Chalk up another win one for USA.
Amy Goodman wins the Right Livelihood Award, aka the alternative Nobel Prize.
She's one of the founders of Democracy Now, an alternative source to the big media giants that dominates today.
Democracy Now was one of the few news stations that were trying to keeping the politicians honest with investigative journalism after the 9/11.
They received a lot of heat for that and have been called everything from terrorists to traitors.
Because remember what Bush said:
"If you're not with us, you're against us"
It's good to see that alternative media is getting recognition, hopefully it can lead more people to get their news from more sources.
About the award, from Wikipedia:
The Right Livelihood Award, established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, is an award that is presented annually, usually on December 9, to honour those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today". An international jury, invited by the five regular Right Livelihood Award board members, decides the awards in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education and peace. The prize money is shared among the winners, usually numbering four, and is SEK2 million (US$310,000).
The ceremonial event has taken place in the Stockholm building where the Swedish Parliament convenes, usually during the first week of December. A group of Swedish Parliamentarians from different parties hosts the ceremony. The prize is sometimes called the Alternative Nobel Prize,[1][2] although it differs significantly from the Nobel Prizes in
having an open nomination process (anyone can nominate anyone else);
not being limited to specific categories (many more people are eligible);
making individual or shared awards amounting to about 5% of the Nobel ones; and
neither being a fulfilment of Alfred Nobel's bequest nor being affiliated with the Nobel Prize committees.
