Chris Hedges: The Genocide in Gaza

By: Chris Hedges   Source: Tbd-Media Sanctuary Dec 19, 2023 No Comments


Best-selling author, foreign correspondent, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges addressed the Middle East crisis with a talk titled "The Genocide in Gaza" on December 6, 2023 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Troy NY.

www.mediasanctuary.org

Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, spent seven years covering the conflict between Israel and Palestine. He is the author of numerous books including the New York Times bestsellers War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-authored with the cartoonist Joe Sacco. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University and the University of Toronto. He has also taught students in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system for a decade, the subject of his book Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.

This talk was co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace, Albany Chapter; Muslim Solidarity Committee and Project SALAM; Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace; Palestinian Rights Committee-Upper Hudson Peace Action; RPI Muslim Student Association; UAlbany Muslim Student Association; Women Against War.

The presentation was made possible by volunteer labor and thousands of small donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. The Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts, located in an historic former church at 3361 6th Avenue in North Troy, NY.

The Sanctuary hosts screening, production and performance facilities, training in media production and a meeting space for artists, activists and independent media makers of all kinds.

Eleanor Stein, Moderator

Related Suggestions

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University
Gaza Health Crisis: Israel’s War Fuels Spread of Diseases
College Students Across U.S. Protest the War on Gaza
Gaza Diaries: "If you Hear Bombing, say Alhamdulilah"
Will Israel be Held Accountable for its Actions in Gaza?
No Tuition for Genocide: Student Movement for Palestine Erupts Nationwide
Mass Graves in Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office
Jewish Student at Columbia: Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told ..
Student Uprising Spreads as U.S. & Israel Plan Rafah Invasion
This Moment Requires All Hands on Deck
Freedom Flotilla for Gaza
Israeli Arms Deals Challenged at London High Court
 
COMMENTS DISCLAIMER & RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
The opinions expressed herein, through this post or comments, contain positions and viewpoints that are not necessarily those of IslamiCity. These are offered as a means for IslamiCity to stimulate dialogue and discussion in our continuing mission of being an educational organization. The IslamiCity site may occasionally contain copyrighted material the use of which may not always have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. IslamiCity is making such material available in its effort to advance understanding of humanitarian, education, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.


In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and such (and all) material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.