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KPFA Election 2010 | KPFA Local Station Board | Save KPFA
KPFA and the entire Pacifica system are facing a serious crisis. In this fall's KPFA Local Station Board election, you can help change that by voting for the Save KPFA slate.
SaveKPFA
http://www.savekpfa.org
KPFA and the entire Pacifica system are facing a serious crisis. In addition to the global economic downturn, we are saddled with an expensive and over-sized Pacifica bureaucracy that consumes precious resources that should be invested in producing quality radio but which are spent on endless turf battles.
• one fourth of KPFA listeners’ donations goes to the Pacifica bureaucracy.
• the local station board, whose elections costs tens of thousands of dollars, currently spends all its time consumed in internal battles to control the station, while raising no money and contributing little or nothing to building the station.
KPFA won’t survive unless the Progressive community realizes the seriousness of the crisis and takes action to support the station. The present majority on the LSB is tied to Pacifica bureaucracy. It resists any attempt to cut Pacifica’s costs, while supporting drastic down-sizing at KPFA. An all-volunteer station would simply be a play-thing for a narrow, ever changing slice of the left. KPFA’s mission is to be a voice for the entire progressive community – we need to find that larger audience and to produce quality radio more than ever.
SaveKPFA seeks to rally progressive support for the station. As in 1999, we have to resist the Pacifica Board imposing its own agenda on KPFA. We have to construct a board majority that focuses on building the station, raising funds and producing events. We are committed to seeking common ground with others who share our concerns about the state of the station. We need to save this precious resource.
SaveKPFA STANDS FOR:
CHANGE Plugging KPFA into the 21st century with access to the internet and new media technology and supporting innovative programming;
DIALOGUE KPFA must be a forum for dialogue and debate
DIVERSITY Upholding KPFA’s mission of social justice and artistic diversity – for labor, young people, people of color, musicians and artists, old radicals and new.
LOCAL CONTROL We represent KPFA’s listeners. We will defend KPFA’s finances and programming.
PROFESSIONALISM by paid and unpaid staff that creates high-quality radio without diluting KPFA’s message.
RESPONSIBILITY A board that builds the station and raises money, not one that attacks it and spends money. We believe in a collaborative relationship with staff and station management. We are clear that the board should not manage the station.
SaveKPFA CANDIDATES
Mal Burnstein, retired civil rights lawyer, former chair of the KPFA local board and a founder of the progressive caucus of the California Democratic Party.
Terry Doran, retired Berkeley High School teacher and teacher union activist, twice elected to the Berkeley School Board (1998,2002), serving two years as president.
Donald Goldmacher, long-time social justice activist, community psychiatrist and award-winning documentary filmmaker..
Suzi Goldmacher, lesbian feminist activist, community organizer and retired member of the California Nurses Association.
Matthew Hallinan, a life-long political activist.
Mark Hernandez, member of the KFCF Board of Directors in Fresno, has served on the various KPFA Local Boards off and on since 1999.
Jack Kurzweil retired from San Jose State, where he was President of the faculty union, active with the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, and in organizing opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tanya Russell, employment and civil rights Attorney, has been a social worker, factory worker and a community activist.
Dave Saldana, award-winning journalist, civil rights attorney, human rights advocate.
Margy Wilkinson, a UC Berkeley union activist for 40 years and currently active in Grandmothers Against the War.
SaveKPFA ENDORSERS
(titles and organizations listed for identification purposes only)
KPFA Workers
C.S. Soong, Co-host “Against the Grain”
Mitch Jeserich, “Letters to Washington”, Producer & Host
Brian Edwards-Tiekert, “Morning Show”, Producer and Host
Mark Mericle, Co-Director “KPFA News”
Aileen Alfandary, Co-Director “KPFA News”
Bonnie Simmons, Host, “The Bonnie Simmons Show”, former KPFA LSB, Pacifica National Board
Philip Maldari, “Sunday Show”, Producer & Host
Kris Welch, “Living Room” & “Saturday Morning Talkies”, Producer & Host
Miguel Guerrero, Web Producer & Producer “Rock and Rebellion”
Jan Etre, Crafts Fair Coordinator
Laura Prives, “Morning Show”, Executive Producer
Sasha Lilley, “Against the Grain”, Producer & Host
Max Pringle, News Reporter
John Hamilton, News Producer & Anchor
Rose Ketabchi, “Free Speech Radio News”, Technical Producer, KPFA News Co-Anchor
Scott Pham, “Free Speech Radio News”, Technical Producer
Derk Richardson, Host of the “Hear and Now”
David Gans, Host of “Dead To The World”
Bob Baldock, KPFA Events Coordinator
Richard Wolinsky, Bookwaves on “Cover to Cover”, Producer and Host
Vanessa Tait, labor journalist, “KPFA News Co-Anchor
Lewis Sawyer, KPFA Receptionist and producer Early Morning Music
Esther Manilla, Morning Show and Fund Drive producer
Eddie Yuen, “Against the Grain”, co-editor of Confronting Capitalism
Sally Phillips, KPFA Producer, Host, Engineer
Artists, Journalists, Academics
Raj Patel, author of “The Value of Nothing” and “Stuffed and Starved”
Jello Biafra, artist/musician/entrepreneur
Rychard Withers, Executive Director, Fresno Free College Foundation, General Manager KFCF
Ignacio Chapela, Professor, Director of Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, UCB
Norman Soloman, media critic, author, “WarMade Easy”
Conn Hallinan, foreign policy analyst, Foreign Policy In Focus, Institute for Policy Study, columnist, LSB member
Aaron Glantz, “Free Speech Radio News, co-anchor, “Winter Soldier” broadcasts
Karen Paget, author
Mattie Harper, Democracy Now former producer
Ramsey Kanaan, founder, AK Press andco-founder/publisher, PM Press
Rick Flores, Host of “Wasteland Of The Free” on KFCF
Andrea Turner, cultural and community activist, LSB member
Frank Delgado,”Frank D”, KFCF, Creative Director
Bernard Gilbert, Freedom Song Network
Vic Bedoian, former KFCF General Manager, currently KPFA News reporter
Barbara Epstein, Professor, Dept. of History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz
Jon Fromer, singer/songwriter, NABET/CWA local 51 shop steward
