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oe oy, - . “t Re, Ma MANDLT POS DIRECT ACTTON, FUPLTSIDD FY AMET OOS BRIDUDS FUACL COMSTOTLE, PHILADOIPATA, A et eT fnother ¢riticism is that nonviolence is foreisen to the nation's way of @oinsg things Tegroes have ror centuris (2en the vietims of vi olene ce, and this has beecone a part of 4 ” way of life, Nonviolence is the tactic of the waite mic ~ class intellectual, net of the Negro working-class. The authors! rebuttcel to this arguvent is that 2 roots of nenviolenS action in America co baci: to Poritan Massachusetts and ¢o colonial Pennsylvania (cusker influ. 2.23). Thea bpeyeott was used during the American Revolutions tho L.oor movement hes made full use of nonviolent tactics. The Cs2.2 Rule and the Christian ethic are part of the American way of afe, Another argunent for violence is that racism is 2 BEC 2BSE. It is less.importent to convert the racist. ener . Plentit is to remove his ‘Oppositian to the ‘Strurtle” ‘ang “e4 Sinate - The answer given by vides three more kinds of power and With respect to political tions {nonviolent for the politicians to rule that mass diffieult demon they note in the te ouccie for chance hed been violen stra t. psychological power. Pal pow o Thad his threat to the homes and families" of Negroes. ver, Ve the authors is that nonviolence preo- economic power, political the authors contend are powerful and meke it thout making concessions g on the psychological power of nonviolence istien Church would not have beceme involved to the degree it has if the movement Another contention of the pro-violence faction is that nonviolence 18 ail very well when there's not much at stake, - a few votes, a few Jons, ete..Wnen it comes to real numb and: when the 7 eal eitadels of the power elite, jobs, votes, ho begins to march upon "the using schools, etc., rs in "Neero movement then no “mercy will be shown, aud we will be crushed despite ali the protestations of Cnristian love. The authors answer this in part by Only arms will save us. saying ... "If this means that the only way 170,000,C900 unites will give up their Key privileges is for 20,000, 000 Negroes to defeat (vaem-