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007.
and Jim Vander Wall, first published in 1988. It describes government campaigns to disrupt the legal political activities of the Black Panther Party and the
American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a Native American grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police br ...
, especially through actions of the
FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
. South End Press produced the "Classics Series" second edition in 2002, 538 pages, .


Further reading

* Amnesty International, ''Proposal for a Commission of Inquiry into the Effect of Domestic Intelligence Activities on Criminal Trials in the United States of America'' (New York, 1987
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* Anderson et al., ''Voices from Wounded Knee 1973'' (Akwesasne Notes, 1974) * Johanna Brand, ''The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash'' (Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1978) * Dee Brown, ''
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West'' is a 1970 non-fiction book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century. The book expres ...
'' (Sterling Publishing, 1970,'12). * Robert Burnette and John Koster, ''The Road to Wounded Knee'' (Bantam Books, 1974). *
Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...
, ''Towards a New Cold War'' ( Pantheon Books, 1983) * Evan S. Connell, '' Son of the Morning Star'' (
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, 1984,'97) * Vine Deloria, Jr., ''
Custer Died for Your Sins ''Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto'' is a 1969 non-fiction book by the lawyer, professor and writer Vine Deloria, Jr. The book was noteworthy for its relevance to the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement and other activist organizations, suc ...
'' (
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, 1969,'88) *
Charles Eastman Charles Alexander Eastman (February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was the first Native American to be certified in Western medicine and was "one of the most prolific authors and speaker ...
, ''The Soul of the Indian'' (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911
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* Emma Goldman, ''
Living My Life ''Living My Life'' is the autobiography of Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman, who became internationally renowned as an activist based in the United States. It was published in two volumes in 1931 (Alfred A. Knopf) and 1934 (Garden City Publ ...
'' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1931
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*
Michael Herr Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of '' Dispatches'' (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for ''Esquire'' (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The ...
, '' Dispatches'' (
Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...
, 1977,'91) * Bruce E. Johansen and Roberto Maestas, ''Wasi'chu: The Continuing Indian Wars'' (Monthly Review Press, 1979) . *
Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA Operative. A co-founder of the literary magazine ''The Paris Review'', he was the only writer to have won the Nation ...
, ''
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse ''In the Spirit of Crazy Horse'' is a book by Peter Matthiessen which chronicles "the story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's war on the American Indian Movement." It was first published in 1983. Leonard Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977 and ...
'' (
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, 1983,'92). * Jim Messerschmidt, ''The Trial of Leonard Peltier'' (South End Press, 1983) *
Mari Sandoz Mari Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 – March 10, 1966) was a Nebraska novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She became one of the West's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.Bristow, Dav ...
, ''Cheyenne Autumn'' (University of Nebraska Press, 1953,'05) * Paul Chaat Smith & Robert Allen Warrior, ''Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee'' (
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, ''Hearing Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights'' ( U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

, several hearings, 1975-9 * Joel D. Weisman, "About that 'ambush' at Wounded Knee", ''
Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, an ...
'', Sep–Oct 1975 *
Rex Weyler Rex Weyler (born September 10, 1947) is an American-Canadian author, journalist and ecologist. He has worked as a writer, editor, and publisher. In the 1970s, Weyler served as a director of the original ''Greenpeace Foundation'', and as campaign ...
, ''Blood of the Land'' (
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, 1982,'08) *
Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a politica ...
, '' A People's History of the United States'' (HarperCollins, 1980,'05). .


External links

* Preface to the second edition
Withstanding the Test of Time 
* Excerpts from chapter 9

* Excerpts from chapter 12

* More excerpts can be found at
Google Books 
* Publisher webpage
''Agents of Repression'' 
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