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Democracy Now! Reports Death of Haitian Feminist Myriam Merlet

Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson on January 19, 2010 - 4:40pm; tagged Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Eve Ensler, feminism, Haiti, Myriam Merlet, transnational, transnational feminism.

Tragically, Myriam Merlet, Haiti's Chief of Staff of the Haitian Ministry of Women, did not survive the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Amy Goodman, reporting from Haiti, and Eve Ensler, a personal friend of Merlet, reports from the Democracy Now! studio.

Rush transcript provided by Democracy Now! after the jump.

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Call to action for independent journalists reporting on the RNC

Bitch on Wheels post by Debbie Rasmussen on September 3, 2008 - 2:51pm; tagged Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, independent media, police brutality, RNC 2008, RNC protests.

By now many of you have probably heard that several journalists (including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer) were arrested while they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. But as independent publishers ourselves, I think it's critical that the word get out as far and wide as possible.

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