Blood on the tracks
Subtitle: the life and times of S. Brian Willson
By: S. Brian Willson
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oakland, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781604864212
Subjects: Nonviolence; Protest movements; Peace movements; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Pacifists; Veterans; Biography
Description: After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action. Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-410) and index.