![]() ![]() Peter is the author of How Nonviolence Protects the State, which examines the most lauded “nonviolent” movements in recent history. ![]() To explore this further, I’d like to present a part of my interview with anarchist, activist, and writer Peter Gelderloos. What are the actual tactics that we need, how do we hold places of power to create networks of solidarity? How can we resist and upend the systems of power that have produced the climate crisis to begin with?ĭrawing upon the history of effective resistance movements and their tactics can help in this regard. ![]() That’s why you have a diversity of tactics.” Of course, there are times when you just can’t use a militant force to carry out something. They’ll present it as politically practical. “It’s only with pacifism that you have this belief that we have to respond only using nonviolence. That’s a very intelligent way to win a war: make your enemy go home, make your enemy think that they’ve already won, especially if you’re in charge of educating children.” But first and foremost, it’s the United States government, it’s the inheritor of these white supremacists systems, that claims victory. “Absolutely, an important battle was won. ![]()
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