Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal Class

by Chris Hedges
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Dandelion Salad
October 18, 2010

mediasanctuary | October 18, 2010

Chris Hedges, whose book, Death of the Liberal Class (Perseus) came out the day of this presentation, is also the best-selling author of “War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” (2003), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A quote from the book was used as the opening title quotation in the critically-acclaimed and Academy Award-winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker.

Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal Class

Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign reporter covering wars in Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He has written nine books, including Death of the Liberal Class, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009) and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2003).

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Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal Class Q&A

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Robert Fisk: Independent Journalism, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

Chris Hedges: Collapse of American Liberalism + Inverted Totalitarianism

Chris Hedges and Derrick Jensen on Totalitarianism and Resistance

‘The Death and Life of American Journalism’ Book review by Chris Hedges

John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism

Robert McChesney and John Nichols: The Death and Life of American Journalism

Robert McChesney & John Nichols: The Death and Life of American Journalism

The Information Super-Sewer by Chris Hedges

The Creed of Objectivity Killed the News by Chris Hedges

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