20 Years After Patriot Act, Surveillance of Arabs and Muslims Is Relentless
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New forms of solidarity have emerged in response to the overreach and unconstitutional nature of the Patriot Act.

The U.S. is now more than 20 years beyond the Patriot Act of October 2001. The immediate aftermath of 9/11 brought a heavy U.S. state focus on Arabs and Muslims in the U.S., rationalizing an expansion of policing and surveillance activities against them. It also inspired the convergence of shared struggles for liberation out of a growing consensus that we cannot abolish policing without abolishing U.S. militarism and empire building.