num_pages: 176
description: Argues that while the ideology of nonviolent political action promises that the harsh realities of state power can be transcended through good feelings and purity of purpose, it is in fact a counter-revolutionary movement that defends and reinforces the same status-quo it claims to oppose. Churchill debunks the claims of historical pacifist victories, and proposes ways to diminish much of the delusion, aroma of racism, and sense of privilege which mark the covert self-defeatism of mainstream dissident politics. An important intervention, intended to generate badly-needed debate about the issue in the progressive community.
language: English
title: Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America
titlecomplete: Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America
genres: Theory, Anarchism, Activism, Politics, Philosophy, Social Justice, Nonfiction, Social Movements, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 813
publisher: Arbeiter Ring