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A collection of articles and interviews on the history, psychology, and current state of torture in democratic societies, Hurt is a short but hard-hitting look in the mirror for first-world countries. This exposé on the act of torture explores this dark world with essays from authors, anarchists, and many more. While striving to provide the general public with a greater understanding of torture, this resource forces readers to think critically about its current uses and the far-reaching implications of letting it continue unchecked.
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Kristian Williams is an author and journalist whose work has appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review and Counterpunch. His books include Our Enemies in Blue. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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"In these short, engaging, and readable chapters Kristian Williams explores the hurt caused by the state when it chooses to use torture. Hurt challenges the modern, democratic states' use of torture as part of challenging the state itself. To challenge the state we have many tasks, reading Hurt is the first." —Kevin Van Meter, member, Team Colors Collective
"For more than a decade Kristian Williams has been poking at the grim underbelly of U.S. politics with unrelenting clarity. In Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy, Williams levels his attention on a wide range of issues, from torture to prison abolition to anarchism to the role of media in contemporary society. For those willing to engage the complexities and shortcomings of U.S.American democracy—replete with its internal contradictions, marginalized populations, professionalized politics, and yammering classes—Kristian Williams is your guy and Hurt is a constructive step forward." —Jules Boykoff, author of Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States
"As prisoners from Georgia, Ohio, and California decry the torture of long-term isolation and years of brutality, as we mark the 40th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion and remember how New York tortured surviving prison leaders, Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy by Kristian Williams is an important contribution to deepening our commitment to ending human rights violations and fighting for a more just world." —Claude Marks, former political prisoner and director of the Freedom Archives (which produced the films Legacy of Torture and Cointelpro 101)
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- PublisherMicrocosm Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1934620645
- ISBN 13 9781934620649
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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