Episode 13: Informants and infiltrators

This month, we take time out from exposing each other as undercover operatives working for the corporate state to discuss Jamie Meltzer’s new documentary Informant, about the bizarre case of activist turned FBI lackey Brandon Darby. We then look at Canada’s recent history of undercover operations in activist movements, and hear from Toronto-based organizer Sharmeen Khan about her experiences being infiltrated by the Ontario Provincial Police during the G20 protests in 2010.

Episode Links

InformantRevolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon DarbyHow a Radical Leftist Became the FBI's BFFWeb of HateThe COINTELPRO PapersHow police infiltrated groups planning G20 protestsLiving among us: Activists speak out on police infiltration

Episode Music

The Rolling Stones – Undercover of the NightI’m A Policeman – Disneyland Children’s Sing-Along ChorusDead Kennedys – I Spy