In Defense of Looting

A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

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Vicky Osterweil: In Defense of Looting (2020, PublicAffairs)

288 pages

English language

Published Jan. 9, 2020 by PublicAffairs.

ISBN:
978-1-64503-667-8
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The author equates looting and property destruction with Marxism, saying "without police
and without state oppression, we can have things for free" and also states that "Ownership of things" - not just people - is "innately, structurally white supremacist."

She continues to opine that nonviolent protest is "the product of a series of sellouts and silencings". The only partially valid point is that protest is usually ignored by the media, but looting is always reported.

I can say I read the first chapter, but then dropped this like drek immediately after. The author seems to be in hiding, with her tweets "protected" - I guess that's a type of "Ownership" she can get behind. My recommendation is avoid this book like something even worse than COVID-19.