In a brilliant speech, CHRIS HEDGES argues that the class war is real ... that the ordinary people are losing ... that all of society's institutions have betrayed the people and "sold out" to Established Power ... that whatever political and economic justice there has been exists only because ordinary people struggled hard against the elite to create that justice... and that widespread nonviolent rebellion by the people is now essential to prevent disaster.
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This week, in Part 2, Hedges focuses on the moral duty to rebel against evil. He discusses with insight the dystopian novels of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell and also Albert Camus book, The Rebel. And he speaks movingly about Bradley Manning, Vaclev Havel, and his own father.
Hedges talk is an intellectual tour-de-force and also a great listen.
The audio (taken from a videotape recently made available online) was lightly edited for radio by Robin Upton (unwelcomeguests.net) and then by me. Thanks again to Robin. I believe that Hedges delivered this speech in 2011.
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