Outlaw: Shifting Trends in Policing Dissent with Kristian Williams & Garrett

The Outlaw podcast speaks with Kristian Williams and Garrett about the changing terrain of counter-insurgency and political repression.

In this episode we are joined by Kristian Williams, anarchist historian and author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, and Garrett, an anti-repression activist and anarchist legal worker who resisted repression as one of the RNC 8.

The conversation covers:

• How models of policing protest have shifted over time
• How they are shifting again today and why it matters
• How this can inform repression preparation and response

Stay tuned after the interview for a poem by Malik Farrad Muhammad, a political prisoner from the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Uprisings.

Intro & Outro Music: Tortuguita by Brass Tapestry (ft. Rev. Keyanna Jones)

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