The Silenced Majority - by Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan (Paperback)

About the Book

Pull back the veil of corporate media reporting to dig deep into the politics of climate apartheid, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the movement to halt the execution of Troy Anthony Davis, and the globalization of dissent from Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza.

Book Synopsis

Goodman and Moynihan take an anti-establishment stance and get to the heart of today's critical news stories and political events.

Review Quotes

"Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights."
--Noam Chomsky

"Amy Goodman is not afraid to speak truth to power. She does it every day."
--Susan Sarandon

"Crusading journalism at its best."
--Arianna Huffington

"A towering progressive freedom fighter in the media and the world."
--Cornel West

"What journalism should be: beholden to the interests of people, not power and profit."
--Arundhati Roy

About the Author

Amy Goodman is a multiple New York Times bestselling author, and the host/executive producer of Democracy Now!, a daily, independent news program airing on more than 800 television and radio stations. TIME Magazine named Democracy Now! its "Pick of the
Podcasts," along with NBC's Meet the Press.

Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often
excluded by the mainstream media."

Denis Moynihan, since helping co-found Democracy Now! as an independent production company in 2002, he has participated in the organization's growth, focusing primarily on distribution, infrastructure development, and coordinating complex live broadcasts from all continents (save Antarctica). He lives in Denver, and is the founder of a new noncommercial, community radio station in Colorado's high country.