Snitch Culture [Jim Reddon]

[Snitch] [Surveillance] [COINTELPRO]

Snitch Culture

Jim Reddon

Feral House, CA. 2000. First edition paperback. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, like new otherwise.

From the publisher:

"In this alarming expose, investigative journalist Jim Redden examines how snooping has become so much a part of American culture that it is practically a family value, encouraged on billboards, television, and even in classrooms. From employees hired to spy on their coworkers to doctors forced to disclose medical information, the U.S. has developed a chilling network for monitoring its citizens. Worst of all, the information gathered - and widely disseminated - is often unreliable, solicited from paid and anonymous informants."

How sad it is that snitching is so ubiquitous in the current moment that we end up questioning the relevance of a book such as this. This is a great, kinetic run through the world of mass surveillance right before the walls fully closed in around us. Biting stuff and more relevant than one would think.