Kristian Williams (born 1974) is an
American anarchist
Anarchism in the United States began in the mid-19th century and started to grow in influence as it entered the American labor movements, growing an anarcho-communist current as well as gaining notoriety for violent propaganda of the deed and c ...
author.
He is best known as the author of ''Our Enemies In Blue: Police and Power in America''.
Publications
*Williams, Kristian. ''Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America''. Brooklyn, NY:
Soft Skull Press
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, 2004. According to
WorldCat
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, the book is held in 583 libraries
*Williams, Kristian. ''American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination''. Cambridge, Mass:
South End Press
South End Press was a non-profit book publisher run on a model of participatory economics. It was founded in 1977 by Michael Albert, Lydia Sargent, Juliet Schor, among others, in Boston's South End. It published books written by political activi ...
, 2006, . According to WorldCat, the book is held in 309 libraries
*Williams, Kristian, scott crow.
Witness To Betrayal/Profiles of Provocateurs'. AK Press / Emergency Hearts Press. 2015,
*Williams, Kristian, William Munger, and Lara Messersmith-Glavin. ''Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency.'' Oakland, CA :
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed, independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. Operated out of Chico, California, the company is collectively owned.
History
AK was founded in Stirling, Sc ...
, 2013. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 155 libraries
*Williams, Kristian, and
Adam Gnade
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. ''Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy.''
Microcosm Publishing
Microcosm Publishing is an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, Oregon. Microcosm describes itself as having "a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging c ...
, 2012,
*Williams, Kristian. ''Resist Everything Except Temptation: The Anarchist Philosophy of Oscar Wilde.'' AK Press, 2020,
See also
*
Invention of police
References
External links
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American anarchists
Living people
Anarcho-communists
1974 births
Writers from Oregon
Anarchist writers
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