Friends of Amy Goodman and Democracy NOW!
By Andreas Klamm
New York City / London/February 2009/-- Important values such as health care, a good income, liberty, peace and democracy are very important not only to my American Brothers and Sisters but to many brothers and sisters in the entire world. Therefore I have created a new group on PerfSpot.com wich is called "Friends of Amy Goodman and Democracy NOW!" This new group is an UNOFFICIAL (not official) group of friends of the award winning journalist, broadcast journalist and author Amy Goodman, Juan Gonazlez and Democracy NOW!
The new groups web site can be found on:
http://www.perfspot.com/groups/democracynow
I do believe it is important to show as an token of love to precious people as Michelle and Barack Obama are or as Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez are that we do like their actions, TV programs and that we love them. Thats exactly what the new unofficial group on PerSpot.com is about, to show Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez and the Democracy NOW! - Team: You are providing an excellent TV and radio news hour and we love you.
Amy Goodman has received many awards. In December 2008 she has received the Right Livelihood Award which is referred as alternative NOBEL Prize by the Right Liveihood Foundation in Sweden.
Democracy NOW! is a daily educational TV and radio news hour which broadcast on more than 750 TV stations and 250 radio station in North Amercia and in the world.
The eduational TV and radio news hour Democracy NOW! is available on www.democracynow.org (Monday to Friday).
Amy Goodman, award winning journalist from Democracy NOW ! (www.democracynow.org) has received in December 2008 in the city of Stockholm in Sweden the Right Livelihood Award which is referred as the alternative Nobel Prize. Photo: Andreas Klamm, journalist (IBS TV Liberty, www.ibstvliberty.wordpress.com).
PerfSpot.com-Group: Friends of Amy Goodman and Democracy NOW!
The founder of PerfSpot.com-Group: Friends of Amy Goodman and Democracy NOW! the author, broadcast journalist and journalist Andreas Klamm believes like the award winning journalist, broadcast journalist and author, Amy Goodman from Democracy NOW! (www.democracynow.org ) that there needs to be an other answer then war.
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez broadcast Monday to Friday an independent news hour on more then 700 TV station and on about 250 radio stations in North America. Amy Goodman has received with her sister laureates, Dr. Monika Hauser, Asha Haji, Krishnammal Jagannathan the Right Livelihood Award, which is referred as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in the city of Stockholm in Sweden. The TV journalist Andreas Klamm has produced several television productions about the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm in Sweden in December 2008 and had a chance to meet his colleague the journalist Amy Goodman and other precious women engaged in the aid efforts to help many people in many different places in this world.
Therefore he is writing in his books also about people which truly can be called a voice for peace such as Amy Goodman and many other people in the world.
Books written by the author and journalist Andreas Klamm:
FRANCE ( www.amazon.fr )
Liberty, Peace and Media: Amy Goodman And The Freedom Of The Press - Excellent Journalists In Extraordinary Times, Books on Demand Gmbh; Paris, France; (February 2009), 276 pages, author: Andreas Klamm, journalist Language: English / German, bi-lingual, ISBN-10: 2-8106-0269-7 , ISBN-13: 978-2-8106-0269-8 , (21 x 14,8 x 1,2 cm)
Liberty and Peace NOW! Human Rights Reporters 2, Human Rights, abuses and violations of Human Rights, international understanding, Editeur BOD Paris, France, (February 2009), 280 pages, author: Andreas Klamm, journalist, Language: English / German, bi-lingual, ISBN-10: 2-8106-0427-4, ISBN-13: 9-782-8106-0427-2, (21 x 14,8 x 1,2) cm
Germany ( www.amazon.de )
Liberty and Peace NOW! Human Rights Reporters :: Medienprojekt Menschenrechts-Reporter :: Edition 2008, No. 1, Human Rights, abuses and violations of Human Rights, international understanding: Books on Demand Gmbh; Edition 1, (October 2008), 272 pages, author: Andreas Klamm, journalist, Language: English / German, bi-lingual, ISBN-10: 3-8370-7243-6 , ISBN-13: 978-3-8370-7243-3 , (21 x 14,8 x 1,2) cm
British Newsflash Magazine :: Magazin-Buch: Edition 2008, No. 1, Themen und Berichte aus Politik, Soziales und Gesellschaft, Issues from politics, social affairs and society, 200 pages,author: Andreas Klamm, journalist, Publishing house /Publishing centre: Books on Demand Gmbh; Edition 1, (June 2008), Language: German with some articles in the English language ISBN-10: 3-8370-4600-1, ISBN-13: 978-3-8370-4600-7, (29,7 x 21 x 1,2 cm)
Die Kinder der John Baptist Mission in Togo: Mission und Hilfe für Kinder, (The children of the John Baptist Mission in Togo: Mission and help for children), 200 pages, author: Andreas Klamm, journalist, Publishing house / Publishing centre: Books on Demand Gmbh; Edition 1, (August 2008), Language: German with articles by co-authors in the French and English language, ISBN-10: 3-8370-5762-3, ISBN-13: 978-3-8370-5762-1, (21 x 14,8 x 1,2 cm)
The books can be ordered on www.andreasklamm.blogspot.com (international shipping available, wordwide !) or online book stores, such as www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.bod.de, www.bod.fr, www.alapage.com, www.buch.de, www.libri.de and many other book stores.
