Police State: How to Survive

Police State: How to Survive strategically elucidates how activists can stay safe in times of militia activity and the imminent hatching of the serpent's egg of fascism.

In Police State: How to Survive , Cid Benjamin—a journalist who faced the military dictatorship as a leader of the MR-8—describes the mechanisms of political repression in the 1960s and 1970s, which are similar to those of today's militias, with their ramifications in police agencies. He also describes strategies used by militants to resist during the "years of lead."

The book addresses topics such as attacks; criminalization of the popular movement and left-wing organizations; expansion of militias; protective measures; the internet, cell phones, computers, laptops, and tablets; cameras, microphones, and other surveillance mechanisms; police infiltration; open dictatorship; the evolution of repression.

The actor and director of Marighella, Wagner Moura, the judge and professor at Uerj João Batista Damasceno and the Catholic bishop Dom Angélico Sândalo Bernardino signed the prefaces.

"I have always hoped that my books and articles would spark interest and be read by as many people as possible, thus contributing to the fight for the deepening of democracy, social transformation, and the construction of a path to socialism. After all, this was their goal, and it would be the greatest reward for my efforts. But I would prefer that the suggestions and experiences shared here, born of concern for the physical integrity of militants and activists in the popular movement, prove unnecessary. This would have meant that Brazilian democracy is more consolidated and has managed to prevail, despite the threatening clouds that have hung over it," states Cid Benjamin.