When or why is it justified? On Violence When or why is it justified?

Hannah Arendt “Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.” “Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.” “Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.”

Is the use of violence justified in the face of tyranny? There are 4 options for this exercise: Agree, Somewhat Agree, Somewhat disagree, and Disagree. Without sharing with anyone else, please write your name on the sticky side, and your first choice on the dry side. Once your answer is written down, please flip over and show your note, then place your choice in the appropriate square on the board. While you’re up front, please grab a note sheet. As we move through each of the sections, please fill out on the notes sheet at least one argument for each section. These can come either from your classmates, your teacher, or the very smart people being quoted.

Agree (strongly) Why? “And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms; colonization and decolonization is simply a question of relative strength.” “Violence is man re-creating himself. ” ― Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

Somewhat Agree Why? What are the limitations? “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” ― Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours Switch your selection now if convinced.

Somewhat Disagree Why? When is it acceptable? "It doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence.“ - Malcolm X Switch your selection now if convinced.

Disagree (strongly) Why? What is the alternative? “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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