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The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy

A Text for Occupiers, Freedom Fighters, and the Discontent

What is violence? Who gets to define it? Does it have a place in the pursuit of liberation? These age-old questions have returned to the fore during the Occupy movement. But this discussion never takes place on a level playing field; while some delegitimize violence, the language of legitimacy itself paves the way for the authorities to employ it.