Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745337813 ISBN 13: 9780745337814

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2019

Synopsis

In this age of unchecked emphasis on national security, even liberal democracies seem prone to forgetting the histories of political policing and surveillance undergirding what we think of as our safety. Challenging this social amnesia, Aziz Choudry asks: What can we learn about the power of the state from the very people targeted by its security operations?

Drawing on the knowledge of activists and academics from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Chile, Activists and the Surveillance State delves into the harassment, infiltration, and disruption that has colored state responses to those deemed threats to national security. The book shows that, ultimately, movements can learn from their own repression, developing a critical and complex understanding of the nature of states and capital today that can crucially inform the struggles of tomorrow.

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About the Author

Aziz Choudry was Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT), University of Johannesburg. He is editor of The University and Social Justice, Activists and the Surveillance State and Just Work? Migrant Workers' Struggles Today (Pluto, 2020, 2019, 2016).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745337813
• ISBN 13: 9780745337814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Choudry Aziz