Front cover -- About the Author -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction Militancy as a Civic Virtue -- Part I | A Standard of Sound Militancy -- One | The Militant's Vocation -- The Assemblies Movement: From the Arab Spring to Occupy and Beyond -- The Battle of Seattle: "This is what democracy looks like!" -- Voice to the Voiceless -- What Is Militancy? -- Four Styles of Militancy -- Practically Sound or Unsound Protest -- Two | The Liberal Objection -- The Defence of Order -- A Challenge from Within -- Three Common Defences of Militancy -- Three | The Democratic Standard -- A Model Case of Sound Militancy -- Principles for a Democratic Standard of Soundness -- Rebuttal to the Liberal Objection -- Part II Applications -- Four | Civil Disobedience -- The Salt March -- The Obligation to Obey the Law -- Civil Disobedience and Public Autonomy -- Five | Disruptive Direct Action -- The Logic of Disruption -- Disruption in Action -- Democracy or Blackmail? -- Six | Sabotage -- Monkeywrenching - The Logic of Sabotage -- Tree-Spiking -- Arson Attacks -- Other Targets of Sabotage: Machinery and Roads -- Is Democracy the Right Standard? -- Respect for Persons, Not for Property -- Seven | The Black Bloc -- What Is a Black Bloc? -- History of the Black Bloc -- Criticisms of Black Blocs -- Three Faces of the Black Bloc -- Do Black Blocs Make a Strategic Contribution? -- Eight | Rioting -- From Riots to Rioting -- What Is Rioting? -- A Typology of Riot Genres -- Rioting and Voice -- Nine | Armed Struggle -- Pacifism versus the Common View of Violence -- The Common View and Defensive Force -- Systemic Violence and the Right to Rebel -- Some Examples of Armed Militancy -- People's Militias versus Clandestine Cells -- Agency and Arms -- Insurrectionism or Self-emancipation? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index -- Back cover.

This book addresses the ethics and politics of militant protest, ranging from non-violent civil disobedience through to rioting, sabotage and armed struggle and asks if it is ever justifiable to use armed force.

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