Help get this new book on anarchist anti-militarism edited by Jeroen JJ Van and published by Just Books Publishing into print. Including Bart de Ligt's Conquest of Violence (first published in English in 1937) along with new translations of previously unpublished texts.
At this critical time in history, as the push to war engulfs us this work seems essential. Bart de Ligt (1883-1938) was a leading Dutch anarcho-syndicalist and anti-militarist, who was imprisoned in his own country for his anti-militaristic activities both during and after the First World War.
The Conquest of Violence presents a strategy for the transformation of society, linking Mahatma Gandhi’s principled non-violence with the total non-cooperation advocated by anarcho-syndicalists through the general strike. De Ligt was both an admirer and critic of Gandhi.
The quest for non-violent methods of waging conflict and struggling against militarism is even more urgent today. This is a voice which still deserves to be heard.
At @ 500 pages this is the first in a series of titles dealing with anarchist anti-militarism.