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KQED Security Used To Coerce Speak-out on World Press Freedom Day For Assange & Mumia 
On World Press Freedom Day a rally speak-out was held in front of KQED TV and radio. The station bosses mobilized security to try to coerce and threaten the action....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2023 8:19am PDT
Stop Sale Of KPFK Bldg & Flagrant Violations Of Pacifica Bylaws 6 Year Term Limit-Speak Out 
A speak out was held in front of KPFA on March 9, 2023 to protest the sale by the illegitimate Pacifica National Board of the KPFA building. It also was to opposed the vote by the same board and PNB members of the "Protectors" group to ignore the 6 year term limit under the bylaws. The same group has also used corporate nuisance lawsuits to break up Pacifica. These suits have cost over $400,000 in their wrecking operation....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 9:15am PST
Long Haul in Berkeley faces displacement due to landlord’s proposed development 
Berkeley’s volunteer-operated, non-profit radical community center Long Haul is threatened with displacement by a proposal to demolish its building to build an 8-story, $40-50 million housing development....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 7:04pm PST
ILWU for Mumia and Tyre; Rage Against the War Machine; US behind Somaliland Secessionism 
Pacifica’s Covid, Race & Democracy: Rage Against the War Machine; ILWU for Mumia and Tyre; US behind Somaliland Secessionism; Death Penalty Abolition...
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2023 6:33pm PST
Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! 
San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2023 12:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2023 4:15pm PST
It’s Going Down Suspended from Twitter as Billionaire Elon Musk Fulfills Far-Right Agenda 
At the time of the suspension, It’s Going Down had over 108,000 followers. IGD has been on Twitter since 2015 and has never been suspended....
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2022 5:29pm PST
Canary in the Coal Mine: Twitter and the End of Social Media 
As everyone knows, we have been suspended from Twitter at the same time that Elon Musk is welcoming notorious neo-Nazis back to the platform. On a platform like Twitter, a project like ours is like a canary in a coal mine: when things change, we are the first to go, and that means the clock is ticking for everyone....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2022 6:37pm PST
Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. from Twitter at the Urging of Far-Right Troll 
On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account. Musk’s goal in acquiring Twitter had nothing to do with “free speech”—it was a partisan move intended to silence opposition while opening up space for the far right. This underscores the hazards of depending on corporate social media platforms....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2022 6:33pm PST
Federal Marshals Seize KPFA Assets to Pay Defamation Judgment Against New York Sister Station This week US Marshals seized more than $300,000 of KPFA’s cash reserves to pay for a monetary judgment for its parent organization the Pacifica Foundation. The asset seizure resulted from a defamation lawsuit by a former interim executive director of Pacifica, John Vernile in 2019 against programmers of its New York station, WBAI. Pacifica lawyers filed an appeal today to block the judgment. But KPFA is now facing layoffs and a massive budget shortfall....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2022 10:45pm PST
Free Julian Assange! Global Day Of Action In San Francisco At Harry Bridges Plaza 
A solidarity rally and action was held in San Francisco on October 8, 2022 in conduction with an action at the British Parliament that Julian Assage be freed and there be no extradition to the United States....
Posted: Sat, Oct 8, 2022 8:16pm PDT
Free Assange, Mumia and Palestine-Rally in Berkeley 
A rally in Berkeley on September 17, 2022 was held for to free Julian Assange, Mumia Abu-jamal and Palestine....
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2022 11:39pm PDT
SF Chronicle No Silence On Assange! 
A rally was held at the San Francisco Chronicle calling on them to end their silence on Assange and to support the dropping of charges and for his freedom....
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2022 5:25pm PDT
1993-The Year Spike Lee Came To North Richmond, California 
A look back in 1993, when Film director/ producer, actor Spike Lee came to North Richmond, California to visit the Shields-Reid Community Center....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 8:01pm PDT
KVHS 90.5FM Under Threat of Closure by MDUSD Concord's local radio station, KVHS 90.5FM (The Edge) is under treat of closure by the Mount Diablo Unified School District. This radio station is part of local history, having been established in 1964 by Clayton Valley High vice principal Bob Daugherty. A MDUSD staff report claims the station has no education value, and is too expensive to maintain. The station community, and local listeners want to keep their station - which is known as "the voice of the valley"....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 12:48am PDT
UC Using CIA Methods at People's Park In 1975 The Church Committee discovered Operation Mockingbird a CIA program which attempted to manipulate domestic American news media for propaganda purposes. Almost 50 years later U.C. is using the same technique to destroy Peoples Park....
Posted: Fri, Aug 12, 2022 2:09pm PDT
Response to Berkeleyside's People's Park Coverage Peoples Park community is not anti-development; we are fighting climate change and do not support the redlining of our Southside district. UC Berkeley can build on sites that are not historically significant. We are anti-fascists centering on urban ecology, consensus decision-making, and rematriation of this land back to the Ohlone people....
Posted: Sat, Aug 6, 2022 3:15pm PDT
SA New Frame’s demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation 
The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2022 10:50pm PDT
Free Julian Assange! Rally On Assange's Birthday At Harry Bridges Plaza In San Francisco 
A solidarity rally for the freedom of Julian Assange was held on his birthday at the Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco on July 3, 2022....
Posted: Mon, Jul 4, 2022 8:57pm PDT
Oakland Parker School Occupation KPFA & Pacifica: UPTE KPFA LSB Member Lisa Milos Speaks 
At the Oakland Parker Elementary school occupation on May 28, 2022, CWA UPTE member Lisa Milos who is also a member of the KPFA local station board spoke out in solidarity with the school occupation and also discussed the attack on Pacifica and the effort to get the FCC to take away the license of New York's WBAI by KPFA LSB PNB director Donald Goldmacher which is supported by the majority of the KFPA local station board....
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2022 3:32pm PDT
Shireen Abu Akleh Presente! SF Rally Protesting Israeli Murder Of Journalist 
A rally was held in San Francisco to protest the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli military forces while she was covering their actions....
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2022 2:40pm PDT
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