Beyond Bullets; The Suppression of Dissent in the United States
Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 460, [4] pages. Illustrated covers. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription reads To Tom & Pat What a treat to meet you! Your son is a marvelous young man & it is my honor to know him. Very best, J Boykoff 8 Feb 2008 DC! Jules Boykoff (born September 11, 1970) is an American academic, author, and former professional soccer player. His research focuses on the politics of the Olympic Games, social movements, the suppression of dissent, and the role of the mass media in US politics. Boykoff is a professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University, Oregon. He was also a visiting professor at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington during the 2004–05 school year. Topics taught by Boykoff include US politics, the politics of surveillance, mass-media and politics, and the politics of literature and poetry. In November 2006, he spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, "COP 12". In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore mentioned work Boykoff co-authored with his brother Maxwell Boykoff (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute) on US media coverage of global warming. Boykoff is also co-editor of The Tangent, a politics and art zine, and runs The Tangent Reading Series in Portland, Oregon. Focusing on a variety of movements for political, social, and economic change in the US, Jules Boykoff shows the tools used by government agents to undermine the long-term viability of opposition in this country. Despite the pretense of democratic ideals, the US government has ruthlessly suppressed dissent, using hard-to-detect and rarely acknowledged tactics. Boykoff breaks it down for readers, using a methodical, step-by-step analysis to open the government's bag of tricks for all to see. Beyond Bullets offers indispensable lessons to on-the-ground activists—those most likely to suffer the effects of infiltration, "snitchjacketing," surveillance, "black propaganda," and other insidious practices—as well as to those studying the forms of authoritarian rule in democratic societies. "When there is every reason to believe there's a 'bad moon rising on the right,' leftists need to understand how the state suppresses the rising tide of popular resentment. The strategy is multifaceted and sophisticated, as Jules Boykoff explains in this timely analysis of how the government has marginalized, channeled, infiltrated, co-opted, and repressed progressive movements in the US over the past hundred years. Paranoia and freak-out only play into their hands. Read Boykoff to understand where the real danger lies and how best to defend against it." —Robin Hahnel. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Dissent, Suppression, Mass Media, Political Violence, Surveillance, Infiltration, Agent Provacateurs, Propaganda, Harassment, Demonization, Employment Discrimination, Prosecutions, Manipulation
ISBN: 9781904859598
[Book #85944]
Price: $125.00