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Amy Goodman

Do you know what a CMU is?

Sheila Shayon | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Animal Lab Testing, CMU's, First Amendment, Politics of Food, Freedom of Expression, Amy Goodman, Andrew Stepanian, Political Prisoners, Aeta, Politics News
Sheila Shayon

Animal rights activists imprisoned in secret prisons. This actually goes on in America, 2009.

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David Barstow: TV Networks Have Ignored Defense Department's Retraction Of Report That Exonerated Generals

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Amy Goodman, David Barstow, David Barstow Generals, Democracy Now, Media News

AMY GOODMAN: I think what's so interesting about this story is not only what the Pentagon has done; it's the lack of reporting on this by the networks...

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Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fellow Travelers, James Lileks, Banjo, Joseph Stalin, Barbarossa, Ron Radosh, Pete Seeger, March on Washington, Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, Nicaragua, Bob Dylan, Mark Steyn, Kingston Trio, World War Two, Yalta, Billy Bragg, Communism, Doc Watson, Mao Zedong, Guitar, Leninism, Joan Baez, Franklin Roosevelt, Kim Il-Sung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Medgar Evers, Amy Goodman, Entertainment News
Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

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I.F. Stone's Son on the Izzy Awards, Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald

Jeff Cohen | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Amy Goodman, I.F. Stone, Democracy Now, Izzy Awards, Park Center for Independent Media, Glenn Greenwald, Media News
Jeff Cohen

Jeremy Stone spoke at Tuesday's inaugural ceremony of the Izzy Awards for independent media -- named after legendary journalist I.F. "Izzy" Stone. Here's his short speech.

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Obama and the Progressive Community

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: H.R. 104, John Conyers, Progressives, Afghanistan War, Women and the Stimulus Package, Amy Goodman, Keith Olbermann, Code Pink, Women and the Economy, Barack Obama, Elana Schor, Iraq War, Jonathan Turley, Rachel Maddow, OpenCongress.Org, Rick Warren, Women for a Fair Economy, Breaking Politics News, Hillary Clinton, Talking Points Memo, Democracy Now, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

The euphoria of November 4th and the upcoming excitement surrounding the inauguration are competing with the reality of each looming crisis, from the economy to Gaza.

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Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Sirota, The Uprising, Lobbyists, Grassroots, Fun, Bailout Deal, Illegal Activity, Progressives, Amy Goodman, Community Organizer, Federal Reserve, Corporate, Congress, New Activists, Shareholder Dividends, Government, Gordon Brown, u.s. Economy Problems, Shock Doctrine, Movement, Obama Change, Samuel Beckett, Banks, Moveon, Bonuses, Gay Marriage Ban, Saul Alinsky, Democracy Now, Naomi Klein, Barack Obama, Politics News
Wendy Block

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

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If Democracy Is Denied

Michael Carmichael | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., McCain Palin, Vote Suppression, Greg Palast, Amy Goodman, Democracy, Obama Biden, Velvet Revolution, John Roberts, Voter Suppression, Voter Caging, 2008 Presidential Election, Mark Crispin Miller, Women's Suffrage, Rachel Maddow, Election-Rigging, Electoral College, Rigged Elections, Voting, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

The sheer momentum of the Obama-Biden ticket has triggered frantic and massive Republican vote-rigging operations in key battleground states designed ...

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Community Organizing Experience v. Executive Experience

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: 6.6 Billion Reasons, John McCain, Arbusto Energy, MBA President, Chicago, Amy Goodman, Community Organizers of America, Community Organizer, Community of Nations, Sarah Palin, Bush, Rudy Giuliani, John Raskin, Constitutional Scholar, Executive Experience, Democracy Now, Harken Energy, Wasilla, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

As we seek to find ways for our bloodied world to live in peace, we will need people who can build the community of nations.

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TRNN Journalists Charged With Unlawful Assembly

The Real News | Posted 09.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Patriot Act, Arrests, Riots, Minnesota, Police, Amy Goodman, Saint Paul, Media, Republican Convention, John McCain, Rnc, Ania Smolenskaia, The Right to Peaceful Assembly, Lawful Assembly, Bush Administration, Geraldine Cahill, Political Activism, Media News
The Real News

818 people were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota in the days leading up to and during the RNC last week, several dozens were members of the media, covering the various protests.

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FEMA and the Election

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Al Gore, Gop, Ronald Reagan, Bush 41, September 11, Amy Goodman, Bush 43, Fema, Sarah Palin, James Lee Witt, Laura Flanders, Joe Scarborough, Twin Cities, Jimmy Carter, Ralph Nader, Blinton, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

As the GOP meets in the Twin Cities and hides terrified behind a hurricane, let us remember: In early January 2001, the Federal Emergency Management ...

