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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco (2014)
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Overview: Three years ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. They wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like in places where the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is the searing account of their travels.

    The book starts in the western plains, where Native Americans were sacrificed in the giddy race for land and empire. It moves to the old manufacturing centers and coal fields that fueled the industrial revolution, but now lie depleted and in decay. It follows the steady downward spiral of American labor into the nation’s produce fields and ends in Zuccotti Park where a new generation revolts against a corporate state that has handed to the young an economic, political, cultural and environmental catastrophe.

      “The journalist Chris Hedges is a unique force today, because of his fierce independence and candor. He’s been writing about how politics is a charade aimed at making voters think the personal narrative of the candidate is the story although it never affects the operation of the corporate state. No matter which candidate wins, the money power in Washington reigns. That nails it, don’t you think?” —Bill Moyers

Genre: Non Fiction, Illustrated, Politics, Socials.

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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

    Chris Hedges writer
    Joe Sacco arts, pencils
    Published by Nation Books, 2012. 302 Pages.

      From the dusty plains of North Dakota to the coal-veined hills of West Virginia to the desolate and ravaged streets of Camden N.J., Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist/journalist Joe Sacco introduce us to the nation’s "sacrifice zones"–those regions where, in the authors’ view, corporate greed has run wild, and the locals have suffered. A unique mashup of investigative journalism, man-on-the-street reportage, graphic novel, and anti-corporate manifesto, the result is a riveting and often chilling account of America’s forgotten zones. The balance between Hedges’ narrative nonfiction storytelling and Sacco’s intimate and very human sketches is surprisingly effective. And the stark depictions (both written and visual) of abandoned coal mines and empty downtowns and crumbling houses are heartbreaking, as are the stories of people struggling to survive. This is a special and important book.

      Reviews:

