Issue 22.1 | Fall 2026 — Counterlistenings: Sound, Power, Resistance
Protected: Policing Sound Tools: Disputing the LRAD, Sonic-Spatial Traps, and Protesters’ Rights
By María Edurne Zuazu and Elena L. Cohen
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