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The Anatomy of A Rebellion: Against The Current vol. 84 Ortiz, Paul Article 2000 The first time I traveled to Los Angeles with a comrade of mine in the labor movement, I had one of those sharp educational experiences that cannot be replicated in the classroom. Anti-Capitalist Demonstration of May 1, 2013 in Montreal: Journée des Travailleurs et Travailleuses: Manifestation Anti-Capitaliste Film/Video 2013 Montreal 2013: police state. Montreal's municipal goverment passes a bylaw that suspends the right of citizens to assemble unless they have received advance permission from police. Citizens who assert... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 5 - December 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 The Clouds Clear: Labor, Seattle and Beyond: Against The Current vol. 85 Borgers, Frank Article 2000 As the clouds of teargas lifted from the streets of Seattle two images emerged in public consciousness: The edifice of the WTO brought crashing to its knees, simultaneously revealing an odd Lilliputia... Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom Blackstock, Nelson Book 1976 The first in-depth look at the covert and illegal FBI counterintelligence program - code-name COINTELPRO. COINTELPRO: Connexipedia Article Article A series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the ... Connexions: Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Cops Are Now Less Cautious Than Soldiers In Iraq: Shooting Mirian Carey Carp, Jonathan Article 2013 Police militarization is a hot topic lately, but American police are beyond anything contemplated by the American military. American police today appear unwilling to accept any risk whatsoever and see... Crimes of the Secret Police: Bombers, Burglars, Bullies, Barn-Burners And Dynamite Thieves Dion, Robert Book 1982 An account of crimes committed by the RCMP security service in the name of national security. Criminalizing First-Graders: Arrested and Handcuffed for Tantrums Brauchli, Christopher Article 2010 All across the nation, schools have adopted draconian zero-tolerance policies that treat children like criminals and turn schools into prison-like environments. DARE's Struggles in Rhode Island: Against The Current vol. 110 Buhle, Paul Article 2004 Let's start in a scene from last summer that will be familiar, not exactly but approximately, to many older readers: the labor awards banquet. The setting is a "casino"— in the 1880s sense of a banqu... Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... Detroit Politics Embroiled: Against The Current vol. 134 Finkel, David Article 2008 Detroit is a city entangled in a chain of interlocking crises, all the way from the world economic crisis, to deindustrialization in America, down to the regional and local levels of the housing marke... "Do Not Resist": The Police Militarization Documentary Everyone Should See Devereaux, Ryan Article 2016 On a sunny afternoon last summer, Craig Atkinson, a New York City-based filmmaker, stood in a front yard in South Carolina surrounded by several heavily armed police officers. Inside, they found a ter... Drug War Winners and Losers Young, Kevin Article 2015 A review of Dawn Paley's book "Drug War Capitalism." Even the FBI Agrees: When Undercover Agents Pose as Journalists, It Hurts Real Journalists' Work Aaronson, Trevor Article 2018 The FBI doesn't want the public to know more about how its agents pose as journalists during undercover investigations.The government acknowledged in a court filing that FBI agents who pretend to be j... Flaunting It! Jackson, Ed; Perksy, Stan (eds.) Book 1982 An anthology of articles spanning the first decade of the Canadian gay liberation periodical, The Body Politic. Florida Sheriff Tells Drivers to Run over Street Protesters Dyer, Herb Article 2015 Sheriff of Florida's Palm Beach County tells residents to use their vehicles as weapons against protesters who may be blocking their path. Grassroots Power vs. Police Brutality: Against The Current vol. 84 Cohen, Claire Article 2000 Widespread police abuse is a long-time, normally mainly secret side of life in capitalist America, especially for minority communities. Now, in a number of cities, outrageous cases of police murders o... Handbook to Survive Bad Policing Book Guide to surviving police harassment and abuse. Helps anyone targeted by the police but especially Aboriginal youth, people of colour, and recent immigrants. Explains rights and strategies for dealing... Israeli guards 'humiliated inmates' Article 2009 A group of female former Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have accused prison guards of subjecting them to intrusive and degrading treatment. Israeli Police Impunity Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 Israeli police expect, and usually receive, impunity for using violence against Palestinians. LAPD Chickens Come Home to Roost: Why I'm More Scared of the Cops Than I Am of Christopher Dorner Fowler, Ruth Article 2013 Lawsuit accuses DC police of collusion with far right: An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit