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76,000 Defend Social Secuirty petitions signatures delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 the California Alliance for Retired Americans (aka CARA) delivered 76,000 signature petitions to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in San Francisco, California. This petition calls for Pelosi, the President, the Congress and the (so-called) Fiscal Commission to not cut Social Security, instead to strength it by increasing taxing on the rich Americans whose wealth has increased at unprecedented levels in recent decades....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:33pm PST
The actual KPFA union contract as a searchable PDF 
The entrenched staff at KPFA has been screaming for two months about alleged violations of the union contract between the Pacifica Foundation and the Communications Workers of America. As is usual with that group, they don't actually quote what they are citing or invoking. Now here's the full text of the contract, copied from the non-searchable one at the union local web site that I have converted to searchable text....
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 10:38pm PST
KPFA News Director Mark Mericle sings U.S. imperialist tune on Korea. Twice! (audio/mpeg 207.5KB) Mark Mericle, in reciting the news headlines at noon and at 4 pm yesterday, could have been reading U.S. government handouts regarding Korea. He was probably reading Associated Press copy, which is essentially the same thing....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 12:23am PST
The KPFA/KPFK/Pacifica NPR Evening News (audio/mpeg 349.0KB) One segment on the Tuesday broadcast demonstrates the ongoing disconnect between the news staff and some station staffers and the political and economic reality that Obama has brought us and make many ask why contribute to a second NPR....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 4:00am PST
Indybay's 10th Anniversary Celebration Party, 11/13/10: audio by dave id (audio/mpeg 54.7MB) On November 13th, 2010, to close out a day-long celebration marking a decade of making media and making trouble, Indybay threw a benefit party featuring DJ Public Frenemy, Eddie Falcon, Ras Ceylon with Unity and Sinista Z as Gideon.Force, and Audiopharmacy. Photos of the performers can be found at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/20/18664659.php.
Eddie Falcon, followed by DJ Public Frenemy...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 12:25am PST
Pacifica Spends KPFA Listeners' Dollars on Union-Busting, Polluter-Defending Lawfirm The new law firm practices management-side employment law, and its attorneys have represented some of California’s largest hotel chains during conflicts with their workers. It also represents (among others) Northern California Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that owns public radio giant KQED. The firm’s website says that its services include: “union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, strike planning, grievances and arbitrations, union decertification petitions, and proceedings be...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 7:28pm PST
A Question for Michael Eisenscher Re: KPFA and KQED Michael Eisenscher is making a public statement withdrawing support from the Pacifica Foundation. He is also, I assume, withdrawing his financial support from KQED Public Television and Public Radio due to their ongoing relationship with the same law firm and advocating that all labor-minded individuals do the same?...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 1:37pm PST
Mary Ratcliffe: Strengthening Our Communities Through Community Media (audio/mpeg 32.2MB) Kate Raphael talks with San Francisco Bayview publisher Mary Ratcliffe about the history of the nation's largest Black newspaper, the early women's movement in Fairbanks, Alaska, a hilarious encounter with Betty Friedan, what's going on at KPFA and putting the community back into community media. A very different perspective than what you may have heard on these airwaves recently. 35:13...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 1:21pm PST
KPFA Struggle - Views of the Pushing Limits Collective (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) Four members of the Pushing Limits Collective comment on current KPFA issues. First up is Eddie Ytuarte:...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 10:25am PST
San Francisco Bay View Editor Mary Ratcliff on KPFA Women's Magazine San Francisco Bay View Newspaper Editor Mary Ratcliff on KPFA's Womens' Magazine on November 22, 2010 on the Bay View, her history with the womens' movement, and community media....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 5:12am PST
Indybay's 10th Anniversary Conference - Speakers & Panelists, 11/13/10: audio (audio/mpeg 5.1MB) On November 13th, 2010, to celebrate a decade of making media and making trouble, Indybay hosted a media conference at the Continental Club in West Oakland with speakers, panels, and workshops focusing on independent media's role in social and environmental justice movements. About two dozen media and social justice organizations tabled. This post includes the full audio of all speakers and panels on the main stage.
Opening Remarks - MCs Granny Ruth & Dennis Bernstein:...
Posted: Sun, Nov 21, 2010 7:01pm PST
What is at stake at KPFA What is at stake in the all the conflicts occurring at KPFA is the financial viability of the Pacifica Foundation and all of the Pacifica stations....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2010 5:57pm PST
CWA-KPFA Collective Bargaining Agreement 2010-2013 Current Collective Bargaining Agreement between KPFA & CWA. Section 6-B "any acts that interfere with the Employer’s operations..." "may be made the subject of disciplinary action, including discharge." So, who actually removed the Morning Show before senior interviewers were set to replace BET -- his own actions? (He is still being paid until his contract ends in December, or until he bumps into another job class.)...
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2010 4:56pm PST
Indybay's 10th Anniversary Celebration Party, 11/13/10: photos (3 of 3) 
On November 13th, 2010, to close out a day-long celebration marking a decade of making media and making trouble, Indybay threw a benefit party featuring DJ Public Frenemy, Eddie Falcon, Ras Ceylon with Unity and Sinista Z as Gideon.Force, and Audiopharmacy....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2010 12:52am PST
Indybay's 10th Anniversary Conference - Speakers & Workshops, 11/13/10: photos (2 of 3) 
On November 13th, 2010, to celebrate a decade of making media and making trouble, Indybay hosted a media conference at the Continental Club in West Oakland with speakers, panels, and workshops focusing on independent media's role in social and environmental justice movements. About two dozen media and social justice organizations tabled. This post highlights the speakers, panels, and workshops at the event....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2010 12:00am PST
Indybay's 10th Anniversary Conference - Tablers, 11/13/10: photos (1 of 3) 
On November 13th, 2010, to celebrate a decade of making media and making trouble, Indybay hosted a media conference at the Continental Club in West Oakland with speakers, panels, and workshops focusing on independent media's role in social and environmental justice movements. About two dozen media and social justice organizations tabled. This post highlights the organizations that tabled at the event....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:57pm PST
KPFA Listeners Read Letters to Pacifica Executive Director Engelhardt Opposing Cuts “Firing Aimee Allison on her birthday was as mean spirited as it was wrongheaded,” wrote acclaimed author Rebecca Solnit. “I was trained as a journalist at UCB and I know there is no substitute for people who have experience and skills in investigating, interviewing, sifting through the barrage of information we all face. The kind of polarized partisan forces now tearing Pacifica apart come at a time when progressives need good information and stable institutions. I fear for KPFA’s future.”...
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 9:13pm PST
Save KPFA/Concerned Listeners - A Weird Way to Support KPFA 
The work of a nonprofit board is to dramatically read emails on a sidewalk?...
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 2:43pm PST
The REAL Support KPFA http://www.supportkpfa.org
TOGETHER paid and unpaid staff and listeners prevented the selling off of Pacifica stations in 1999. Now IS the time to Support KPFA! Devastating as current layoffs of low-seniority staff are, former KPFA treasurer Brian Edwards-Tiekert knew this day had to come years ago....
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 10:38am PST
KPFA Budget Crisis Forces Staff Reduction Pacifica Foundation radio station KPFA 94.1 FM is regretfully reducing its paid workforce from 44 to 35 full- and part-time employees, in order to balance income with expenditures for the fiscal year....
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 1:38pm PST
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