The Failure of Nonviolence
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The Failure of Nonviolence examines most of the major social upheavals following the Cold War to reveal the limits of nonviolence and uncover what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement can accomplish. Critical of how a diversity of tactics has functioned so far, Peter Gelderloos discusses how movements for social change can win ground and open the spaces necessary to plant the seeds of a new world.
From the Arab Spring to the plaza occupation movement in Spain, the student movement in the UK and Occupy in the US, many new social movements have started peacefully, only to adopt a diversity of tactics as they grew in strength and collective experiences.
The last ten years have revealed more clearly than ever the failure of nonviolence. Propped up by the media, funded by the government, and managed by NGOs, non-violent campaigns around the world have helped oppressive regimes change their masks. Centring non-violence additionally helped police to limit the growth of rebellious social movements. Proponents of non-violence are repeatedly losing the debate within the movements themselves. They have increasingly turned to the mainstream media and to government and institutional funding to drown out critical voices.
Publisher: Active Publishing
First Published: 2013
This Edition: 2015
Format: Book
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9781909798038
