OM DENNE EPISODE
This episode is “Flock Off! Ithaca - Organizing Against Mass Surveillance”, which is a panel from the 2026 Upstate Anarchist Book Fair, held May 2nd and 3rd in Binghamton, NY.
Flock Off! Ithaca is a group of Ithaca, NY residents who successfully pressured the Ithaca City Council to terminate its contract with Flock Safety.
According to the Ithaca Voice, in March of 2026, "the Ithaca Common Council passed a resolution that directed the city attorney and city manager to terminate the city’s contract with Flock Safety at the “earliest possible opportunity.” The resolution also states that all Flock Safety equipment, such as license plate reader cameras and gunshot detection devices, must be turned off and disconnected within 14 days of the contract being terminated. It adds that the company must remove all related technology “as soon as practicable” after the contract ends.”
When the cameras did not come down within that time frame, members of the group covered several of the cameras with opaque plastic bags to disable them.
https://ithacavoice.org/2026/06/activists-cover-flock-cameras-with-black-bags-call-for-faster-removal/
The annual Upstate Anarchist Book Fair is co-sponsored by PM Press and Riot Act Books.
PM Press is a radical independent publisher that amplifies bold political ideas and vital stories, operating a warehouse in Binghamton, NY. Riot Act Books is an anti-profit, volunteer-run bookstore in Binghamton that co-organizes community events.
https://pmpress.org
https://www.riotactbooks.com
