How Nonviolence Protects the State (3rd edition)

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    Peter Gelderloos

    Publisher: Detritus Books

    Year: 2021

    Format: Paperback

    Size: 198 pages

    ISBN: 9781909798571

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Since the civil rights era, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. 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.

How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. 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.

About the Author

Peter Gelderloos is an anarchist writer originally from Virginia. He is author of Worshiping Power, Consensus, and Anarchy Works.

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