Throughout the 1950s and 60s, domestic activist groups were subject to heightened levels of surveillance, infiltration, and harassment through the government's counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO). Though the program was officially disbanded nearly four decades ago, current domestic activist groups, especially environmental and animal rights activists, continue to allege that the program remains in effect to this day. Though certain similarities to the COINTELPRO-era remain, the current socio-political climates focus on terrorism prevention and the protection of industry profits and the resulting legal, statutory and regulatory frameworks present new challenges to such activists that must be met with new solutions. This thesis will examine the origin of the activists' claim, why such an analogy is faulty, and why such a distinction is important for those involved in environmental and animal rights activism.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-04222010-113044 |
| Date | 29 June 2010 |
| Creators | Rosnick, Rachel |
| Contributors | Michael Sealey, Taylot Seybolt, D. Wes Rist, Lisa Nelson |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04222010-113044/ |
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