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Description of  Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, 3rd Edition

Originally written during the mid-1980s, the seminal essay Pacifism as Pathology was prompted by veteran activist Ward Churchills frustration with what he diagnosed as a growingand deliberately self-neutralizing"hegemony of nonviolence on the North American left. The essays publication unleashed a raging debate among activists in both the U.S. and Canada, a significant result of which was Michael Ryans penning of a follow-up essay reinforcing Churchills premise that nonviolence, at least as the term is popularly employed by white progressives, is inherently counterrevolutionary. This book challenges the pacifist movement's heralded victories, suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics. Along with a preface by Ed Mead, postscripts by both Churchill and Ryan, and a new foreword by leading oppositionist intellectual Dylan Rodrguez, these essays are being released in a fresh edition.