The Failure of Nonviolence

The Failure of Nonviolence is a book written by Peter Gelderloos which heavily criticizes Pacifism.
== Summary ==
=== Chapter 1. Violence Doesn't Exist ===
=== Chapter 2. Recuperation is How We Lose ===
=== Chapter 3. The Revolutions of Today ===
==== The Oka Crisis ====
The Oka Uprising - where armed indigenous activists took on police and the army in Canada to protect their lands in 1990 - is explored. It is evaluated as being very successful, not only seizing space and spreading critiques of colonialism and the state, but it succeeded in defending sacred land from destruction to make a golf course.
==== The Zapatistas ====
The Zapatista Revolution and Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities from 1994 are explored. They are evaluated as a successful example of anti-pacifist activism, seizing autonomous spaces for a new society and inspiring the Global Justice Movement.
==== The Pro-Democracy Movement in Indonesia ====
==== The Second Intifada ====
==== The Black Spring in Kabylie ====
==== The Corralito in Argentina ====
==== The Day the World Said No to War ====
==== The Color Revolutions ====
==== Kuwait's “Blue Revolution” and Lebanon's “Cedar Revolution” ====
==== The 2005 Banlieue Uprisings ====
==== Bolivia's Water War and Gas War ====
==== Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution ====
==== The Oaxaca Rebellion ====
==== The 2006 CPE Protests ====
The CPE Uprising is explored, being seen as a successful action, reversing the CPE law and fighting the state with violent, hit-and-run tactics.
==== 2007 Saffron Revolution ====
==== The 2008 insurrection in Greece ====
==== Bersih Rallies ====
==== Guadeloupe General Strike ====
==== UK Student Movement ====
==== Tunisian Revolution ====
==== The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ====
==== The Libyan Civil War ====
==== The Syrian Civil War ====
==== 15M Movement and General Strikes ====
==== 2011 United Kingdom Anti-Austerity Protests ====
==== 2011 England riots ====
==== Occupy ====
==== The 2011-2014 Chile student protests ====
==== The Quebec Student Movement ====
==== The Gezi Park Uprising of 2013 ====
The Gezi Park Uprising is analyzed, where environmentalist rioters fought with police across Turkey to protect a large city park.
==== The Brazilian Passo Livre Protests ====
==== The Burgos Uprising ====
The Gamonal/Burgos Uprising is analyzed, where anti-gentrification riots occurred in a Spanish city. These are seen as highly successful, defeating the construction and created a space of autonomy and power for the people in the city of Burgos.
==== The Can Vies Revolt ====
The Can Vies Uprising is analyzed, where squatters fought back against an eviction in Barcelona. These are seen as highly successful, defeating the eviction and creating a great deal of autonomy.
==== Autonomous Rojava ====
==== The Ferguson Uprisings ====
==== The Hong Kong Democracy Movement ====
==== The Mapuche struggle ====
==== A Cumulative Evaluation ====
=== Chapter 4. The Color Revolutions ===