Why read In Defense of Looting?

Book cover of In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

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A fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy.

Looting -- a crowd of people publicly, openly, and directly seizing goods -- is one of the more extreme actions that can take place in the midst of social unrest. Even self-identified radicals distance…

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Kellie Carter Jackson

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Ok, when this book debuted, there was some controversy, the cover centers one large crowbar! But when a reader really takes the time to sit with the arguments Osterweil is making, she cannot be denied.

Her book is more than a pitch to loot or even burn it all down, Osterweil wants us to understand why people loot and furthermore, she wants us to be more disturbed by the reasons for looting than the act itself.

If the truth sets us free, then we should all be willing to ask the hard questions. This book does that.

From Kellie's list on The best books that center on black resistance to white supremacy with a path toward liberation.