Chris Hedges and the Occupation Movement
Chris Hedges is a journalist and author, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and society. He is currently a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City and a Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for “The Christian Science Monitor”, “National Public Radio”, “The Dallas Morning News” and “The New York Times”, where he spent fifteen years.
Hedges was part of “The New York Times” team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He received the 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism.
Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman on Charlie Rose, A discussion about Occupy Wall Street.
PopoutAn interview with Chris Hedges on October 9, 2011 in Zucotti Park.
Weekly Update: Week of October 31, 2011
There was so much going on this week that I don’t know where to begin.
To all who send me information, a big thank you. Do keep those cards and letters coming.
Let’s start with the action that the Chicago Teachers’ Union and Stand Up Chicago did, a mic check for Governor