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Everyday resistance (also, by James C. Scott, called infrapolitics) is a dispersed, quiet, seemingly invisible and disguised form of resistance [1] seemingly aiming at redistribution of control over property. [2] The acts of everyday resistance are considered to be relatively safe and they require either little or no formal coordination. [2]
Political violence does not work. And yet some people think it does. Some political violence is the result of delusional people on a rampage. But many sane people still believe in its efficacy.
Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance is a 1985 book on everyday forms of rural class conflict as illustrated in a Malaysian village, written by anthropologist James C. Scott and published by Yale University Press.
Political violence varies widely in form, severity, and practice. In political science, a common organizing framework is to consider the types of violence which are used by the relevant actors: violence between non-state actors, one-sided violence which is perpetrated by a state actor against civilians, and violence between states.
Several incidents of political violence occurred before, during, and after the 2024 United States presidential election.The years surrounding the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections have seen political violence as the United States during this time had continuing polarization caused by corrupted elections and the rise of extremist groups such as the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Antifa.
But as more voters become disillusioned by business as usual, producing poor test results and leaving kids unprepared for the workforce, a new effort has emerged as an alternative to the movement ...
The changing tone at the site of a car-ramming attack on Friday in which five people were killed and more than 200 injured reflected political tensions in a country racked by arguments over ...
However, one can also find examples of political violence from the political left, such as the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting aimed at Republicans, [146] and Floyd Corkins's attack and attempted mass murder of staff at the Family Research Council in protest of their opposition to LGBTQ+ rights. [147]