[lbo-talk] Chris Hedges comes out as socialist

John Gulick john_gulick at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 30 09:40:42 PST 2008


D Henwood posted:

Why I Am a Socialist Posted on Dec 29, 2008 By Chris Hedges

JG replies:

I've found Hedges' musings on right-wing populism to be always interesting and often insightful, even if they're long on conjecture and short on research. And it is indeed arresting (in a good way) that he now declares himself a "socialist." But if you read through the manifesto you will find that his critique basically amounts to an inchoate anti-corporate populism -- ironically, the very stuff that can too easily be repurposed for nativist and protectionist movements, the movements about which he has written so poignantly.

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