Policing the Planet

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This book is the best analytical and political response we have to the historic rebellions in Ferguson! Don't miss it. -- Cornel West, author of <i>Black Prophetic Fire</i> We owe Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton a great expression of gratitude for this brilliant and provocative collection of voices that compels us to see the Black Lives Matter Movement in the larger context of twenty-first-century racial capitalism and the growing carceral state. -- Barbara Ransby, author of <i>Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement</i> A major work . As someone who certainly admires the work of these scholars, I couldn't think of a more compelling and timely work such as this. I am pleased to not only be in community with these amazing people but to listen and learn from them . Policing the Planet comes at an incredibly important time. -- Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture When this series of essays addressing contemporary activism's biggest movement hits stands in May, we'll be ready. A variety of contributors, including anti-police brutality and militarization activists from around the country and world, promise to make Policing the Planet a definitive work for anybody confused about exactly what structural law enforcement powers lead to our current racial justice climate. * Colorlines * This broad collection of sharp commentary from activists, academics, and artists situates recent struggles right where they belong-in opposition to an increasingly global regime of police abuse. * Flavorwire * A probing collection of essays and interviews. * Philadelphia Tribune * Through compiling so many critical voices in one place, Camp and Heatherton have created a much-needed guidebook of resistance to our planet's police state and the structures of urban governance that feed it. -- Aaron Cantu * Washington Spectator * Policing the Planet is an important intervention to a key issue at a crucial time. -- Ramor Ryan * TeleSur * An incredible anthology tracing the bloody history of broken-windows policing and its implications for city life in general. -- James Tracy * Rooflines *