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If you can't get to all the readings this week, just choose one from each of the following sections. | If you can't get to all the readings this week, just choose one from each of the following sections. | ||
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* [https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/ Authoritarian Stack] | * [https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/ Authoritarian Stack] | ||
** A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism | ** A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism | ||
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** A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings. | ** A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings. | ||
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* [https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/tc2-technology101-primer-v02.pdf ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies] | * [https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/tc2-technology101-primer-v02.pdf ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies] | ||
* [https://www.404media.co/icezine/ 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance] | * [https://www.404media.co/icezine/ 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance] | ||
* [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities] | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities] | ||
| − | + | The People and Nations Behind the Tech | |
* [https://www.zig.art/p/my-final-message-before-im-on-an Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir] | * [https://www.zig.art/p/my-final-message-before-im-on-an Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir] | ||
| − | * Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory | + | * Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3dvSPsROFhsxq-7vIlq4zskcwQbsz1j/view?usp=drive_link Part one] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDgXWOZc4peLYibZKEBHSn50O34CcURU/view?usp=sharing part two] |
| − | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3dvSPsROFhsxq-7vIlq4zskcwQbsz1j/view?usp=drive_link Part one] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDgXWOZc4peLYibZKEBHSn50O34CcURU/view?usp=sharing part two] | ||
| − | + | What We Do About It | |
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAvzvthh7IKNtDq6I4tcawUnG3j7KBAu/view?usp=drive_link Community Defense: interview with Sarah T. Hamid on abolishing carceral technologies, in Logic(s) issue 11] | * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAvzvthh7IKNtDq6I4tcawUnG3j7KBAu/view?usp=drive_link Community Defense: interview with Sarah T. Hamid on abolishing carceral technologies, in Logic(s) issue 11] | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 19 February 2026
Contents
Week 4: State and carceral surveillance and its relation to technofascists
- Real time lecture: March 13th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern
- Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
- Slides: TBD
Readings
If you can't get to all the readings this week, just choose one from each of the following sections.
Mapping the Surveillance Stack
- Authoritarian Stack
- A map of the people, ideologies, and companies behind technofascism
- Atlas of Surveillance
- An interactive map of US police tech - just spend some time clicking around
- Surveillance Watch
- A global map of policing and intelligence tech and their vendors. We recommend searching some of the companies from this week's readings.
The Tech
- ACLU resource outlining some major police technologies
- 404 Media zine about ICE surveillance
- Cooper wrote this about ICE surveillance capabilities
The People and Nations Behind the Tech
- Compelling essay by someone who used to work for Palantir
- Israeli Mass Surveillance in the Brain of Your Phone, from Anthony Lowenstein's The Palestine Laboratory Part one and part two
What We Do About It
Guest lecturer
Cooper Quintin, senior staff technologist at Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tasks
- Discord discussion from week 3