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RNC Arrests: I Am Shocked and Outraged Over All This Shock and Outrage.

Dan Sweeney | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Amy Goodman, Republican National Convention Arrests, Rnc, RNC Arrests, Republican National Convention, Republican National Convention Protest, Donna Brazile, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

In my own trolling through online political discussion forums, here and elsewhere, over the past few years, a few stereotypical posts have turned into...

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Journalist Amy Goodman Arrested/Released In MN (Update With Press Conference)

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy Now!, First Amendment, Mayor Chris Coleman, Obstruction, Amy Goodman, Journalist, Amy Klobuchar, Republican Convention, Minnesota, Fourth Amendment, Pacifica Network, St. Paul, Constitution, Rnc, Norm Coleman, Tim Pawlenty, Republican National Convention, Arrest, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Amy Goodman of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, while trying to free two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddo...

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Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC; Reports of Tear-Gassing (UPDATED at 12:00AM EST)

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Amy Goodman, Rnc, Republican Convention, Minnesota, Republican National Convention, Civil Rights, Protesters, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

In addition to preemptive arrests, the police are responding aggressively to the presence of protesters. New video is appearing on YouTube of protesters being tear-gassed by the police.

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DNC: From An Arab Prism

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Democratic Primary, Cnn, Arab Media, Jimmy Carter, Shalom Tv, Amy Goodman, Joe Biden, Israel, Al Jazeera, Wolf Blitzer, Barack Obama, Media News
Jamal Dajani

Several Arab networks dispatched their best anchors to Denver to beam a sliver of American politics to more than 300 million viewers in the region.

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Rick MacArthur's Left-Right Attacks On Obama

John K. Wilson | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Amy Goodman, Rick Macarthur, Richard Daley, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Home News
John K. Wilson

MacArthur, the publisher of Harper's, reflects a disturbing trend on the left to use Republican smears to destroy a pragmatic progressive like Obama rather than try to contribute to political change in this country.

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Berlin Was Wrong Place for Obama's Wall Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis Peace Conference, John F. Kennedy, Middle East, Berlin, Amy Goodman, Ramallah, Israel, Palestine, Wall Speech, Democracy Now, Barack Obama, Obama Berlin, Barack Obama Israel, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama Israel, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.

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A Call to Heroes: My "Sit-Down" With Vince Bugliosi

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, DemocracyNow!, Vincent Bugliosi, Alan Dershowitz, Attorney General, George W. Bush, Amy Goodman, Elizabeth De La Vega, Juan Gonzalez, Cindy Sheehan, Prosecution, Iraq War, Stephen Rohde, District Attorney, Vanguard Press, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Charles Manson, Vince Bugliosi, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Coming from Vincent Bugliosi, a man who has proven time and again that he has no fear, his threat it one that George Bush should take seriously. Vince will not back down.

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Harball Flirts With Women Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hardball, Heidi Harris, Abotion, Birth Control, Ellen Moran, Women Voters, Reproductive Health, Amy Goodman, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Cecile Richards, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Abortion, Abortion Rights, Birth Control Pill, 2008 Election and Abortion, Politics News
Scott Swenson

If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.

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Amy Goodman is Wrong About Food Price Inflation

Max Keiser | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Amy Goodman, Right Wing, Left Wing, Fomc, Inflation, Fiat Currency, Business News
Max Keiser

The Left in America needs to beef up on its macro-economics understanding of money and credit before leaping into the fray of discussing global food prices

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The Custody Battle for America

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ron Paul, Bernanke, Obama, Democracy, Amy Goodman, Constitution, Debates, US Economy, Hilary Clinton, Primaries, Recession, ABC News, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

Last week's debate proved something startling about this country as it was like watching Maury Povich and Dr. Phil perform a tag-team divorce in which...

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Those Crazy Liberals!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Democracy, Dennis Kucinich, Protest, Protesters, Bill Maher, Bill Maher Hecklers, Bill Maher Jay Leno, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Whoever these Kucinich supporters are, they clearly felt enough desperation to risk embarrassment and jail time in order to reach a mainstream audience about what they perceived as social injustice.

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The Narrative Narrative

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Peggy Noonan, Campaigns, Amy Goodman, CNN Debate, Media Coverage of the War, Barack Obama, Campbell Brown, Mainstream Media, Media Consolidation, Cnn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Big Media, John Edwards, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Campaigning, Wolf Blitzer, Media Bias, Marty Kaplan, Bill Moyers, Cnn Democratic Debate, Media News
Marty Kaplan

In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."

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