Kristian Williams

It’s been a while since I’ve linked to my comics criticism.

Here’s what I’ve been doing:

“Too Much Coffee Man #1 (facsimile edition).” The Comics Journal. June 22, 2012.

“The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Book Review.” Toward Freedom. June 7, 2012.

“Holy Terror.” Geez. Summer 2012. (Not online.)

“Black Classics Reborn.” In These Times. April 2012.

“The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media.” The World and I. March 2012.

“The Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks.” The Comics Journal. February 24, 2012.

“Batman vs. Robin.” The Comics Journal. February 13, 2012.

“Alan Moore: Conversations.” The Comics Journal. January 19, 2012.

“Liar’s Kiss.” The Comics Journal. September 7, 2011.

The talk I gave in Portland about the cops and the Occupy movement was videotaped and is online in a couple different versions. Here’s one.

Police and the 99% – Kristian Williams from Burning Hearts Media on Vimeo.

I’ve been on KBOO radio twice in two months. First, Bill Resnick interviewed me about the Treyvon Martin case, among other things. Then, Jay Thiemeyer interviewed me about my new pamphlet, Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy.

And I’ve recently written reviews of two books examining developments in counterinsurgency and security theory. One looks at David Price’s Weaponizing Anthropology. The other assesses the collection Anti-Security.

Microcosm has just released a short booklet collecting some of my essays on torture. Titled Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy, it includes sections on torture and inequality, the role of the media, and prison abolition.

I’m giving two talks on the book, in just a few days. Here are the details:

Friday, April 6, 7pm
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street, New York

Tuesday, April 10, 7pm
Red Emma’s
800 St. Paul Street, Baltimore

There’s been a lot of debate about the police and the Occupy movement. Are the cops part of the 99%? Why have they attacked Occupy protests? How should the movement respond?

I’ll address these questions at a talk I’m giving in Portland this Saturday. A more open discussion will follow. Details are below:

“Police and the 99%”
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2-4pm
First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 13th