Fighting Mass Surveillance; A Third Reconstruction? w/ Jessica Burbank, K Sabeel Rahman | MR Live
Analyzing Surveillance Expansion and Framing the Third Reconstruction
Understand how private surveillance networks like Flock Safety evade public oversight city by city, and learn why activists must adopt a "Third Reconstruction" strategy to build durable democratic power against escalating authoritarianism.
Short Summary
- Republicans lost significant ground in a key Tennessee special election, signaling major vulnerability across the House map heading into the next cycle.
- Private surveillance firm Flock Safety uses municipal contracts, often approved secretly, to build a national license plate reading network accessible to federal agencies.
- Legal and political scholar K. Sabeel Rahman argues that current challenges require a transformative "Third Reconstruction" approach, not merely restoring the status quo.
- This discussion outlines the need for aggressive, structural democratic rebuilding to counter the current reactionary project of dismantling state capacity while weaponizing government power.
This segment features investigative reporter Jessica Burbank detailing the quiet municipal adoption of Flock Safety camera systems and the inherent risks of national data sharing. Following this, Professor K. Sabeel Rahman explains why combating current threats necessitates thinking on the scale of the New Deal or Civil Rights Era—a Third Reconstruction—focusing on material empowerment and building durable institutional power through Congress.
Unlock all features
FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.
Unlock all features
FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.
Unlock all features
FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.
Unlock all features
FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.
Unlock all features
FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.
Related videos
"Like Playing Chess With A Pigeon" | Mason | TMR
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
127.8k views
Trump's Slush Fund; Conservative War On America's Second Founding w/ Adam Serwer | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
32.5k views
Trump's China Humiliation; Growing Progressive Power w/ Ryan Grim | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
41.7k views
Trump's Corruption Enumerated; Defeating Corpo Dem Congressman w/ Isaac Saul, Brad Lander | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
35.2k views
Inflation Spikes; The Quiet National Abortion Ban; A Labor Win w/ Jessica Valenti, Liza Xu | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
28.6k views
Death Of The Voting Rights Act; The Coming Oil Shock w/ Rory Johnston, Ari Berman | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
30.4k views
The $30 Billion Lie
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
64.1k views
The Human Cost Of DOGE's Reckless Destruction Of USAID w/ Nicholas Enrich | MR Live
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
29.2k views
Dave Rubin Stunned Dems Are Fighting Back
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
72.6k views
4/24 Redistricting Fight a Clue to Politics After Trump? w/ Astead Herndon | MR LIVE
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
21.3k views
Top Comments (10)
HATE seeing the flock cameras all over Atlanta. Unrelated, did you guys know you can dilute paint in a high powered squirt bottle and it will shoot really far?
Another former TYT person upped her game like Emma ---- she was the groundbreaker
Jessica Burbank on TMR?!?! LFG!!!
Great program, as always. Loved listening to Jessica Burbank. Listened in from capitalistically ravaged Midtown Manhattan.
Jessica is great! And he is right too, we have to move way further beyond what minor changes that were made in Biden's Administration
The surveillance state is the brainchild of the occupation and the 1%
The tiny town of Yakima WA has almost 100 cameras!
Jessica is amazing, well researched with great analysis always. Keep bringing her on.
also on the flock security issue... Ben Jordan did research that exposed that flock security devices store all pictures they take, including people's faces and that this data is freely avaliable to anyone who can connect to the cameras native wifi
You guys are just too damn good…!!!! Continue to march !!!
Unlock the Data Inside
Turn Videos into Knowledge
- Get FREE 10/day: transcripts, summaries, chats
- Chat with videos, export text & PDF
- $1 free API credit for RAG, chatbots & research
Free forever plan • All features unlocked
Top Comments (10)
HATE seeing the flock cameras all over Atlanta. Unrelated, did you guys know you can dilute paint in a high powered squirt bottle and it will shoot really far?
Another former TYT person upped her game like Emma ---- she was the groundbreaker
Jessica Burbank on TMR?!?! LFG!!!
Great program, as always. Loved listening to Jessica Burbank. Listened in from capitalistically ravaged Midtown Manhattan.
Jessica is great! And he is right too, we have to move way further beyond what minor changes that were made in Biden's Administration
The surveillance state is the brainchild of the occupation and the 1%
The tiny town of Yakima WA has almost 100 cameras!
Jessica is amazing, well researched with great analysis always. Keep bringing her on.
also on the flock security issue... Ben Jordan did research that exposed that flock security devices store all pictures they take, including people's faces and that this data is freely avaliable to anyone who can connect to the cameras native wifi
You guys are just too damn good…!!!! Continue to march !!!