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Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks Out on Democracy at Pacifica: “Vote NO!” on Bylaws Revision

Given the history of Pacifica, Pacifica you know was founded for a specific purpose and it was to create something that was really quite remarkable in its time, and as we see, in today's time: to resist the corporatization of radio, and to give the freest expression for the people, a kind of radio democracy. And anything that challenges that, of course I and many people who think along those lines, would have to oppose it. So I would say if you're thinking about keeping Pacifica, as [...]

By |2021-07-02T00:01:37-05:00July 2nd, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Elections, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: Shallow Roots by Michael Novick

Shallow Roots by Michael Novick [excerpts] I have shallow roots in the blood-soaked soil of Turtle Island. My father arrived from Bialystok in the '30s, in his teens. There are no Americans in my genes and my genes are in no Americans. My non-biological grand-daughter was raised in Europe and has become a Swede, married to a Swede, with two lovely Swedish children. I am glad she didn't have to grow up here, steeped in misogyny and corruption. My roots are shallow in this blood-soaked land of [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:59:57-05:00July 1st, 2021|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Historical, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, Pacifica/KPFK, Poetry Corner, Politics, Socialism|0 Comments
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Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru’s History

By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en un país rico” - No more poor people in a rich country. In a cliffhanger of an election with a huge urban-rural and class divide, it appears that the rural teacher, farmer and union leader is about to make history by defeating--by [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:55:50-05:00July 1st, 2021|Activism, Beyond Capitalism, Democracy, Elections, Indigenous Nations, Latin America, Melina Abdullah, Movements, News, Politics, Socialism|0 Comments
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Is a Network of Major Donors Neutralizing Activism in The Peace Movement?

Peace-Washing: Is a Network of Major Donors Neutralizing Activism in The Peace Movement? With Democrats in Power (for now), Powerful Funders May Be Trying To Tame or Silence Progressive Peace Activists By Dave Lindorff Peace-washing: Is a network of major donors neutralizing activism in the peace movement? Salon - June 2, 2021 During the four years of the Trump administration, resistance and even revolutionary talk were in the air as organizations with names like The Resistance and Our Revolution brought together liberals, Democrats of all stripes and Sandernistas, all opposed to President Donald Trump and to Trumpism in [...]

By |2021-06-02T23:31:56-05:00June 2nd, 2021|Capitalism, Dave Lindorff, Donald Trump, Economy, Historical, Movements, National Security, Nuclear Power, Peace, Politics, Protests and Rallies, War|0 Comments
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Democracy Hangs in the Balance at KPFK & Pacifica

Dual Elections at KPFK in June Reveal Dueling Futures for Pacifica Radio by Michael Novick, KPFK Local Station Board Chair June 1 opens the regularly scheduled election process for listener and staff delegates to the KPFK Local Station Board (LSB), under the Bylaws that make Pacifica radio a unique democratically governed national media institution. June 7, a separate special costly election process begins on a revision of those Bylaws which, if it passes, would eliminate the election of LSB delegates and take away any power of locally [...]

By |2021-06-03T17:13:43-05:00May 29th, 2021|Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity, Unity, War|0 Comments
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PDF of June 2021 print edition of Change Links

By |2021-05-29T23:46:02-05:00May 29th, 2021|Activism, Ads, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, California, COVID-19, Events, Garcetti, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Israel and Palestine, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Movements, Palestine, Peace, Peace Vigils, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Social Media, Socialism|0 Comments
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The Status of Mumia Abu-Jamal

The Status of Mumia By Mumia Abu-Jamal I don't normally do this, that is, I don't write about myself. I find it much more interesting to tell other people's stories, the spinning balloon we live in, stories generated by the fragile human condition and the liberation struggles of humanity. But I divert from the topic, uncomfortably. This is a commentary on the commentator. Several weeks ago I underwent a medical procedure known as open heart surgery, a double bypass after it was known that there were obstacles [...]

By |2021-05-29T23:41:37-05:00May 29th, 2021|Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Black Lives Matter, Healthcare, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Politics, Prisons, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Biden Continues Trump’s Sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua

Biden Keeps Trump Inhumane Policy on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Report from Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) Venezuela MercoPress: Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela  Biden’s candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has said sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro regime must continue. Nichols also said that “the extensive efforts of Russia, China, Iran, Turkey and others to avoid sanctions are deeply concerning. We, who want to see democracy in Venezuela, must [...]

By |2021-05-29T23:34:37-05:00May 29th, 2021|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Cuba, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Latin America, Movements, Peace, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Which Way KPFK? Neo-Liberal “Professionalism” or Free Speech Community Radio?

Which Way KPFK? by Michael Novick, KPFK Local Station Board chair Listener-sponsored, free-speech community radio for southern California, Pacifica Foundation's KPFK 90.7 FM is currently in the midst of another fund drive. Even more critically, the station and the rest of the Foundation's stations face a fundamental choice, as a Bylaws revision comes up for a membership vote beginning on June 7. (You must have become a member during the year ending April 7 in order to qualify to vote.) The replacement Bylaws would strip any local [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:47:32-05:00April 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Commentary, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Politics, Public Radio, Social Media, Socialism, Solidarity, Volunteer, Voting|0 Comments
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March on May Day – International Workers’ Day!

On Saturday, May 1, Los Angeles will honor the contributions of immigrants, workers, and those who fight to create a more just society for all. This year, will mark a new era of possibility in a time of desperately needed change. Our work continues under the new Administration as we enter into what looks to be the winding down of the COVID-19 pandemic. If it was not clear before, it is clear now that the  problems that existed before the pandemic have been exacerbated because of it. [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:46:02-05:00April 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Events, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Labor|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: The Legacy by James Connolly

The Legacy by James Connolly "Thy father is a poor man," -- mark well what that may mean, On the tablets of thy memory that truth write bright and clean, The father's lot it was to toil from earliest boyhood on, And know his latent energies for a master's profit drawn. Or else, ill-starred, to wander round and huckster-like to vend His precious store of brain and brawn to all whom fate may send Across his path with gold enough to purchase labor's power, To turn it [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:38:13-05:00April 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Economy, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Labor, Poetry Corner, Politics, Poverty, Socialism, Solidarity, Unions|0 Comments
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Radical Queer Organizing Against Racist Police Terror

Radical Queer Organizing Against Racist Police Terror https://outfm.org/liberation/index.php/home/internship-application/464-queer-resistance-in-minneapolis-to-police-terror (Excerpts) I'm Bob Lederer. We're recording this segment on April 18, as the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd moves to a conclusion and perhaps a verdict may be announced by the time this program airs. Community resistance grows in the nearby suburb of Brooklyn Center in response to the outrageous murder of Daunte Wright. It's critical to speak to local activists on the ground in Minneapolis. We're joined by two guests via zoom. First, [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:37:17-05:00April 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, LGBTQ+, Movements, Pacifica/KPFK, Police, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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