What compels a rebel to follow a path that, as history shows, almost always puts that person in mortal danger?

Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges brings his ideas about rebels — how they have much in common with religious mystics, to recount just one — to this recent episode of Progressive Radio Network’s “Resistance Radio” with host Derrick Jensen.

Here’s another: “I think we forget that most rebels throughout history don’t succeed.”

Follow this link to hear the rest at PRN’s website.

–Posted by Kasia Anderson

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