The Exception to the Rulers

Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them

The First book by Amy Goodman, Host of the National Radio/TV Program Democracy Now, with her brother, Journalist/Author David Goodman

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The Democracy Now! crew produced the show from a studio in Hollywood then dashed off to the airport, to bring the Exception to the Rulers book and media tour to the Midwest. Our first stop was St. Louis, with a benefit event for KDHX radio and dhTV, the public access television facility for the city of St. Louis. The event included a speaker representing MoveOn.org's new book and a spirited presentation by acclaimed media analyst and activist Bob McChesney. Bob has a new book out as well, The Problem of the Media More... We just returned from our biggest event yet: 2,000 people came out to help launch The Exception to the Rulers at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church! The event was a fundraiser for Pacifica station KPFK, and the two great indy bookstores Midnight Special and EsoWon cooperated to handle the book sales. More... We awoke to some exciting news: The Exception to the Rulers had shot up to #7 on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list — and that was based on sales before we arrived in California! More... This is a big day—three book and fundraising events! More... We started the day at the studios of LinkTV doing our first major remote broadcasts. In the first show we talked to Van Jones of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights about child prisons, plus the interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal. We then visited book stores and talked to the staff, many of whom were very excited about the book. We asked one of the staff people at Stacey's, an independent book store in downtown San Francisco, if publishers had to pay to get prime positioning of their book in their store (this is common practice at the large chain book stores). He laughed at the idea. “We're an independent book store,” he replied. “We feature the books that we like and think our customers will enjoy. We don't feature what the publishers pay us to do.” We were glad to see our book made the cut and was featured by the staff. More... The event — a showing of the film “Independent Media in a Time of War” (available on the Democracy Now! web site. The DVD is produced by the Hudson Mohawk Indymedia Center), and talks by Amy and me—was held at the student center at California State University. It was a fundraiser for community radio station and Pacifica affiliate KFCF. We were told by some folks in LA that Fresno was a small city off the beaten track, so not to expect much. Were they ever wrong... More... The bouncing baby book has arrived! More...

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