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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Hellfire from Paradise Ranch deals with drone warfare as manhunting carried out via satellite from Creech AFB near Las Vegas. It examines the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded, in addition to the trauma endured by drone operators when, due to their visual intimacy with their victims, that fantasy collapses. The book situates the resistance to drone killings in the same apocalyptic Nevada desert...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A devastating investigation into the "corporate poverty complex"-the myriad businesses that profit from the poor"--
"Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs such as the earned income tax credit, Medicaid, and affordable housing vouchers and subsidies. States and local governments spend tens of...