Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges will speak at the West
End Cultural Centre Saturday, Sept. 21, about his latest best-selling
book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. Hedges, a foreign correspondent with the New York Times from
1990-2005 who also served as bureau chief in the Balkans and the Middle
East, will speak about his experiences travelling to depressed pockets
of the United States while he reported on the recession.
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Advance tickets went on sale March 25 for $25 and are available through
Ticketmaster, West End Cultural Centre, the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Music Store, Mondragon, McNally Robinson and Organic Planet. Tickets at
the door will go for $30.
Other books include: Losing Moses on the Freeway and American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America.
Could be a really interesting talk. He was interviewed by the Observer a few months ago. Here's the link to the interview: http://www.ucobserver.org/interviews/2013/01/interview_chris_hedges/
- Submitted by Nancy R.
I'd read that he is coming. Another really good book of his is "The Empire of Illusion - The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle". I agree, this looks like it would be a very interesting evening. Gareth
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