Remembering Stonewall, 40th Anniversary

Democracy Now aired a great report last Friday on the 1969 Stonewall uprising; Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary: A Look Back at the Uprising that Launched the Modern Gay Rights Movement, including in this report is the oral documentary, Remembering Stonewall, with the voices of people who were there and their experiences. DN also speaks with David Carter, historian and author of Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution. enjoy.

The People Speak - Our True History

The People Speak to air on the History Channel

The People Speak is a documentary inspired by Howard Zinn's book, A People's History of the United States and from the book he co-authored with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People’s History. These are the voices of resistance in U.S. history – resistance to injustice, to war. Voices that can inspire viewers to recognize the power ordinary people have to change the course of history. These are also the voices that are excluded from traditional histories. Some voices are obscure, some famous and you will hear them express ideas that are excluded from the orthodox histories. more...

You can hear Howard Zinn interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. He speaks about his book A Young People's History Of The United States, war, torture and being honest in the teaching of history; taking down our old heroes and giving us new ones. In the interview, Zinn admonishes Obama to listen to Martin Luther King. Instead of bombs and war (as in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan) get out of the mindset that got us into Iraq, send food and medicine instead of more troops. Zinn says that we need to stop thinking that the military is the solution to our problems; to end terrorism, stop being terrorists.

Zinn will be appearing tonight at the 92nd street YMCA, "Voices Of A Young People's History Of The United States".

My Favorite News @ DemocracyNow.org

A few years ago as I was channel surfing above the radar of ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX News, even beyond PBS and came across a news station called Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. It was on Democracy Now that I met Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Their news coverage was so enlightening that I was hooked on day one. I've made this part of my daily routine (barring work of course) most every day. I soon discovered how Independent Media presents the fairest and most accurate news ever. You can listen to their broadcasts and read the transcripts right on their website or find a station airing near you. enjoy.



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