Nonviolence ain't what it used to be : unarmed insurrection and the rhetoric of resistance / by Shon Meckfessel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meckfessel, Shon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Passive resistance--United States--History--21st century.

Passive resistance.

Nonviolence--United States--History--21st century.

Nonviolence.

Civil disobedience--United States--History--21st century.

Civil disobedience.

Protest movements--United States--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

History.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chico, CA, USA : AK Press, [2016]

Summary:

US social movements face many challenges. One of their most troublesome involves the question of nonviolence. Civil disobedience and symbolic protest have characterized many struggles in the US since the Civil Rights era, but conditions have changed. Corporate media has consolidated, the police have militarized dissent has been largely co-opted and institutionalized, but the strategic tools radicals employ haven't necessarily kept pace. Our narratives, borrowed from movements of the past are falling short. Nonviolence Ain't What It Used to Be maps emerging, more militant approaches that are developing to fill the gap, from Occupy to Ferguson. It offers new angles on a seemingly intractable debate, introducing ideas that carve out a larger middle-grounded between camps in order to chart an effective path forward. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Why Did It Take So Long For People to Riot? 8

2 The Strange Magic of Nonviolence 54

3 The Eloquence of Public Property Destruction 112

4 The Eloquence of Police Clashes 140

5 The Characteristics of Movements to Come 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

ISBN:

9781849352291

1849352291

OCLC:

908088161