lori wallach and renee feltz .vandana shiva vandana shiva, you are in rome, italy.you're always traveling the globe. what award are you winning today? >> it is called the minerva award. minerva is the goddess of knowledge. amy: i thank you so much for being with us cocome into these two women of knowledge that have joined us. this is democracy now! when we come back, we look at the movement, the independent media movement that grew ouout f the battle of seattle. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "killing in the name of" by rage against the machine. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to look at how the 20th anniversary of protests in seattle that shut dowown a meeting of the world trade organization also marks the time when the first independent media center came to life. amid the clouds of tear gas, hundreds of volunteer reporters documented what unfolded. that week indymedia.org received 1.5 million visitors -- more than cnn -- and produced a daily video report and newspaper. it