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47, Winter 1993-1994.Pdf Well, Lou came to Washiпgton; we thought the maпu­ Fifteen Years of CovertAction script (which was to become Dirty Work: The С/А in Western Europe) was great, апd we set to work helpiпg him gather up the articles he апd Phil had teпtatively selected, gettiпg reprint perrnissions, and huntiпg for someoпe who would Ье Ellen Ray and Bill Schaap williпg to priпt this book like попе other before it. Usiпg puЫic sources, Lou had prepared ап appendix to Dirty Work that exposed huпdreds of undercover CIA offi­ It has been fifteen years since the first issue of Covert­ cers, with complete Ьiographies indicatiпg wheп they had Action appeared-and more since political activists world­ joiпed the CIA, where they had Ьееп posted uпdercover iп wide began directly confronting the U.S. espionage complex. the past, and where they were поw. We tried а few main­ РrоЬаЫу no one is more surprised than Louis Wolf and stream agents who were, at first, enthusiastic-if а Ьit para­ ourselves over the survival and growth of this confrontation noid. One ofthem kept the maпuscript locked iп his safe each and of the magazine. It is unusual, to say the least, for а пight. However, he, like the others, came back апd assured progressive puЫication to have lasted so long. So many of us this book could пever Ье puЫished in the U.S. Ultimate\y, our contemporaries have, sadly, folded. But on the other we showed it to Lyle Stuart, who had а backlist of books at hand the foe we set ourselves against has not exactly "with­ least as controversial as this-especially The Anarchist ered ~way." In the first issue of CovertAction, we described Cookbook, а lighthearted tome which had various recipes for the magazine as а "permanent weapon in the fight against the Molotov cocktails апd bombs and various efficieпt house­ CIA, the FBI, military intelligence, and all the other instru­ hold hints, like how to derail а traiп . ments of U.S. imperialist oppression throughout the world." Lyle was more thaп iпto it. Не поt опlу opted to do Dirty lt has never wavered from that rnission. Work, he came up with the title апd the idea of priпtiпg the CovertAction did not arise in а vacuum, of course. We appeпdix on yellow pages, like а classified te\ephoпe direc­ were both working with CounterSpy magazine after moviпg tory. As the maпuscript was being paiпstakiпgly coпverted to Washiпgtoп iп 1976. But CounterSpy was iп its death into а book, Lou Jabored at the Natioпa\ Archives over the throes, having been falsely Ыamed Ьу Presideпt Gerald rniпutiae of the appendix; Bill huпted dowп the articles апd Ford-remember him?-for the assassinatioп ofCIAStatioп permissioпs; апd Elleп, who was hospitalized duriпg this Chief Richard Welch iп Atheпs iп December 1975. period fightiпg а difficult, but successful, battle with сапсеr, In the last moпths of its existence, CounterSpy seпt Ellen revived to help edit from her bed. Ray to Jamaica to meet Philip Agee апd to iпvestigate the In the meaпtime, CounterSpy had folded. Ву the time extent to which the CIA was iпterferiпg iп Michael Maпley's Dirty Work was ready to go to press, there had Ьееп по reelection campaign. That was the begiпning of several loпg magaziпe devoted to exposiпg the crimes of the CIA апd апd eпduring friendships. other iпtelligeпce ageпcies for more thaп а year. This was а situatioп we all deterrniпed should поt coпtiпue . "1 Have а Friend 1 Want You to Meet" Amoпg other information Phil passed on, he told Elleп he А Modest Beginning had а friend in Londoп, Louis Wolf, who had Ьееп spendiпg Phil agreed, and we gathered forces to get а magaziпe out moпths iп the British Museum researchiпg а book that would agaiп. We were j oined iп our efforts Ьу J im and Elsie Wi\cott, Ье а major exposure of the CIA. Не asked if we would meet two former CIA employees who had coпtacted апd shared with Wolf, who was comiпg to the States, to see if we could war stories with Phil after his 1975 book /nside the Сатрапу help edit апd fiпd а puЫisher for this book. had burst the myth of CIA impermeabllity. We eпlisted the typesetters апd priпters who had produced CounterSpy, апd the distributors who had carried it; we had the remпaпts of а PuЫishers: Ellen Ray, William Schaap, Louis Wolf small mailiпg list; апd we had а tiпy spare bedroom iп our apartment, which became the first CovertAction office. Director of Research: Louis Wolf The опlу way to become well-kпowп, we decided, was to Staff: Hilary Dirlam, Margaret Hanzimanolis, make the first issue а free опе апd to distribute it as widely Faith Holsaert, Bill Montross, Barbara Neuwirth, as possiЫe , hopiпg to geпerate enough subscribers to keep it Joseph Reilly, Sharon Reilly, Jane Teller afloat. Nопе of us was to take а