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Chris Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East,...

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Looking Ahead: Chris Hedges On Poverty, Politics, U.S. Culture

By Chris Hedges

In this installment of NPR’s “Looking Ahead” series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief Chris Hedges talks about the decisions that led him on his career path, and where he sees the country going in the next decade.

Posted on May 15, 2013

Economic Update: Interview With Chris Hedges on the Coming Social Turmoil

By Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges joins Richard D. Wolff on Truthout’s radio segment “Economic Update” to discuss the deepening social crisis, divisions, and turmoil coming.

Posted on Apr 16, 2013

Chris Hedges on “Conversations With Great Minds”

By Chris Hedges

Gary Null interviews Chris Hedges and Andrew Harvey on his radio show “Conversations With Great Minds” aired during the Progressive Commentary Hour.

Posted on Apr 8, 2013

Edmonton Public Library Presents Chris Hedges

By Chris Hedges

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt: EPL presented Chris Hedges to launch Freedom to Read Week 2013 in Edmonton. Chris spoke about injustice and corporate greed in America…and argued Canada is travelling the same path.

Posted on Feb 28, 2013

The Young Turks: Chris Hedges on the NDAA

By Chris Hedges

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges joins “The Young Turks” to talk about the National Defense Authorization Act. He and several other plaintiffs have filed suit against the Obama administration to overturn its indefinite detention provision. Hedges says of the NDAA, “This is a giant step towards destroying what’s left of our anemic democracy.”

Posted on Feb 12, 2013

The Undercurrent: Hedges v. Obama

By Chris Hedges

Lauren Windsor covers the February 6, 2013 hearing in the case of Hedges v. Obama in federal court in lower Manhattan. At contention is clause 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens without warrant. The plaintiffs give a press conference in Foley Square. Interviews include Attorney Bruce Afran; whistleblowers Jesselyn Radack and Thomas Drake; case organizer Tangerine Bolen; and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

Posted on Feb 11, 2013

Exclusive NDAA Coverage: Call to Action with Chris Hedges

By Chris Hedges

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin covers all things NDAA. Abby Martin sits down with journalist, author and lead plaintiff in the case against indefinite detention, Chris Hedges, about the historical precedent the NDAA lawsuit sets, and why every American should care.

Posted on Feb 9, 2013

Chris Hedges at the People’s Recovery Summit

By Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges speaks at the People’s Recovery Summit organized by Occupy Sandy. The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew, Brooklyn, NY, February 2, 2013.

Posted on Feb 2, 2013

Chris Hedges on Breaking the Set

By Chris Hedges

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin wraps up the show with an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges, about activism and journalism, Obama’s presidency, the death of the liberal class and the second amendment.

Posted on Jan 8, 2013

Chris Hedges Lecture: “Occupy the Future,” at MIT

By Chris Hedges

Author-activist Chris Hedges discusses how problems with the current political system sparked the Occupy movement and where the movement is going. Co-sponsored by Boston Review and MIT’s Political-Science department, the presentation was part of the “Ideas Matter” series (www.bostonreview.net/ideasmatter); joining Hedges on the panel were Debra Satz, J. Phillip Thompson, and Nadeem Mazen,

Posted on Dec 6, 2012

Chris Hedges on ‘Wakeup Call’

By Chris Hedges

October 24, 2012

Professor Richard Wolff and Chris Hedges speak with Esther Armah on WBAI’s “Wakeup Call” on 99.5 FM in NYC.

Posted on Nov 24, 2012

Chris Hedges on Osama Bin Laden’s Death

By Chris Hedges

November 2, 2012

Chris Hedges joins Grit TV’s Laura Flanders in studio for a conversation about the death of Bin Laden and the continuing concern over terrorism, the end of empathy in the U.S., and what avenues are left for progressives to fight back. “The elites are not going to help us,” he warns, “We’re going to have to help ourselves.”

