http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/hedges/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-13T09:16:55+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/hedges/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/occupy_draws_strength_from_the_powerless_20120213/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/occupy_draws_strength_from_the_powerless_20120213/ anarchists, campaign, chris hedges, el salvador, election, history, israel, media, nonviolence, occupy, occupy wall street, politics, security, vaclav havel, war, Chris Hedges' Columns

There is a recipe for breaking popular movements. I watched it play out over five years in the war in El Salvador. I now see these familiar patterns in the assault against the Occupy movement.

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]]> 2012-02-13T09:16:55+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_cancer_of_occupy_20120206/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_cancer_of_occupy_20120206/ anarchy, black bloc anarchists, book, chris hedges, democracy, environment, government, oakland, occupy, occupy oakland, occupy wall street, security, wall street, Chris Hedges' Columns

The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are a gift from heaven to the security and surveillance state.

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]]> 2012-02-06T08:24:55+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/corporations_have_no_use_for_borders_20120130/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/corporations_have_no_use_for_borders_20120130/ barack obama, bush, canada, chris hedges, environment, government, health care, israel, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, military, montreal, obama, occupy wall street, toronto, wall street, Chris Hedges' Columns

It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable, but that was the old Canada.

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]]> 2012-01-30T11:20:02+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/thank_you_for_standing_up_20120123/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/thank_you_for_standing_up_20120123/ barack obama, chris hedges, citizens united, congress, economy, election, goldman sachs, government, health care, iraq, kevin zeese, military, mitt romney, money, obama, occupy, occupy dc, occupy new york, occupy the courts, politics, supreme court, wall street, war, Chris Hedges' Columns

We can vote for Romney or Obama, but Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil and Bank of America and the defense contractors always win. However, the iron grip of corporations over our lives will, eventually, be broken.

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]]> 2012-01-23T08:29:26+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_im_suing_barack_obama_20120116/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_im_suing_barack_obama_20120116/ barack obama, bush, chris hedges, civil rights, congress, democracy, iran, iraq, law, lawsuit, leon panetta, military, ndaa, obama, pentagon, politics, speech, terrorism, war, Chris Hedges' Columns

On my behalf, attorneys have challenged a law that allows imprisonment of U.S. citizens without trial.

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]]> 2012-01-16T08:44:04+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_gospel_of_the_peniless_jobless_marginalized_and_despised_20120109/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_gospel_of_the_peniless_jobless_marginalized_and_despised_20120109/ book, christianity, history, james cone, race, racism, religion, the cross and the lynching tree, Chris Hedges' Columns

The true power of the Christian gospel is its unambiguous call for liberation from forces of oppression and for a fierce and uncompromising condemnation of all who oppress.

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]]> 2012-01-09T09:49:35+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/where_were_you_when_they_crucified_my_movement_20111205/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/where_were_you_when_they_crucified_my_movement_20111205/ afghanistan, chris hedges, history, iraq, law, movement, occupy wall street, politics, religion, wall street, Chris Hedges' Columns

The Occupy movement is the force that will revitalize traditional Christianity in the United States or signal its moral, social and political irrelevance.

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]]> 2011-12-05T09:25:25+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_is_what_revolution_looks_like_20111115/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_is_what_revolution_looks_like_20111115/ 1 percent, 99 percent, chris hedges, economy, michael bloomberg, occupy wall street, ows, revolution, wall street, zuccotti park, Chris Hedges' Columns

Welcome to the revolution. Our elites have exposed their hand. They have nothing to offer. They can destroy but they cannot build. They can repress but they cannot lead. They can steal but they cannot share. They can talk but they cannot speak.

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]]> 2011-11-15T17:42:11+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/finding_freedom_in_handcuffs_20111107/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/finding_freedom_in_handcuffs_20111107/ bailout, chris hedges, civil disobedience, economy, goldman sachs, law, occupy wall street, wall street, war, Chris Hedges' Columns

The wealthy and the powerful behind the glass at Goldman Sachs laughed and snapped pictures of us as if we were creatures in a cage, which in fact we soon were.

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]]> 2011-11-07T10:24:31+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_master_class_in_occupation_20111031/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_master_class_in_occupation_20111031/ anarchy, chris hedges, democracy, economy, freedom, history, marx, military, occupy wall street, wall street, Chris Hedges' Columns

In the park and other Occupied sites across the country, middle-class men and women, many highly educated but unschooled in the techniques of resistance, are taught by those who have been carrying out acts of rebellion for years.

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