Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One Quotes

“Change does not happen because those in power change their hearts and mind. It happens because those in power have no choice but to change their actions or—eventually—because their power structures are systematically dismantled. The task of the resister is not to change the minds of those in charge, but to mobilize a movement that can exert general political and economic force, and to choose the tactics and strategies that will make that movement effective.”
― Aric McBay, Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One: Building Movements and Fighting to Win

“People with very little power can only create real change by working together. Liberalism, in contrast, is individualistic at its base, because of its emphasis on personal property. This individualism has also led liberals to overemphasize respectability in their approach to social change—”
― Aric McBay, Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One: Building Movements and Fighting to Win

“Single-issue struggles no longer exist in any meaningful way—no movement can be isolated from others and still have any hope of victory. Only an intersectional approach that combines an understanding of sexism, racism, classism, and other oppressions will bring success.”
― Aric McBay, Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One: Building Movements and Fighting to Win

“The idea of fighting back makes the liberal left deeply uncomfortable. This is because the liberal left identifies so closely with those in power—and sees itself as part of those power structures, the “loyal opposition.”10 Those who break that loyalty lose the privileges that come with the position.”
― Aric McBay, Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One: Building Movements and Fighting to Win

“Whenever abuses and atrocities are committed by those in power, defiance is a moral imperative.”
― Aric McBay, Full Spectrum Resistance, Volume One: Building Movements and Fighting to Win