(Ebook) The Global Police State by William I Robinson ISBN 9780745341637, 9780745341644, 9781786806666, 9781786806659, 9781786806673, 0745341632, 0745341640, 1786806665, 1786806657

(Ebook) The Global Police State by William I Robinson ISBN 9780745341637, 9780745341644, 9781786806666, 9781786806659, 9781786806673, 0745341632, 0745341640, 1786806665, 1786806657

A critical look at the terrifying rise in the control of 'surplus' populations . As the world becomes ever more unequal, people become ever more 'disposable'. Today, governments systematically exclude sections of their populations from society though heavy-handed policing. But it doesn't always go to plan. William I. Robinson exposes the nature and dynamics of this out-of-control system, arguing for the urgency of creating a movement capable of overthrowing it. The global police state uses a variety of ingenious methods of control, including mass incarceration, police violence, US-led wars, the persecution of immigrants and refugees, and the repression of environmental activists. Movements have emerged to combat the increasing militarisation, surveillance and social cleansing; however many of them appeal to a moral sense of social justice rather than addressing its root - global capitalism. Using shocking data which reveals how far capitalism has become a system of repression, Robinson argues that the emerging megacities of the world are becoming the battlegrounds where the excluded and the oppressed face off against the global police state.