Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism
Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has doubled down on an inquisitorial strategy of counterinsurgency in the name of counterterrorism.
Jul 12, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis
Welcome to America’s emerging predator state.
Feb 28, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the "Cop City" shooting, lethal.
Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists 5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists
From Ferguson to Baltimore, the message is clear: protest at your peril.
May 5, 2015 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Seven Steps to a Homeland Security Campus Seven Steps to a Homeland Security Campus
Campus spies. Pepper spray. SWAT teams. Welcome to Repress U, class of 2012.
Mar 22, 2012 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Guatemala’s Dirty War Guatemala’s Dirty War
Millions of recently declassified police documents detail a thirty-six-year reign of state terror.
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky and Kelly Lee
Will Youth Activists Recreate ’68 At This Year’s Conventions? Will Youth Activists Recreate ’68 At This Year’s Conventions?
Thousands of young activists are poised to protest at the Democratic and Republican conventions. In the age of Obama, is street protest still relevant?
Aug 19, 2008 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Repress U Repress U
Surveillance 101: Big Brother goes to college.
Jan 10, 2008 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King
The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.
Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky