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

by Greenberg, Ivan, 1962-

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Fantagraphics Books, 2020.

Intelligence service -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Electronic surveillance -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Espionage -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Privacy, Right of -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781683962823 (hc.)

1st Fantagraphics Books ed.

xii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreward by Ralph Nader -- Introduction: Living in a surveillance society -- 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.

"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 website.

Graphic non-fiction.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Patterson, Everett.

Canlas, Joseph.

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