"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." +++ >From the interview with Chris Hedges on their forthcoming book (along with Joe Sacco), "Days of Destruction Days of Revolt." Chris Hedges, a former New York Times reporter, has become perhaps the foremost media scribe and most prolific advocate of a need for revolutionary change in our current institutional oppression and control of the government by the oligarchical and political elite. +++ Heavy stuff below. And is a reminder of the sad arguments other hurled around by those driven by rapacious agendas; devils advocates; of other, disheartening persuasions; the ones who see silver-linings where there are none; and the plain vicious. Hedges' logic is airtight and the analysis cannot be faulted. (vjp)
CH: You do not fight tyrants because you are going to win. You fight tyrants because they are tyrants. Yes, we do not have the tools or the wealth of the state. We cannot beat it at its own game. We cannot ferret out infiltrators. The legal system is almost always on the state's side. If we attempt to replicate the elaborate security apparatus of our oppressors, even on a small scale, we will unleash widespread paranoia and fracture the movement. If we retreat into anonymity, hiding behind masks, then we provide an opening for agents provocateurs who deny their identities while disrupting the movement. If we fight pitched battles in the streets we give authorities an excuse to fire their weapons. http://www.alternet.org/books/why-chris-hedges-believes-serious-revolt-only-option-people-have-left ++ vjp
