# Event Details

- **Event Name**: [Book Talk] _Copaganda_ with Alec Karakatsanis
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a talk featuring civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis on his new book, _Copaganda_. 

Doors will open ~5:30, we'll get started at 6, and wrap by 7:30. The space will be open til about 8. The Big Idea, NLG, SWOON and other friends will be tabling.

Please stay home if you're sick. We'll record audio of the talk and can get it to you.

About the book:

In this groundbreaking expose essential for understanding rising authoritarianism, award-winning civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis introduces the concept of “Copaganda.” Copaganda is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media to stoke fear of police-recorded crime and distort society’s response to it.

Readers will discover: how mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe; why fear of poor people, strangers, immigrants, unhoused people, and people of color is deliberately cultivated; and the ways this fear leads to authoritarian repression, inequality, and massive profits for the punishment bureaucracy.

For readers of Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky, Copaganda shows how modern news coverage fuels insecurity and distracts us from policies that would truly improve lives and make us safer—like reducing inequality, expanding housing, and investing in healthcare, early childhood education, and climate-friendly city planning.

https://firestorm.coop/products/22254-copaganda.html

About the author:

A former public defender, Alec Karakatsanis is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps, an organization designed to advocate for racial justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. He was named the 2016 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Justice and was awarded the Stephen B. Bright Award for contributions to indigent defense in the South by Gideon’s Promise. The author of Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System (The New Press), he lives in Washington, DC.

More @ https://civilrightscorps.org/team/alec-karakatsanis/
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Pittsburgh
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Mr. Roboto Project
- **lat**: 40.46469
- **long**: -79.9425
- **full address**: The Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1616, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is [Book Talk] _Copaganda_ with Alec Karakatsanis being held?
  - **A:** [Book Talk] _Copaganda_ with Alec Karakatsanis takes place on Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1616, United States.

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