Amy Goodman, award-winning host of the daily internationally broadcast radio
and television program Democracy Now!, breaks through the corporate media's
lies, sound bites, and silence in this wide-ranging new collection of articles.
In place of the usual suspects--the "experts" who, in Goodman's words, "know so
little about so much, explain the world to us, and get it so wrong"--this
accessible, lively collection allows the voices the corporate media exclude and
ignore to be heard loud and clear. From community organizers in New Orleans, to
the courageous American soldiers who've said "No" to Washington's wars, to the
victims of torture and police violence, we are given the extraordinary
opportunity to hear ordinary people standing up and speaking out. Written with
all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to
expect from Amy Goodman's reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier proves the power
that independent journalism can play in the struggle for a better world, one in
which ordinary citizens are the true experts of their own lives and communities.