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Native American historian
Pat Wynne, Dir. Bay Area Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus
Peter Najarian, Artist, Writer, “The Great American Loneliness”
Andrej Grubacic, radical historian and sociologist
Summer Brenner, author of Richmond Tales and community activist
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch investigative journalist, author of Halliburton’s Army
David Martinez, radical filmmaker
Sheila Tully, Faculty CSUSF
Dr. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Kay Trimberger, Professor Emerita, Sonoma State University and author
Johanna Poethig, Professor, CSU, Monterey Bay, Public & Community Artist
Lynne Hollander Savio, Chair., Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
Beth Lisick, author/poet/performer
Debbie Speer, Journalist, former KFCF Director, former LSB member
Dr. Carla J. Fehr, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, Iowa State University
Scoop Nisker, radio commentator and author
Marty Price, educator, youth worker
Kathleen Weaver, author of Peruvian Rebel
AnnaMarie Smith, Professor, Government Department Cornell University
Susan Stone, former KPFA Drama and Literature Director
Community Activists
Rashidah Grinage, founder, People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO)
Cecilia E.”Ces”Rosales, Alameda Cnty. D.C.C., Ntl. Cntr. for Lesbian Rights, E. Bay No on Prop 8 Campaign
Marty Bennett, Co-Chair of the Sonoma County Living Wage Coalition
Max Anderson, Berkeley City Council Member
Dr. Jeff Ritterman, Vice Mayor of the City of Richmond
John Iversen, Act Up, East Bay
Mal Warwick, consultant, author, and public speaker
Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
Loni Hancock, State Senator, District 9, East Bay
Anna Rabkin, former City of Berkeley Auditor
Bob Meyer, President, Progressive Perspectives
Giuliana M. Sorro, SF Community Activist
Linda Olivenbaum, Director, Early Childhood Program Administration
Kathy Lipscomb, Senior Action Network, S.F. Executive Board
Fran Taylor, SF Community Activist
Anne Weills, Civil rights lawyer and community organizer
Nick Jones, Atchison Village Co-op, former UFWA Boycott Director
Sandy Spiker, East Bay community activist
Nancy Friedman, MFT, Oakland
Jack Radey, historian, game designer, Eugene, OR
Labor Leaders
Dan Siegel, civil rights and labor attorney, former Pacifica General Counsel
Sal Rosselli, president, National Union of Healthcare Workers
Glenn Goldstein, National Organizing Director, NUHW
Shelley Kessler, Sec. Treas., San Mateo Labor Council
Walter Johnson, emeritus Secretary Treasurer of the SF Labor Council
Michael Eisenscher, Coordinator, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice
Betty Olson-Jones, President, Oakland Education Association
Warren Mar, labor & community activist
Roger Scott, Executive Board AFT 2121, CCSF
Susan McDonough, labor activist, LSB member
Catherine Powell, California Faculty Association
Larry Hendel, No. Ca. Organizing Director, California Faculty Assn.
Tho Thi Do, International General Vice President, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)
Bill Harvey, former Sec-Treas. CWA 9415
Ana Turetsky, President, American Federation of Teachers, Local 771
Sandy Kaplan, Co-President, Shoreline Educators Association/CTA
Peter Olney, International Organizing Director, ILWU
Maria Guillan, SEIU Local 1021 activist
Mary Fromer, Organizing Director SEIU Local 707, Sonoma County (retired)
Tonette Garcia, Worksite Organizer, SEIU Local 1021
Paul Kaplan, Executive Board Member, North Bay Labor Council
Vote the Entire Slate – Rank All Ten Candidates Only
Mal Burnstein – Terry Doran – Donald Goldmacher – Suzi Goldmacher
Matthew (Dynamite) Hallinan – Mark Hernandez
Jack Kurzweil – Tanya Russell – Dave Saldana – Margy Wilkinson
Read more at http://www.savekpfa.org
http://www.savekpfa.org
KPFA and the entire Pacifica system are facing a serious crisis. In addition to the global economic downturn, we are saddled with an expensive and over-sized Pacifica bureaucracy that consumes precious resources that should be invested in producing quality radio but which are spent on endless turf battles.
• one fourth of KPFA listeners’ donations goes to the Pacifica bureaucracy.
• the local station board, whose elections costs tens of thousands of dollars, currently spends all its time consumed in internal battles to control the station, while raising no money and contributing little or nothing to building the station.
KPFA won’t survive unless the Progressive community realizes the seriousness of the crisis and takes action to support the station. The present majority on the LSB is tied to Pacifica bureaucracy. It resists any attempt to cut Pacifica’s costs, while supporting drastic down-sizing at KPFA. An all-volunteer station would simply be a play-thing for a narrow, ever changing slice of the left. KPFA’s mission is to be a voice for the entire progressive community – we need to find that larger audience and to produce quality radio more than ever.
SaveKPFA seeks to rally progressive support for the station. As in 1999, we have to resist the Pacifica Board imposing its own agenda on KPFA. We have to construct a board majority that focuses on building the station, raising funds and producing events. We are committed to seeking common ground with others who share our concerns about the state of the station. We need to save this precious resource.
SaveKPFA STANDS FOR:
CHANGE Plugging KPFA into the 21st century with access to the internet and new media technology and supporting innovative programming;
DIALOGUE KPFA must be a forum for dialogue and debate
DIVERSITY Upholding KPFA’s mission of social justice and artistic diversity – for labor, young people, people of color, musicians and artists, old radicals and new.
LOCAL CONTROL We represent KPFA’s listeners. We will defend KPFA’s finances and programming.
PROFESSIONALISM by paid and unpaid staff that creates high-quality radio without diluting KPFA’s message.
RESPONSIBILITY A board that builds the station and raises money, not one that attacks it and spends money. We believe in a collaborative relationship with staff and station management. We are clear that the board should not manage the station.
SaveKPFA CANDIDATES
Mal Burnstein, retired civil rights lawyer, former chair of the KPFA local board and a founder of the progressive caucus of the California Democratic Party.
Terry Doran, retired Berkeley High School teacher and teacher union activist, twice elected to the Berkeley School Board (1998,2002), serving two years as president.
