{"product_id":"days-of-destruction-days-of-revolt","title":"Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. Published by Nation Books. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 320 pages, Prose and B\u0026amp;W comics, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough a mixture of words and drawings, two award-winning journalists tell the stories of Americans surviving in the parts of the country most ravaged by capitalism, and the ways they manage to find hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As moving a portrait of poverty and as compelling a call to action as Michael Harrington’s \u003ci\u003eThe Other America\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller• A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this blend of rigorous journalism and graphic novel, Pulitzer Prize–winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to explore “sacrifice zones,” those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning in the Great Plains, where Native American reservations bear the legacy of ethnic cleansing, Hedges and Sacco travel to some of the most neglected regions in the United States. They speak to families in Appalachia whose lives are subject to the whims of coal companies; they meet agricultural laborers who endure brutal working conditions and live below the poverty line. In each region, they seek pockets of optimism and resistance, from union organizers to neighbors who shelter each other, and ultimately end up in Zuccotti Park during the first days of the Occupy movement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDays of Destruction, Days of Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the searing account of Sacco’s and Hedges’s travels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nation Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61732221780298,"sku":"daysofdestructiondaysofrevolt","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_7361_ff91bd56-623f-4594-82fa-1aa23c20ff86.jpg?v=1777476390","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/days-of-destruction-days-of-revolt","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}