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Cops at War: How World War II Transformed U.S. Policing
As wartime labor shortages depleted police forces, and fear of crime grew, chiefs turned to new initiatives to strengthen and professionalize their officers.
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Stuart Schrader
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Modern American History
on
June 28, 2021
Trump Has Brought America’s Dirty Wars Home
The authoritarian tactics we’ve exported around the world in the name of national security are now being deployed in Portland.
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Stuart Schrader
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The New Republic
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July 21, 2020
Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power
The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.
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Stuart Schrader
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The Nation
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June 12, 2020
Wanted: An End to Police Terror
The pursuit of justice has been defined by a rote binary of punished in a cage versus unpunished and free.
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Stuart Schrader
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Viewpoint Magazine
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June 9, 2020
Yes, American Police Act Like Occupying Armies. They Literally Studied Their Tactics
The founders of modern policing quelled foreign uprisings. ‘Demilitarizing’ police will be harder than taking away their tanks.
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Stuart Schrader
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The Guardian
on
June 8, 2020
When Police Treat Protesters Like Insurgents, Sending in Troops Seems Logical
Militarized police forces laid the groundwork for using troops to quell protest.
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Stuart Schrader
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Washington Post
on
June 4, 2020
The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism
The US-backed Indonesian mass killings of 1965 reshaped global politics, securing a decisive victory for U.S. interests against Third World self-determination.
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Stuart Schrader
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Boston Review
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May 17, 2020
The Imperial History of US Policing: An Interview with Stuart Schrader
Dan Berger interviews Stuart Schrader about his new book on US imperialism.
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Dan Berger
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Stuart Schrader
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Black Perspectives
on
January 29, 2020
Tear Gas and the U.S. Border
How did it come to pass that a weapon banned for military use was deployed against asylum-seekers on the U.S. border?
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Stuart Schrader
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Process: A Blog for American History
on
December 6, 2018
The White Man, Unburdened
How Charles Murray stopped worrying and learned to love racism.
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Stuart Schrader
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Quinn Slobodian
via
The Baffler
on
July 4, 2018
Book
Badges without Borders
: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing
Stuart Schrader
2019
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“The Police Know Guerrilla Warfare”
During the Cold War, cops at home and military personnel abroad exchanged techniques and tactics to mete out repression and thwart leftist insurgencies.
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Kyle Burke
via
Jacobin
on
December 20, 2019
The Thick Blue Line
How the United States became the world’s police force.
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Patrick Blanchfield
via
Bookforum
on
December 2, 2019
A Theater of State Panic
Beginning in 1967, the Army built fake towns to train police and military officers in counterinsurgency.
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Bench Ansfield
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New York Review of Books
on
September 16, 2022
Police and Racist Vigilantes: Even Worse Than You Think
Is Trump a fascist? You should ask the same question of your local police.
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John Knefel
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The American Prospect
on
September 10, 2020
The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing
Modern policing is linked to overseas colonial projects of conquest, occupation, and rule. Demilitarization requires uprooting that worldview.
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Julian Go
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Foreign Affairs
on
July 16, 2020
The Invention of the Police
Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
by
Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
on
July 13, 2020
Police Reform Hasn't Stopped the Killings Before. It Won't Now Either.
Police reform is a time-honored counter-insurgency measure to quell rebellion.
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Garrett Felber
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Truthout
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July 5, 2020