LA+ TYRANNY explores the many forms of tyranny, from the rigid barriers of military zones to the subtle ways in which landscape is used to ‘naturalize’ power. What are these forms and how do they function at different scales, in different cultures, and at different times in history? This issue asked contributors to consider how politics, ideology, and technology manifest in our landscapes and cities in ways that either advance or restrict individual and collective liberty. The result is a compelling collection of essays from an impressive list of contributors including geographers, historians, urbanists, sociologist, architects, and landscape architects Christopher Marcinkoski, Casey Brown and Nick Pevzner.