The Rise of the American Corporate Security State

Six Reasons to Be Afraid

Beatrice Edwards

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Berrett Koehler
01 January 2018

History; Management & management techniques

""A vital book about the ridiculously cozy relationship between corporate wealth and government power and how it only seems to be getting worse"" (William Cohan, author of Money and Power).

In the United States today we have good reasons to be afraid. Our Bill of Rights has been rendered powerless by ubiquitous surveillance and our freedoms are impaired by government control of information, systemic financial corruption, and unfettered corporate influence in our elections. Behind a thinning veneer of democracy, the Corporate Security State is tipping the balance between the self-interest of a governing corporate elite and the rights of the people to freedom, safety, and fairness.

In Rise of The American Corporate Security State, Beatrice Edwards examines the real reasons to be afraid in twentyt-first century America, and outlines how we can address them. Our first steps in the right direction may be small, but they are important. They are based on the principle that we have a right to know what our government is doing and to speak openly about it. Creeping censorship, secret courts, and clandestine corporate control are all anathema to democratic practices and must be corrected now-before this last chance to redeem our rights is lost.

By: Beatrice Edwards
Imprint: Berrett Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 85mm, Width: 56mm, Spine: 4mm
ISBN: 9781626561946
ISBN 10: 162656194X
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Preface PART I: THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE Chapter 1: The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows About You Reason to be afraid #1: Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding surveillance and data collection by the government-corporate complex. Chapter 2: Official Secrets: Absolute Control Reason to be afraid #2: Control of information by the government-corporate complex is expanding. Chapter 3: The Constitution Intact; The Bill of Rights Annulled Reason to be afraid #3: Rights guaranteed by Constitutional Amendments are becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime and informing the public of the truth is treason. PART II: THE CORPORATE SECURITY COMPLEX Chapter 4: Zombie Law: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die Reason to be afraid #4: The government-corporate surveillance complex is consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal collaboration now seeks to legalize its special status. Chapter 5: Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival Reason to be afraid #5: Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and intensive corporate lobbying. Chapter 6: Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied Reason to be Afraid #6: Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises. Chapter 7: The New Regime Notes Acknowledgments Index About the Author About GAP

Beatrice Edwards is both the executive director and the international program director at the Government Accountability Project, responsible for the organization's actions defending whistleblowers through the Congress, the media, and the courts. She holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas and a doctorate in sociology from American University, where she teaches from time to time. Author Residence: Washington, DC

Reviews for The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: Six Reasons to Be Afraid

Bea Edwards has written a vital book about the ridiculously cozy relationship between corporate wealth and government power and how it only seems to be getting worse. It's up to the rest of us now to do something about it. --William Cohan, New York Times and Financial Times reporter and author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World A must-read for those who love this country and wish to preserve its fast-fading democracy. Edwards is an extraordinary writer who brilliantly captures the essence of what whistleblowers such as Snowden have sacrificed their careers and jeopardized their personal liberties to convey to each of us. This book has arrived just in time if--and only if--those who are moved by it take concerted practical actions to reverse the silent coup that we suffered in 2001. --Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower and Director, Freedom of the Press Foundation