Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://esound.space/fullTitle: Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-DefenseAuthor: Scott CrowNarrator: Zach BergmanFormat: UnabridgedLength: 10:48:13Language: EnglishRelease date: 04-01-2024Publisher: Findaway VoicesGenres: Politics, History, Political AdvocacySummary:Decades ago, Malcolm X eloquently stated that communities have the legitimate right to defend themselves “by any means necessary” with any tool or tactic, including guns. This wide-ranging anthology uncovers the hidden histories and ideas of community armed self-defense, exploring how it has been used by marginalized and oppressed communities as well as anarchists and radicals within significant social movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Far from a call to arms, or a “how-to” manual for warfare, this volume offers histories, reflections, and questions about the role of firearms in small collective defense efforts and its place in larger efforts toward the creation of autonomy and liberation. Featuring diverse perspectives from movements across the globe, Setting Sights includes vivid histories and personal reflections from both researchers and those who participated in community armed self-defense. Contributors include Dennis Banks, Kathleen Cleaver, Mable Williams, Subcomandante Marcos, Kristian Williams, George Ciccariello-Maher, Ashanti Alston, and many more.

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