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'In Defense Of Looting'

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National Public Radio recently featured as a serious book for discussion Vicky Osterweil's In Defense of Looting.

From NPR:
Writer Vicky Osterweil's book, In Defense of Looting, came out on Tuesday. When she finished it, back in April, she wrote (rather presciently) that "a new energy of resistance is building across the country." Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society. The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she says, are engaging in a powerful tactic that questions the justice of "law and order," and the distribution of property and wealth in an unequal society...

For people who haven't read your book, how do you define looting?

When I use the word looting, I mean the mass expropriation of property, mass shoplifting during a moment of upheaval or riot. That's the thing I'm defending. I'm not defending any situation in which property is stolen by force. It's not a home invasion, either. It's about a certain kind of action that's taken during protests and riots.
RW response:

How mad can you get? There is a convenience store near my office, business for the owner is down by 80%. He is barely surviving. He tells me urban primitives regularly enter the store in packs of 5 or 6. They take what they want and leave. "I can stop them," he says with frustration, "They have knives and the police don't come when I call."


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