{"product_id":"the-american-surveillance-state-david-hotchkiss-price-9780745346014","title":"The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew evidence has come to light proving how far the FBI monitored its citizens throughout the Cold War and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post-9\/11 world, it's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Price 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hotchkiss Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745346014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745346014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"David Hotchkiss Price","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076224217343,"sku":"9780745346014","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25bf42e6-d4f5-4c6d-a300-6864cf1edcd1.jpg?v=1685463846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-surveillance-state-david-hotchkiss-price-9780745346014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}