New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the deployment of the National Guard, New York State Troopers, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority to help with the city police due to the increased amount of crime in the subway system. Some citizens feel threatened to have those in military fatigues and carrying big guns going through their bags and briefcases. Is this necessary or is it another indication that we are living in the New Normal which consists of a Garrison State? Moreover, the new surveillance technologies are omnipresent systems of mass social control, repression, and warfare promoted by the ruling elite to contain rebellion from the working class and surplus humanity. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks about FRENEMY FIRE – LIFE IN A GARRISON STATE.
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