PROPOSED LEDE: CHRIS HEDGES IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE NATION INSTITUTE AND A DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. HE SPENT TWO DECADES AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND KOSOVO, AND WON A PULITZER PRIZE WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR THEIR COVERAGE OF GLOBAL TERRORISM. HE RESIGNED FROM T HE PAPER IN 2003 OVER HIS OPPOSITION TO THE INVASION OF IRAQ. CHRIS HEDGES HAS WRITTEN NUMEROUS BOOKS, INCLUDING âAMERICAN FASCISTSâ ON THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND, THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, HE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT REVOLUTION BOOKS IN MANHATTAN, PRESENTING HIS NEW BOOK âEMPIRE OF ILLUSION: THE END OF LITERACY AND THE TRIUMPH OF SPECTACLEâ. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND HE BRINGS US THIS REPORT:
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