New social movements, and violence Research in Political Anthropology

New social movement is tied to violence through its rhetoric or actions. Furthermore, violence is considered a part of contention repertoire or repertoire of movement's actions, and contributes to achieving its goals. Therefore the present qualitative study focuses on (1) recognizing the tactics and strategies used by the movement. (2) examining participants' conceptions concerning the practice of violence. (3) exploring how the social movement employs violence strategically and considers it a resource. (4) identifying the forms of violence and its causes. (5) examining the relationship between violence and identity. (6) elucidating how social movement frames violence. The present study used an anthropological qualitative methodology relied for data collection upon: participant observation, Semistructured interviews. And it was moreover oriented by the new social movement theory and the perspective of David Riches as a theoretical framework. The findings revealed that: (1) there is a contradiction between movement's formal standpoint concerning violence on one hand, and the conception of violence adopted by participants and the actual practices of the movement, on the other; it is a strategic and intentional contradiction. (2) social movement is associated with violence, either through its rhetoric or actions. Violence is a part of movement's repertoire. (3) violent repertoires is considered a resource. (4) social movement makes use of violence as a tool for molding and constructing identity. (5) movement's vision of violence is formed by culture, and violence is a representation of cultural values, and produces unique experiences that are culturally mediated and stored in the collective memory.