Is Blowing Up an Oil Pipeline an Act of Christian Nonviolence?

Ariela Barer in 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline.' / Neon

Can blowing up a pipeline be a form of nonviolent protest? Director Daniel Goldhaber’s new film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, makes a strong case in the affirmative — even if the activists at its center could care less about being called “terrorists” by the American empire.

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