salary from the ~agaziпe; we would continue to do other, payiпg, work. Photography consultant: Dolores Neuman Dirty Work was puЫished just as the first issue of Covert­ Action was goiпg to the printer. Coiпcidental\y , that summer, Editors: Terry Allen, Phillip Smith the World Youth Festival was held iп Наvапа. То promote CovertAction Quarterly, 1500 Massachusetts Ave. , NW, #732, both the magaziпe апd the book, we took several thousaпd Washington, ОС 20005, (202) 331 -9763, 331-9751 (fax). copies апd leaflets for the delegates апd jourпali s t s from CovertAction Quarterly, Number 47, Winter 1993-94. PuЫished quarterly, Ьу Covert Action PuЫications, lnc., а District of Colum­ arouпd the world. Ьia Nonprofit Corporation, copyright ©1993. lndexed Ьу Alter­ We discovered there that the youth from other co uпtri es native Press lndex, University Microfilms, ISSN 0275 - 309Х . All kпew far more about the CIAaпd its destabllizatioп programs rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. ( continued оп р. 65) 2 CovertAction Number47 CovertAction Q U А R Т Е R L У The FBI Targets Judi Bari Сl:д Dope Calypso Ward Churchill 4 Allen Ginsberg Зl Did the FBI put а bomb in Earth Firstl activists' CIA involvement in drug trafficking makes bet­ car and then try to frame them for the crime? ter poetry than policy. Recent revelations that The evidence pQints to Bureau guilt and fits а the Agency snщggled а ton of coke into фе U.S. historical pattern set Ьу COINTELPRO in the'60s. suggest we may soon need more verses. Russia in th,e Winter of Democracy Cold War Anti-Communism Redux Fred Weir 10 William Blum зв Boris Yeltsin, savior of Russian democracy? Has propaganda disseminated Ьу the evil em­ There is much more behind the October coup pire warped your mind? And just what makes the than our smug pundits and gloating leaders U.$. so darn evil anyway? Take this test of red want us to think. (pardon the expression)-Ыooded patriotism. When the First ls Last ROC'ky Flats: Th,e Jury That Wouldn't Shut Up Mumia Abu-Jamal 42 When prison censors render portions of the BrianAbas 16 Bill of Rights inoperative, even the Jounding When а grand jury heard the Rocky Flats.horror fathers can seem subversive. А U.S. political show of nuclear pollution, they voted to indict prisoner looks for the First Amendment. the corporate and government officials respon­ siЫe. Тhеу didn't know the fix was in. IMF/World Bank: Devastation Ьу Design ·- Walden Ве//о, Shea Cunningham Trilateral Spin оп NAFTA & Bi//Raµ 44 lf they have failed to help the Third World, !~ 1 Joyce Nelson 22 why are they still around?Find the answer Ьу When Clinton, Ford, Carter, and Bush posed in asking another question: "Who benefits?" " the Rose Garden to push NAFTA, they were the tip of the iceberg based in а powerful organiza- ._____ __, tion of government and corporate elites. The UN, the CIA, and Evergreen Air lan Williams 48 G.When CIAproprietariesdemandfavors, theyfind The Federal Bureau of lntimidation . friends in the oddest places-such as in the UN 1 Howard Zinn 27 where diplomats cut deals with the devil. The FBI is supposed to fight theft, murder, and civil rights violations. But for decades, the sup­ Bag of Dirty Tricks posed enforcer has often beeh the perpetrator. Louis Wвlf . sз The long !~g~cy of Agency crimes ranges Optimism for the '90s from petiy t:iarassmen~ to mass murder. Dave Del/inger З2 Challenging the conventional wisdom that the Letters to the :Editor вs movement for social change died with the '60s, а veteran activist sees widespread re­ Front Cover photos: Rick R.einha!d. Gay/lesblan march on Washington, 1993 Back Cover: Matt Wuerker sistance and discontent waiting to explode. Winter 1993-94 CovertAction 3 - ver the years ·we have been warned about the danger of subversive organizations, о organizations that would threate.n our l1bert1es, subvert. our system, would encourage 1ts members to take further illegal action to advance their views, organizations that would ~ , , ~ incite and promote violence, pitting one American group against another ... [Т]here is an organization that does fit those descriptions, and if is the organization, the leadership of which has been most constant in its warning to us t6 Ье оп guard against such harm. The [FBI] did all of those things. -Sen. Philip А Hart, Select Committee on lntelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans, 1975 Тhе FBI Targets Judi Bari А Case Study in Domestic Counterinsurgency Ward Churchill Shortly before noon on After ambulances had left, • Мау 24, 1990, а white Subaru but before the Alameda sher- • station wagon Ыеw up as it iff's bomb squad aпived at ap­ moved along Park Boulevard praximate1y 1:05 p.m., GriЬi·:· in Oakland, California.
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