- For Vicky Osterweil, “Looting represents a material way that riots and protests help the community.”
...Like Joe Biden (and like his mentor Barack Obama), she is passionately committed to “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
...In her interview with Stephen Colbert earlier this month, Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris cheerfully noted that the “protests” coruscating across the country were “not going to stop.”
“This is a movement,” she explained, smiling. The riots “are not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”
“This is a movement,” she explained, smiling. The riots “are not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”
Osterweil sees Harris’ bet and raises it. She, too, regards the riots as part of a “movement for liberation,” a movement that is just getting started.
I mentioned Osterweil’s new book.
It is called In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action.
I should note that the word “riotous” as used here does not mean “uproariously funny.”
In means “having to do with riots,” i.e., violent insurrectionary action: looting, destroying property, burning things down.
These are the actions that Osterweil recommends to bring about that “total” or “fundamental” transformation of society that she, like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, longs to bring about...Read all.
It is called In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action.
I should note that the word “riotous” as used here does not mean “uproariously funny.”
In means “having to do with riots,” i.e., violent insurrectionary action: looting, destroying property, burning things down.
These are the actions that Osterweil recommends to bring about that “total” or “fundamental” transformation of society that she, like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, longs to bring about...Read all.
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