{"product_id":"setting-sights-histories-and-reflections-on-community-armed-self-defense-paperback","title":"Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Crow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWard Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFar 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing diverse perspectives from movements across the globe, \u003cem\u003eSetting Sights\u003c\/em\u003e includes vivid histories and personal reflections from both researchers and those who participated in community armed self-defense. Contributors include Dennis Banks, Kathleen Cleaver, Mabel Williams, Subcomandante Marcos, Kristian Williams, George Ciccariello-Maher, Ashanti Alston, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003escott crow\u003c\/b\u003e is an international speaker and author. His first book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Flags and Windmills \u003c\/i\u003ewas included on NPR's Top Summer Reads of 2015. He is a contributor to the books \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitness to Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Bloc Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race, and the State of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Until 2012, \u003cb\u003eWard Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e was a member of the leadership council of Colorado AIM. He is a life member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and currently a member of the elders council of the original Rainbow Coalition, founded by Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.9 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166219276423,"sku":"9781629634449","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2a51e0fff31b0e51da84e46794cbffaf.webp?v=1733319279","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/setting-sights-histories-and-reflections-on-community-armed-self-defense-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}