Terry Green Blogs About KUSP

We are very happy to announce that Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now! will appear at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz at 7:30 PM on Monday night, April 13, in a benefit for KUSP. Tickets are available now on-line at this link; preferred seats are $36.00 and general admission is $24.00. All proceeds from ticket sales benefit KUSP.

Capitola Book Cafe will be on hand that night so you can purchase copies of Amy’s most recent book, “Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times” – written with her brother, David Goodman. Amy will be signing books in the auditorium after the talk.

Amy’s previous two appearances at the Rio have sold out, so get your tickets right away!

We are so pleased that Amy can come to Santa Cruz on our behalf, and grateful to our friends at the Rio Theatre and at Capitola Book Cafe for helping us present this event!

Democracy Now reports that host Amy Goodman and program producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday 9/1. The link to the news release and video of Amy’s arrest are here.

DN reported late Monday night that all three had been released from custody.

Democracy Now goes on to say:

Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.

There was very little mainstream coverage of RNC protests today. We inserted a story from KUSP volunteer reporter Christopher Krohn into All Things Considered today — that story was recorded early in the afternoon in downtown St. Paul. Chris’ story indicated the situation was potentially serious, as the later arrests of DN journalists certainly proved.