The people do not commit violence; the state and its arms (police, national guard, the military, etc) commit violence. The people defend themselves, as best they can and with the available tactics, against that violence.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 3:12 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] corporate executives speaking up On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: " peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law" This is a bundle of contradictions. The phrase "non-violent protest" is empty; it is meaningful only when expanded to "non-violent civil disobedience": And that is in flat contradiction to " observance of the rule of law." The last phrase is _the_ foundation for violent suppression of all protest. Well, yes. These phrases make these things look more black and white and clearly demarcated than they ever can be in practice. I'd say there is no such thing as a "non-violent protest". There are simply degrees of violence. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
