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Amy Goodman Speaks at NYC Green Festival Main Stage Sunday, April 22 at 2pm; To Be Aired on Livestream

NewsApril 20, 2012
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    Award-winning investigative journalist Amy Goodman will speak on Sunday, April 22 at 2pm on the Green Festival Main Stage at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 11th Avenue between 39th and 40th Streets, in New York City.

    The Huffington Post will be live streaming events on the main stage all weekend, so tune in at 2pm EST to watch Amy Goodman’s speech. More info to come. Click here to watch the livestream.

    Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, a daily, independent global news hour, that airs on more than 1,000 public television and radio stations worldwide. She 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.”

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    An essential international news source, Democracy Now! is known for its in-depth coverage of grassroots movements — including those organizing to confront the root causes of global warming, advocate for climate justice, and provide sustainable alternatives. Click here to watch Democracy Now!’s reporting on the disaster in Japan following a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami and the resulting nuclear crisis, or watch reports on the environmental and health effects of natural gas and oil drilling.

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