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Author Greenberg, Ivan, 1962- author.

Title The machine never blinks : a graphic history of spying and surveillance / by Ivan Greenberg ; illusrated by Everett Patterson and Joseph Canlas ; foreword by Ralph Nader.

Publication Info. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2020.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC 323.448 GREENBERG    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  GN GREENBER    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  327.12 GRE (Graphic Novel)    Check Shelf
Description xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 131).
Summary "The Machine Never Blinks tells the story of surveillance and spying in history and legend from its earliest days to the present moment (from the fable of the Trojan Horse to the Patriot Act) to reveal how we have built a society in which your rights, privacy, dignity, and sanity are under constant threat. A comprehensive, eye-opening manifesto, this book will make you take a look around and wonder: Who's watching you right now?"--Publisher's Web site.
Contents The Trojan horse -- The bible's spies -- Peeping Tom -- The panopticon -- Slavery and surveillance -- The industrial age -- The first red scare -- Hoover's dream -- The second red scare -- Power and the pen -- The abc's of surveillance (CIA and NSA) -- Spying on social protest -- The "War on Terror" -- Monitoring the 99% -- The attack on encryption -- The live feed -- The harvesting of social media -- Epilogue: the flying future -- Some last thoughts.
Subject Intelligence service -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Electronic surveillance -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Privacy, Right of -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre/Form Comics (Graphic works)
Nonfiction comics.
Added Author Patterson, Everett, illustrator.
Canlas, Joseph, illustrator.
Nader, Ralph, writer of foreword.
ISBN 1683962826
9781683962823
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