New York, London, February 2009
Amy Goodman on IBS TV Liberty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG7s8XvcVrA, with Amy Goodman,
Jakob von Uexkuell and Andreas Klamm, IBS TV Libery, December 2008 from Sweden,
Stockholm.
Right Livelihood Award, IBS TV Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-9thAhKTQI, Right Livelihood Award, with
Dr. Monika Hauser, Jakob von Uexkuell and Andreas Klamm, IBS TV Liberty,
Sweden, Stockholm, 2008. Production by Andreas Klamm, journalist, broadcast journalist
and author, IBS TV Liberty, www.ibstvliberty.blogspot.com, www.youtube.com/andreasklamm.
IBS TV Liberty on Right Livelihood Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGApBJ-VK2U, Right Livelihood Award, with
Asha Haji , Jakob von Uexkuell and Andreas Klamm, IBS TV Liberty,
IBS TV Liberty on the Right Livelihood Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQV-gAugLns, Right Livelihood Award, with
Krishnammal Jagannathan , Jakob von Uexkuell and Andreas Klamm, IBS TV Liberty,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBChh7fC6U, Right Livelihood Award, with
Amy Goodman , Jakob von Uexkuell and Andreas Klamm, IBS TV Liberty,
IBS TV Liberty: Freedom To Speak (Part II, Freedom Of The Press)
With Wafulla Ogutto publisher and journalist from Uganda and Andreas Klamm from IBS TV Liberty, Sweden, Stockholm, 2008. Production by Andreas Klamm, journalist, broadcast journalist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPgOkg70WGI
IBS TV Liberty: Freedom To Speak (Part I, Freedom Of The Press)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQnLanXBGY
IBS TV Liberty
More information you will find on
Liberty and Peace NOW! Human Rights Reporters
* www.humanrightsrepoters.wordpress.com
* www.menschenrechtsreporter.blogspot.com
PLEASE: Do not forget to tune in to Democracy NOW with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez:
www.democracynow.org
Goodman Discusses Arrest and Constitutional Implications:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMVJQUGJLM
Please sign Petition here: [This is quite urgent!]
https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr012=3tkx4vic73.app45b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=281
This petition goes to:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/30/police_raids/
Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) was arrested last night at the RNC. Other persons involved in trying to maintain peaceful demonstrations were also arrested and had warrents served to allow police to search for bombs (google Starhawk at RNC).
This has me outraged, especially the arrest of Amy Goodman who for many years has brought news to the light of day that other media won't touch.
Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.democracynow.org September 1, 2008 Contact: Denis Moynihan 917-549-5000 Mike Burke 646-552-5107, mike@democracynow.orgST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQGoodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.
During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action.Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet.Democracy Now! is a nationally syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
Bloggers for Obama, we can't let this go unnoticed!!! Freedom of Speech is like Democracy: USE IT OR LOSE IT!
GrannyNel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImvogepDnZc&e
found this on one of my favorite websites!
www.croocksandliars.com
bookmark it! you'll be glad you did...visit often...why not make it your homepage for a week or two?
Also, being on the subject of Amy Goodman, make sure to visit/listen to/watch her show, Democracy Now, as often as you can. It's on KCBS, FM 91.3 every morning at 7am and commute time at 5pm. 5 days a week, excellent journalism. Their website has podcasts, transcripts, video and streams..and a very worthwhile archive!
lazer, jay
By Holly Watt, Washington Post
ST. PAUL -- Democracy Now! radio host Amy Goodman and two producers were arrested while covering demonstrations at the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn. Goodman was released after being held for over three hours, but is still waiting to hear when Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar would be released.
video link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/01/democracy_now_host_and_produce.html
"I was down on the convention floor interviewing delegates when I heard that two of our producers had been arrested," said Goodman. "I ran down to Jackson and 7th Street, where the police had moved in."
Goodman said that when she ran up to find out what was going on, she was also arrested.
"They seriously manhandled me and handcuffed my hands behind my back. The top ID [at the convention] is to get on the floor and the Secret Service ripped that off me. I had my Democracy Now! ID too. I was clearly a reporter."
Goodman, who was released after being charged with a misdemeanor, said that Salazar had been hurt in the face, while Kouddous had been thrown up against a wall and hurt his elbow.
