{"product_id":"the-american-surveillance-state-how-the-us-spies-on-dissent-9780745346014","title":"The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe FBI and other government agencies have always functioned as the secret police of American capitalism, using surveillance to monitor private lives. David H. Price's access to 15,000 pages of FBI files reveals how this surveillance has been used to target activists and public figures, providing a means to understand how these operations are weaponized by powerful governmental agencies. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 November 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pluto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans, they were outraged. However, in our post-9\/11 world, it has become accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our private lives. David H. Price pulls back the curtain to reveal how the FBI and other government agencies have always functioned as the secret police of American capitalism, up to today, where they luxuriate in a near-limitless NSA surveillance of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrice looks through a roster of campaigns by law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and corporations to understand how we got here. Starting with J. Edgar Hoover and the early FBI's alignment with business, his access to 15,000 pages of never-before-seen FBI files shines a light on the surveillance of Edward Said, Andre Gunder Frank, and Alexander Cockburn, Native American communists, and progressive factory owners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrice uncovers patterns of FBI monitoring and harassing of activists and public figures, providing the vital means for us to understand how these new frightening surveillance operations are weaponized by powerful governmental agencies that remain largely shrouded in secrecy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 216 x 140 x 26 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780745346014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David H.Price","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101322703098,"sku":"9780745346014","price":13.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1669992651089_book.jpg?v=1670432402","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-american-surveillance-state-how-the-us-spies-on-dissent-9780745346014","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}