Kristian Williams

Saturday, May 10, at 11:30am, I’ll be speaking at the Law and Disorder Conference at Portland State University. I’ll be speaking alongside Jenny Esquivel of Sacramento Prisoner Support and scott crow (one of the founders of Common Ground Relief in New Orleans).

We’ll be talking about informers, infiltrators, and provocateurs. I will offer a taxonomy of types and characteristics, along with some ideas of how social movements can protect themselves. Jenny and scott will present two case studies from their own experiences.

The when and where:

Saturday, May 10, 11:30am-1pm

PSU Smith Building, room 238

I’ve written about this subject before in my essay, “Profiles of Provocateurs,” and in my review of The Terror Factory.

I talked to scott about his experience with FBI informant Brandon Darby a couple months ago at Toward Freedom.

And Jenny has written about the use of informants in, “Building Conspiracy,” her chapter of Life During Wartime.

I will be giving a talk on community policing and counterinsurgency:

Thursday, April 10, at 5pm

Lecture Hall 2 at the Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

The talk is sponsored by Abolish Cops and Prisons.

In related news, on April 4, I gave an interview alongside Luce Guillén-Givins, discussing political repression and the book Life During Wartime. It was broadcast on KFAI’s program Catalyst but is no longer archived at their site.

I’ll be giving two talks in Minneapolis, both relating to Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency.

The first is Friday, April 4, 1pm, at the University of Minnesota, Social Science Tower room 614.  I’ll be discussing counterinsurgency, community policing, and the role of social scientists in both.

The second is Saturday, April 5, at 4:30pm, at the Minnehaha Free Space (3747 Minnehaha Avenue).  I’ll be speaking alongside Luce Guillén-Givins (one of the RNC 8, and a contributor to the book), as well as a couple other local activists.

Or, if you can’t make either of the talks, you can still hear me on the radio.  Friday April 4, 9am: I’ll be interviewed on KFAI 90.3fm Mpls/106.7fm St.Paul, online at kfai.org.

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