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

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 threaten it.  

Benjamin S. Case is an organizer, educator, and writer. He is a researcher at the Center for Work and Democracy and a fellow at the Resistance Studies Initiative. Case is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

We also celebrate and mourn Jen Angel-publisher, writer, anarchist, radical media activist, baker, comrade to many and longtime friend and co-conspirator of Scott’s. 

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Outro “Sainted Streets” by Casey Neill

Links//

• Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence (https://www.akpress.org/street-rebell...)
• Love and support for Jen Angel (https://bit.ly/3Ilguis)
• We Remember Jen Angel (https://bit.ly/3lyeKd7)

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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red  Blues" by Moody.  Editing by Scott. Executive consultation by Grahan Klumpner.