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'''''Pacifism as Pathology: Notes on an American Pseudopraxis''''' is an [[essay]] written in 1986 by [[Ward Churchill]]. It examines the role of [[pacifism|pacifist]] [[politics]] within [[United States]] [[leftism]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaiJp3EoXWAC&pg=PA35&dq=%22Pacifism+as+Pathology%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq07HS3aXSAhVEMSYKHSk_Bns4ChDoAQglMAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pacifism%20as%20Pathology%22&f=false|title=Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence|last=Orosco|first=José-Antonio|date=2008-01-01|publisher=UNM Press|year=|isbn=9780826343758|location=|pages=35–37|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref> The essay takes a critical stance of pacifist doctrine, labelling it as ineffective, hypocritical and unconsciously [[racism|racist]].<ref>[http://zinelibrary.info/files/pap_imposed.pdf Ward Churchill, ''Pacifism as Pathology:Notes on An American Pseudopraxis''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914103542/http://zinelibrary.info/files/pap_imposed.pdf |date=September 14, 2012 }}</ref>

In 1998 [[Arbeiter Ring Publishing]] published the essay in a book entitled ''Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America'', listing Churchill as the author. (ISBN 1-894037-07-3)

In 2001 [[George Lakey]], a co-founder of the pacifist [[Movement for a New Society]], published a detailed response to ''Pacifism as Pathology'' entitled "Nonviolent Action as the Sword that Heals: Challenging Ward Churchill's 'Pacifism As Pathology'."<ref>George Lakey (March 2001). [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NvQWQZxGVK4J:new.trainingforchange.org/nonviolent_action_sword_that_heals+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca “Nonviolent Action as the Sword that Heals: Challenging Ward Churchill's ‘Pacifism As Pathology’”]. TrainingforChange.Org.{{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> to which Churchill responded.<ref>Ward Churchill (March 10, 2005). [http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-03/10churchill.cfm “Who’s the Terrorist?”]. Zmag.Org. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109065131/http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-03/10churchill.cfm |date=January 9, 2007 }}</ref>

==See also==
* {{slink|Issues in anarchism|Ends and means}}
* [[Peter Gelderloos]], author of book ''How Nonviolence Protects the State''
* [[Nonviolence]]

==References==
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[[Category:Pacifism]]
[[Category:Pacifism in the United States]]
[[Category:1986 essays]]


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