Donald Goldmacher, long-time social justice activist, community psychiatrist and award-winning documentary filmmaker..
Suzi Goldmacher, lesbian feminist activist, community organizer and retired member of the California Nurses Association.
Matthew Hallinan, a life-long political activist.
Mark Hernandez, member of the KFCF Board of Directors in Fresno, has served on the various KPFA Local Boards off and on since 1999.
Jack Kurzweil retired from San Jose State, where he was President of the faculty union, active with the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, and in organizing opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tanya Russell, employment and civil rights Attorney, has been a social worker, factory worker and a community activist.
Dave Saldana, award-winning journalist, civil rights attorney, human rights advocate.
Margy Wilkinson, a UC Berkeley union activist for 40 years and currently active in Grandmothers Against the War.
SaveKPFA ENDORSERS
(titles and organizations listed for identification purposes only)
KPFA Workers
C.S. Soong, Co-host “Against the Grain”
Mitch Jeserich, “Letters to Washington”, Producer & Host
Brian Edwards-Tiekert, “Morning Show”, Producer and Host
Mark Mericle, Co-Director “KPFA News”
Aileen Alfandary, Co-Director “KPFA News”
Bonnie Simmons, Host, “The Bonnie Simmons Show”, former KPFA LSB, Pacifica National Board
Philip Maldari, “Sunday Show”, Producer & Host
Kris Welch, “Living Room” & “Saturday Morning Talkies”, Producer & Host
Miguel Guerrero, Web Producer & Producer “Rock and Rebellion”
Jan Etre, Crafts Fair Coordinator
Laura Prives, “Morning Show”, Executive Producer
Sasha Lilley, “Against the Grain”, Producer & Host
Max Pringle, News Reporter
John Hamilton, News Producer & Anchor
Rose Ketabchi, “Free Speech Radio News”, Technical Producer, KPFA News Co-Anchor
Scott Pham, “Free Speech Radio News”, Technical Producer
Derk Richardson, Host of the “Hear and Now”
David Gans, Host of “Dead To The World”
Bob Baldock, KPFA Events Coordinator
Richard Wolinsky, Bookwaves on “Cover to Cover”, Producer and Host
Vanessa Tait, labor journalist, “KPFA News Co-Anchor
Lewis Sawyer, KPFA Receptionist and producer Early Morning Music
Esther Manilla, Morning Show and Fund Drive producer
Eddie Yuen, “Against the Grain”, co-editor of Confronting Capitalism
Sally Phillips, KPFA Producer, Host, Engineer
Artists, Journalists, Academics
Raj Patel, author of “The Value of Nothing” and “Stuffed and Starved”
Jello Biafra, artist/musician/entrepreneur
Rychard Withers, Executive Director, Fresno Free College Foundation, General Manager KFCF
Ignacio Chapela, Professor, Director of Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, UCB
Norman Soloman, media critic, author, “WarMade Easy”
Conn Hallinan, foreign policy analyst, Foreign Policy In Focus, Institute for Policy Study, columnist, LSB member
Aaron Glantz, “Free Speech Radio News, co-anchor, “Winter Soldier” broadcasts
Karen Paget, author
Mattie Harper, Democracy Now former producer
Ramsey Kanaan, founder, AK Press andco-founder/publisher, PM Press
Rick Flores, Host of “Wasteland Of The Free” on KFCF
Andrea Turner, cultural and community activist, LSB member
Frank Delgado,”Frank D”, KFCF, Creative Director
Bernard Gilbert, Freedom Song Network
Vic Bedoian, former KFCF General Manager, currently KPFA News reporter
Barbara Epstein, Professor, Dept. of History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz
Jon Fromer, singer/songwriter, NABET/CWA local 51 shop steward
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Native American historian
Pat Wynne, Dir. Bay Area Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus
Peter Najarian, Artist, Writer, “The Great American Loneliness”
Andrej Grubacic, radical historian and sociologist
Summer Brenner, author of Richmond Tales and community activist
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch investigative journalist, author of Halliburton’s Army
David Martinez, radical filmmaker
Sheila Tully, Faculty CSUSF
Dr. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Kay Trimberger, Professor Emerita, Sonoma State University and author
Johanna Poethig, Professor, CSU, Monterey Bay, Public & Community Artist
Lynne Hollander Savio, Chair., Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
Beth Lisick, author/poet/performer
Debbie Speer, Journalist, former KFCF Director, former LSB member
Dr. Carla J. Fehr, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, Iowa State University
Scoop Nisker, radio commentator and author
Marty Price, educator, youth worker
Kathleen Weaver, author of Peruvian Rebel
AnnaMarie Smith, Professor, Government Department Cornell University
Susan Stone, former KPFA Drama and Literature Director
Community Activists
Rashidah Grinage, founder, People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO)
Cecilia E.”Ces”Rosales, Alameda Cnty. D.C.C., Ntl. Cntr. for Lesbian Rights, E. Bay No on Prop 8 Campaign
Marty Bennett, Co-Chair of the Sonoma County Living Wage Coalition
Max Anderson, Berkeley City Council Member
Dr. Jeff Ritterman, Vice Mayor of the City of Richmond
John Iversen, Act Up, East Bay
Mal Warwick, consultant, author, and public speaker
Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
Loni Hancock, State Senator, District 9, East Bay
Anna Rabkin, former City of Berkeley Auditor
Bob Meyer, President, Progressive Perspectives
Giuliana M. Sorro, SF Community Activist
Linda Olivenbaum, Director, Early Childhood Program Administration
Kathy Lipscomb, Senior Action Network, S.F. Executive Board
Fran Taylor, SF Community Activist
Anne Weills, Civil rights lawyer and community organizer
Nick Jones, Atchison Village Co-op, former UFWA Boycott Director
Sandy Spiker, East Bay community activist
Nancy Friedman, MFT, Oakland
Jack Radey, historian, game designer, Eugene, OR
Labor Leaders
Dan Siegel, civil rights and labor attorney, former Pacifica General Counsel
Sal Rosselli, president, National Union of Healthcare Workers
Glenn Goldstein, National Organizing Director, NUHW
Shelley Kessler, Sec. Treas., San Mateo Labor Council
Walter Johnson, emeritus Secretary Treasurer of the SF Labor Council
Michael Eisenscher, Coordinator, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice
Betty Olson-Jones, President, Oakland Education Association
Warren Mar, labor & community activist
Roger Scott, Executive Board AFT 2121, CCSF
Susan McDonough, labor activist, LSB member
Catherine Powell, California Faculty Association
Larry Hendel, No. Ca. Organizing Director, California Faculty Assn.
