January 25
by Amy
I went back into our office files today and found Dave’s essay on nonviolence. He wrote it back in 1962.
One of the key points in the document is within the first two pages. “Nonviolence never calls for destroying an invader. It seeks to destroy his power to commit injustice, by using strikes, boycotts, civil disobedience and mass non-cooperation … Nonviolence is a method of love and looks forward to reconciliation based on adjustment of grievances through mutual respect rather than a selfish victory based on the power of one side to impose its will on the other.”
This is the problem with “militants” and its something we’re seeing more and more. People are using the Movement for their own ends, using it impose their will upon society. It worries me, but I feel like I’m the only one seeing it.
Coleman keeps telling me that soon, I’ll feel the same way as he does. I’ll become more militant as the things progress, because everyone is. But I’m not like everyone.
I wonder where we’ll all be a year from now.
