Status Updates From Full Spectrum Resistance, V...

I had to google ecofeminism and deep ecology. Big fan of deep ecology

I had to look up the strategic hamlet program in Vietnam. I tried and failed to find a memoir about it

Some grassroots organizations were against MLK-style tactics, which would incite racial violence to get attention of federal government and then left black residents of those towns to deal with it

Middle class organizers were nonviolent because they wanted the sympathy of the middle class for legislative change; more militant groups had more experience with poverty and racial violence

Against violent opposition, nonviolent protest endangers those participating; however, the presence of militant groups such as the deacons for defense encouraged more people to nonviolently protest

Freedom riders wanted their actions to incite violence by racists so that the federal government would be forced to step in

It makes a lot of sense that BBC was banned from reporting on militant groups that helped gain India independence. Heaven forbid they give people ideas

I never realized that WWII was used as a distraction to win Indian independence. All their resources were being funneled elsewhere

fucking hell. that's some saw shit

if i knew only the first chapter was read by the author and the rest is text to speech i wouldn't have started this yet 😭 but i will persevere.

mark ashton mention 🫡

"i will dissect some of these pernicious predispositions in the pages to come."
really love the alliteration thanks

If nonviolent protests lead to protestors being killed anyway, might as well violently protest

Government offered Nelson Mandela release if he would endorse pacifism, but he said “Non-violence is not a moral principle but a strategy. And there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon”

Liberals have erased radical actions from the history of social movements and historical leaders (or demonized those who use radical actions; MLK Jr vs Malcolm X)

I’d love to learn more about movements that took over land for subsistence farming, like the diggers in Europe and the landless workers movement in Latin America

Describes liberal class as a safety valve that allows gradual change as pressure from oppression and exploitation becomes unbearable