Abigail Hall — How Does Foreign Policy Create a Boomerang Effect at Home?

Alex Aragona speaks with Abigail Hall as she describes how various elements of United States foreign policy ultimately come back home from abroad and affect domestic life.

References

1. “Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism” by Abigail Hall

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Tyranny-Comes-Home-Domestic-Militarism/dp/1503605272 

2. “Ferguson Riot and Ferguson Unrest (2014-2015)” by BlackPast

Link: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ferguson-riot-and-ferguson-unrest-2014-2015/

3. “Timeline: What Happened at the Boston Marathon Bombing” by Patrick J. Kiger

Link: https://www.history.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-timeline 

4. “The Spanish-American War in the Phillippines and the Battle for Manila” by American Experience

Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/macarthur-spanish-american-war-philippines-and-battle-for-manila/ 

5. “August Vollmar” by O.W. Wilson

Link: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4112&context=jclc 

6. “Watts Riots of 1965” by Britannica

Link: https://prabook.com/web/john.nelson/2226689 

7. “SWAT - America’s Specialty Peacekeepers” by Joel F. Shults

Link: https://nationalpolice.org/main/swat-americas-specialty-peace-keepers/ 

8. “Daryl F. Gates dies at 83; innovative but controversial chief of LAPD” by Elaine Woo and Eric Malnic

Link: https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-daryl-gates17-2010apr17-story.html

9. “1033 Program FAQs” by Defense Logistic Agency

Link: https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcement/Program-FAQs/ 

10. “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Force” by Radley Balko

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610394577

11. "The Burge Case" by Chicago Torture Justice Memorial

Link: https://chicagotorture.org/reparations/history/