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VIRTUAL NATIONAL TOWN HALL: What Next, Pacifica?

by PacificaFightback.com Via Zoom Sat. Mar 25, 3pm PT Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-iqqjMoH93vA-cBkWNRlMdoAPRhn2c- After you register you will receive a link by email. Keeping Pacifica Open to All of Us If you want to run to become a Delegate at your station, or work on a campaign for delegates committed to reviving a mission-driven, democratic, transparent and accountable Pacifica, get in touch with us now at: pacificafightback@gmail.com An era of war, growing economic [...]

By |2023-03-11T23:31:26-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Democracy, Elections, Events, Fund Drives, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Internet, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Non-violence, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, People, Politics, Poverty, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Urgent Appeal to So Cal’s Civil Society and Creative Communities

Urgent Appeal to So Cal’s Civil Society and Creative Communities on Behalf of KPFK by Michael Novick I am writing as the chair of the Local Station Board, a listener member elected to the governance of KPFK, listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational Pacifica free speech community radio (90.7 in L.A., 98.7 in Santa Barbara, 93.7 in San Diego, 99.5 in Ridgecrest/China Lake, and world-wide at kpfk.org). I am writing with a simple and immediate [...]

By |2022-05-18T14:45:17-05:00May 18th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Commentary, COVID-19, Disability issues, Economy, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Low income, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Poverty, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity, Unions, Voting, War|0 Comments
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Why It’s More Important Than Ever to Support KPFK & Pacifica

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART), KPFK LSB Chair 2021, 2022 Some people are advocating cutting off donations to KPFK and Pacifica., in particular to support the claims and efforts of New Day Pacifica. This is a counter-productive and destructive proposal. KPFK and Pacifica need and merit our support to maintain and build the independence and impact as democratic media of free speech, non-commercial listener-sponsored community radio, a [...]

By |2022-02-01T16:27:36-05:00February 1st, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Calendar, COVID-19, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Historical, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Independent Journalism, Internet, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Public Radio|1 Comment
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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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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Paid Ad: Nicaragua Support Fund U.S.A. International

--paid advertisement-- Nicaragua Support Fund U.S.A. International [In Spanish, Fondo de Apoyo a Nicaragua USA-Internacional (FAN)] 1226 N. Alvarado Street Los Angeles, California 90026      Since late 2014, our organization has been collecting voluntary tax payments, to be forwarded to the National Budget of the Government of Nicaragua. We have not yet forwarded any of the payments, because we’re still working on getting more people on board. At the present time, our [...]

By |2021-04-08T14:34:04-05:00April 8th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Economy, Fund Drives, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Socialism, Solidarity, Steve Edinger, Sustainability|0 Comments
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Pacifica Fightback Town Hall, Oct. 31 – Don’t Be Scared into Abandoning Democracy!

New Day's Pacifica Restructure - Trick or Treat? by Pacifica Fightback Why is democracy under attack at Pacifica and in the US? Is the NDP Petition a solution or part of the problem? There is a new Bylaws petition to restructure Pacifica circulating. Signing it amounts to signing away your rights to local elected representation or oversight and abolishing collective control of the Foundation’s destiny by Pacifica members. New Day Pacifica (NDP)  [...]

By |2020-10-29T18:03:29-05:00October 29th, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, COVID-19, Economy, Events, Fund Drives, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Internet, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Free Press in the Dock: Assange Railroad Nears Terminal

This court case is like the 'Pentagon Papers' on steroids.  And yet: Only five people (including Craig Murray) are being allowed into the public gallery at the Old Bailey. The mainstream media are suppressing details of the case and the court proceedings. The magistrate in charge is acting like a CIA agent - railroading Assange to be extradited. You will not get a clearer report of the court proceedings than in Craig [...]

By |2020-10-03T18:17:12-05:00October 1st, 2020|Democracy, Europe, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Iraq, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, People, Politics, Prisons, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Surveillance, Veterans, War, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Pacifica Bylaws Revision Update

Vote No on Pacifica's Undemocratic Bylaws Revision by Michael Novick If  you are a member of KPFK (or another Pacifica station) you should already have received a link to the ballot for a referendum on new Bylaws for the 70 year old foundation and radio network. If you believe you are a member and haven't received an email or postcard with instructions, or an actual paper ballot, contact nes@pacifica.org ASAP! Are you [...]

By |2020-02-20T02:21:48-05:00February 20th, 2020|Beyond Capitalism, California, California, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Los Angeles, News, NPR, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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Vote “NO!” on Pacifica’s Anti-Democratic Bylaws Revision

Vote "NO!" on Pacifica's Anti-Democratic Bylaws Revision by Grassroots Community Radio Coalition www.gcrc-socal.org A court in Berkeley has ordered the Pacifica Foundation to conduct a vote on a total Bylaws revision, masquerading as an amendment, and because of financial and other issues, Pacifica is unable to contest the order, brought by the same hijackers who recently took WBAI in NY off the air, replacing local programmers with piped in content from KPFK [...]

By |2020-01-03T00:10:44-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Commentary, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Public Radio, Social Media, Sustainability, Unions|0 Comments
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Democracy at Pacifica in Peril

Bylaws Amendment Would Eliminate Local Station Boards, Ease Sale of Pacifica Assets, Disenfranchise Voters by Grassroots Community Radio Coalition, www.gcrc-socal.org Under a court order issued in Berkeley after a stealth lawsuit brought by several members of the Pacifica National Board minority and supporters, the Pacifica Foundation is being required to hold a vote, outside normal Bylaws procedures, on a complete revision of the Bylaws which would eliminate elected Local Station Boards entirely, [...]

By |2019-11-28T23:38:52-05:00November 28th, 2019|Activism, Capitalism, Commentary, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Independent Media, Michael Novick, Movements, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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KPFK Turns 60, But Would Lew Hill Recognize His Listener-Sponsored Public Radio Station?

KPFK Turns 60, But Would Lew Hill Recognize His Listener-Sponsored Public Radio Station? by Michael Zeno This morning on the nationally syndicated Stephanie Miller Show, a recent addition which now airs five days a week on my local Pacifica station KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles, in between her wall-to-wall anti-Trump coverage and vitriol, she reported on a story about a man whose penis was ossifying into a "bone-er"(as she put it). The [...]

By |2019-09-05T17:10:33-05:00September 5th, 2019|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Fund Drives, Independent Media, Los Angeles, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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