Confrontations: Selected Journalism by Kristian Williams

Confrontations: Selected Journalism by Kristian Williams (Forward by Ward Churchill)

"Confrontations” collects together for the first time Kristian Williams’ essays examining political control in the United States. The writings in this collection—many of which previously appeared in publications such as Clamor, Dissent, CounterPunch and the Earth First! Journal—expose the connections between liberal discourse, insurgency and counterinsurgency, and government crackdowns on dissent.

    "The theme of the articles collected here is the complex relationship between ideas and what could broadly be called force—not merely violence, but the whole spectrum of tactics that one side in a conflict uses to disrupt the other. That includes sabotage, vandalism, blockades, boycotts, and strikes—but also infiltration, inimidation, arrests, and imprisonment.
    "No one has a monopoly on direct action... Winning in politics means something more than having the best arguments, the most votes, or the biggest guns." —Kristian Williams