        “Sacco’s sections are uniformly brilliant. The tone is controlled, the writing smart, the narration neutral…. This is an important book.” —New York Times Book Review
        “An unabashedly polemic, angry manifesto that is certain to open eyes, intensify outrage and incite argument about corporate greed…. Through immersion reportage and graphic narrative, the duo illuminate the human and environmental devastation in those communities, with the warning that no one is immune…. A call for a new American revolution, passionately proclaimed.” —Kirkus (Starred Review)
        “[Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt] is, without question, the most profoundly disquieting (and downright shocking) portrait of modern America in recent years, and one that is essential reading for anyone wanting to comprehend the quotidian struggle of what sociologists called ‘the underclass’. To describe the book as Dickensian in its horror-show reports of frontline industrial decrepitude and socio-economic dysfunction is to engage in understatement… Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is unapologetically combative and profoundly J’accuse. And though many a conservative think-tanker could try to punch holes in its arguments no one can remain unmoved or unsettled by its brilliantly documented reportage from the precipice of a society that prefers to turn a blind eye to its nightmarish underside.” —The Times (Saturday Review)
        “brilliant combination of prose and graphic comics." —Ralph Nader
        “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Nation) is as moving a portrait of poverty and as compelling a call to action as Michael Harrington’s ‘The Other America,’ published in 1962.” —Boston Globe
        “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a gripping and thoroughly researched polemic.” —Grantland
        “[A] growling indictment of corporate America.” —Financial Times
        “…a unique hybrid of investigative journalism, graphic novel and polemic.” —Denver Post
        “…a heartfelt, harrowing picture of post-capitalist America.” —Guardian (UK)
        “The book is a primer for every American who is overwhelmed by the uncertainty of the stock market, who wonders where America’s muscle went, and how much heavy lifting our kids will face.” —Seattle Times
        “The tales therein—both the intimate personal ones and the big sociopolitical ones—are as unsettling as they are impossible to put down.” —Philadelphia Weekly
        “Eloquently written and embellished by spare, desolate drawings from Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is accessible and deeply uncomfortable.” —Metro (UK)
        “…provides close accounts of some of the country’s most devastated communities, "sacrifice zones." It ends with a detailed history of the Occupy protests and a declaration that "the mighty can fall.” —Associated Press
        “Brilliant.” —The Capital Times
        "Days of Destruction is a riveting indictment of America’s failures.” —Portland Monthly
        “This searing indictment of our unsustainable society is unsettling. To keep our chance for dignity, we must do our part to champion the organizers and whistleblowers, committee members and protesters. Amen. Pass the word.” —Brooklyn Rail
        "[H]arrowing descriptions…. Hedges tells the story, not only of the people but of the town, and despite the differences in setting, certain similarities show through: poverty, addiction, violence; but more than that, a long series of broken promises and mounting despair. Sacco illustrates these chapters with his distinctive, careful line drawings…. [A]n excellent piece of journalism — engaging, troubling, and in its own way, beautiful.” —TowardFreedom.com
        “As quixotic as the quest may seem, Days of Destruction brings the rhetoric and the reality into a nobler focus after a very disturbing tour.” —The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
        "It’s rare that a book carries so much courage and conviction, forcing reflection and an urge to immediately rectify the problems." —Bookslut
        “A powerful social and political exploration.” —Midwest Book Review/California Bookwatch
        “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a journey through contemporary American misery and what can be done to change the course, interpreted through the eyes of two of today’s most relevant literary journalists…. The graphics illustrate what words alone cannot, capturing a past as it’s told, where there’s no longer anything left to photograph.” —Asbury Park Press
        “[T]he radical disjunction between how Hedges and Sacco approach their subjects is fascinating and instructive. Hedges is at ease with the grand, sweeping Howard Zinn–moments of matchbook history…. And if sweeping, historical connect-the-dots is your cup of tea, then you will find Hedges deeply moving. But if, like Sacco, you distrust all history that does not have a face, a name, and a voice behind it, you will find more to call you to action in the voices that speak from the decimated landscapes of America’s deepest poverty, which we (like Dickens’s “telescopic philanthropists”) know even less well than we do the sufferings of peoples halfway around the world. Together, Sacco and Hedges might just have created a form that can speak across divides unbridgeable without the supplement of graphic narrative.” —Public Books
        “…a bleak, fist-shaking look at the effects of global capitalism in the United States.” —Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman
        “This is a book that should warm the hearts of political activists such as Naomi Klein or the nonagenerian Pete Seeger. And cause apoplexy among the Tea Party and its fellow travellers…. Sure, it’s a polemic, but it’s a polemic with a human face.” —Globe and Mail (Canada)
        “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a harrowing account of the exploited American underclass…. It is their stories that shape Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt to be a mesmeric indictment of an America that has failed its populace…. From the title alone it is evident that neither Hedges nor Sacco remain objective or shy away from the palpable condemnation of capitalism and the American government. Regardless, they develop an accurate account of the despondency that plagues and divides American culture. This is an imperative read in an era where widespread economic depression and grief reign supreme…. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is powerful and remarkable, arguably one of the best publications of the year.” —PopMatters.com
        “This is an important book.” —Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)
        “It is a fascinating journey… This book hit me in the gut. It will move you to engage in battle.” —Ed Garvey
        “[R]ead Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt to know what is happening in this country.” —Caffeinated Muslim
        “… a scorching look at communities burned out not by foreign bombs but by American capitalism.” —The Stranger (Seattle)
        “When their narrative culminates in Zucotti Park, readers will feel just as outraged as the protesters portrayed on the page.” —Barnes and Noble Review
        “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt examines how corruption and greed have shaped the history of the United States in an unfortunate way…. This is an excellent book for those who actually need a reason to revolt, and should be read by anyone seeking public office.” —San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review
        “Be prepared for an emotional experience without a happy ending. Be prepared to be defensive. Be prepared to be angry. Be prepared to be ashamed…. [T]he book is accompanied by sections that are a graphic novel approach to the individual stories of the real people interviewed in these zones of despair. What is so overpowering, and discussable, in these biographies is that they read as much like a confessional as they do a history…. Can there be anything more important to discuss?” —Book Group Buzz, Booklist Online
        “This is indeed an extraordinary, must read book.” —OpEdNews.com
        “This may well be the most important book of the century, and yet Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt barely scratches the surface of our reality. But even that small peek into the system is mind-numbing. This book has the potential to wake us up—really Wake Us Up—to what is happening. The question is this: once we recognize the size and strength of the enemy, will we be so intimidated that we roll over and play victim? Or will we take a stand when and where we can, in small ways, alone or together, to start taking down the behemoth?” —Curled Up With a Good Book

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