The Global Police State, World Economy, and Systemic Violence, Part 1”
Part 1
The global police state uses a variety of methods of control, including mass incarceration, surveillance, police violence, US-led wars, the persecution of immigrant and refugees and the repression of activists. Robinson shows how the global police state, beyond control, is an immensely profitable enterprise that keeps the global capitalist economy afloat in the face of chronic stagnation, plus more.
Guests:
William Robinson, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, and with the Global and International Studies Program at UCSB. William Robinson is the author of the books The Global Police State (2020), Global Capitalism and the Crises of Humanity (2014) and We Will Not Be Silenced (2017), the article: “Post-COVID Economy May Have More Robots, Fewer Jobs and Intensified Surveillance”, plus more.
