Free Download A Communist for the RCMP: The Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant by Dennis Gruending
English | June 18th, 2024 | ISBN: 168099915X | 224 pages | True EPUB | 7.04 MB
In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon hundreds of other people who held progressive views. Hadesbeck’s "Watch Out" lists on behalf of the Security Service included labour activists, medical doctors, lawyers, university professors and students, journalists, Indigenous and progressive farm leaders, members of the clergy, and anyone involved in the peace and human rights movements.
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