Dec 31 2024 34 mins 1
This is the first part of a multipart series called Missiles for the Masses. Missiles for the Masses is a multi-part series exploring counterinsurgency and its various uses against liberation and protest movements across the globe.In the first episode, Mercedes and Abi give an overview of counterinsurgency and the ways it is used by the state, as well giving a brief history of the development of counterinsurgency in different national contexts as a method of suppression of popular, anti colonial uprisings. Recommended reading:Sakai, J. 2023. The Shape of Things to Come. Williams, K., Munger, W. & Messersmith-Glavin, L. 2013. Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency. Peterson, T. 2024. Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency. Dunlap, A. 2014. 'Permanent War: Grids, Boomerangs and Counterinsurgency'. Anarchist Studies Vol 22(2). 53-77.
