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Chris Hedges

Senior Fellow

Hedges is the author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Free Press, 2003), which draws on his experiences to describe the patterns and behavior of nations and individuals in wartime. He is also author of Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America (Free Press, 2005) and What Every Person Should Know About War (Free Press, 2003), a book he worked on with several combat veterans. Hedges is also the author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Free Press, 2007) and Collateral Damage with co-author Laila Al-Arian (Nation Books, 2008). His latest book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectable, published by Nation Books, was launched in September 2009.

Hedges has a B.A. in English Literature from Colgate University and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard during the academic year of 1998-1999 where he spent a year studying classics. He currently writes for numerous publications including Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, Granta and Mother Jones. Hedges is a former Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and former Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University.

Recent Appearances:

Nation Books Event: An Evening with Chris Hedges
Book Discussion | 15th Street Friends Meeting House | October 7, 2009

Democracy Now!
Appearance with Laila Al-Arian | Radio Interview | June 10, 2008

True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devastation of Iraq
Dual book launch for Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian and the updated paperback edition of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Army by Jeremy Scahill.
Town Hall | June 3

Selected Articles:

Fueling the Fire of Real Change
Column | Truthdig | September 28, 2008

Fleecing What's Left of the Treasury
Column | Truthdig | September 21, 2008

For Palin, it's a (Christian) Man's World
Column | Truthdig | September 14, 2008

'High Wire' by Peter Gosselin
Book Review | Los Angeles Times | June 29, 2008

The left has lost its nerve and its direction
Op-Ed | The Philadelphia Enquirer | April 20, 2008

A Conscientious Objection
Column | Truthdig | March 23, 2008

The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness
Article | The Nation | Co-authored with Laila Al-Arian | July 30, 2007

Read the rest of Chris Hedges' columns at Truthdig.

Read an excerpt of Chris Hedges' latest book, I Don't Believe in Atheists.

Book Reviews:

Book Review: I Don't Believe in Atheists
I Don't Believe in Atheists | The Boston Globe | March 18, 2008

Book Review: American Fascists
American Fascists | PoliticalAffairs.net | January 30, 2008

Browsing Books: Paperback Row
American Fascists | Sunday Book Review | January 27, 2008



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The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again

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