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WHEN: 12 noon-2pm
WHERE: Venue to be announced, check back
DESCRIPTION: A reading by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, who will speak about her new book Breaking the Sound Barrier, with an introduction by the book's editor, Denis Moynihan, to benefit KFAI.
TICKETS: TBA
MORE INFO: KFAI, Radio without Borders.

A benefit for KGNU, the independent voice of Boulder and Denver.

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Amy & David signing copies of STATIC.
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On the road to Denver...

A benefit for Cultural Energy, a youth media project, at the Taos Community Arts Center.

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Jenny Vincent, 93, Taos activist, musician, and inspiration.
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Amy records Jenny Vincent's rendition of "America the Beautiful."
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David Goodman speaks in Taos.
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Always great to work with Sam Weller's Zion Book Store and KRCL, two independent treasures of Salt Lake City!

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The staff of Sam Weller's Zion Books.

A benefit for Pacifica station KPFA brings out the crowds in Oakland.

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Amy gave the 24th Annual Everett Potter Ethics in Communications Lecture at the National Press Club, named for the lifelong advocate of the public's rights in broadcasting (Everett Potter is pictured below, with Amy). She later spoke at a benefit for WPFW.

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DN!'s master organizer, Denis Moynihan, on tour.

We were honored to have legendary musicians Greg Brown and Iris DeMent help us break the sound barrier in Kansas City with a great opening set in a benefit for KKFI...

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A three-city day in California on Sept. 17, 2006 was highlighted by folksinger Loriel Golden serenading attendees to our event in Sebastopol, California, a fundraiser for KRCB community radio; speaking at a media conference in San Rafael and supporting the publication of the Independent Media Guide of Marin, and speaking at the sold out Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, a benefit for KUSP.

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Breaking the Sound Barrier in Boise was sweet -- thanks to this amazing Democracy Now pie baked for the occasion! This was a benefit for Boise Community Radio and Treasure Valley CommunityTV.
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On September 24, 2006, we stopped at Arlington West, the memorial to fallen American soldiers that is erected on the beach in Santa Barbara every Sunday by Veterans for Peace. Amy's interview with Arlington West founder Stephen Sherrill aired on Democracy Now the following day.
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Amy sent this out via phone shortly before the Colbert Report started taping:

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Early morning broadcast from KNME studio in Albuquerque, NM. Sharif hard at work on show broadcast from KNME.
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On the road near Taos, NM.

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Cartoon by Jonathan Richards

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DN brought out voices of hope and peace on September 11, 2006 to mark its 10th birthday, and the launch of Amy & David Goodman's new book, STATIC.

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L to R: David Goodman, legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden, Amy Goodman, and Ruth Cameron following the performance of Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. DN fan Jack Black (Charlie's son in law) and his three-month old son Sam come out to celebrate.
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DN volunteers ready to receive guests.


The founding conference on the Northwest Community Radio Conference included a sold-out keynote session with Amy Goodman, David Goodman, Lieutenant Ehren Watada, Karen Toering of Reclaim the Media, Lupito Flores of KYRS, Sharon Maeda, a former Pacifica Radio executive director, and an excellent presentation by the Prometheus Radio Project and KPCN-LP, 96.3, the latest LPFM station created by a Prometheus "Barnraising." See below for links - get involved!

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http://reclaimthemedia.org

http://prometheusradio.org/

http://kyrs.org/

pcun.org: PCUN - Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United

Amy Goodman and DN! producer Mike Burke en route to the Link TV studio at 3:45 am, to prepare for the 5 am live broadcast.

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Amy and David spoke in Bagdad (not Baghdad) -- the wonderful Bagdad Theater in Portland, that is. Amy and David Goodman sign copies of STATIC across the street at Powell's Books, one of the biggest independent booksellers in the country, while Oregonians line up for the event at the theater.

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Amy documenting the statue of George H.W. Bush at the Houston airport named after him, while racing to catch a flight. We had just finished the Democracy Now broadcast in which we played a speech given by the late former Texas Governor Ann Rchards. She died Wednesday night at the age of 73. Known for her scathing wit, she captured national headlines with her line from her keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention: "Poor George. He cant help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
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Amy Goodman in the Houston studio, answering a call from Texas political powerhouse Sissy Farenthold from Aleppo, Syria, on the death of Gov. Ann Richards. Amy is passing along the information to producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous to add Sissy to the program, minutes before the program.

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The Houston attendees to the KPFT 90.1 FM benefit were treated to a long opening set from Emma's Revolution - Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow
learn more at emmasrevolution.com