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Policing the Planet - by Jordan T Camp & Christina Heatherton (Paperback)

 Policing the Planet - by  Jordan T Camp & Christina Heatherton (Paperback)
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"This book is the best analytical and political response we have to the historic rebellions in Ferguson! Don't miss it."<br><b> --Cornel West, author of <i>Black Prophetic Fire</i></b> <p/> "We owe Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton a great expression of gratitude for this brilliant and provocative collection of voices that compels us to see the Black Lives Matter Movement in the larger context of twenty-first-century racial capitalism and the growing carceral state."<br><b> --Barbara Ransby, author of <i>Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement</i></b> <p/>"A major work ... As someone who certainly admires the work of these scholars, I couldn't think of a more compelling and timely work such as this. I am pleased to not only be in community with these amazing people but to listen and learn from them ... <i>Policing the Planet</i> comes at an incredibly important time."<br> <b>--Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</b> <p/>"When this series of essays addressing contemporary activism's biggest movement hits stands in May, we'll be ready. A variety of contributors, including anti-police brutality and militarization activists from around the country and world, promise to make <i>Policing the Planet</i> a definitive work for anybody confused about exactly what structural law enforcement powers lead to our current racial justice climate."<br><b>--<i>Colorlines</i></b> <p/> "This broad collection of sharp commentary from activists, academics, and artists situates recent struggles right where they belong--in opposition to an increasingly global regime of police abuse."<br><b>--<i>Flavorwire</i></b> <p/> "Through compiling so many critical voices in one place, Camp and Heatherton have created a much-needed guidebook of resistance to our planet's police state and the structures of urban governance that feed it."<br> <b>--Aaron Cantú, <i>Washington Spectator</i></b> <p/> "An incredible anthology tracing the bloody history of broken-windows policing and its implications for city life in general."<br><b> --James Tracy, <i>Rooflines </i></b> <p/> "<i>Policing the Planet</i> is an important intervention to a key issue at a crucial time."<br><b>--Ramor Ryan, <i>TeleSur</i></b>

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