Resistance is a Moral Imperative
May 2027 · Seven Stories Press
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges confronts the nation's drift into fascism and war, urging readers to remain engaged and to fight for a better future, no matter the challenges.
"Totalitarianism," writes Chris Hedges, "demands complete conformity." Cheer for the unauthorized war, obey the deployment of federal troops to squash protests, and accept obvious political corruption. Can American democracy be saved?
Written with the urgency and force of a manifesto, Resistance Is a Moral Imperative denounces those who aid and abet America's slide into fascism and champions those who, despite the risks, bravely expose our government's atrocities.
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"If we do not resist," he writes, "we succumb morally and physically to the darkness." To resist--even in small acts of solidarity and defiance--is to advance the possibility of holding power accountable and building an ethical and just society for all.
"Totalitarianism," writes Chris Hedges, "demands complete conformity." Cheer for the unauthorized war, obey the deployment of federal troops to squash protests, and accept obvious political corruption. Can American democracy be saved?
Written with the urgency and force of a manifesto, Resistance Is a Moral Imperative denounces those who aid and abet America's slide into fascism and champions those who, despite the risks, bravely expose our government's atrocities.
The book includes chapters on
- The consolidation of executive power and the hollowing out of institutions such as the media, the Democratic Party, academia, and labor unions.
- The rise of surveillance culture and the normalization of repression.
- The folly of war with Iran
- The killing of Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence.
- Jeffrey Epstein and the depravity of the rich and powerful.
- The consequences of accelerating militarization and the routinization of assassination, civilian killings, genocide, and war.
"If we do not resist," he writes, "we succumb morally and physically to the darkness." To resist--even in small acts of solidarity and defiance--is to advance the possibility of holding power accountable and building an ethical and just society for all.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges confronts the nation's drift into fascism and war, urging readers to remain engaged and to fight for a better future, no matter the challenges.
"Totalitarianism," writes Chris Hedges, "demands complete conformity." Cheer for the unauthorized war, ob...
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About the author
CHRIS HEDGES is the former Pulitzer Prize–winning Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times. A prolific author since his 2002 bestseller War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, Hedges’ most recent books include The Greatest Evil Is War, A Genocide Foretold, and, with Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt and the forthcoming Requiem for Gaza. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has also taught for over a decade in Rutgers University’s college degree program in the New Jersey prison system. He holds a B.A. from Colgate University in English Literature and a Master of Divinity from Harvard University. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
CHRIS HEDGES is the former Pulitzer Prize–winning Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times. A prolific author since his 2002 bestseller War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, ...
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