Palestinian non-violence

[Justin Schwartz]

Sure King's nonviolence campaign helped put the white elite in the South on 
the defensive. Those images of fire hoses turned loose on churchgoing, 
hymn-singing protestors and dogs savaging kids drove nails into the coffin 
the the "Southern way of life." Btw, nonviolence, as gandhi and King 
knewwell, is a misnomer--it involves provoking violence from your opponents, 
and horrifying third parties by having the scum savage the protestors. 
That;s the dynamic. It probably would not work in Palestine, because no one 
outside the Arab world cares about Palestinians. --jks


>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: RE: Palestinian non-violence
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:12:25 -0400
>
>Max Sawicky wrote:
>
>>It doesn't matter whether the Palestinians think what
>>they are doing is non-violent.  What matters is what
>>others think.  N-V is a political act aimed at changing
>>the minds of others.  If others are not impressed,
>>you're doing it wrong.
>
>Does nonviolence depend in part on the exhaustion of your opponents?
>Wasn't the British empire near the end of its life in India? In the
>U.S. south, wasn't the local elite under attack from the federal
>government and national opinionmakers? Israel, however, seems in a
>most uncompromising mood, and has forever.
>
>Or am I reading history wrong?
>
>Doug

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