Tag Archives: dissent

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther

November 27, 2009

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Among some circles, Fred Hampton is a luminary without peers. Though new generations may only catch his reference in a song, his legacy in Chicago and to the Black liberation movement is without question.

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Policing Dissent: Social Control and the Anti-globalization Movement

September 8, 2009

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With this book anarchist sociologist, Luis Fernandez, writes on his studies of policing protests (broadly speaking). At first glance, the references and style of the book might make one think it is written for other academics–dispassionately studying the behaviors of our political masters and their domestic army, the police.

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