Description
For most Americans the terms 'torture' and 'terrorism' evoke barbaric regimes and savage enemies, not liberal democracies dedicated to human rights and freedom, as the United States claims to be. American Torture and American Terrorism demonstrates the falsity of the claim that America is a nation fundamentally opposed to torture and terrorism. Drawing on and developing victim-centred definitions of torture and terrorism, Wolfendale reveals how these forms of violence have been embedded within American institutions since the country's founding. From the earliest days of colonization to today's prison conditions, high rates of police violence, and drone warfare, torture and terrorism have been used to dominate, attack, threaten, and control groups and individuals-primarily people of color-viewed as dangerous to white political and social domination. But this reality has been ignored and distorted, if not completely forgotten. By recognizing and naming the violence inflicted on victims of American torture and terrorism, Wolfendale provides a crucial corrective against this national amnesia.
Table of Contents
1. 5G and Beyond: Technologies of the Future2. The Economics of the Digital Ecosystem3. The Integrated Sphere of Co-opetition of Digital Services and Diagonal Equity4. Licensing: From the Communications Convergence Bill to Functional Separation and Infrastructure Integration5. Spectrum Regulation for 5G+ Networks6. From Net Neutrality to Digital Neutrality: In 5G+ Networks7. Interconnection and Data Portability Regulation8. Universal Service Policy9. The Future of Telecom RegulationIntroduction: American Torture, American Terrorism, and The Myth of American DecencyChapter 1. Victim-Centered Definitions of Torture and TerrorismChapter 2. The Erasure of American TortureChapter 3. Invisible Torture: American Incarceration and Immigration DetentionChapter 4. Police Violence and White Supremacist TerrorismChapter 5. Drone Warfare as TerrorismChapter 6. The Importance of Naming Torture and Terrorism
