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In Defense of Looting A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

Vicky Osterweil

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 dista...

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The Ben Shapiro Show

An NPR article discussed this book where the author defended the mass expropriation of property during moments of upheaval, arguing that looting is a highly racialized word.

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there's an actual book by a writer named vicki ostrowile called in defense of looting

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An NPR article discussed this book where the author defended the mass expropriation of property during moments of upheaval, arguing that looting is a highly racialized word.

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there's an actual book by a writer named vicki ostrowile called in defense of looting

when i use the word looting i mean the mass expropriation of property mass shoplifting shoplifting during a moment of upheaval or riot that's the thing i'm defending

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