In this indictment, he makes a strong argument for the diversity of tactics, while illuminating how the ideology of pacifism leads us not to social justice, but rather, the peace one finds in cemeteries. – “Peter Gelderloos’ How Nonviolence Protects the State, finishes off where Ward Churchill’s classic, Pacifism as Pathology, began.Peter Gelderloos is the author of The Failure of Nonviolence, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation, and Anarchy Works: Examples of Anarchist Ideas in Practice. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diverse tactics, passionately arguing that exclusive nonviolence often acts to reinforce the same structures of oppression that activists seek to overthrow. How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. Today protest is often shaped by cooperation with state authorities – even organizers of rallies against police brutality apply for police permits, and anti-imperialists usually stop short of supporting self-defense and armed resistance. Since the civil rights era, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. 3rd edition, green fade cover – dedicated to Anna Campbell
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