from GRITtv with Laura Flanders
What happens when you force communities, families and entire ecosystems to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace? You get what Chris Hedges, co-author with Joe Sacco of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, calls “sacrifice zones.” From Appalachia to North Dakota to Camden, New Jersey, these zones, ravaged by the excesses of capitalism, prefigure our collective future.
Tags: Camden, capitalism, Chris Hedges, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Empire, Joe Sacco, NJ, Occupy movement, sacrifice zones
