When
Thursday, September 26, 2024
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
The Department of Justice sought information on all who visited the DisruptJ20.org website for Donald Trump’s inauguration. Undercover agents infiltrate BlackLivesMatter protests. Police routinely command bystanders to stop filming them by falsely claiming it is a crime. Yet communities and activists push back against state repression while pursuing self-determination. Media activism has provided a key element for resistance and community organizing. This screening and discussion, based on material from his new book Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression, will feature shorts and video sequences made by counter-summit protesters, animal rights activists, cop watchers, Muslim American youth, and forest defenders to offer a brief history of such media activism. Lively discussion will be encouraged throughout.