Please add the entire Bush & Obama administrations! Partisanship is entirely unwarranted. They all gotta go! Que se vayan todos!

Thanks for the discussion. I've long believed that non-violence is a luxury not afforded to the starving, that it is a means of saving one's skin as much as it is a principled response, especially if the skin is white! Yes violence is frightening but to privileged Westerners who don't know what it's like to be targeted, assaulted and maimed over a long period of time, non-violence is an easy option and a safe response. And a sanctimonious one, which gets lots of praise from abusive politicians, since it is non-threatening (unless accompanied by massive direct action).

Here I must recommend "How Non-Violence Protects the State" by Peter Gelderloos.

I love reading lists! Thanks for posting. There are some treasures in there!

Great comment James. Agree completely.

Life imitates art? I'm thinking of "The Ghostwriter" Can anyone doubt the reason that the US [in]justic system is so vindictive re Polanski?

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