alleging that police broke protocol by working with a far-right organisation. Strickland, Patrick Article 2018 Federal prosecutors and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, DC, colluded with far-right groups in cases against anti-Trump protesters, a recently filed lawsuit alleges. Legal Lessons From the Green Scare: When the Constitution is No Obstacle to the FBI Rosenfeld, Ben; Regan, Lauren Article 2010 Green Scare prosecutors and their coordinators in Washington are willing to destroy individual lives to score political points, and to trample their own rules in the process. Mayhem, Murder and Manipulation - Mexico in Turmoil: Against The Current vol. 123 La Botz, Dan Article 2006 Mexican police attacked activists and residents in the town of San Salvador Atenco in the State of Mexico in early May, killing one, injuring scores, and jailing over 200. The police attack on Atenco ... Melbourne: WEF Meets Real World: Against The Current vol. 89 Skanthakumar, B. Article 2000 Over 15 000 people from all corners of Australia and farther afield blockaded the Asia-Pacific summit of the World Economic Forum (W.E.F.) in Melbourne between September 11 and 13 in the latest expres... New Orleans' Police Death Squads: Against The Current vol. 151 Suber, Malcolm Article 2011 An interview with Malcolm Suber, a New Orleans community activist and fighter for justice, and a former candidate for city council. Against the Current asked him to comment on the struggle around murd... No News is Not Good News: Cops Taping Protesters & Journalists Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 If cops photograph and videotape protesters and journalists, it's news if it happens in China, but when it happens in the U.S., as it routinely does, the media are silent. Organizing to Stop Police Brutality in Riverside, California: Organizing for Accountability: Against The Current vol. 83 Feeley, Dianne; Finkel, David Article 1999 interview with Chani Beeman. Chani Beeman is co-chair of the Riverside Coalition for Police Accountability, whose principles and mission statement can be found at their website (www.ucr. edu/ethnomus/... The People's Police Commission: Trial By Amateur Video Carson, Kevin Article 2011 Now we have a people’s police commission of our own. It’s called amateur video. And it will do to criminal scum like Lt. Pike what a whole world of police commissions, pretending to act on our behalf,... Police: Urban Policing in Canada Sewell, John Book 1985 Policing is crucial to society. In the public's mind, police stand for law and order, protecting the law-abiding from the law-breaker. But what does the police officer on the beat actually do? Does th... The Police and Court System: Neoliberal America's Tax Collectors Platt, Brian Article 2015 The criminal justice system has increasingly become the preferred way to fund city governments in the modern neoliberal nightmare that is the United States. The police target the poor for petty infrac... Police in Canada: The Real Story Sewell, John Book 2010 What's going on with Canada's police? Once an institution that commanded respect and trust, the police are now widely regarded with skepticism and even suspicion. Police Ripped Off More Stuff Than Burglars Did Last Year: Civil asset forfeiture is big business for cops Smith, Phillip Article 2015 Law enforcement use of asset forfeiture laws to seize property -- often without a criminal conviction or even an arrest -- has gone through the roof in recent years, and now the cops are giving the cr... Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy Williams, Kristian Article 2011 What clearly sets a number of recent cases apart is not the fact of police violence, but the fact that that violence is being challenged. The controversy, in other words, is not only about violence, b... The police vs. the law Diemer, Ulli Article 1981 One of the main differences between a democratic society and a police state is that in a democracy, the police are supposed to obey the law. In a police state, they don't. The Praxis Affair Weinberg, Paul Article 2015 A cautionary story of what might happen if we return to the bad old days of the RCMP Security Service, which was caught disrupting and using dirty tricks against a wide range of unsuspecting groups be... Provocateur Cops Caught Disguised As Anarchists At G20 Watson, Paul Joseph Article 2009 At every single major summit over the past few years, authorities have inserted agent provocateurs into protest groups in order to spy on them and if necessary, provoke violence to justify oppressive ... RCMP bombed oil site in 'dirty tricks' campaign Article 1999 The Mounties bombed an oil installation as part of a dirty tricks campaign in their investigation into sabotage in the Alberta's oil patch. RCMP - The Real Subversives Fidler, Richard Book 1978 A critique of the motives and actions of the RCMP. The Return of the Albuquerque Death Squads: Police War on the Poor Correia, David Article 2011 APD is at war with the poor because it has come to equate any expression of poverty or drug addiction not as an effect of structural inequality, but rather as another opportunity to dispose of what it... Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by Dave Dellinger Dellinger, Dave Book 1970 Dellinger says that "those of us who oppose the violence of the status quo and reject the violence of armed revolt and class hatred bear a heavy responsibility to struggle existentially to provdew non... The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage  Gitlin, Todd Book 1987 One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical c... '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... The social significance of Toronto's June 15 homeless "riot" Article 2000 What happened on June 15 bears close attention for what it says about the trajectory of politics in Ontario and the country as a whole. The police ran amok, attacking not only anyone participating in ... SPP Agent Provocateur Cops Caught Red Handed Attempting To Incite Violence Watson, Steve Article 2007 Peaceful protestors at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello have captured sensational video of hired agent provocateurs attempting to incite rioting and turn the protest ... Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities 1917 - 1997 Hewitt, Steve Book 2002 If you attended a Canadian university in the past eighty years, it's possible that, unbeknownst to you, Canadian security agents were surveying you, your fellow students, and your professors for 'subv... State Law Breakers: Violating the Law While Enforcing the Law Carson, Kevin Article 2013 Police routinely break the law under the pretext of enforcing the law. Still Got the News: Against The Current vol. 84 Esch, Betsy Article 2000 As a student activist at the University of Michigan in the middle and late 1980s, I was part of a coalition of activists who planned and carried out a democratic takeover of our school's newspaper, Th... Stirring Up Racism: Against The Current vol. 139 Parker, Mike; Jordan, Margaret Article 2009 In an attempt to discredit the progressive candidates, the Richmond Police Officers Association (RPOA) put out a flyer which claimed the Latino community and particularly undocumented immigrants were ... Submission to the MacDonald Commissionon the R.C.M.P Article The authors of this submission are concerned with the presence of the RCMP Security Services at events such as trade union meetings. Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power Rosenfeld, Seth Book 2012 A study of the role of the FBI in the postwar Red Scare, focusing especially on Ronald Reagan's long and creepy relationship with the FBI. It is also a fascinating account of the origins and developme... The Swing of That Truncheon Thing: The Nature of the Beast Revealed Jacobs, Ron Article 2011 Historically, police violence is a fact of life in every society. In a society based on a capitalist economy, the police serve those that have the most money and property. When the authorities and the... Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press - June 1977: Volume V Number 6 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press - October 1977: Volume V Number 8 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press - November 1977: Volume V Number 9 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... Terror Takeover: The monstrous march of the security state New Internationalist November 2009 - #427 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2009 Has our panic over terrorism given permission for unchecked abuse? The fear of terrorism has been used to curtail our liberties and violate human rights. Toronto's Finest Diemer, Ulli Article 1981 Too many cops seem to enjoy intimidating people and smashing things. Torture by Taser: When police abuse their newest 'nonlethal' toy, people die. Gorman, Peter Article 2005 12 most absurd laws used to stifle occupy movement Khalek, Rania Article 2011 Here are 12 desperate and unsuccessful measures the authorities are using to discourage, deter and crack down on peaceful protests. 12 Most Absurd Laws Used to Stifle the Occupy Wall St. Movement Khalek, Rania Article 2011 As Occupy Wall Street protests spring up in cities across the country, authorities are thinking up creative ways to contain this peaceful and inspiring uprising. Although laws and municipal ordinances... Violence Goes to College: Are We Going to Hell? Prashad, Vijay Article 2011 The priorities of the campus are clear. An Assistant Professor earns an annual salary in the low $60,000 range; a Lieutenant in the campus safety department (the man who fired the pepper gas, for inst... What Black Lives Matter means for Labor Billeaux, Michael Article 2015 An account and analysis of the centrality of the Black freedom struggle to the working class movement as a whole, arguing that the struggle for Black liberation is a precondition for human liberation ... Who threatens us most -- peaceful campaigners or a private militia run by police chiefs? Monbiot, George Article 2011 The people challenging corporate power are often defamed as destructive anarchists. Yet they are seeking to defend the fabric of our lives from the anarchic destruction of market fundamentalism. The p... With My Heart in Yambo Restrepo, Maria Fernanda Film/Video 2011 Twenty-four years ago director Fernanda Restrepo's two teenage brothers disappeared. A year later, the family finally learned the worst possible news: the brothers had been kidnapped, tortured and mur... