Amy Goodman in San Antonio, Texas

Amy Goodman, a broadcast journalist at Democracy Now, http://www.democracynow.org/ , was brought to San Antonio through the many efforts of Texas MEP (http://texasmep.org/ ) and The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (http://esperanzacenter.org/). She was featured as a speaker for one of the Lady Fest events held this year in San Antonio, Texas. Lady Fest is a festival showcasing women in music, art and films,( http://ladyfestsatx.org/ ).

I have had the privilige to hear many people speak, but Amy Goodman was pretty incredible. She is very intelligent and her summary of US foreign policy over the last 50 years made the audience sick, especially what happened in East Timor. What particularly struck me about her lecture was her commitment to articulating people's name over and over and over throughout her speech. She said that by naming people, by pronouncing their name, you dignify them. This is true, how many people were never named throughout history? How many soldiers will have died in Iraq with no name?