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Bd elections are coming to KPFA this summer & it matters-At stake is KPFA's anti-war stanc

by Rescue Pacifica
Elections are coming at KPFA and Pacifica and one issue is the future of KPFA and Pacifica's historic anti-war stance. The management and news department of KPFA have been pushing for more militarization in the Ukraine and around the world. It is time that KPFA stand against militarism and war and members of KPFA will have a choice this coming election. The management has also unilaterally closed down the First Apprenticeship Program which allowed oppressed communities to get training that they can't get any place else.
Board elections are coming to KPFA this summer, and it matters-At stake is KPFA's 7-decade legacy as a progressive and antiwar voice.

Since 1949 KPFA has stood up to Joe McCarthy and HUAC, opposed the wars in Korea and Vietnam as well as nuclear armament. The Pacifica radio network, which grew to 5 stations in major cities across the country, has been a toothy watchdog and a voice for various progressive movements.

This remarkable radio network has survived many perils, but not all. It's never, ever been out of danger. The corporations and their government agencies, the CIA etc., which subvert the media, overthrow democratically elected leaders and impose dictatorships around the world, are a standing threat to all independent media -- including KPFA/Pacifica.

During the 1990s operatives of the Bill Clinton White House took over KPFA/Pacifica. Remember Mary Francis Berry and the "Hijacker regime"? MFB was thrown out. But acolytes of that regime remained, and their protégés (and progeny) are today very much back in control, the gatekeeper clique at KPFA.
These folks operate through a faction calling itself the "KPFA Protectors"/"New Day"/"Safety Net" and other misleading names. They have committed various actions to undermine and break up the Pacifica radio network. One recent example: The seizure of $305,000 by Federal Marshals -- which they blame on Pacifica -- was mostly due to their own actions.

In today's world of bipartisan warmongers playing nuclear chicken, we need to restore and defend KPFA's antiwar voice and defend grassroots social Justice programs such as the First Voice Apprenticeship program which was recently closed down. This is what the upcoming Local Station board election is about.

Nine seats on KPFA's Local Station Board (LSB) are open for election.

Join us for a Rescue Pacifica Town Hall on Saturday, June 3rd at 3pm PST.
Location to be announced.

Our RESCUE PACIFICA affiliated members of the Local Station Board are:
James McFadden ~ Donna Carter ~ Daniel Borgström ~ Elizabeth Milos ~ Christine Pepin ~ Frank Sterling ~ Tom Voorhees

For more info, please visit:
RescuePacifica.net
PacificaInExile.org
PacificaFightBack.org
https://danielsfreespeech.blogspot.com

Join our Rescue Pacifica mailing list! And please donate to KPFA to become a voting member! And consider running for the board.

4-30-23
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