Tho Thi Do, International General Vice President, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)
Bill Harvey, former Sec-Treas. CWA 9415
Ana Turetsky, President, American Federation of Teachers, Local 771
Sandy Kaplan, Co-President, Shoreline Educators Association/CTA
Peter Olney, International Organizing Director, ILWU
Maria Guillan, SEIU Local 1021 activist
Mary Fromer, Organizing Director SEIU Local 707, Sonoma County (retired)
Tonette Garcia, Worksite Organizer, SEIU Local 1021
Paul Kaplan, Executive Board Member, North Bay Labor Council
Vote the Entire Slate – Rank All Ten Candidates Only
Mal Burnstein – Terry Doran – Donald Goldmacher – Suzi Goldmacher
Matthew (Dynamite) Hallinan – Mark Hernandez
Jack Kurzweil – Tanya Russell – Dave Saldana – Margy Wilkinson
Read more at http://www.savekpfa.org
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The "Concerned Listeners" (CL'ers) have appropriated the name "Save KPFA." But members of the original "Save KPFA" object that the CL'ers are wrongfully using the name without permission.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/16/18656188.php
For more information:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/1...
It is hard to believe that the Thug Hallinan Gang continues to put hit pieces on this website as at the very least, this website does not support the Democratic Party, while the Thug Hallinan Gang is a creation of the Wellstone Democratic Club. What we need on KPFA are the voices of peace, namely the Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party. In case you missed it, the thuggery of the Thug Hallinan Gang is clearly described by Daniel Borgstrom at:
http://danielborgstrom.blogspot.com/2010/08/siegel-youre-suing-me.html
http://danielborgstrom.blogspot.com/2010/03/intimidation-between-minutes.html
and
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/17/18656285.php
CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYONE ENGAGING IN SUCH VIOLENT ACTIVITIES AT THE KPFA BOARD MEETING OR IN RELATION TO KPFA? This is horrifying and unacceptable.
There are 2 good slates opposing them, and there are lots of on-air and off-air forums where you can hear the candidates. On August 31, there was an on-air forum and the Thug Hallinan Gang lost badly. They have absolutely nothing to offer and nothing to say to counter the horrors of their past deeds which include bleeding KPFA dry described above and at:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/31/18657298.php
SO, TURN ON YOUR RADIO TO HEAR THE ON-AIR FORUMS OR GET OUT TO THE OFF-AIR FORUMS OR BOTH:
For transit info or carpool to any forum call 510.332.7181 or email les_kpfa [at] pacifica.org
O N A I R F O R U M S, see
http://www.artistdata.com/kpfa/shows/
and here:
First Round:
Wednesday Sept. 1st 2-4pm
Thursday Sept 2nd 2-4pm
Second Round:
Friday Sept. 10th- 7-8pm
Saturday Sept.11: 9-12noon
Wednesday Sept. 15: 7-8pm
Thursday Sept. 16: 7-8pm
Third Round:
Monday Sept. 27th: 8-10pm
Tuesday Sept. 28th: 8-10pm
Wednesday Sept.29: 8-10pm
Thursday Sept.9 Black Dot Cafe 924 Pine St., West Oakland 6:30-9pm Hosted by JR Ministry of Information from blockreportradio.org and Hardknock radio
Monday Sept. 13 First United Methodist Church San Rafael (basement) 9 Ross Valley Drive ( Greenfield and Ross Valley Dr.) just off the Miracle Mile (Fourth St.) across from Bedrock Music near Cafe Gratitude). Potluck at 6:15pm / Forum at 7:15pm Sponsored by: Marin Peace and Justice
Tuesday, Sept. 14 Berkeley Community Media Public Access TV2239 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley 5-7pm
Sunday, Sept. 19 Sonoma Peace and Justice Center 467 Sebastapol Ave, Santa Rosa 2-5pm
Monday, September 20th Richmond Public LibraryCommunity Room/patio325 Civic Center Plaza (at MacDonald ) Richmond lots of parking co-sponsored byRichmond Progressive Alliance 6:30-9pm
PLEASE READ ALL THE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS AT:
http://pacificafoundation.org/cand_list.php?sta=kpfa
For alternatives, please consider the following,
The Voice for Justice for Radio slate:
Steve Zeltzer, Dr. Sureya Sayadi, Jaime Cader and Felipe Messina.
