Independent Media Voices

September 13 | 10am–6 pm
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival

Borough Hall Community Room (209 Joralemon Street)
4:00 pm: Independent Media Voices

"Radical radio, insurgent ’zines, the Fourth Estate and social networks old and new. Who and what is the independent media? Voices that stand out from the crowd? Defenders of a new way of thinking? A discussion about the challenges of forging a new media voice. Host of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman (Standing Up to the Madness), Jessica Hopper (Hit it or Quit It, The Girls Guide to Rocking) and Pamela Newkirk (Letters From Black America).

All events are free. Tickets are available one hour before the program begins at Festival Information booths on the plaza.

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Democracy Now | CAE

[With thanks to EC in Buffalo for the tip, below a link to an interview with Steve Kurtz of Critical Art Ensemble on Amy Goodman's brilliant Democracy Now]
Art in a Time of Terror: Acclaimed Art Professor Steve Kurtz on How He Became a “Bioterrorism” Suspect After His Wife Died in Her Sleep

"In his first broadcast interview, Steve Kurtz discusses the bizarre case of how he became the focus of an FBI bioterrorism investigation. On May 11, 2004, his wife Hope Kurtz tragically died in her sleep. When he called 911 for help, a nightmare that would last for the next four years began to unfold. The police became suspicious of his art supplies and harmless bacteria cultures that he was using for an antiwar project about the public health impact of germ warfare programs. His home was raided by the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Homeland Security. His belongings, his cat, and even his wife’s body were seized."

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[graphic from Democracy Now Web site.]