Nonviolence Ain't What it Used to Be
unarmed insurrection and the rhetoric of resistance
$47.30
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2017
Summary
Shon Meckfessel takes an innovative look at challenges faced by twenty-first-century social movements. One of the most important stumbling blocks is the question of violence. Nonviolence Ain’t What It Used to Be maps the emerging, more militant approaches that seem to be developing to fill the gap, from Occupy to Ferguson. It offers new angles on a seemingly intractable debate, introducing terms and criteria that carve out a larger middle-ground between the two camps, in order to chart a path forward.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849352291 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849352291 |
| Author: | Shon Meckfessel |
| Publisher: | AK Press |
| Imprint: | AK Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Shon Meckfessel
Shon Meckfessel has been active in disruptive social movements for nearly 25 years, beginning in his native Sacramento, CA. After blocking highways to stop the first Persian Gulf War, he was never again inclined to petitionary protest. He has since researched and participated in social movements across the US, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Shon is the author of Suffled How It Gush: A North American Anarchist in the Balkans as well as numerous essays and articles. He has appeared as a social movement scholar and advocate in the New York Times and on Democracy Now, Al Jazeera, CNN, NPR, BBC, Radio, and Fox News. Shon is a member of the English Faculty at Highline College.
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