Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, delivers a thundering speech in
this recording of her keynote address at 2007’s SolFest in Hopland,
California. Goodman says that U.S. journalists have abdicated their
role as skeptics and critics, cozying up to power rather than
challenging it. She touches on subjects as diverse as the American
Psychological Association’s weak stance towards psychologists aiding
the military in using torture, President Bush’s use of signing
statements, Carlos Arredondo’s moving acts of protest, and the importance of hope through activism.
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