The Endorsers of the Voices for Justice Radio slate:
From: http://www.voicesforjusticeradio.org/endorsers.htm
Cindy Sheehan, Anti-war activist
Cynthia McKinney, Former Congresswoman
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of City of Richmond, California
Peace and Freedom Party California
Green Party of Contra Costa County Council
San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Mary And Willie Radcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Gray Brechin, UCB Geography Department and Author "Imperial San Francisco"
Genoveva Calloway, Vice-Mayor, City of San Pablo
Jovanka Beckles, The Richmond Planning Commission
Education Not Incarceration, SF Chapter
Idriss Stelley Action and Resource Center (ISARC)
Trent Willis, Vice President ILWU Local 10
Clarence Thomas, Former ILWU Local 10 Secretary Treasurer
Francisco De Costa, Executive Director of Enviromental Justice Advocacy San Francisco
Roger Scott, Past President AFT 2121, Professor San Francisco City College
Bill Carpenter, Professor, San Francisco City College, Videographer
Todd Davies, Lecturer, Stanford University (endorsing Steve Zeltzer only)
Rick Hauptman, Chair, North Mission Neighborhood Alliance
Mary Ellen Churchill, Videographer and media activist
Lotus Fong, Community Activist
Philip Santos, Muscian, member of American Federation of Musicians
Ralph Schoenman, Co-Producer Taking Aim
Cynthia Servetnick, Member IFPTE Local 21, Save the Laguna Street Campus
Lisa Milos, UCSF CWA-UPTE Member
Mary Ann Ring, UCSF CUE 9 Delegate
Russ Miyashiro, ILWU Local 34 Assistant Dispatcher
Brad Wiedmaier, SEIU UHW, Architectural Historian, 113 Steuart St. Labor Center Project
Jemahl Ämen
Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, Phyisican, Environmental Activist
Charles Smith, AFSCME 444 Chief Steward
Diane Brown, Member of United Teachers of Richmond, CTA/NEA and Progressive Teachers Caucus of Richmond
Riva Enteen, former Chair KPFA Local Station Board
JR Valery, Producer of the Black Report (endorsing Steve Zeltzer only)
Skip Charbonneau, member SEIU 1000
Regina Carey, Community Activist Marin County
Lynda Carson, Freelance journalist & tenant activist
Peter Philipps, Founder of Project Censored and Professor Sonoma State University
John Mifsud, Artistic Director of Diversity Productions
Anore Shaw, Green Party member
Organizations after the names are identification only
The ICR slate is:
Listener Category:
Stephen Astourian
Naeem Deskins
Georgia Frazier
Monadel Herzallah
Cynthia Johnson
Hyun-Mi Kim
Janet Kobren
Tracy Rosenberg
Gina Szeto
Kate Tanaka
Staff Category:
Shahram Aghamir
Gabrielle Wilson
Endorsers of the ICR slate are:
From http://voteindyradio.org/node/4
Endorsments of ICR candates so far
Community Members
Alan Benjamin
Delegate to SF Labor Council, Editor of "The Organizer
Anuradha Mittal
Executive Director of Oakland Institute; author of "America Needs Human Rights," co-author of "10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank"
Attila Nagy
Community activist, former KPFA LSB member, former Program Council member
Barbara Lubin
Founder, Middle East Children's Alliance and Co-founder, Friends of Free Speech Radio
Beshara Doumani
Professor of History, UC Berkeley
Carol Brouillet
Green Party candidate, US House of Representatives
Carol Spooner
Lead Plaintiff - 1999 KPFA Listeners Lawsuit
Christine Ahn
Korean activist, fellow at *Korean Policy Institute and *Oakland Institute, policy analyst at *Global Fund for Women, columnist for *Foreign Policy In Focus.
Cindy Sheehan
Anti-war activist
Dan Berman
public-power organizer; author of "Who Owns the Sun?" and "Death on the Job"
Dave Welsh
Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council, and member, Haiti Action Committee
David Barsamian
host of "Alternative Radio;" prolific author
Fadi Saba
South Bay Mobilization
Green Party of Alameda County
Greta Berlin
Co-Founder, *Free Gaza Movement
Henry Norr
*San Francisco Chronicle, *International Solidarity Movement, Listener Rep on KPFA Board
James Vann
Co-Founder, Oakland Tenants Union
Karen Pickett
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
Oakland community activist, *Co-Founder, Oakland Tenants Union
Maria Gilardin
TUC Radio, Save KPFA
Malkia Cyril
Executive Director, *Center for Media Justice
Max J. Blanchet
Free Speech Radio News
Meshe Monge-Irizarry
Education Not Incarceration
Noelle Hanrahan
Producer, Prison Radio, Former KPFA LSB member
Nora Barrows-Friedman
Former Flashpoints co-host, writer and reporter
Peter Phillips Ph.D
Professor Sociology—Sonoma State University
President—Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored
Per Fagerang
Radio Free Ireland, KBOO-FM
Peter Franck
Media Action Marin, Social Justice Center of Marin, former President of Pacifica Foundation, Legal advisor to Mario Savio and Free Speech Movement
Sam Husseini
Communications director at *Institute for Public Accuracy and long time Palestinian anti-war and media activist.
Samera Esmeir
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
Vida Samiian
Professor of Linguistics, CSU-Fresno
KPFA Workers
Adrienne Lauby
Producer, Pushing Limits, KPFA-FM
Anthony Fest
KPFA Weekend News, KPFA Unpaid Staff Organization Council, Staff Rep on KPFA Board
Ann Garrison
Weekend News, KPFA-FM
Bonnie Faulkner
Producer, Guns and Butter, KPFA-Radio
Dennis Bernstein
Host and Producer, Flashpoints, KPFA-FM
Khalil Bendib
Political Cartoonist, Host, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, KPFA-FM
Lisa Dettmer
Producer, Women's Magazine, KPFA-FM
Malihe Razazan
Your Call, *KALW-FM, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, KPFA-FM
Preeti Mangla Shekar
*Global Fund for Women and Womens Magazine, KPFA-FM
Renee Yang Geesler
Co-director, First Voice Apprenticeship and Host, Apex Express, KPFA-FM
Robbie Osman
Across The Great Divide, KPFA-FM
Ruthanne Sphiner
KPFA News Reporter
* for identification purposes only
http://danielborgstrom.blogspot.com/2010/08/siegel-youre-suing-me.html
http://danielborgstrom.blogspot.com/2010/03/intimidation-between-minutes.html
and
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/17/18656285.php
CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYONE ENGAGING IN SUCH VIOLENT ACTIVITIES AT THE KPFA BOARD MEETING OR IN RELATION TO KPFA? This is horrifying and unacceptable.
