Strategies of Resistance [Arundhati Roy]
THE CONCEPT OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE is a concept that makes the comfortable comfortable. But is armed struggle the proper form of resistance to an oppressive State? Is there a biodiversity of Resistance that needs happen? Arundhati Roy muses on Resistance.
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that’s a beautiful thing. and i do practice this with friends and those i want to engage positively with. its’ a very current theme of mine! i believe it strongly, i often say “what you feed, grows.”
and that is where the page seems to orient:
however, that page only devotes one or two lines to injustice. and when it comes to injustice, i prefer direct and active resistance. i see no way around introducing that resistance, unless i want to be existing calmly and self-centeredly in a world that is grossly unfair and cruel to so many.
i think much of the info on the page is extremely valuable for remaining centered and not fighting yourself, nor nurturing unneeded agita. and yet…some confrontations definitely require “friction” or unfair/oppressives structures will grow and continue to function.
the writer attempts a way out of this by endorsing a view of the world where it is arrogant to assume to be a “guardian of the morals and the rights of society.” but i disagree. if a person next door to me is being robbed, raped, or otherwise hurt, should i not assume to be “the guardian of the morals and rights of society?” to not do so at that moment would mark me as evil. that is how i see the world.
even with only one word and a link, you’ve brought something valuable to this discussion. i thank you for those things. i think the page and sentiment is definitely worth reading and reading again. and absorbing. and living, in most instances. yet, at this moment in my life, i cannot wholly endorse the overall paradigm.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Nez. This woman is so admirable, in so many ways!
agreed. thank you.