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We have a decision to make every hour of every day, and that is whether to represent the sword or the shield. Democracy now.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
We need to hear these silenced voices. That is the power of independent media: to give voice to the voiceless; to those who have been shut out of the debate.
Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)
This is what independent media is all about: unembedded, investigative, international journalism.
Breaking the Sound Barrier (2009)
When George W. Bush and his foot soldiers can't build an airtight legal case, suspicion and xenophobia will suffice.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
There is a hunger for authentic voices-not the same handful of pundits on the network shows who know so little about so much, explaining the world to us and getting it so wrong.
Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)
Using fear, electoral fraud, and the smokescreen of terrorist attacks, the Bush administration has given us a lesson in how quickly a nation can be hijacked and core tenets of democracy trampled.
Standing Up To the Madness: Ordinary Heroes In Extraordinary Times with David Goodman (2008)
peacemakers are everywhere. And they are changing how politics is done.
If you are opposed to war, you are not a fringe minority. You are not a silent majority. You are part of a silenced majority. Silenced by the mainstream media.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
Hope lies in fighting back. (conclusion)
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006)
The twin crises of war and climate change, inexorably linked by our thirst for oil, need a concerted global solution–one that won’t be obtained by cowboy diplomacy. The United States must pursue global consensus, not global conquest–before it is too late.
The corporate media came late to Occupy Wall Street, offered superficial, often derogatory coverage, and, with a few exceptions, still haven't gotten it right
The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope with Denis Moynihan (2012)
As Katrina was happening, in the aftermath of Katrina, a lot of people were talking about Octavia Butler and how the Parable series made them think about that.
With more channels than ever, the lack of any diversity of opinion is breathtaking. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution, yet our media largely act as a megaphone for those in power.
Pacifica Radio at 60: A Sanctuary of Dissent (2009)
At the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the critique that wealth and opportunity are not equitably distributed, and our media system, largely controlled by corporations, contributes to that status quo.
The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope with Denis Moynihan (2012)
Social change does not spring forth from the minds of generals or presidents-in fact, change is often blocked by the powerful. Change starts with ordinary people working in their communities. And that's where media should start as well.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)
Central to our reporting on climate change is the reality that global warming is real, is happening now, and is killing tens of thousands of people and displacing millions more. The warming planet presents an existential crisis for humanity.
Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)
Free speech is democracy's last line of defense. We must demand it. Defend it. And most of all, use it-now.
Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006)
Even in this high-tech digital age with high-definition television and digital radio, still all we get is static: that veil of distortion, lies, misrepresentations, and half-truths that obscure reality.
Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)
In a society where freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution, our media largely acts as a megaphone for those in power. That's why people are so hungry for independent media-and are starting to make their own.
The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)