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The police have raided many of the encampments across the country. Protests and actions called by Occupy are declining in number, with reduced participation. Workers and marginalized people, like the homeless, who were initially drawn to Occupy have, in many instances, departed. It is discouraging, and someone or some people must be responsible. Chris Hedges has [...] I considered writing something with Black Bloc in the title, but does that mean anything at this point? After the latest misadventure by Chris Hedges, “The Cancer of Occupy,” Hedges does a wonderful job of obscuring and misinforming his readers. It’s not often that such a crack reporter gets his very first sentence with his [...] I don’t recall Chris Hedges being voted Moral Compass of Occupy, do you? Yet his temper tantrum in Truthdig implies just that. He knows what is best for the movement and it sure isn’t those icky Black Bloc anarchists. Yes, I think the Black Bloc are often misguided. But saying Occupy’s problems are due [...] I applaud Chris Hedges. After years of writing apocolyptic, often hauntingly accurate and incisive columns for TruthDig, there’s finally a sign that he is going to take tangible action and, as they say, put his money where his mouth is. On Dec. 16 I will join Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern and several military [...] Newshoggers has a fine, if depressing, introduction to Chris Hedges and his new book, Death of the Liberal Class. It’s depressing in that there seemingly is little reason to hope for change. But in reality, many socities througout history have been through far more repressive times, only to rise up in their various ways [...] |  | ||||
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