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FROM CITIZEN TO ENEMY: How the State Kills Dissent
Description
They say we have free speech—but history proves otherwise. From COINTELPRO to the Kent State massacre to today’s pro-Palestinian crackdowns, the state has always silenced dissent. This video breaks down how language is weaponized to criminalize protest, dehumanize activists, and justify state violence. How does the U.S. decide who gets free speech and who gets suppressed? And what does that mean for the future of resistance?
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 INTRO
03:21 THE KENT STATE MASSACRE - a case study in state violence against anti-war protestors
10:58 THE FIRST TELEVISED WAR - How the Vietnam War changed wartime journalism and censorship
14:41 On MEDIA and the Dehumanization of Palestinians
20:39 From the LA 8 Case to Mahmoud Khalil - when the state tries to deport dissent
29:16 What does the DEHUMANIZATION OF DISSENT teach us FASCISM
33:27 OUTRO
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rhashis Kalihi:
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