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Amy Goodman at NCMR 2011

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Posted by Films For Action on Apr. 12, 2011

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Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, delivered a rousing speech about the power of the people to change the media at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston April 8-10, 2011.

The conference was hosted by the national nonprofit Free Press. Find out more at www.freepress.net.

Read more: media & war, war & peace, human rights, indy media, big media, big ideas

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