Chris Hedges
American journalist
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| 2025 | Upcoming publication of 'A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine'. |
| 2024 | Appeared as a guest on the Mark Steiner Show to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian War, criticizing U.S. government and media support for Israel. |
| May 2024 | The Real News Network (TRNN) announced an amicable end to their production partnership for The Chris Hedges Report, with the show continuing through Hedges's Substack. |
| March 2024 | Hedges publicly commented on his previous resignation from PEN America, describing the organization as having become a 'propaganda arm of the state' a decade after his departure. |
| January 2024 | Continued lectures and dedicated episodes of The Chris Hedges Report to discussing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, arguing that Israel is pursuing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. |
| November 2023 | Chris Hedges began giving lectures on the Israeli–Palestinian War in the Gaza Strip, focusing on critiquing Israel's actions and Zionist ideology. |
| 2022 | Published 'The Greatest Evil is War'. |
| May 2022 | Hedges criticized the $40 billion US aid package to Ukraine, arguing that it demonstrates the United States' unchecked militarism and inability to address domestic social issues. |
| April 2022 | Chris Hedges began production of The Chris Hedges Report in collaboration with The Real News Network (TRNN). |
| March 2022 | Chris Hedges publicly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, criticizing it as a criminal act while simultaneously critiquing NATO's expansion as a provocative strategy that baited Russia into conflict. |
| March 7 2022 | Hedges wrote a Scheerpost column (reprinted by Salon) discussing his reprimand from The New York Times for Iraq War opposition and his perspective on potentially losing his job at RT America due to comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 3 2022 | RT America ceased operations following the widespread deplatforming of Russian-sponsored media caused by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, effectively ending the run of On Contact. |
| 2021 | Published the book 'Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison', drawing from his decade-long experience teaching writing in New Jersey prisons. |
| September 2020 | Spoke at the Movement for a People's Party convention. |
| May 27 2020 | Announced candidacy for the Green Party in New Jersey's 12th congressional district, but withdrew the next day due to potential FCC fairness doctrine conflicts with his RT America television show. |
| March 2020 | Hedges was fired from Truthdig along with the entire editorial staff. |
| March 2020 | Hedges and the editorial staff at Truthdig went on strike to protest attempts to fire Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and demand fair labor practices and union formation rights. |
| 2018 | Published 'America: The Farewell Tour'. |
| 2017 | On Contact was nominated for an Emmy Award, marking RT America's first significant award nomination, though the award was ultimately won by Steve. |
| 2016 | Published 'Unspeakable'. |
| June 2016 | Chris Hedges began hosting the television show On Contact on RT America, after being approached by network president Mikhail Solodovnikov with a promise of complete editorial independence. |
| April 15 2016 | Arrested during a sit-in protest outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. as part of the Democracy Spring movement against corporate political influence. |
| 2015 | Published 'Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt'. |
| June 2014 | Christopher Ketcham published an article on The New Republic website accusing Hedges of plagiarism in several Truthdig columns and a Harper's Magazine article. |
| 2013 | Taught a writing class at East Jersey State Prison that collaborated in creating a play titled 'Caged', highlighting Hedges' work as a prison writing instructor. |
| May 2013 | Chris Hedges resigned from PEN America due to concerns about the organization's leadership and potential state influence, specifically over the appointment of Suzanne Nossel, a former State Department official. |
| 2012 | Co-writes 'Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt' with cartoonist Joe Sacco. |
| 2010 | Published two books: 'Death of the Liberal Class' and 'The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress'. |
| 2010 | Publishes 'Death of the Liberal Class'. |
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