6/29/2023 0 Comments How nonviolence protects the state![]() ![]() It is doubtful, however, that the dialogue was set on a positive trajectory toward building a stronger revolutionary movement based on lessons from the recent past.Ĭhurchill bases the terms of debate upon the unsubstantiated claim that “nonviolent political action has become axiomatic and all but universal among the more progressive elements of contemporary mainstream North America.” Here, he confuses committed pacifists with sectors of the movement that have chosen, tactically or otherwise, to not engage in violence. Indeed, its re-publication in 1998, complete with references to the Black Liberation Army, Weather Underground, and other clandestine, armed groups, sparked a series of responses from across the political spectrum. Not that his 1986 essay “Pacifism as Pathology” hasn’t generated its fair share of spirited conversation. When Ward Churchill chose to liken a political ideology he disagrees with to mental disorder, another nail in the coffin of constructive debate was hammered down. ![]() ![]() Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North AmericaĪrbeiter Ring Publishing, 1998, 176 pages, $9.95 ![]()
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