"Nicole told me that as they moved in on three sides, she asked them 'How do I get away from this?' and they jumped on her."
Both Kouddous and Salazar could be held for up to 36 hours.
"One of the police kept shouting at me 'Shut up, shut up," she said. "It was extremely threatening."
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Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC; Reports of Tear-Gassing Allison Kilkenny, Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/amy-goodman-arrested-at-r_b_123051.html
Her arrest comes amid accusations of police brutality in St. Paul. I-Witness founder Eileen Clancy was arrested and detained last Saturday by the police in an apparent preemptive arrest. Clancy states she and her team were surrounded in the house they were staying at in St. Paul before they had the chance to video tape any protests.
The police handcuffed Clancy and her team and claimed they were waiting for their search warrant. The officers were armed and at least one police offer was carrying an M-16, Clancy wrote in her blog. [Stephen Fox: this looks more like South America or USA during the Vietnam Era]
In addition to preemptive arrests, the police are responding aggressively to the presence of protesters. New video is appearing on YouTube of protesters being tear-gassed by the police:
footage is found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3MQmOVrZc&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/amy-goodman-arrested-at-r_b_123051.html
Laurie, the phone operator at the County Jail says she "hopes charges will be presented within the hour." As of right now, Kouddous and Salazar are being held without charges.9:50 PM EST: Kouddous and Salazar are still being held without charges. Laurie, the operator, now expects a few hours to expire before they are officially charged with a crime. She claims the slow process is due to an unusually high number of arrests coupled with many detainees using pseudonyms. More than 100 people were arrested along with Goodman and her producers.
Early reports indicate Kouddous and Salazar were originally arrested on suspicion of rioting .
11:00PM EST: The Ramsey County Jail redirected me to something called the "Joint Information Center." Under a little pressure, the operator finally revealed his name (Sgt. William Palmer,) though he asked for my name (had me spell it twice) and asked for my phone number in exchange. Friendly stuff.
Palmer informed me that Kouddous and Salazar will be held in jail overnight until they are taken to court tomorrow. No one knows what they are being charged with, but Palmer attributes their arrest to "suspicious behavior."
Kouddous and Salazar are still being held without any formal charges.
Mayor Chris Coleman can be contacted at: 651-266-8510 or e-mailed at: https://mn-stpaul.civicplus.com/forms.asp?FID=69Governor Tim Pawlenty can be reached at: (651) 296-3391 or e-mailed at tim.pawlenty@state.mn.usRamsey County Jail: 651-266-9350
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Police Seize Journalists Notes About RNC Protest Plans
see also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpDQpZ_NAI&NR=1
Here in Silicon Valley, we have led the world in technological change that has REVOLUTIONIZED all aspects of our society save for ONE. We need to USE the INTERNET and all of its resources, speed, efficiency, high utility to UPGRADE our political System to what I call NATIONAL BALLOT MEASURES.
Through the use of the INTERNET, we now have the ABILITY to LET the PEOPLE decide in the FIRST REAL DEMOCRACY on the planet. SUPPORT US by visiting and HELPING US PROMOTE REAL CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, through REAL DEMOCRACY WE CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN.
LET'S LET THE PEOPLE VETO some of the dumbest ideas we get out of Washington such as RECKLESS and USELESS WARS, UNBALANCED BUDGETS, EARMARK LEGISLATION, OVERSPENDING, NO SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS, TOO MUCH PENTAGON SPENDING, NO SUPPORT for NATIONAL HEALTH CARE, and the LIST GOES ON.
Every day Congress or the White House proposes something that MOST OF US DO NOT WANT. AND, EVERY DAY, the DON'T GIVE US STUFF WE DO WANT. IT'S DEMOCRACY STUPID. The Economy, War, Poverty, Ignorance, Prosperity, Health, Commerce, Energy. ALL of these issues are BETTER ADDRESSED at the NATIONAL BALLOT MEASURES.
WHY DON'T We Hold them OFTEN? NO ONE HAS PROPOSED IT - UNTIL NOW. HELP OBAMA BRING NATIONAL BALLOT MEASURES TO THE COUNTRY. visit our web site to HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD:
www.realdemocracyinamerica.com
SILICON VALLEY can and MUST DELIVER DEMOCRACY as well as TECHNOLOGY.
LET'S GO SILICON VALLEY!
Barack Obama has called for REAL CHANGE in AMERICA and I AM supporting him because I BELIEVE HIM and I also believe other things he has said that lead me to BELIEVE that Obama as President would SUPPORT and perhaps even HELP US PUSH for.
NATIONAL BALLOT MEASURES.
What does this MEAN? It means that we REALLY could accomplish EVERYTHING the SENATOR speaks about in his speeches, PLUS every other GOOD THING that POLITICIANS have been PROMISING for the last 50 years, like PEACE, PROSPERITY, MORE and BETTER JOBS.
