AMY GOODMAN ON DEMOCRACY NOW’S MISSION, CANCELLING THE INTERNET KILL-SWITCH IN EGYPT, THE SCAM OF FOREIGN AID, AND BEATING MSNBC (MF GALAXY 053)
Maverick journalist on torrenting for democracy, what connects the Egypt Revolt, and the occupation of Palestine, and whether future USA is friendly or fascist Amy Goodman has hosted Democracy Now! since 1995. It’s heard and now watched across the world on the web, and broadcast from over 1200 stations. Harvard graduate Goodman first received widespread attention for her work while she was covering the Indonesian army’s mass-killing of Timorese demonstrators. Increasingly since 1995 she and Democracy Now! have been at the forefront of American progressive reporting on war, peace, and social justice issues that corporate news cannot or will not cover. Amy Goodman is the author of four books including Breaking the Sound Barrier, an anthology of her columns. She’s won numerous awards, including the Right Livelihood Award, often called the Alternative Nobel Prize. This episode’s conversation is from the archives of the Grand Lodge of Imhotep in Edmonton. Amy Goodm...