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AverageJoe90

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22. Unfortunately, this is all very true, it seems......And......
Fri May 25, 2012, 07:38 PM
May 2012

I had long suspected, from the very start, that OWS, and the New York General Assembly, who created the idea, would be targeted for infiltration, subversion and possibly destruction from within as well as without(Badjacketing has also been popular as of late. Some disinfo outlets have gone so far as to claim that Occupy was born as a CIA covert op and that the Tea Party are the victims. Unfortunately, one decent researcher I know of seems to have been suckered into believing the former....which is sad because this guy has done a lot of good work.)

CoIntelPro tactics are indeed very much alive and well. And, not only did the original operation not only take over and subvert legitimate left-wing groups, but even assisted and allied with rightist ones. They may have even created a few rightist groups, like the CIA did with the 'anti-Castro' groups.

And speaking of that, I have begun to find some startling & eerie parallels between the Symbionese Liberation Army, and the Tea Party movement. It's interesting to note that both organizations appeared suddenly, at certain convenient(for the Establishment) times, and suddenly gained popularity out of the blue.

The only major difference here is, the SLA was extremely left-wing and the Tea Party has extreme right-wing roots.

I do wonder now, if the Tea Party is indeed just one more Intel creation along the lines of Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, etc. (or maybe of the Feds, or both!)

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COINTELPRO and Occupy [View all] Marzupialis May 2012 OP
Don't forget Seattle. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #1
LOL the cops aren't our friends? I got flamed for saying that. Zalatix May 2012 #2
:) Anyone who has stood up for their 1st Amendment rights recently KNOWS Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #3
Thanks for posting all of these videos! countryjake May 2012 #16
God bless America deutsey May 2012 #18
And they are coordinated hootinholler May 2012 #19
Proof of undercover cops trying to fuck things up: Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #4
Thanks for the Bucky quote! Magoo48 May 2012 #6
Best thread ever. Peter King is a criminal whose actions for the IRA ...... marble falls May 2012 #5
Kick xchrom May 2012 #7
donut eating dorks Generic Other May 2012 #8
Bookmarking for later deutsey May 2012 #9
You say Mosaic May 2012 #10
Meh. Do you really think we have no deranged a-holes on our side? (nt) Recursion May 2012 #11
The other side is the *government*, in this case....not exactly evenly matched. Lars39 May 2012 #12
Yes, there are assholes on our side, but they aren't all armed and with "the law on their side". Magoo48 May 2012 #14
We know what side you are on when it comes to Occupy. U4ikLefty May 2012 #15
"We" do? How? Was being part of Occupy K Street not enough? Recursion May 2012 #17
Your posts are speaking for themselves. nt TBF May 2012 #20
Cointelpro also went after individuals starroute May 2012 #13
+1. No doubt. Mc Mike May 2012 #21
Unfortunately, this is all very true, it seems......And...... AverageJoe90 May 2012 #22
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