{"product_id":"nonviolence-aint-what-it-used-to-be-unarmed-insurrection-and-the-rhetoric-of-resistance-paperback","title":"Nonviolence Ain't What It Used to Be: Unarmed Insurrection and the Rhetoric of Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShon Meckfessel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShon Meckfessel . . . brings a fresh perspective to the stubborn debates around violence and nonviolence and suggests a way to move beyond the left's tactical impasse. \u003ci\u003eNonviolence Ain't What It Used to Be \u003c\/i\u003ewon't settle the old argument, but it may start a new one.--Kristian Williams, \u003ci\u003eOur Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShon Meckfessel takes an innovative look at challenges faced by twenty-first century social movements in the US. One of their most important stumbling blocks is the question of nonviolence. Civil disobedience, symbolic protest, and principles of nonviolence have characterized many struggles in the United States since the Civil Rights era. But as Meckfessel argues, conditions have changed. We've seen the consolidation of the media, the militarization of policing, the co-optation and institutionalization of dissent, among many other shifts. The rules have changed, but the rhetoric, logic, and strategic tools we employ haven't necessarily kept pace, and narratives borrowed from movements of the past are falling short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonviolence Ain't What It Used to Be \u003c\/i\u003emaps 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShon Meckfessel \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSuffled How It Gush: A North American Anarchist in the Balkans \u003c\/i\u003eas well as numerous essays and articles. He is a member of the English faculty at Highline College in Seattle, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShon Meckfessel\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770101104928,"sku":"9781849352291","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/33d15e6551e870cf944ec3331b8b42d0.webp?v=1780364357","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nonviolence-aint-what-it-used-to-be-unarmed-insurrection-and-the-rhetoric-of-resistance-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}