There are 2 good slates opposing them, and there are lots of on-air and off-air forums where you can hear the candidates. On August 31, there was an on-air forum and the Thug Hallinan Gang lost badly. They have absolutely nothing to offer and nothing to say to counter the horrors of their past deeds which include bleeding KPFA dry described above and at:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/31/18657298.php
SO, TURN ON YOUR RADIO TO HEAR THE ON-AIR FORUMS OR GET OUT TO THE OFF-AIR FORUMS OR BOTH:
For transit info or carpool to any forum call 510.332.7181 or email les_kpfa [at] pacifica.org
O N A I R F O R U M S, see
http://www.artistdata.com/kpfa/shows/
and here:
First Round:
Wednesday Sept. 1st 2-4pm
Thursday Sept 2nd 2-4pm
Second Round:
Friday Sept. 10th- 7-8pm
Saturday Sept.11: 9-12noon
Wednesday Sept. 15: 7-8pm
Thursday Sept. 16: 7-8pm
Third Round:
Monday Sept. 27th: 8-10pm
Tuesday Sept. 28th: 8-10pm
Wednesday Sept.29: 8-10pm
Thursday Sept.9 Black Dot Cafe 924 Pine St., West Oakland 6:30-9pm Hosted by JR Ministry of Information from blockreportradio.org and Hardknock radio
Monday Sept. 13 First United Methodist Church San Rafael (basement) 9 Ross Valley Drive ( Greenfield and Ross Valley Dr.) just off the Miracle Mile (Fourth St.) across from Bedrock Music near Cafe Gratitude). Potluck at 6:15pm / Forum at 7:15pm Sponsored by: Marin Peace and Justice
Tuesday, Sept. 14 Berkeley Community Media Public Access TV2239 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley 5-7pm
Sunday, Sept. 19 Sonoma Peace and Justice Center 467 Sebastapol Ave, Santa Rosa 2-5pm
Monday, September 20th Richmond Public LibraryCommunity Room/patio325 Civic Center Plaza (at MacDonald ) Richmond lots of parking co-sponsored byRichmond Progressive Alliance 6:30-9pm
PLEASE READ ALL THE CANDIDATE STATEMENTS AT:
http://pacificafoundation.org/cand_list.php?sta=kpfa
For alternatives, please consider the following,
The Voice for Justice for Radio slate:
Steve Zeltzer, Dr. Sureya Sayadi, Jaime Cader and Felipe Messina.
The Endorsers of the Voices for Justice Radio slate:
From: http://www.voicesforjusticeradio.org/endorsers.htm
Cindy Sheehan, Anti-war activist
Cynthia McKinney, Former Congresswoman
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of City of Richmond, California
Peace and Freedom Party California
Green Party of Contra Costa County Council
San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Mary And Willie Radcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
Gray Brechin, UCB Geography Department and Author "Imperial San Francisco"
Genoveva Calloway, Vice-Mayor, City of San Pablo
Jovanka Beckles, The Richmond Planning Commission
Education Not Incarceration, SF Chapter
Idriss Stelley Action and Resource Center (ISARC)
Trent Willis, Vice President ILWU Local 10
Clarence Thomas, Former ILWU Local 10 Secretary Treasurer
Francisco De Costa, Executive Director of Enviromental Justice Advocacy San Francisco
Roger Scott, Past President AFT 2121, Professor San Francisco City College
Bill Carpenter, Professor, San Francisco City College, Videographer
Todd Davies, Lecturer, Stanford University (endorsing Steve Zeltzer only)
Rick Hauptman, Chair, North Mission Neighborhood Alliance
Mary Ellen Churchill, Videographer and media activist
Lotus Fong, Community Activist
Philip Santos, Muscian, member of American Federation of Musicians
Ralph Schoenman, Co-Producer Taking Aim
Cynthia Servetnick, Member IFPTE Local 21, Save the Laguna Street Campus
Lisa Milos, UCSF CWA-UPTE Member
Mary Ann Ring, UCSF CUE 9 Delegate
Russ Miyashiro, ILWU Local 34 Assistant Dispatcher
Brad Wiedmaier, SEIU UHW, Architectural Historian, 113 Steuart St. Labor Center Project
Jemahl Ämen
Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, Phyisican, Environmental Activist
Charles Smith, AFSCME 444 Chief Steward
Diane Brown, Member of United Teachers of Richmond, CTA/NEA and Progressive Teachers Caucus of Richmond
Riva Enteen, former Chair KPFA Local Station Board
JR Valery, Producer of the Black Report (endorsing Steve Zeltzer only)
Skip Charbonneau, member SEIU 1000
Regina Carey, Community Activist Marin County
Lynda Carson, Freelance journalist & tenant activist
Peter Philipps, Founder of Project Censored and Professor Sonoma State University
John Mifsud, Artistic Director of Diversity Productions
Anore Shaw, Green Party member
Organizations after the names are identification only
The ICR slate is:
Listener Category:
Stephen Astourian
Naeem Deskins
Georgia Frazier
Monadel Herzallah
Cynthia Johnson
Hyun-Mi Kim
Janet Kobren
Tracy Rosenberg
Gina Szeto
Kate Tanaka
Staff Category:
Shahram Aghamir
Gabrielle Wilson
Endorsers of the ICR slate are:
From http://voteindyradio.org/node/4
Endorsments of ICR candates so far
Community Members
Alan Benjamin
Delegate to SF Labor Council, Editor of "The Organizer
Anuradha Mittal
Executive Director of Oakland Institute; author of "America Needs Human Rights," co-author of "10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bank"
Attila Nagy
Community activist, former KPFA LSB member, former Program Council member
Barbara Lubin
Founder, Middle East Children's Alliance and Co-founder, Friends of Free Speech Radio
Beshara Doumani
Professor of History, UC Berkeley
Carol Brouillet
Green Party candidate, US House of Representatives
Carol Spooner
Lead Plaintiff - 1999 KPFA Listeners Lawsuit
Christine Ahn
Korean activist, fellow at *Korean Policy Institute and *Oakland Institute, policy analyst at *Global Fund for Women, columnist for *Foreign Policy In Focus.
Cindy Sheehan
Anti-war activist
Dan Berman
public-power organizer; author of "Who Owns the Sun?" and "Death on the Job"
Dave Welsh
Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council, and member, Haiti Action Committee
David Barsamian
host of "Alternative Radio;" prolific author
Fadi Saba
South Bay Mobilization
Green Party of Alameda County
Greta Berlin
Co-Founder, *Free Gaza Movement
Henry Norr
*San Francisco Chronicle, *International Solidarity Movement, Listener Rep on KPFA Board
James Vann
Co-Founder, Oakland Tenants Union
Karen Pickett
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
Oakland community activist, *Co-Founder, Oakland Tenants Union
Maria Gilardin
TUC Radio, Save KPFA
Malkia Cyril
Executive Director, *Center for Media Justice
Max J. Blanchet
Free Speech Radio News
Meshe Monge-Irizarry
Education Not Incarceration
Noelle Hanrahan
Producer, Prison Radio, Former KPFA LSB member
Nora Barrows-Friedman
Former Flashpoints co-host, writer and reporter
Peter Phillips Ph.D
Professor Sociology—Sonoma State University
President—Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored
Per Fagerang
Radio Free Ireland, KBOO-FM
Peter Franck
Media Action Marin, Social Justice Center of Marin, former President of Pacifica Foundation, Legal advisor to Mario Savio and Free Speech Movement
Sam Husseini
Communications director at *Institute for Public Accuracy and long time Palestinian anti-war and media activist.
