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Andrea Lewis, A Beautiful Voice 
The progressive movement in America has lost a beautiful voice....
Posted: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 5:48pm PST
Hidden in Plain Sight: Media Workers for Social Change, Chapter 1 
This is the first of a series of profiles of alternative and activist media workers in the Bay Area, written and photographed by Indybay contributor Peter M. Featured in the first profile is Tracy Rosenberg, the Executive Director of Media Alliance. The story of Media Alliance is key to the history of media activism in the Bay Area. Rosenberg, at right in the picture below, spoke on a megaphone at a Media Alliance rally against hate speech on the radio, held in San Francisco earlier this y...
Posted: Wed, Nov 11, 2009 10:43pm PST
A Journey to Publishing Access- POOR Press Book Release 2009 
POOR press will be hosting a benefit and Talk-Story,performance, poetry and music circle on Land, Migration, Occupation and Resistance at Galleria de la Raza at 24th street at Bryant in San Francisco this Wednesday, November 11th @ 6pm- Dinner, DJ, performance,Po'Kies and scholarship 0 $5-15 or whatever you can spare.....
Posted: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 2:17pm PST
The Rock Paper Scissors Collective Zine Library at the Berkeley Art Museum Berkeley Art Museum
Entrances at 2621 Durant Avenue and 2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-2250...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 7:30pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 4:40pm PST
Pirate Cat Radio Gagged by the FCC If you’ve been in San Francisco and tuned your radio to 87.9FM, you may
have noticed something: silence. Well, not exactly silence but static--the
sound of Pirate Cat Radio NOT being broadcasted. And for good reason....
Posted: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 11:13pm PST
Saving Main TV studio at Public Access in SF 
The main television studio at the public access station in San Francisco can still be saved....
Posted: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 6:30pm PST
Give KPFA democracy some support instead of badmouthing it In July, the PNB having required programmers to provide information
about the LSB elections, Doug Henwood made a statement against the
KPFA elections, and then interviewed Matthew Lasar, who is sometimes
invited on KPFA in this capacity, to badmouth the KPFA electing of
Local Station Board members. It was repeated 10/24/09, as the votes
are being counted....
Posted: Sat, Oct 24, 2009 10:07pm PDT
Enviros, Fishermen Force Governor to Extend MLPA North Coast Process 
Secretary for Natural Resources Mike Chrisman, under intense pressure from a broad coalition of environmentalists, fishermen, seaweed harvesters and Indian Tribes, said Friday the MLPA Initiative will extend the local proposal deadline for marine protected areas on the north coast....
Posted: Sat, Oct 24, 2009 5:23pm PDT
9-11 Truthers make Pacifica a Laughingstock Recent Nation article points out the laugh-ability of the recent Pacifica motion aimed at Democracy Now...
Posted: Fri, Oct 23, 2009 6:23pm PDT
Does the CL Management Group at KPFA Understand What Pacifica is About? Pacifica exists to provide us with alternatives to the narrow spectrum of news, culture and public affairs that is available from our corporate media. Internally Pacifica and its five stations are learning how to operate and cooperate under democratic Bylaws. In the struggles over how to proceed we must practice what we preach and not allow one perspective to dominate our airtime and push one point of view like Fox News.
On Tuesday October 20, 2009 at noon “Against the Grain” ran a prereco...
Posted: Thu, Oct 22, 2009 2:18pm PDT
Improper Mailing Of Ballots In Pacifica's WBAI Election The failure to have a proper list of members of WBAI Pacifica by the Election committee and their mail-out of an improper list has cost thousands of dollars and put the election certification off...
Posted: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 9:03pm PDT
What's at Stake at KPFA - Norr Responds to M. Hallinan Henry Norr, a candidate endorsed by Independents for Community Radio for re-election to KPFA's Local Station Board, responds to a commentary by Matthew Hallinan, a fellow board member and a member of the Concerned Listeners group, entitled "What's at Stake in the KPFA Election. Hallinan's piece was published Oct. 8 in the Berkeley Daily Planet (http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-10-08/article/33882)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 4:08pm PDT
Issues In The 2009 KPFA Election-Transparency and A Plan To Rebuild Listenership Simply making structural changes will not solve the lack of listeners. Also VFJR is calling for transparency on the money being spent on election slates and mailings....
Posted: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 1:37am PDT
KPFA Board Member and Pacifica Vice Chair Wanzala Supports Attack On Democracy Now KPFA board member Joe Wanzala who is also Vice Chair of Pacifica supported a resolution aimed against Democracy Now at the Pacifica Board meeting....
Posted: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 1:38pm PDT
The New Crisis at Pacifica & the Crackpot Politics Of Grace Aaron The Grace Aaron regime at Pacifica has supported a resolution that passed the Pacifica governance committee that called for an investigation of CIA links by Amy Goodman and funding for Democracy Now....
Posted: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 11:04am PDT
KPFA Voters, the Choice is yours! KPFA voters, the choice between the Concerned Listeners and Independents for Community Radio...
Posted: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 11:30am PDT
Why We Endorse Concerned Listeners There are candidates running for the board who honor their responsibilities to the organization. They appreciate the importance of fundraising for the organization. They want to be board members to help staff and management keep Pacifica’s vital news, music, arts and information viable and sustainable. They look forward to promoting and marketing KPFA to new audiences. In short, they want to be responsible members of a serious non-profit board....
Posted: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 4:30pm PDT
Avoiding a Faustian Bargain at KPFA We should remember that ENACTMENT of peaceful conflict is a founding purpose of Pacifica; we must learn to bring forth and articulate what underlies our antagonisms in order to resolve them in a way that will benefit all of us....
Posted: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 12:55pm PDT
The Racism Within (All of Us) (audio/mpeg 4.6MB) An editorial comment/response to the issues brought up during close to six months of debate and discussion around bilingualism and diversity at Free Radio Santa Cruz....
Posted: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 8:03am PDT
Recommendation for KPFA Board of Directors Concerned citizens for justice in the media recommends Steve Zeltzer for KPFA's Board of Directors. We believe that Steve 's dedication to fighting racism on the job and exposing unfair labor practices in the workplace qualifies him to promote the interests of our community. Steve will be a stand up person for the residents in the Greater Bay Area. Support Steve Zeltzer for KPFA's Board of Directors....
Posted: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 2:47pm PDT
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