Author Benjamin Case is joined in conversation by movement scholar Hillary Lazar for this virtual event to discuss his new book, Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence.

We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation--burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities. Yet the Left has struggled to incorporate rioting into theories of change, remaining stuck in recurring debates over violence and nonviolence. Civil resistance studies have popularized the term "strategic nonviolence," spreading the notion that violence is wholly counter-productive. Street Rebellion scrutinizes recent research and develops a broad and grounded portrait of the relationship between strategic nonviolence and rioting in the struggle for liberation.

Benjamin S. Case is an organizer, educator, and writer. He is a researcher at the Center for Work and Democracy and a fellow at the Resistance Studies Initiative. Case is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Hillary Lazar is a longtime educator, organizer, and movement scholar. She is co-editor of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, is on the advisory board for the Institute for Anarchist Studies and Anarchist Agency PR Project, and is a member of the Mutual Aid Speaker’s Series. Hillary teaches Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and her research focuses on historical and contemporary anarchism, movement evaluation, and the politics of emotions.