National Health Care, an END to the BUSHwhack War in Iraq, where we let our boys and girls get BUSHWHACKED for no VALID reason.
How about lowering our taxes to something we can afford, OR ELIMINATING the current CODE and replacing with NATIONAL SALES TAX. Don't buy anything and you PAY NO TAXES.
That would be a great way to cut down on CONSUMPTION that is RUINING the world and creating GLOBAL WARMING.
ALL THIS AND MUCH MUCH MORE. IN FACT, ANYTHING YOU CAN DREAM OF that makes sense COULD and SHOULD BE ON THE BALLOT.
LET'S LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE HOW TO SOLVE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS in this country.
WE DO THIS IN 34 STATES for STATE ISSUES. Does this mean the STATES are GREATER DEMOCRACIES than the FEDERAL SYSTEM TO WHICH THEY BELONG?
DOES THIS MEAN THIS COUNTRY IS UPSIDE DOWN?
DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN ALL STOP BEING SHEEP ready to be SHORN?
SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA because HE SUPPORTS REAL CHANGE and REAL CHANGE MEANS REAL DEMOCRACY
ww.realdemocracyinamerica.com
AND
www.nationalballotmeasures.com
OBAMA is RIGHT. It's TIME for REAL CHANGE in AMERICA. CHANGE WE CAN AND WILL BELIEVE IN - BUT ONLY IF THE CHANGES COME from the PEOPLE.
As Israelis Celebrate Independence and Palestinians Mark the “Nakba,” a Debate with Benny Morris, Saree Makdisi and Norman Finkelstein
Democracy Now - May 16 2008
Sixty years since the creation of Israel and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, we host a debate on the legacy of 1948 and the possibility of a just future for both Israelis and Palestinians with three guests: Benny Morris, seen as one of the most important Israeli historians of the 1948 war and after; Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor and author of Palestine Inside Out; and Norman Finkelstein, author of several books, including Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict and Beyond Chutzpah.
The first time I got really excited about Barack Obama's Foreign policy was after hearing this conversation. I couldn't believe somebody like this could enter the American presidential politics
Barack Obama’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama’sCall to Increase the Pentagon’s Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the IraqOccupation and Attacking Pakistan
My fundraising for Obama '08
The topics of race and gender have come to the fore over the past week.
While Bill Moyers's Journal is usually quite insightful, this week I was disappointed by the discussion of race with Bill's guest, Shelby Steele of the Hoover Institute, who drew on old-fashioned essentialist notions of racial identity to suggest that Barack Obama isn't a viable candidate. Steele's argument is based on a false dichotomy: Barack can remain who he is and appeal to White voters but in doing so Black voters will reject him as “not Black enough,” or, he can appeal to Black voters but in doing so White voters will reject him for being “too Black.” My sense is that the majority of younger people in the U.S. no longer think in the either/or terms of previous generations and that we are quite capable of taking people on their own terms. This is not to say that I am naive about the deep-seated, historically racist tendencies in our society; it is to say that I think most young people in this era of "multiculturalism" (that loaded word) think in relational terms, realizing that particular facets of our identities are revealed in different situations and contexts. The flaw with essentialist notions of identity is the idea that we are the same across space, time, and situation. In reality, different aspects of who I am are manifest in my relations with my family, while others are visible in my interactions at work, while still other features of who I am come out in my interactions with my Honduran friends. This is part of being able to communicate with different kinds of people across boundaries of race, educational level, gender, culture, generation, and sexual orientation. And this broad appeal across boundaries of race but based on common principles of progressive political change is the bet that we are making with our support for Obama.
I found the following recent discussions of the dimensions of race and gender particularly interesting:
From Democracy Now: "Race and Gender in Presidential Politics: A Debate Between Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell"
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/race_and_gender_in_presidential_politics
From Bill Moyers' Journal:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2008/01/diversity_of_opinion_within_th.html
Also interesting is this take on Hillary's "experience" from the neoconservative Weekly Standard:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/554fwchn.asp
[HumboldtCountyforObama] Organizing an Event
Since our first “Audacity of Hope” Book Club discussion, I’ve been giving the concepts of hope, community, and personal values a great deal of thought lately. How they impact the choices I make every day, the connections I make with others, my decisions about the future.
Tonight as I’m listening to today’s broadcast of Democracy Now! my thoughts turn to their host and executive producer, Amy Goodman. Every single day, regardless of what has happened in the world Amy unflinchingly gives voice to people and perspectives rarely heard in today’s corporately owned media – ‘independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts.’
As I’m thinking about the internal fortitude she must have to report first hand some of the worst that humans can do to one another, I remembered she often asks at the end of her in-depth interviews, “What gives you hope?”
Here’s just a sampling of responses from some of her interviews.
