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Victory for Democracy and Diversity at Pacifica

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA      The outcome of the recent Bylaws referendum at Pacifica, allowing the Local Station Board elections of listener and staff delegates to go forward, is a victory for democracy, diversity, accountability and a commitment to mission-driven, community-based radio.       The New Day bylaws change, according to the same rules that governed the previous Bylaws referendum, in accordance not just with Pacifica's existing Bylaws, but with the California Corporations [...]

By |2021-08-01T02:33:04-05:00August 1st, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Elections, Free Speech, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, 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 [...]

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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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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KPFK 90.7 FM is Seeking a Visionary, Collaborative General Manager

By |2021-05-04T23:26:34-05:00May 4th, 2021|Ads, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Public Radio|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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April 7 Deadline to Qualify to Vote – Democracy & Diversity in Danger at KPFK/Pacifica Radio!

April 7 Deadline to Qualify to Vote Democracy & Diversity in Danger at KPFK/Pacifica Radio! by Pacifica Fightback https://pacificafightback.org The folks who illegally shut down Pacifica station WBAI in NYC in 2019, and who were behind the "Pacifica Restructuring Project" (PRP) Bylaws replacement that was roundly rejected by a 2:1 margin by both listener and staff members in March 2020, are back again, calling themselves "New Day Pacifica", with a new plan [...]

By |2021-04-06T01:49:42-05:00April 6th, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, COVID-19, Democracy, Elections, Free Speech, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Politics, Public Radio, Unity, Voting|0 Comments
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The Envoy on Antisemitism, the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, the ADL and Me

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA Rumor has it that Joe Biden is considering naming Abe Foxman, former head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), as his new Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, a position within the State Department that falls under the Under-Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. This focused my attention both on the purpose of the office, which is related to US foreign policy, explaining why it’s [...]

By |2021-03-01T03:17:29-05:00March 1st, 2021|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Free Speech, Historical, Independent Media, Internet, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Palestine, Palestinian, Peace and War|0 Comments
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Murder Incorporated: Book Three-Perfecting Tyranny

MURDER INCORPORATED: Empire/Genocide/Manifest Destiny Book Three: Perfecting Tyranny by Mumia Abu-Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, Foreword by Angela Davis Prison Radio, San Francisco CA, 2020, 420 pp., $20, ISBN  978-7346489-1-1 (softcover) also available as hardcover and e-book (softcover $25 including shipping from Prison Radio, PO Box 411074, SF CA 94141, https://prisonradio.org Reviewed by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA-People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) The culminating third volume in the history of US empire and [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:19:01-05:00January 30th, 2021|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Book Reviews, Books, Democracy, Historical, Independent Journalism, Indigenous, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal, National Security, Peace and War, Politics, Reviews, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, United States, War, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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COVID, Climate & Capital Crisis: Fascism is Built from Above and Below

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles https://antiracist.org/fascism-is-built-from-above-and-below/ Those inclined to heave a sigh of relief and let down our guard about the threat of fascism because of Trump's failed Beer-Hall-Putsch of a coup attempt on January 6, or the "peaceful transition of power" on January 20, or by the eventual tracking and arrests of many of those who broke into the Capitol, or by the prospect that having been impeached a second [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:14:35-05:00January 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Economy, Historical, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Politics, Solidarity, Surveillance, War|0 Comments
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Incarcerated Women Confront COVID, Forced Sterilizations

PBS recently released a documentary on the forced sterilization of women in CA prisons, as they struggle for accountability by the state and the CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the consequences of the practice, which went on for years. Although it has now been outlawed, there has been no justice or recompense for the hundreds of women who were affected. the PBS Independent Lens documentary is no longer available for [...]

By |2020-12-31T02:55:19-05:00December 31st, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, California, Film & Documentaries, Girls, Health, Health Care, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, News, People, Politics, Prisons, Solidarity, Whistleblowers, Women|0 Comments
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Black Lives Matter LA Boycotts Amazon

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-L.A. https://bds-la.org/2020/12/19/black-lives-matter-la-boycotts-amazon/ On Saturday, December 19, Black Lives Matter L.A. held its final protest of the year 2020. Their recent victories include driving D.A. Jackie Lacey from office for her adamant refusal to prosecute killer cops, and blocking LA Mayor Eric Garcetti from a position in Joe Biden's cabinet because of his horrible record on dealing with LA's houseless population, which is disproportionately Black, his terrible record on [...]

By |2020-12-31T02:51:26-05:00December 31st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Big Business, Black Lives Matter, California, COVID-19, Economy, Events, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Reports, Solidarity|0 Comments
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COVID is No Hoax

Cases Spiking: Masks, Socially Responsible Physical Distancing, Mutual Aid Help by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA, https://antiracist.org As this issue was going to press, the US hit a record 200,000 news cases of  COVID-19, only three weeks after hitting 100,000 new cases a day in early November. COVID is real and deadly serious. Hospitals are already being stretched to the limit in many places, and the promised vaccines are still months away for [...]

By |2020-12-01T20:58:29-05:00December 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Michael Novick|0 Comments
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