by Chris Hedges
Rasmussen, Donald: challenge by, 172
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The, 239
Red Cloud, Chief, 22, 23, 24
Red Cloud, Michael, 22, 23, 24, 38, 54–55
story of, 24–37 (illus.)
Red Cloud’s War (1866–1868), 23
Redd, Dana, 72, 94, 96
Reed, Amanda, 133
Refugee camps, 227, 270
“Release Their Spirits” (Brewer), 54
Relocation Program, 40
Republican National Committee, 129
Resistance, 218, 227, 229, 262, 264, 269–270
global movement of, 226
techniques of, 248
Revolution, 225, 226, 227, 230, 248, 252
Revolution 1989 (Sebestyen), 228
Reyes, Gerardo, 207
Ricardo, David, 194
Riots, 75, 101, 130, 227, 241, 260
Rivera, Rudy, 186
story of, 184–185
Roane County, 144
Roberts, Joseph J., Jr., 93
Robinson, Perry Ray, 46, 51
Rodrigues, Marc, 207
Romero, 8–9
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 173, 196
Rosebud Indian Reservation, 47
Rosenberg, Ted, 89
suit by, 90–91
Rowan University, 94
Ruling class, 231, 242
Rutgers University, 94
Rys, Richard, 90, 92
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 76, 101
Sacred Heart School, 109
choir of, 110 (illus.)
Sacrifice zones, 152, 226
Safety laws, 72, 159, 165, 171, 172
Sanchez, David, 184
story of, 182–183
Sanders, Bernie: quote of, 177
Schlaegel, Lee, 164
Schloendorn, Marysol, 202
Scrap metal, 97–98, 99
Sebestyen, Victor, 228
Sebok, Patty, 168, 169
Sebok, Ryan, 169
Segregation, 64, 65
Selected Haiku (Virgilio), 113
Seminole Indians, slavery and, 195
Seventh United States Cavalry, 9
Severance tax, 170
Sexual abuse, 5, 6, 7, 180, 187, 197, 222
Shakespeare, William, 267
Shannon County, poverty in, 21
Sharecropping, 64, 219
Sheep Mountain, 22, 24
Sheridan, Phil: Crazy Horse and, 41
Short History of Progress, A (Wright), 150
Shunka Sapa, 23
Siegel, Dan: resignation of, 242
Sitting Bull, 9, 11, 13, 24, 41
Six L’s Packing Company, 186, 200
Slavery, 64, 198, 205, 219
chattel/plantation, 206
convict labor and, 196
forced labor and, 196
guises of, 194–195
modern-day, 194, 199, 200
Sloan El, Ali, 96, 97
Smith, John, 111
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 12
Social Security, 153, 159, 160, 194, 239
disemboweling, 265
Social workers, 190, 265
Socrates, on wrong, 270
Soil erosion, 145, 150, 151
South Jersey AFL-CIO, 92
South Wings, 124
Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, 93
Stalin, Joseph, 244
Stănculescu, Victor: Ceauşescu execution and, 242
Standards of living, 69
fossil fuels and, 261–262
Stanford, B. F., 185, 186
illustration of, 185
Star Wars, 118
Stasi, 229, 268
State Line Liquor, 3
Steele, John Yellow Bird, 41
Stevens Correctional Facility, 158
Stockman, Vivian, 124
Stop & Shop, 182, 206
Storming Heaven (Giardina), quote from, 115
Strikes, 160, 161, 172, 220, 227
Strip mining, 128, 130, 159
Studies in Classic American Literature (Lawrence), quote from, 1
Sugar cane workers, strike by, 160
Suicide, 4, 6, 16, 17, 66, 157
Sun Dances, 8, 48, 54, 55, 56
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 153
Susquehanna [Bank] Center, 112
Sweat lodges, 8, 53
Sylvester, West Virginia, 160
tent city in, 161
Sylvester Dog Patch Reunion, 161
Tales of the Out and Gone (Baraka), 65
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, 153
Tennessee Valley Authority, 144
Tent encampment, 65, 173
Terrorism, 263, 264
Thibodaux, Louisiana: strike at, 160
Thomas (son), 9, 22, 40
350.org, 128
Ticketeros, 197
Tomato pickers, enslaving, 200
Tomatoland (Estabrook), 184
Totalitarianism, 238, 239, 263
Touch the Clouds, 41, 43
Trader Joe’s, 206, 207, 208
Trail of Tears (1838), 12
Trailer parks, 190, 193
illustration of, 192–193
TransCanada Corporation, pipeline and, 129
Transformers (movie), 77
Transitional Park, 65–68, 101
illustration of, 66–67
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), 9, 23, 46
Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow (Litwack), 195
Truman, Harry, 170, 172
Tug River Health Clinic, 153
Tunkasila, 57
Turner Vision, 155
Two Kings, Solly, 64
Tyson, John, 182
Underemployment, 159, 235
Unemployment, 4, 17, 65, 69, 159, 227, 235
Union Square, 236
Unions, 168, 190, 194
democracy and, 159
middle class and, 159
opposition to, 72, 173
protests by, 222
recognizing, 166
United Food and Commercial Workers, report by, 182
United Fruit Company, 152
United Mine Workers Union of America, 119, 160, 170
armed rebellion and, 173
Universal Foto Estudio, 77
Upper Big Branch Mine, explosion at, 166
U.S. Army, 22, 41, 45, 160, 195, 264
Indian Wars and, 11
miners and, 173
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 129
U.S. Department of Agriculture, farm share and, 182
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 240
U.S. Department of Labor, 180, 221
U.S. District Court, 202
U.S. House of Representatives, 150, 170
pipeline review and, 128–129
U.S. Marshalls, 46, 50
U.S. Postal Service, 146–147
U.S. Senate, 150
U.S. Steel, 132, 155
U.S. Treasury, 69, 239
USS Kitty Hawk, 75
USS Savannah, 75
Velvet Revolution, 229
Vences, María, 187
Victor Talking Machine Company, 73, 75
Vietnam War, 44, 45
Violence, 4, 10, 16, 38, 50, 62, 64, 65, 241
legacy of, 8–9
Virgilio, Larry, 113
Virgilio, Nicholas, 112–113
Vowell, Elbert, 175
Vowell, Ellen, 175
Vowell, Jacob L.: death of, 175
Wakan Tanka, 55
Wall Street, 236, 260
crimes of, 233
occupation of, 226, 233
Walmart, 65, 160, 182, 206
War on terror, 240, 263
“Warrior Waits for Death, A” (Brewer), text of, 53
Washington Examiner, 234
Washington Post, 235
Washington Square Park, illustration of, 254
Washington Times, 235
Washita raid, 8–9
Water, 148
contaminated, 125, 128, 150, 164, 168–169
Wealth, redistribution of, 10, 65
Webb Coal Mining Company, strike against, 160–161
Weber, Max: on disenchantment of the World, 10
Welch Community Hospital, 155, 159
Welch Methodist church, 133
Wells, Hawey: challenge by, 172
Wenceslas Square, 229, 230
West Virginia Coal Association, 152
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 148, 161
coal dust and, 162, 163, 164
“Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community” (King), quote from, 60
Whistle-blowers, 234
White, Harry, 159
White flight, 75
Whiteclay, Nebraska, 53
described, 2–3, 4, 7
main street of, 3 (illus.)
Whitman, Walt, 112
quote of, 59
Wikipedia, 252
Williams, Ronald A., 18, 51
Williams Mountain, 125
Wilson, August, 64
Wilson, Dick, 16, 46, 50
Wobblies, 160
Wolin, Sheldon: inverted totalitarianism and, 238
Work groups, 253, 255
Worker Health and Safety Committee, 222
Workers, 199, 206
undocumented, 62, 78, 205
Working class, disenfranchised, 252, 253
World Trade Center, 120
Wounded Knee, 13, 22, 47
occupation of, 40, 46, 50, 56
Wright, Richard: quote of, 60
Wright, Ronald, 150
Xerox, 52
Yablonski, Jock: murder of, 171
Yellow Thunder, Raymond, 46
Young Bear, Steven, 56
Zapatista Army of Liberation, 250
Zeese, Kevin, 234, 235, 236, 237
Zinn, Howard, 94, 245
Zuccotti Park, 226, 231, 245, 247, 248, 266
Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and a columnist for Truthdig. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous books including the bestsellers Death of the Liberal Class, Empire of Illusion, and War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Joe Sacco, one of the world’s greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. He is the author of, among other books, the American Book Award winning Palestine, Footnotes in Gaza, which received the Ridenhour Book Prize, and Safe Area: Goražde, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book and Time magazine’s best comic book of 2000. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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