Posted on Nov 2, 2012

Chris Hedges Interview: The Template for Harvesting America, Sacrifice Zones and Blood (Part 2)

By Chris Hedges

October 29, 2012

Second part to an interview by writer Rob Kall in which Chris Hedges talks about the template being used to harvest America—at the expense of the middle class, the sacrifice zones feeling the most pain, and the blood price we’ve paid for the rights they are trying to take away.

Posted on Oct 29, 2012

Chris Hedges Interview: The Template for Harvesting America, Sacrifice Zones and Blood

By Chris Hedges

October 27, 2012

In this interview, Chris Hedges talks about the template being used to harvest America—at the expense of the middle class, the sacrifice zones feeling the most pain, and the blood price we’ve paid for the rights they are trying to take away.

Posted on Oct 27, 2012

Chris Hedges on Occupy, Black Bloc, Conservatives and More

By Chris Hedges

October 18th, 2012

CUTV met with journalist Chris Hedges on the occasion of the publication of La Mort de l’Élite Progressiste, French translation of The Death of the Liberal Class, by Lux Éditeur. They asked him about the Occupy movement and what should follow, as well as the relationship conservative America might have with any possible revolution. They spoke about his comments on the Black Bloc and radical violent groups, cause of much debate in the past year.

Posted on Oct 18, 2012

Chris Hedges on Unspun Radio

By Chris Hedges

September 22, 2012

Unspun Radio’s Doug Bennett interviews Chris Hedges to discuss the Truthdig reporter’s vision of hope through resistance to create a world of higher ideals and a moral future.

Posted on Sep 22, 2012

Chris Hedges on Sacrifice Zones of America

By Chris Hedges

September 15, 2012

Chris Hedges calls them “sacrifice zones,” huge pockets of impoverished America on the verge of cementing a permanent underclass. The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist has teamed up with cartoonist Joe Sacco in his latest project “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” to shed some light on this issue. He joins Piya Chattopadhyay for more on his warning.

Posted on Sep 15, 2012

Truthout Interviews Chris Hedges About Why Revolt Is All We Have Left

By Chris Hedges

August 22, 2012

Truthout’s Mark Karlin interviews Chris Hedges about the need for revolutionary change in our current institutional oppression.

Posted on Aug 22, 2012

Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’

By Chris Hedges

July 20, 2012

Bill Moyers and Chris Hedges talk about parts of America “that have been destroyed for quarterly profit.”

Posted on Jul 20, 2012

On Canada’s ‘Venal’ Prime Minister

By Chris Hedges

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is “dismantling everything that’s good about Canada,” says Chris Hedges.

Posted on Jul 15, 2012

War Is Betrayal: Persistent Myths of Combat

By Chris Hedges

There is nothing pretty about war. Yet, for many the call to the military is strong, perhaps because of promises of status, prestige, glory and honor. But those promises do not match the realities of fighting in combat, writes Chris Hedges.

Posted on Jul 10, 2012

Chris Hedges in Seattle

By Chris Hedges

Jul 7, 2012

Talk by Chris Hedges, co-author of the book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” given June 29, 2012 at Town Hall Seattle in Seattle, WA.

Posted on Jul 7, 2012

Chris Hedges on The Alyona Show

By Chris Hedges

July 3, 2012

Alyona discusses his new book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” with Chris Hedges Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Senior Fellow at the Nation Institute.

Posted on Jul 3, 2012

Chris Hedges Live In Los Angeles

By Chris Hedges

In this dramatic speech at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Chris Hedges, hero of the Occupy Movement, introduces “Days Of Destruction, Days Of Revolt” written as a non-fiction report on “the harvesting of America. First it was the indigenous peoples, then it was the blacks, then poor whites living in the Appalachians and now they’re coming for us.”

(Part 1 of 3)

Posted on Jun 28, 2012

Chris Hedges on KKRN’s ‘Unspun’

By Chris Hedges

May 4, 2012

Chris Hedges joins Doug Bennett, host of “Unspun,” an experiment in truth telling, on KKRN community radio to discuss his “Calling All Rebels” speech.

Posted on May 5, 2012

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