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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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Casualties of War

Casualties of War: Truth, Journalism and Critical Thought by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA While forces on the right loudly lament so-called cancel culture, the real censorship is coming from the corporate and even so-called progressive media and the state. Consider the recent decision by the British to allow the extradition of Julian Assange, after years of house arrest and incarceration, to stand trial in the US on charged related to his [...]

By |2022-04-30T18:02:42-05:00April 30th, 2022|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Drones, Free Speech, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Police Brutality, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Support the A-G Ethnic Studies Requirement at the University of California

by the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council Starting in 1968, students at two public universities in California–first San Francisco State and then UC Berkeley–courageously led the way for the grassroots formation of ethnic studies by going on strike and shutting down their campuses despite police brutality and military repression. Well over half a century later, the University of California has at long last proposed an ethnic studies requirement that centers what has [...]

By |2022-04-30T17:58:54-05:00April 30th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Asian-American, Black liberation, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Education, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous Nations, Movements, Solidarity|0 Comments
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In Memoriam- Joe Maizlish

https://www.committeetobridgethegap.org/2022/03/21/in-memoriam-joe-maizlish-war-resister-gentle-soul-dear-friend/ Joe Maizlish—war resister, gentle soul, and dear friend of Bridge the Gap—died March 16, 2022. While a graduate student in history at UCLA in 1968, to protest the Vietnam War, Joe gave up his draft deferment and publicly refused induction. He served 2 ½ years in various federal prisons, a substantial amount of the time in solitary confinement. In the decades since, he worked diligently against war and injustice. He helped [...]

By |2022-03-29T23:01:06-05:00March 29th, 2022|Activism, Historical, Human Rights, In Memoriam, Movements, National Security, Non-violence, Peace and War, Prisons|0 Comments
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Blood on their Hands

War in Ukraine: US, NATO Share the Blame with Putin by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA https://antiracist.org/blood-on-their-hands/ Putin's valid criticism of a US "Empire of Lies" and of NATO war-making and warmongering do not add up to a justification of the Russian invasion. Consortium News shares Putin’s rationale here: https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/24/what-putin-says-are-the-causes-aims-of-russias-military-action/  I recommend reading it to understand Putin's rationale, not to support it. Much of Putin’s condemnation of US and NATO aggression since the [...]

By |2022-03-02T01:50:37-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Biden, Europe, Human Rights, Independent Media, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, War|0 Comments
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Alternatives to Surgical Abortion

Change Links note: As abortion is increasingly criminalized, and as reproductive rights stand to be overturned by the Supreme Court, we are printing this informational piece about non-surgical methods to terminate a pregnancy, to empower women. We also heartily recommend collective mass action to end the war on women! Methods of Non-surgical Abortion      Medical abortion is a way to end a pregnancy by using abortion-inducing drugs as an alternative to surgical [...]

By |2022-03-02T01:47:27-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Abortion, Activism, Feminism, Girls, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Historical, Human Rights, Movements, News|0 Comments
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Fernando Velazquez, ¡Presente!

by Rose Mary Elizondo and others Fernando Velazquez was born on September 22, 1948, in Sinaloa, Mexico. He passed to the ancestors on February 12, 2022 of a brain aneurysm, a tragic loss for the peoples' movements globally and locally. He was born into a large family.  His mother was a true Matriarch. Fernando was a very hardworking person. He started working at a young age. He managed to obtain an education [...]

By |2022-03-02T01:46:51-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Free Speech, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Latin America, Los Angeles, Movements, National Security, News, Obituary, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: The Banning of the 1619 Project

The Banning of "The 1619 Project" by Tyrece Jefferson   There's no "patriotic education" But to enslave Black lives. We knew before "Ruby Bridges" Where the fact lies. Tell us the truth, not a bunch of lies. We still see segregated Black kids in school lunch lines. The world still racist No matter how they may screen. We have known brutal oppression Since the Confederacy of 1619.   Is this ban gonna [...]

By |2022-03-02T01:45:46-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Human Rights, Jails, Movements, Poetry Corner, Prisons|0 Comments
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THE BIGGEST LIE WE LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

WHAT MOST AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T KNOW and DON’T WANT TO KNOW By Frank Dorrel Publisher of ADDICTED To WAR: www.addictedtowar.com My name is Frank Dorrel. Along with AK Press, I publish and distribute the popular anti-war comic book titled: ADDICTED To WAR by Joel Andreas. What is this BIG LIE that I am talking about?  Well, it’s not Donald Trump claiming that he won the 2020 election for President. He got something like seven million fewer votes then Joe [...]

By |2022-02-12T15:33:06-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Activism, Afghanistan, Beyond Capitalism, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Commentary, Drones, Film Reviews, Films, Frank Dorrel, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Iraq, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, National Security, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace and War, Peace Vigils, Protests and Rallies, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Veterans|0 Comments
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In Memoriam: Ronald Spriestersbach

Rest in Power Ronald Spriestersbach, 1928-2021 Ron Spriesterbach, who passed away recently at age 93, was a warm friend and good comrade, an anti-racist and anti-imperialist to the core and to the last. Ron is pictured above on the right with his comrade Reza Pour. Like Reza, Ron was a former member of the KPFK Local Station Board and active with the Grassroots Community Radio Coalition as a manifestation of his lifelong [...]

By |2022-02-03T00:45:14-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Climate Change, Democracy, Education, Energy, Environmentalism, Health, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Obituary, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Politics, Socialism, Solidarity, Veterans, 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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#EndPoliceAssociations

To Help End Racist Police Murders with Impunity #EndPoliceAssociations Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and their allies, especially family members of people who have been killed by the police and sheriff’s deputies, hold a vigil every Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM outside the LA Police Protective League (LAPPL), one of a number of local police associations that defend criminal and corrupt cops, and work to prevent any accountability for law enforcement killings. [...]

By |2022-01-01T01:31:44-05:00January 1st, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Events, Garcetti, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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