Why Not Riot? w/ Ben Case; Plus Celebrating Jen Angel (G&R 210)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Feb 15, 2023 · 56m

There's a Riot Going On!

We didn't talk to Sly Stone, we did even better. We talked with Ben Case (@benjamscase) the author of a provocative new book, “Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence,” which challenges the long-time liberal insistence on non-violent and often non-aggressive protest and makes a case that riots are another tactic to be used by the Left.

This is a debate that's been ongoing in Left circles for a long, long time and Ben Case makes a compelling argument that by pledging "non-violence" we let the ruling class know up front that we're not going to…