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesNews and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Ontario Coalition Against Poverty OCAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We mount grassroots political campaigns against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working peop... Toronto Police Accountability Coalition Group dedicated to encouraging discussion and debate regarding police policy issues in an effort to make police more accountable to the public. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryA Camera on Every Cop Taser International cashes in on police misconduct Frazier, Mya 2015 On December 1, 2014, after several months of protests against police brutality that began with the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, President Obama pledged $75 million in federal funds to... "Gestapo" tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington Ackerman, Spencer; Stafford, Zach; Guarino, Mark;Laughland, Oliver 2015 Politicians and rights groups call for inquiries into interrogations at Homan Square. Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces questions as top supporters examine abuse. IFJ Condemns Arrest of Russian Editor after Exposure of Police Corruption Sparks Raid Sources News Release 2010 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest of Valery Smetanin, Editor-in-chief and Galina Yablokova and her son Alexej Yablokov, two founders of the Ivanovo-Press wee... Israeli soldiers disguised as photojournalists endanger journalists' lives, says MADA Sources News Release 2009 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses concern over the Israeli occupation forces disguising themselves as photojournalists in the middle of Palestinian protesters. Journalism of Outrage Investigative Reporting and Agenda Building in America Protess, David L.; Cook, Fay Lomax; Doppelt, Jack C.; Ettema, James S.; Gordon, Margaret T. 1991 Examines the myths and misconceptions of investigative journalism and presents empirical research to support a model that challenges the classical theory. Journalist faced prison for posting media relations number King, Geoffrey 2013 Carlos Miller founder and publisher of Photography is Not a Crime, a leading blog about free speech and press rights in the U.S., Miller has made it his mission to publicize examples of government ove... Let Me Be Frank: Francesco Serpico, A Genuine Actor Curtin, Edward 2018 When you see injustice and corruption, when you open your eyes and see lying and deceit everywhere, you must be your own hero; you must be courageous and act. Madrid barrio expels 'racist' police patrols Jeering crowds chase away officers who try to detain immigrants Tremlett, Giles 2011 Community protests police practice of racial profiling: the protests have been dubbed the "indignant" movement. Met police face legal action for 'kettling' of protest teenagers Townsend, Mark 2010 Police in the UK are being sued for using violence against students during a tuition fees protest by three minors who suffered injuries. They claim they were falsely detained and denied medical assist... Miners' strike: senior officer was 'appalled' at conduct of other police Townsend, Mark 2012 A senior police officer breaks ranks to describe how he and others were "appalled" at the behaviour of colleagues during the 1984-85 miners' strike in the UK, as calls mount for a fresh inquiry into t... Police log 'domestic extremists' and keep database on activists Forces survey and file details of peaceful protests and political activities Lewis, Paul; Evans, Rob; Taylor, Matthew 2009 'Domestic Extremists' are persons involved in political meetings and protests who are photographed and added to a national database by the UK police. This surveillance falls under the purview of "ter... RSF fully supports journalists suing Ferguson police Sources News Release 2015 Arrests of journalists while gathering information and covering demonstrations are inadmissible in the country of the First Amendment. Tasers: 'If officers have a new toy, they like using it' Tasers in the Line of Fire Barkham, Patrick 2011 Tasers are part of the modern police's arsenal. But how safe are they and why are the guidelines for their use so vague? By 2011, Amnesty International had recorded 450 deaths after a Taser firing. Unacceptable police violence against journalists covering demonstrations Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders calls on the Greek authorities to publicly condemn cases of police violence against journalists during the demonstrations of the past few weeks and to give the police clear i... From the Connexions ArchivesAlbert Johnson Committee Against Police Brutatlity Organization profile published 1980 Organization 1980 |
