Gang politics : revolution, repression, and crime

Demystifying forces of the state, gangs, and revolutionary violence. In Gang Politics , Kristian Williams examines our society’s understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between “gangs” of all sorts—cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads—arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and conflict more common, Williams’s analysis is a crucial corrective to our usual ideas about the role violence might or should play in our social struggles. In three taut essays, Kristian Williams examines our societys understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between gangs of all sortscops and criminals, Proud Boys and antifa, Panthers and skinheadsarguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and the conviction that things are only going to get worse, and more violent, grows, Williams analysis is a crucial corrective to our simple, unquestioned ideas about the role violence might or should play in our social struggles. "In Gang Politics, Kristian Williams examines our society's understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between "gangs" of all sorts--cops and criminals, Proud Boys and Antifa, Panthers and skinheads--arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and conflict more common, Williams's analysis is a crucial corrective to our usual ideas about the role violence might or should play in our social struggles."--Provided by publisher