Book Summary:
Autonomedia's sixth title from the Critical Art Ensemble, Marching Plague dismantles the rhetoric around germ warfare, showing how the empty spectacle of threat is used by authoritarian forces of order as well as the engines of profit. Marching Plague offers a radical reframing of the discourse surrounding germ warfare. We heard that the FBI and the Justice Department made a ferocious effort to stop the writing of this book, and after reading it we understand why. Marching Plague offers a radical reframing of the discourse surrounding germ warfare. -- The Yes Men Clear, convincing, commanding analysis will guide you through the many ways in which biowarfare programs have not and cannot secure this nation. Anyone interested in our shared biological future must read this book, in fear, and in hope. My hope is that the prosecution might. -- Natalie Jeremijenko For almost two decades, Critical Art Ensemble has established the ground for critical resistance against manipulations by government, military, science and industry, wherever these concerns have joined forces, sacrificing human wellbeing and dignity in favor of profit and power. -- Greg Bordowitz |