Spying on the Margins: The History, Law, and Practice of U.S. Surveillance Against Muslim, Black, and Immigrant Communities and Contemporary Strategies of Resistance

Summary

In the aftermath of September 11th, 2001, Project South worked with our regional movement partner Highlander Research & Education Center to hold an emergency meeting for movement leaders from across the U.S. South. As a Southern-based movement organization rooted in the Black Radical Traditions of the U.S. South, we anticipated that the events of September 11th and the State response would create a paradigm shift for the social, economic, and political conditions in our country. As a result of that meeting, Project South initiated a set of popular education workshops in 2002 and published a workbook called Roots of Terror to provide historical context for the “War on Terror” and USA PATRIOT Act after 9/11. Since that time, Project South has developed analysis and programs to contend with the rise in Islamophobia as a critical frontline in the work for racial justice and movement building.

Keywords

CVE, post 9/11, state surveillance, racial justice, movement building

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