Description: A fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy.Looting -- a crowd of people publicly, openly, and directly seizing goods -- is one of the more extreme actions that can take place in the midst of social unrest. Even self-identified radicals distance themselves from looters, fearing that violent tactics reflect badly on the broader movement.But Vicky Osterweil argues that stealing goods and destroying property are direct, pragmatic strategies of wealth redistribution and improving life for the working class -- not to mention the brazen messages these methods send to the police and the state. All our beliefs about the innate righteousness of property and ownership, Osterweil explains, are built on the history of anti-Black, anti-Indigenous oppression.From slave revolts to labor strikes to the modern-day movements for climate change, Black lives, and police abolition, Osterweil makes a convincing case for rioting and looting as weapons that bludgeon the status quo while uplifting the poor and marginalized. In Defense of Looting is a history of violent protest sparking social change, a compelling reframing of revolutionary activism, and a practical vision for a dramatically restructured society.
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EAN: 9781645036692
UPC: 9781645036692
ISBN: 9781645036692
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Book Title: In Defense of Looting : a Riotous History of Uncivil Action
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Sociology / General, Social History, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Vicky Osterweil
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover