Chris Hedges Calls Van Jones a Whore + Capitalism Exploits Humans + Mass Arrests (#FloodWallSt)

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Dandelion Salad

Updated: Sept. 23, 2014 added videos

with Chris Hedges

[Note: replaced video Sept. 23; The Real News Network edited out the statement in the title of this blog post, probably by Hedges’ request, although I do not know that for certain.]

Thousands #FloodWallStreet To Target Institutions Profiting from Climate Change

TheRealNews on Sep 22, 2014

TRNN’s Jaisal Noor reports from #FloodWallStreet and speaks to activists committing civil disobedience and author Chris Hedges on why financial institutions must be stopped from fueling.

OWS: Chris Hedges, Rev. Billy and other protesters arrested at Goldman Sachs + Hedges’ statement: A return to the rule of law

Updated: Nov. 10, 2011: added video of the mock trial of Goldman Sachs. Nov. 3, 2011: added videos of the march and arrests.

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Nov. 3, 2011

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Occupy Wall Street: Goldman Sachs Protest Ends in 16 Arrests

By Jessica Firger
Metropolis – blogs.wsj.com
November 3, 2011

What Would Jesus Buy?

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Dandelion Salad

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Jun 27, 2012 by Billy Talen

An examination of the commercial-ization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.)

The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America’s mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture. From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City subways, to having a congregation of thousands – Bill Talen (aka Rev. Billy) has become the leader of not just a church, but a national movement.