Publication

2011 - PM Press, Oakland, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

110,250 words, Guess

Page Count

441 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCJZ5540.2.W55 A3 2011
  • LCCJZ5584
  • LCCJZ5540.2.W55 W55 2011eb

Description

After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action. Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness.

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Other Editions

  • Blood on the tracks: the life and times of S. Brian WillsonPM Press2011-01-01

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