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A review by tazerfish
How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
3.0
Mostly just a spicy headline.
It doesn't have *much* to say except that the threat of climate change is very grave and nonviolence as an ideal can be pathological, especially when extended to non-vandalism—hell, even the suffragettes smashed windows!
Revolutions frequently turn violent, not through massive aggression by the protestors, but when people fight back against disproportionate repression by the established powers.
Take all this with a grain of salt, since at the time of writing this review nearly a year has passed since my reading it.
My conclusion: The message is interesting.
It's spreading the overton window, making us question pre-held beliefs.
That is good, I think.
Green protests have been remarkably peaceful, I don't think this risks creating tons of ecoterrorists.
On the other hand, groups like just stop oil, "letzte Generation" and others do, (from my limited view on things), seem to be counterproductive.
Sadly, its latter parts are a little unfocused.
Either the book could have been even shorter, or it could have been more academically rigorous in its analysis of historical and current political movements and the use of violence therein.
Reading a summary or talking with someone who's read the book will likely give you the jist.
It doesn't have *much* to say except that the threat of climate change is very grave and nonviolence as an ideal can be pathological, especially when extended to non-vandalism—hell, even the suffragettes smashed windows!
Revolutions frequently turn violent, not through massive aggression by the protestors, but when people fight back against disproportionate repression by the established powers.
Take all this with a grain of salt, since at the time of writing this review nearly a year has passed since my reading it.
My conclusion: The message is interesting.
It's spreading the overton window, making us question pre-held beliefs.
That is good, I think.
Green protests have been remarkably peaceful, I don't think this risks creating tons of ecoterrorists.
On the other hand, groups like just stop oil, "letzte Generation" and others do, (from my limited view on things), seem to be counterproductive.
Sadly, its latter parts are a little unfocused.
Either the book could have been even shorter, or it could have been more academically rigorous in its analysis of historical and current political movements and the use of violence therein.
Reading a summary or talking with someone who's read the book will likely give you the jist.