Samera Esmeir
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
Vida Samiian
Professor of Linguistics, CSU-Fresno
KPFA Workers
Adrienne Lauby
Producer, Pushing Limits, KPFA-FM
Anthony Fest
KPFA Weekend News, KPFA Unpaid Staff Organization Council, Staff Rep on KPFA Board
Ann Garrison
Weekend News, KPFA-FM
Bonnie Faulkner
Producer, Guns and Butter, KPFA-Radio
Dennis Bernstein
Host and Producer, Flashpoints, KPFA-FM
Khalil Bendib
Political Cartoonist, Host, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, KPFA-FM
Lisa Dettmer
Producer, Women's Magazine, KPFA-FM
Malihe Razazan
Your Call, *KALW-FM, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, KPFA-FM
Preeti Mangla Shekar
*Global Fund for Women and Womens Magazine, KPFA-FM
Renee Yang Geesler
Co-director, First Voice Apprenticeship and Host, Apex Express, KPFA-FM
Robbie Osman
Across The Great Divide, KPFA-FM
Ruthanne Sphiner
KPFA News Reporter
* for identification purposes only
Leaders of ICR Voted To Ban KPFA Labor Collective From Submitting Proposals
KPFA listeners and voters should be aware that the ICR leaders do not have an unblemished record themselves at KPFA. They voted or abstained for some of the budgets proposed by supporters of "Save KPFA" and their treasurer at the local station board meeting according to Tracy Rosenberg at the last forum. Also two leaders of the ICR slate voted to ban the KPFA Labor Collective from submitting labor programming proposals to the program council. This was later overturned by the board after nearly a year as an illegitimate action outside the boundaries of the Program Council. These board members have never said that they made a mistake and continue to defend their fronting for KPFA management on the program council. Maybe that is why BET, the former treasurer of the Local Station Board said that he and others in "Save KPFA" had high hopes for Tracy Rosenberg. In fact, ICR's proposal for the re-establishment of the Program Council continues to have a heavy influence of management and the paid and unpaid staff instead of outside listeners. It, like the last program council will be strongly influenced by the entrenched interests at KPFA. Again at the last KPFA forum Tracy Rosenberg said that the reason that she did not support a stronger presence of outside listeners on the program council is that the staff and management would never go along with it. Is this a correct position to oppose presenting something because the entrenched staff and management and the "Save KPFA" group will never go along with it?
Finally the ICR has refused to take a stand against the merged news between KPFA in Berkeley and KPFK in Los Angeles. This has decimated local community news in Los Angeles and has meant less local community news in both regions. The ICR supporters have gone along with this NPR type agenda without dissent on the KPFA and Pacifica National Board. The members of the ICR were completely silent about this important KPFA issue at the forum at the ILWU Local 34 but on the radio debates yesterday, Rosenberg now admitted that many KPFK listeners are unhappy about the cutback of local community news. They also supported the corporatization plan of the both station managers includng Lemlem Rijio at the Pacifica Board meeting in Los Angeles. Both former interim program managers Grace Aaron and Sherry Gendelman together supported the Pacifica managers report which was part and parcel of eliminating more local community programming and putting the managers in charge of deciding what program will go on instead of the listeners. Members have to ask why the silence of the ICR on this important issue or are they in favor of the national plan for corporatization of the stations? It's time they came clean!
http://pacificana.org/public/files/National/BoardReports/GMs/2009/ProposedStratPlan0109.pdf
If you are concerned about these issues vote Voices For Justice Radio http://www.voices For Justice Radio candidates
Sureya Sayadi, Jaime Cader, Felipe Messina and Steve Zeltzer
KPFA listeners and voters should be aware that the ICR leaders do not have an unblemished record themselves at KPFA. They voted or abstained for some of the budgets proposed by supporters of "Save KPFA" and their treasurer at the local station board meeting according to Tracy Rosenberg at the last forum. Also two leaders of the ICR slate voted to ban the KPFA Labor Collective from submitting labor programming proposals to the program council. This was later overturned by the board after nearly a year as an illegitimate action outside the boundaries of the Program Council. These board members have never said that they made a mistake and continue to defend their fronting for KPFA management on the program council. Maybe that is why BET, the former treasurer of the Local Station Board said that he and others in "Save KPFA" had high hopes for Tracy Rosenberg. In fact, ICR's proposal for the re-establishment of the Program Council continues to have a heavy influence of management and the paid and unpaid staff instead of outside listeners. It, like the last program council will be strongly influenced by the entrenched interests at KPFA. Again at the last KPFA forum Tracy Rosenberg said that the reason that she did not support a stronger presence of outside listeners on the program council is that the staff and management would never go along with it. Is this a correct position to oppose presenting something because the entrenched staff and management and the "Save KPFA" group will never go along with it?
Finally the ICR has refused to take a stand against the merged news between KPFA in Berkeley and KPFK in Los Angeles. This has decimated local community news in Los Angeles and has meant less local community news in both regions. The ICR supporters have gone along with this NPR type agenda without dissent on the KPFA and Pacifica National Board. The members of the ICR were completely silent about this important KPFA issue at the forum at the ILWU Local 34 but on the radio debates yesterday, Rosenberg now admitted that many KPFK listeners are unhappy about the cutback of local community news. They also supported the corporatization plan of the both station managers includng Lemlem Rijio at the Pacifica Board meeting in Los Angeles. Both former interim program managers Grace Aaron and Sherry Gendelman together supported the Pacifica managers report which was part and parcel of eliminating more local community programming and putting the managers in charge of deciding what program will go on instead of the listeners. Members have to ask why the silence of the ICR on this important issue or are they in favor of the national plan for corporatization of the stations? It's time they came clean!
http://pacificana.org/public/files/National/BoardReports/GMs/2009/ProposedStratPlan0109.pdf
If you are concerned about these issues vote Voices For Justice Radio http://www.voices For Justice Radio candidates
Sureya Sayadi, Jaime Cader, Felipe Messina and Steve Zeltzer
Where does the Voices for Justice stand on the '' Justice and Unity ' caucas at WBAI ? One notices that Steve Zeltzer the leader of the VFJ has praised the discredited Bernard White former Program director and JUC leader on several occasions . He has echoed many JUC talking points .
