When the Arms Were Gone

poem

Inna Rozentsvit

Abstract

This poem explores three American episodes of disarmament and atrocity: Wounded Knee, Tulsa, and the Black Panthers/Mulford Act, emphasizing the deeper psychohistorical pattern of power versus helplessness, armed versus disarmed, and visibility versus erasure. These moments reveal how disarmament often marks the beginning of violence, not its prevention.

Keywords:

atrocity, Black Panthers disarmament, gun violence, Mulford Act, poetry, psychohistory, Tulsa Race Massacre, Wounded Knee Massacre

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About the author

Inna Rozentsvit

Inna Rozentsvit, MD, PhD, MBA, MSciEd, is a neurologist and neurorehabilitation specialist trained in psychoanalysis. She serves as Associate Editor of Clio’s Psyche and Associate Director of the Psychohistory Forum. Dr. Rozentsvit is founder and neuropsychoeducator at the non-profit NeurorecoverySolutions, Inc., Programs Director at the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and Editor-in-Chief of the ORI Academic Press, MindMend Publishing Co., and MindConsiliums, the interdisciplinary journal. She may be contacted at or www.innarozentsvit.com.

How to cite this article

Rozentsvit, I. (2025). When the arms were gone [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 32(4), 516-517.

https://doi.org/10.70763/02c27682b80b462437ba4efc71267562