Chris Hedges: 'Black Bloc' Could Kill OWS

thank you Ms. Alyonya. Chris hedges rocks.

Can somebody give me one instance where the Ruling Class ever gave anything to the Lower Class without the threat of violence?

 

Just one?

 

Propaganda always lists the names of MLK, Gandi and South Africa, but nobody reads the historical content.

 

Demanding "Change" is far more complicated than we often admit.

 

There must be a "Good Cop" and "Bad Cop" routine and I view Chris Hedges as being a "Good Cop" and The Bloc as being the "Bad Cop". Each compliment the other.

 

When Martin Luther King was preaching peace, there were riots and violence happening all over the country.

 

Violence was used extensively throughout the course of the anti-apartheid struggle.

 

Gandhi famously called poverty “the worst form of violence".

 

Propagandhi

 “In 1947, Gandhi said, “If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.””

http://www.gandhism.net/gandhi-propaganda.php

 

"More relevant are the facts of Indian history: non-violence worked only alongside widespread violence, including riots, across the subcontinent; and independence only came after mutinies within the Royal Indian Navy and the armed resistance of the Indian National Army (not to mention several world wars that overtaxed the British treasury and destroyed the fiscal basis for direct empire)."

 

"There were two main trends or tendency within the African-American Freedom Movement of the Sixties (and other Freedom Movements inspired by it).

 

One was the non-violent resistance exemplified by King and Rosa Parks.

 

The other was the militant, in-your-racist-face resistance of Robert Williams, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers (who, of course, originated in Oakland).

 

It's interesting but not surprising that the former gets all kinds of validation in the schools and holidays today while the other is scarcely mentioned or honored if at all.

 

I believe Malcolm said it straight-out in his visit to Selma speaking to the southern racists: "If you don't want to deal with King, you're going to have to deal with people like me."

 

And his words were already starting to be backed-up by urban rebellions."

 

"In any case, King and Malcolm, despite their different ideologies and approaches, appreciated the value of each other. They were like a "good-cop"/"bad-cop" routine against the ruling elite, without which the achievements in the ways of Civil Rights during that era would not have come about."

 

Calm

Chris Hedges can rock as much as he wants))) But pittifuly he is just the part of this whole inept liberal media wich is totally out of the loop. The thing is they have always been highjacked by those in power because the cannot consistently articulate the points in wich to built the struggle with the 1 % to say. So Chris Hedges -- rock as you wish? no harm in rockin but no sense also anfortunatly.

Chris Hedges, while we are on the subject, is a great inspiration to the many young people who think they are smart enough to compete with him to become better muckrakers.  But not only this guy, Chris Hedges, who truly cares, BUT I AM also thinking about Christopher Hitchens.  Dead as a DOOR NAIL at age 62.  This is why I say that Alyona should do as much as she can while she still is able.  I have great respect for Chris Hedges, Christopher Hitchens, many people at the New Yorker, and Alyona, too. Not to mention, I also enjoy the Vogue Girls on the Alyona Show. Not too likely that we can watch what is being reported on RT, reported in the USA. But then, this is why, keep your eye on RT.  Also keep your eye on Al Jazeera. Because, now doubt, Christopher Hitchens will not roll over in his grave if you do.  But speaking of Chris Hedges, he did say that all of us should spend more time to read Chomsky.  And, Alyona, I hope you have been reading your Chomsky!