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John L. Potash

    The FBI War on Tupac Shakur: The State Repression of Black Leaders from the Civil Rights Era to the 1990s
    Drugs as Weapons Against Us
    • Drugs as Weapons Against Us

      • 440 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.1(92)Add rating

      Drugs as Weapons Against Us meticulously details how a group of opium-trafficking families came to form an American oligarchy and eventually achieved global dominance. This oligarchy helped fund the Nazi regime and then saved thousands of Nazis to work with the Central Intelligence Agency. CIA operations such as MK-Ultra pushed LSD and other drugs on leftist leaders and left-leaning populations at home and abroad. Evidence supports that this oligarchy further led the United States into its longest-running wars in the ideal areas for opium crops, while also massively funding wars in areas of coca plant abundance for cocaine production under the guise of a "war on drugs" that is actually the use of drugs as a war on us. Drugs as Weapons Against Us tells how scores of undercover U.S. Intelligence agents used drugs in the targeting of leftist leaders from SDS to the Black Panthers, Young Lords, Latin Kings, and the Occupy Movement. It also tells how they particularly targeted leftist musicians, including John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Tupac Shakur to promote drugs while later murdering them when they started sobering up and taking on more leftist activism. The book further uncovers the evidence that Intelligence agents dosed Paul Robeson with LSD, gave Mick Jagger his first hit of acid, hooked Janis Joplin on amphetamines, as well as manipulating Elvis Presley, Eminem, the Wu Tang Clan, and others.

      Drugs as Weapons Against Us
    • Since the announcement of the tragedy, Tupac Shakur's death has been shrouded in controversy. John Potash, a leading researcher on the topic, presents his theories in this meticulously researched account. This work offers a shocking analysis of the untimely demise of one of modern music's greatest figures. It details the unscrupulous tactics employed by the FBI against a generation of leftist political leaders and musicians. Drawing from twelve years of research, the narrative is supported by extensive footnotes and sources, including over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and mainstream media reports. Potash traces the origins of the Civil Rights Movement in America, illustrating how the FBI and U.S. government conspired to dismantle various activist and revolutionary groups. The methods used against figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Fred Hampton are echoed in the 80s and 90s against later revolutionary groups and musicians, particularly Tupac Shakur. Prepare for a winding, shocking tale as Potash uncovers the dark underbelly of government actions against some of our most cherished black icons.

      The FBI War on Tupac Shakur: The State Repression of Black Leaders from the Civil Rights Era to the 1990s