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Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman Democracy Now!
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Goodman and Moynihan report each week on the people and places caught in the middle, the ones most directly affected by policy debates, war and social issues. The column breaks through the glib clichés, dogmatic language and overall static that has permeated mainstream media coverage. Goodman and Moynihan’s unrestrained commentary from the front lines resonates with a generation that has an uncanny ability to spot the inauthentic in any discourse. The energy and passion for the truth found in this column inspires and rouses readers young Goodman and Moynihan report each week on the people and places caught in the middle, the ones most directly affected by policy debates, war and social issues. The column breaks through the glib clichés, dogmatic language and overall static that has permeated mainstream media coverage. Goodman and Moynihan’s unrestrained commentary from the front lines resonates with a generation that has an uncanny ability to spot the inauthentic in any discourse. The energy and passion for the truth found in this column inspires and rouses readers young and old from across the political spectrum.
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Juneteenth and July 4th Highlight America's Historic Contradictions
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Two consecutive federal holidays – Juneteenth and Independence Day – highlight the sweep of American history, marking the birth of the nation on July 4th and, on June 19th, the liberation of the last group of enslaved people in the US, at the end of a devastating civil war. -
Daylight Comes to Chiquita's Use of Colombian Death Squads
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Thanks to new federal jury verdict, some daylight has come to the violent practices behind the blue sticker on each bunch of Chiquita bananas. -
A Gaza Twin’s Desperate Fight for Survival
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Helmi Hirez has much to offer the world. The world owes him a permanent ceasefire, an end to the weapons flow to the Israeli military and to the occupation that has dominated his young life. -
The Global Demand for a Gaza Ceasefire Grows, Leaving Biden Behind
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
President Biden and his enablers have the power to end Israel’s war on Gaza and the slaughter of civilians there. Their decision not to is criminal. -
Breaking Ranks with Biden, on Gaza
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
President Biden and his inner circle are increasingly isolated in their unflinching support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza. Unlike Palestinians in Gaza, though, Biden has a way out: Permanent ceasefire, now. -
The Palestinian Nakba, from 1948 to Today
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Palestinians and allies marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, May 15th – the day after the state of Israel was formally declared. “Nakba” is Arabic for “catastrophe,” and is used to describe the murder, dispossession and forced displacement Palestinians suffered in the years up to and including 1948.