On Contact | Chris Hedges Discusses Restrained Resistance with Bill Ayers (Video)
Chris Hedges discusses building successful non-violent mass movements with Bill Ayers, author of “Demand the Impossible."
Chris Hedges discusses building successful non-violent mass movements with Bill Ayers, author of “Demand the Impossible."
Author of The Hole in the Ground, A Parable for Peacemakers Found at TheHoleintheGround.org
The whole system is guilty.
Sen. Sanders has stood with the protestors at Standing Rock, and elsewhere, which recalls a different Occupy legacy worth preserving: If elected officials turned up, they stood with the group, in the group, not for the group.
Goodman, a reporter for the independent news program, can be seen on news footage from Sept. 3 documenting the clash between protesters and private security personnel with guard dogs at a Dakota Access construction site, including footage showing people with bite injuries and a dog with blood on its mouth.
All effective forms of protest are illegal until they succeed.
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Chris Hedges | Kshama Sawant: How to counter establishment politics (Video interview)
In the age of Trump, truth becomes the enemy of governance and politics tips over into a deadly malignancy.
“Why do you stand?” they were asked, and “Why do you walk?” “Because of the children,” they said, and “Because of the heart, and “Because of the bread”
As individuals, how much and for how long should we adhere to our beliefs if they run counter to those of the community? To our neighbors (which would make us outcasts)? To the state (which would make us outlaws)?
“We’re going to step into it, boldly and together.” --Tim DeChristopher