Steve Zeltzer forgets to mention that the CL and the JUC almost always vote together at the Pacifica National Board .
Some supporters of a Democratic Pacifica may vote for one or two VFJ candidates despite Steve Zeltzer .However most peoples votes will go to the ICR despite their weakeness. They do have one candidate Monadel Herzalleh who concerns people because of his work with the SEIU international . He has been involved in the attack on the new National Union of Heath Care Workers . Many question how he can be for media democracy if he works against Union democracy ..
Steve Zeltzer forgets to mention that the CL and the JUC almost always vote together at the Pacifica National Board .
Some supporters of a Democratic Pacifica may vote for one or two VFJ candidates despite Steve Zeltzer .However most peoples votes will go to the ICR despite their weakeness. They do have one candidate Monadel Herzalleh who concerns people because of his work with the SEIU international . He has been involved in the attack on the new National Union of Heath Care Workers . Many question how he can be for media democracy if he works against Union democracy ..
Why do people *still* try to salvage what's left of KPFA? The network is obsolete, sullied by corporate criminals, it's long since been time to accept the fact that it's time to pack up and walk away and create something that actually benefits progressives and benefits society.
For more information:
http://www.skeptictank.org/
Each time they write or tell this, the amount the Big Bad Pacifica "takes" gets larger. The money that goes to Pacifica goes in part to pay for the benefits the employees of KPFA whom the Concerned Listeners (who have now changed their name to this) support in lock-step rather than providing some balance on the board.
It may be that Pacifica can spend less money. In fact, the ICR (Independents for Community Radio) candidates FINALLY were able to help the new majority on the Pacifica board begin to get Pacifica under financial control after the Concerned Listener-SaveKPFA national board members voted over and over with other national board members who really WERE wasting money. For example, when the ICR-allied national board members finally inserted themselves into the sinking New York station (WBAI), the phone system was so archaic that members would call to pledge and no phone would ring. The ICR-allied board members found that members at WBAI had been pledging (less and less) for years and never receiving premiums.
Within the past year, former KPFA General Manager Lemlem Rijio, whom SaveKPFA-Mart still praises, held onto a check for not $20 or even $2000 without depositing it for a year, until it had to be begged for again and was then only given to a third party to make sure KPFA would not "lose" it this time -- it was for $374,000+. Now a couple of "SAVEKPFA-Mart" candidates have been heard to claim it was the big bad Pacifica who MADE Rijio do that. Which claim has of course been soundly laid to rest. (Does anyone ever ask why would Pacifica do that?) The thing is, Concerned Listeners NEVER ask. They are not on the board to make sure your money is spent well, but to make sure the staff does NOT have ANY board checks and balances. ICR is NOT calling for an "all volunteer" staff either, as CL (Concerned Listeners) claim. You can get the whole scoop in this from ICR supporting staff member Robbie Osman http://www.robbie.org, and in this u-tube link to a recent debate between the candidates in San Francisco. http://videoactionnetwork.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=3udrr8x093f91&page=1
It may be that Pacifica can spend less money. In fact, the ICR (Independents for Community Radio) candidates FINALLY were able to help the new majority on the Pacifica board begin to get Pacifica under financial control after the Concerned Listener-SaveKPFA national board members voted over and over with other national board members who really WERE wasting money. For example, when the ICR-allied national board members finally inserted themselves into the sinking New York station (WBAI), the phone system was so archaic that members would call to pledge and no phone would ring. The ICR-allied board members found that members at WBAI had been pledging (less and less) for years and never receiving premiums.
Within the past year, former KPFA General Manager Lemlem Rijio, whom SaveKPFA-Mart still praises, held onto a check for not $20 or even $2000 without depositing it for a year, until it had to be begged for again and was then only given to a third party to make sure KPFA would not "lose" it this time -- it was for $374,000+. Now a couple of "SAVEKPFA-Mart" candidates have been heard to claim it was the big bad Pacifica who MADE Rijio do that. Which claim has of course been soundly laid to rest. (Does anyone ever ask why would Pacifica do that?) The thing is, Concerned Listeners NEVER ask. They are not on the board to make sure your money is spent well, but to make sure the staff does NOT have ANY board checks and balances. ICR is NOT calling for an "all volunteer" staff either, as CL (Concerned Listeners) claim. You can get the whole scoop in this from ICR supporting staff member Robbie Osman http://www.robbie.org, and in this u-tube link to a recent debate between the candidates in San Francisco. http://videoactionnetwork.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=3udrr8x093f91&page=1
I question how deep the CL support actually is ? Their endorsers list sure sounds impressive but how many of those have even attended a LSB meeting ? A couple of them like the two NUHW leaders listed probably only signed after being lobbied by Dan Siegel (who managed to find himself on the right side of the NUHW/SEIU International battle )
I doubt that if Brothers Rosseli and Goldstein had examined the issues and evidence they would have endorsed the CL'' Save KPFA'' who really share the same contempt for democracy as Andy Stern and Mary Kay Henry .
Perhaps supporters of a democratic Pacifica should contact people on the CL list and present our side ?
I doubt that if Brothers Rosseli and Goldstein had examined the issues and evidence they would have endorsed the CL'' Save KPFA'' who really share the same contempt for democracy as Andy Stern and Mary Kay Henry .
Perhaps supporters of a democratic Pacifica should contact people on the CL list and present our side ?
Good idea about contacting some of the CL supporters. Some probably don't have the vaguest -- just go with the flow of their lobbying friends. Some may not change stripes if they have become convinced by CL they'll lose insider access to the airwaves.
I hope YOU take up your own suggestion and contact as many of those as you can.
I hope YOU take up your own suggestion and contact as many of those as you can.
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