[announce-gpco] Democracy Now coming to Denver

[Bruce McNaughton]

Greens Yo,

Feeling angry and sad that the evil empire controls the media?  Want to help
bring the message of Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Vandana
Shiva, etc., to the two million people of the Denver area?  Help support comm-
unity radio station KGNU (88.5 fm) in its bid to open a radio station in Denver.

Democracy Now!  Alternative Radio,  The Bioneers,  Free Speech Radio News,
BBC News Hour,  etc.  etc.

Come hear Democracy Now! 's Amy Goodman at a public talk in Denver to bene-
fit the expansion of true, unabashedly people-powered community radio into the
Denver market!  May 4th, 7pm, Downtown Denver -- Save that Day!! 

More below....

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Friends, 
 
 
 
Amy Goodman, host of the award-winning, national, independent, daily news 
hour Democracy Now!, will speak in Denver on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 pm at the 
Central Presbyterian Church (1660 Sherman St.). 
 
 
 
Goodman will talk about her much-anticipated first book, The Exception to 
the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that 
Love Them. She will also talk about the urgent need for independent radio in 
Denver. 
 
 
 
Denver-based activists recently joined forces with Boulder’s community radio 
station, KGNU, to bring community radio to Denver. Right now, we have an 
unprecedented opportunity to bring hard-hitting, independent, community 
radio to Denver within weeks!  But we need your help.  To find out more, 
come to Amy’s talk, and bring your friends.  Tickets are $15; proceeds go to 
the Denver independent radio campaign. To reserve tickets, call (303) 
449-4885. They're going fast. 
 
 
 
Want to help spread the word? 
 
*Forward this email as widely as possible. It takes just seconds. 
 
*Download posters and put them up around town: 
http://democracynow.org/book/promo/Denver7pmPF.pdf 
 
*Download flyers and hand them out at events: 
http://democracynow.org/book/promo/denver7PMHB.pdf 
 
 
 
Haven’t heard of Amy Goodman? No radio station in Denver dares broadcast 
her. 
 
Wonder why?  Look at what people are saying: 
 
 
 
The Exception to the Rulers… 
 
 
 
"Hard-hitting, no-holds barred brand of reporting...fierce and 
tireless." —Publishers Weekly 
 
 
 
"What journalism should be: beholden to the interests of people, not power 
and profit." —Arundhati Roy, author, The God of Small Things 
 
 
 
"Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights." —Noam 
Chomsky, author, 9/11 and Hegemony or Survival 
 
 
 
"Amy Goodman [carries] the great muckraking tradition of Upton Sinclair, 
George Seldes, and I.F. Stone into the electronic age." —Howard Zinn, 
historian and author, A People's History of the United States 
 
 
 
"Pick up this book, shake your head in disbelief and disgust as you read it, 
and then...go raise some hell!" —Michael Moore, Academy-award winning 
director, Bowling for Columbine 
 
 
 
…and the rulers take exception… 
 
 
 
“Hostile, combative, and even disrespectful.” —President Bill Clinton 
 
 
 
"A threat to national security. —The Indonesian military 
 
 
 
“Not easy-listening."—The New York Times 
 
 
 
"I have advised my mother to talk to no reporters because of ... people like 
you." —Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich 
 
 
 
For more info about Democracy Now!, see http://democracynow.org 
 
For more info about Amy Goodman’s book tour, see 
http://democracynow.org/book 
 
For more info about KGNU, see http://kgnu.org 
 
For more info this event, contact Joanne Cole at joanne@kgnu.org or (303) 
449-4885. 
 
For more information about the campaign, contact KGNU Denver Campaign 
Coordinator Kris Abrams at krisabrams@kgnu.org or (303) 449-4885. 

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