The Bombs Explode at Home: Policing, Prisons, and Permanent War

The article discusses the origins of the contemporary penal state in the U.S. Topics covered include the radical social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Martin Luther King Jr.'s arguments against the U.S. war in Vietnam, and the link between the rise of an authoritarian neoliberal state and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Camp, Jordan T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Social justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 11-30
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Counterinsurgency
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Prison System
Prisons
Social Movements
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Summary:The article discusses the origins of the contemporary penal state in the U.S. Topics covered include the radical social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Martin Luther King Jr.'s arguments against the U.S. war in Vietnam, and the link between the rise of an authoritarian neoliberal state and the global counterinsurgency against the freedom struggles that King took part in.