Graeber, David (2004) Lying in wait. Nation (19 Apr 2004). Website.
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It is a little-known fact that no one at an anti-globalization protest in the United States has ever thrown a Molotov cocktail. Nor is there reason to believe global justice activists have planted bombs, pelted cops with bags of excrement or ripped up sidewalks to pummel them with chunks of concrete, thrown acid in policemen's faces or shot at them with wrist-rockets or water pistols full of urine or bleach. Certainly, none have ever been arrested for doing so. Yet somehow, every time there is a major mobilization, police and government officials begin warning the public that this is exactly what they should expect. Every one of these claims was broached in discussions of the protests against the Summit of the Americas in Miami in November and used to justify extreme police tactics, and we can expect to be hearing them again in the months before the Republican convention protests in New York.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.thenation.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2004 The Nation |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2013 13:52 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 01:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/53345 |
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