{"id":12128,"date":"2012-08-28T16:09:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2012-08-28T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:15:59","slug":"perspectives-on-the-use-of-violence-as-a-means-of-protest-and-resistence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12128","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives on the use of ‘violence’ as a means of protest and resistence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CrimethInc. to Debate Chris Hedges in NYC<\/strong><\/p>\n

August 16, 2012 at 3:25 am \u00b7 Filed under From the Trenches, posted by pfm<\/p>\n

– Immediately before the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we will meet Chris Hedges in New York City for a public debate about diversity of tactics. This debate will be free and open to the public, and livestreamed for those who can\u2019t attend.<\/p>\n

Occupy Tactics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond:<\/strong>
\nA Debate between Chris Hedges and the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective on Tactics & Strategy, Reform & Revolution<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 7:00 pm<\/p>\n

Free admission<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proshansky Auditorium
\nLower level, CUNY Graduate Center
\n365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th street)
\nNew York City, NY 10016<\/p>\n

Not in NYC? A free livestream of the event will be available online. Link TBA.<\/p>\n

Why a debate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Occupy Wall Street took Zuccotti Park in September 2011, there has been a resurgence of social movement activity in the United States. As momentum has increased, age-old questions over tactics, strategy, and goals have returned to the fore.<\/p>\n

What is violence? Who gets to define it? Do illegal actions have a place in our movements?<\/strong> This discussion never takes place in a vacuum or on a level playing field; rather, it occurs within the context of a struggle that is already in progress, where every statement has immediate ramifications for the participants. Differing tactical approaches often reflect fundamental differences in strategy and goals.<\/p>\n

At the core of these issues is the question:
\nWhat are we fighting for and how do we get there?<\/strong>
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\nThis moderated debate will feature:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Hedges, Journalist<\/strong>
\nChris Hedges is an American journalist, author, and war correspondent, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and societies. He will speak to the perspectives behind his controversial article \u201cThe Cancer in Occupy\u201d regarding black bloc tactics and anarchist participation in the Occupy movement.<\/p>\n

B. Traven, CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective<\/strong>
\nB. Traven will support the case for a diversity of tactics in the Occupy movement and in broader anti-capitalist struggles worldwide, illustrating an anarchist critique of the status quo and a vision of social transformation. CrimethInc. has produced many books and articles, including \u201cThe Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy,\u201d composed in part as a response to Hedges\u2019 \u201cThe Cancer in Occupy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moderated by Sujatha Fernandes, CUNY Graduate Center<\/strong>
\nSujatha Fernandes is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of several books on urban politics and culture; the latest is \u201cClose to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation\u201d (Verso). She has written about the Occupy movement and recent global uprisings for The New York Times and The Huffington Post.<\/p>\n

Opening remarks by Sarah Leonard, Dissent Magazine<\/strong>
\nSarah Leonard is an editor and writer living in Brooklyn, with particular interest in Left politics and the cultural effects of technology. She is an editor of The New Inquiry and N+1, Associate Editor at Dissent magazine, and a co-editor of Occupied!: Scenes from Occupied America. …source<\/a><\/p>\n

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