Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2007
Abstract
"The current global political atmosphere is steeped in fear of, and intense rhetoric about, political violence and "terrorism." Amidst this turbulent environment, it is clear that scholars and practitioners need to get beyond the manufactured fear and the hysterical rhetoric, peddled by what we call the corporate-state-military-media complex (or simply, the "power complex"), and instead seek a deeper understanding of political groups that defend or deploy the tactics of economic sabotage (property destruction) or armed struggle in order to change repressive and violent social structures (Best and Nocella 2004; Best and Nocella 2006). Such understanding is important to slow down and reverse the current trend among legislative and policy-making bodies and political leaders who increasingly marginalize, demonize, and exclude radical opposition groups from arenas of debate."
Recommended Citation
Best, S., McLaren, P., & Nocella, A. J. II. (2007, Nov.) Revolutionary peacemaking: Using a critical pedagogy approach for peacemaking with "terrorists." Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 5(2).
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Institute for Education Policy Studies
Comments
This article was originally published in Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, volume 5, issue 2, in 2007.
Reprinted in One Paradigm, Many Worlds: Approches to Conflict Resolution across the Disciplines. Edited by Mitch Rosenwald (2008). Cambridge Scholars Press: Newcastle, England.