Activists and the surveillance state : learning from repression / edited by Aziz Choudry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Choudry, A. A., editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political activists--Civil rights--History.

Political activists.

Political persecution.

Civil rights.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 264 pages.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press ; Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part 1

1 Lessons learnt, lessons lost: Pedagogies of repression, thoughtcrime, and the sharp edge of state power p. 3 / Aziz Choudry

2 The surveillance state: A composition in four movements p. 23 / Radha D'Souza

3 Activist learning and state dataveillance: Lessons from the UK, Mauritius and South Africa p. 53 / Jane Duncan

Part II

4 Coming of age under surveillance: South Asian, Arab and Afghan American youth and post-9/11 activism p. 79 / Sunaina Maira

5 ASIO and the Australia-Timor-Leste solidarity movement, 1974-79 p. 97 / Bob Boughton

6 The plantation-to-plant-to-prison pipeline p. 117 / David Austin and Aziz Choudry

7 Forgetting national security in 'Canada': Towards pedagogies of resistance p. 129 / Gary Kinsman

8 Prevent as far-right Trojan horse: The creeping radicalisation of the UK national security complex p. 153 / Nafeez Ahmed

9 Political policing in the UK: A personal perspective p. 177 / Emily Apple

10 Spies wide shut: Responses and resistance to the national security state in Aotearoa New Zealand p. 197 / Valerie Morse

Part III

Undercover research: Academics, activists and others investigate political policing p. 217 / Eveline Lubbers.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786803726

1786803720

Publisher Number:

40028788652

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.