Democracy now!
Subtitle: twenty years covering the movements changing America
By: Amy Goodman with David Goodman and Denis Moynihan
Contributors: Goodman, David, 1959- author; Moynihan, Denis, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781501123580; 9781501123603
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Politics and government; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Democracy now! (Television program); Torture; Corrupt practices; Elections; Democracy now! (Radio program); Economic conditions; Mass media; Social conditions; History; Political activists; Social movements
Description: A celebration of the acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy now! and the extraordinary movements and heroes who have moved our democracy forward. Amy Goodman, along with her journalist brother, David, and co-author Denis Moynihan, share stories of the heroes -- the whistleblowers, the organizers, the protesters -- who have brought about remarkable change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Going to where the silence is; title: The war and peace report; title: The whistleblowers; title: Undocumented and unafraid; title: Stopping the machinery of death; title: The rise of the 99 percent; title: Climate justice; title: The LGBTQ revolution; title: When the killer wears a badge; title: "This flag comes down today"; title: Disabling the enablers; title: Epilogue. The sword and the shield.