LFI Course Materials 4/Week nine

Week 9: Surveillance and the carceral state

• Real time lecture: September 17th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

Readings

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/george-floyd-protests-surveillance.html

Defend Our Movements digital self-defense knowledge base

1. ProtectBlackDissent campaign

Racial-Justice, Digital-Rights and Worker Advocates Release Statement in Solidarity with Protesting Amazon Workers and Whistleblowers

The ACLU's Technology 101 primer on what surveillance technologies police are using: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/tc2-technology101-primer-v02.pdf The ACLU's Community Control of Police Surveillance (CCOPS) coalition statement about the necessity of oversight around police technology: https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/community-control-over-police-surveillance?redirect=feature/community-control-over-police-surveillance CCOPS guiding principles for democratic oversight: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/ccops_guiding_principles_-_final.pdf

Guest lecturer

Myaisha Hayes, Media Justice