Domestic Terrorism and Dangerous Law
Surveillance and the City
English - January 28, 2021 21:14 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBTechnology Government spying policing big brother robots surveillance killer robots nypd new york city futurism Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week on Surveillance and the City, we look at the ominous threat of expanded “domestic terrorism” laws in the aftermath of this month’s attack on the Capitol. Will lawmakers learn from the mistakes of the USA PATRIOT Act and other rushed legislation, or are we about the repeat the same mistake all over again?
Albert Fox Cahn, AI activist Liz O’Sullivan and journalist Ali Winston unpack the dense history of domestic terrorism, violent extremism, and white paramilitarism, as well as the issues with the law enforcement combating it.
Then for 'Stranger Than Science Fiction' we chat about the movies, books, and TV shows that inspire and terrify us, from 1940s Science Fiction stories to 1990s TV to in depth docu-series.
If you are interested in some background reading on the subject we have put together a few links for you to start with.
Danger of Expanded Domestic Terrorism Powers in the aftermath of the Capitol By Diala Shamas and Tarek Z. Ismail. Washington Post
We Should Be Very Worried About Joe Biden’s “Domestic Terrorism” Bill By Luke Savage. Jacobin Magazine
The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance By Albert Fox Cahn. Wired
Don’t Let Cops Use the Insurrection to Justify Surveillance By Albert Fox Cahn &Evan Selinger. The Daily Beast
We’ve Had a White Supremacist Coup Before. History Buried It. By Edwin Rios. MotherJones
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up. By Sebastian Rotella. ProPublica