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Chris Hedges and Cornel West in Conversation—Wages of Rebellion

political talks nycWe are riding the crest of a revolutionary epic: from the historic referendum against austerity in Greece to #BlackLivesMatter and the Fight for $15. In his new book, Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges—who has long chronicled the malaise of a society in moral decline—investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion and resistance.

In what will be a timely and thought-provoking conversation, Cornel West will engage Hedges’ on his message that popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization and together discuss the moral imperative of revolt. With Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author Chris Hedges and public intellectual, academic and activist Cornel West.

Sponsored by The Nation Institute and The New School.

The Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall

66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011











When: Wed., Oct. 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: The New School
66 W. 12th St.
212-229-5108
Price: Free
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political talks nycWe are riding the crest of a revolutionary epic: from the historic referendum against austerity in Greece to #BlackLivesMatter and the Fight for $15. In his new book, Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges—who has long chronicled the malaise of a society in moral decline—investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion and resistance.

In what will be a timely and thought-provoking conversation, Cornel West will engage Hedges’ on his message that popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization and together discuss the moral imperative of revolt. With Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author Chris Hedges and public intellectual, academic and activist Cornel West.

Sponsored by The Nation Institute and The New School.

The Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall

66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011

Buy tickets/get more info now