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MEMOIR FROM A LONG TIME VOLUNTEER AT PACIFICA FOUNDATION-KPFK 90.7 FM

WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING at PACIFICA RADIO TODAY ? by Bella De Soto Pacifica Radio is possibly the last Non-Commercial Broadcasting Radio Bastion on the FM dial! I first joined Pacifica-KPFK 90.7 FM Radio Station in 1995, when I sent my $25.00 annual membership subscription check. Since then, I have been involved as a volunteer with KPFK through different committees of the LSB-Local Station Board.  But these LSB Committees were not [...]

By |2023-02-02T19:47:15-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Anti-Racism/Racism, Bella De Soto, Commentary, Free Speech, Historical, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Protests and Rallies, Public Radio, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE DIGITIZED (2022)

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE DIGITIZED (2022) By Kevin "Rashid" Johnson   Revolution won't happen in Virtual space The oppressed communities, Where it must take place. For all the Social media clout chasers GoFundMe grifters Mass line fakers Political shape shifters And Posturing pixies In costumes From the 60s. The people's struggle Won't be made with your mouth, Where the people live Is where shit plays out. You can't impose Things you [...]

By |2023-01-02T02:24:12-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Activism, Africa, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Ken Rashid Johnson, Movements, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prisons, Slavery, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Dynamic New Programming, Newscast on KPFK 90.7 Pacifica Radio

KPFK, listener-sponsored Pacifica community radio for Los Angeles and all of Southern California, is refreshing its programming schedule, adding new more radical, community-based, solution-oriented programming, and launching a locally produced newscast for the first time in over a decade. Anti-racist, anti-war, and anti-capitalist viewpoints are taking center stage in a new morning mix radio magazine. The station is bringing back some other important voices from communities of color that have been missing [...]

By |2022-12-03T21:00:46-05:00December 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Calendar, California, Democracy, Environment, Environmentalism, Events, Free Speech, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Public Radio, Socialism, Solidarity, Surveillance, Volunteer|0 Comments
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September 11th Is Here Again!

September 11 is Here Again by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA Sept. 11, 2001 is now farther in the past than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were when the U.S. began escalating its aggressive military role in Vietnam. A full generation has come age since "9-11"; about 20% of the US population has been born since the US government responded by launching the War on Terror. US military doctrine has moved [...]

By |2022-09-01T12:13:24-05:00September 1st, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Brazil, Chile, China, Climate Change, Historical, Iraq, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Peace, Peace and War, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Nicaragua Celebrates 43 Years of Revolution

Nicaragua Celebrates 43 Years of Revolution: A Clash between Reality and Media Misrepresentation By John Perry - from Masaya Nicaragua https://resumen-english.org/2022/07/nicaragua-celebrates-43-years-of-revolution-a-clash-between-reality-and-media-misrepresentation/ July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear again about how the government “clamps [...]

By |2022-08-11T00:51:08-05:00August 11th, 2022|Beyond Capitalism, Climate Change, COVID-19, Honduras, Latin America, News, Politics, Socialism, War|0 Comments
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To Chile, With Love…

To Chile with love... By Paul Roberson J.D; LLM, in solidarity and struggle.   By the second day of the trip with the Hello Comrade delegation, I already was awestruck by how much we experienced. The hosting Party, the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), was so accommodating, and made sure to pack our trip with activities that included informative and engaging programming. In a single day, we traveled to Tres y Cuatro Álamos Detention Center, a former [...]

By |2022-08-11T00:50:03-05:00August 11th, 2022|Anti-capitalism, Chile, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Latin America, Movements, National Security, Peace, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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The Summit of the Americas and the Crisis of US Hegemony

By Angel Guerra Cabrera [EDITOR'S NOTE: Union del Barrio and a coalition of other groups are holding a protest outside the Summit of the Americas Wed. June 8, 4 PM at Olympic & Figueroa when Joe Biden is scheduled to appear.] The chaotic political situation created by the US government in the face of the VIII edition of the so-called Summit of the Americas reflects, in the first place, the reluctance of [...]

By |2022-06-04T23:45:26-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Cuba, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous, Latin America, Mexico, Movements, National Security, News, Politics, Russia, Socialism, Solidarity, Venezuela|0 Comments
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Helen Yaffe, film on Cuba’s Example

Saturday, April 2. 4:30-7 PM reception & public meeting.  Film Tarea Vida, speakers, entertainment McCarty Memorial Church 4103 W Adams Blvd., LA, CA 90018 Yaffe Articles: International marine science magazine.https://sevenseasmedia.org/cuba-shows-how-to-take-action-on-climate-change/ Yaffe on Science Friday, 2/18 - discussing Cuba's vaccines & Covid response.  https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/helen-yaffe/ Yaffe on NBC news. Special short on Cuba vaccines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6uvNp5RPQ ​ ushandsoffcubacommittee.com     LA.US.Handsoffcuba@gmail.com END THE US EMBARGO OF CUBA. Normalize Relations.End the Trump/Biden sanctions, trade & travel bans. 

By |2022-03-29T23:00:31-05:00March 29th, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Climate Change, COVID-19, Cuba, Environment, Films, Latin America, Peace, Socialism|0 Comments
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Book Review: Border Crossings by “Manuel Tiago” (Alvaro Cunhal), reviewed by Peter Lownds

‘Border Crossings’: Small episodes of the epic fight against fascism in Europe by Peter Lownds Local L.A. activist and writer Eric A. Gordon’s recent translation, Border Crossings (New York: International Publishers, 2021) is one of a series of fictional books written by Manuel Tiago, the nom de plume of Álvaro Cunhal (1913-2005), a beloved radical who held various posts in the Portuguese Communist Party, both before and after the fall of the [...]

By |2022-03-07T23:31:47-05:00March 7th, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Book Reviews, Books, Europe, Historical, Movements, Reviews, Russia, Socialism, Solidarity|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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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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Cisco Drake (Frank Giron) – presente!

The Herald Dispatch Newspaper in Los Angeles was an independent African American News Paper. A vanguard in its geopolitical reportage with an aggressive editorial format. But because of its unabashed model, it fell victim to much political attacks, the locale was even burglarized and bombed twice. Finally, after its publishing 20 year run from 1954 to 1974 it was forced to close operations. Its proud editors-in-chiefs: Mr. Samford Alexander and Wife Pat [...]

By |2022-01-01T01:27:54-05:00January 1st, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Bella De Soto, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Immigration/Migrant rights, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Latin America, Los Angeles, Poverty, Socialism, Solidarity, War, Women, Writers|0 Comments
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