{"product_id":"the-global-police-state-william-i-robinson-9780745341644","title":"The Global Police State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Karl Marx aspired to a world in which our animal needs would be satisfied and our human needs could be addressed. It is a realistic possibility now, as William Robinson outlines--or the alternative that is taking shape before our eyes: a 'global police state' controlled by narrowly concentrated capital with 'surplus humanity' left to survive somehow on its own. The choice is in our hands.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Noam Chomsky, author of \u003ci\u003eWho Rules the World?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the world becomes ever more unequal, people become ever more \"disposable.\" Today, governments systematically exclude sections of their populations from society through heavy-handed policing. But it doesn't always go to plan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e William I. Robinson exposes the nature and dynamics of this out-of-control system, arguing for the urgency of creating a movement capable of overthrowing it. The global police state uses a variety of ingenious methods of control, including mass incarceration, police violence, US-led wars, the persecution of immigrants and refugees, and the repression of environmental activists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He writes in his Introduction, \"I offer a 'big picture\" of the emerging global police state in a short book that is eminently readable. The pages to follow may startle many readers and make them angry. I trust the work will serve as a warning of the dystopic future that is upon us. More importantly, by exposing the nature and dynamic of this out-of-control system, I hope it will contribute to the struggles to bring about an alternative future based on human freedom and liberation.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Movements have emerged to combat the increasing militarization, surveillance and social cleansing; however, many of them appeal to a moral sense of social justice rather than addressing its root: global capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using shocking data which reveals how far capitalism has become a system of repression, Robinson argues that the emerging megacities of the world are becoming the battlegrounds where the excluded and the oppressed face off against the global police state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William I. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745341640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745341644\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 08\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"William I. Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990850568447,"sku":"9780745341644","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a3922e0-58f1-4d6e-b25e-73ff233f1f95.jpg?v=1683307047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-global-police-state-william-i-robinson-9780745341644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}