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March 9: Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion” at SPSCC
March 5, 2015 @ 2:38 am
Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion”
7pm Monday March 9th
SPSCC
South Puget Sound Community College
Minnaert Center for the Arts
Sponsored by BRICK
(Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge)
(360)753-8586, or at the Washington Center or Minnaert Center box offices.
Focusing on the stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history, Hedges investigates what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Utilizing the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Hedges describes the motivation that guides the actions of rebels as “sublime madness” – the state of passion that causes the rebel to engage in an unavailing fight against overwhelmingly powerful and oppressive forces. For Hedges, resistance is carried out not for its success, but as a moral imperative that affirms life. Those who rise up against the odds will be those endowed with this “sublime madness.”
Chris Hedges is a columnist for Truthdig. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, he spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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