[Fdu] Fwd: Hedges book launch
Peter Fitting
p.fitting at utoronto.ca
Sat Jul 7 14:37:23 EDT 2012
Chris Hedges talk & book launch -
Monday, July 9, 2012, 5:30-7:30 pm New Location: Innis Town Hall
University of Toronto 2 Sussex Avenue (at St. George Street) Lecture and
Book Launch:
CHRIS HEDGES DAYS OF DESTRUCTION DAYS OF REVOLT [IMAGE]In DAYS OF
DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT (Random House Canada; June 12, 2012),
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book
Award-winning graphic artist Joe Sacco offer an illustrated exposé of
how corporate greed and government indifference have unleashed unbridled
socio-economic decay in the United States. With uncompromising portraits
of the often forgotten underclass that subsists at the lowest rank of
American life, Hedges and Sacco put forth a searing indictment of the
human, ecological, and moral costs of the excesses of unregulated
corporate capitalism. Turning its gaze to the still active Occupy
movement, this stirring testament to the need for radical change
provides an eye-opening, often shocking vision of the way we live now. A
blend of investigative reportage and graphic narrative, DAYS OF
DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT focuses on five disenfranchised segments of
the American story. Unlike any other study of the current dilemma, DAYS
OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT takes a singular approach that is steeped
in unimpeachable research and yet put a very human face on the problems
that none of us should be permitted to ignore. The pain and despair that
Hedges and Sacco capture in both word and image is a palpable reminder
that we cannot continue on this road. This event is free and open to the
public. Registration for this event is required. To register, please
<click here>. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Chris Hedges, a senior fellow at the
Nation Institute and Truthdig columnist, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
author and journalist. His books include War is a Force That Gives Us
Meaning, American Fascists, and Empire of Illusion. He lives in
Princeton, New Jersey. Joe Sacco is one of the world’s foremost
cartoonists and the creator of war-reportage comics. He is the author of
a number of illustrated books including Palestine, which received the
American Book Award, Fixer, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza,
which won the Ridenhour Book Prize. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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