New Book: Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman, with a Foreword by Bill Moyers
Amy Goodman breaks through the corporate media's lies, sound-bites, and silence in this wide-ranging new collection of articles.
"Amy Goodman is a towering progressive freedom-fighter in the media and the world. Breaking the Sound Barrier is another expression of her vision and courage." -Cornel West Ref. Source 8
Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border, Questioned About Speech...and 2010 Olympics
While traveling to Vancouver, Canada to speak at the Vancouver Public Library at a benefit for community radio stations, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and her two colleagues were detained by Canadian authorities. Amy was questioned extensively about the speech she intended to give; their car was gone through by armed border guards, and their papers and laptop computers were scoured. The armed interrogators were particularly interested in whether she would be speaking about the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Ref. Source 3
Vancouver Observer: Amy Goodman Gets Brilliant Story Idea from Canadian Border Guards
Read the Vancouver Observer article about Amy Goodman's detention at the Canadian border: "Well, it's official. Suspicion of criticizing the 2010 Olympics gets you on a watch list at the Canadian border. Want to come to Canada and discuss the environmental shame that is the tar sands? Go ahead. Want to meddle in Canadian military policy in Afghanistan? Fill your boots. Want to criticize the Government's position on Global Warming? Whatever, dude." Ref. Source 2
Amy Goodman is not letting that story rest at all and is doing everything possible to keep her encounter with the Canadian border guards in the highlight. I had too look up a picture of what Amy looks like, see it below.
Breaking The Sound Barrier (Hover)