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Juan Gonzalez for In These Times about the "Coup" at WBAI. He concludes: "As
Berkeley showed, in this war it's the listeners and donors who will have the last word."
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/06/gonzalez2506.html
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WMNF May End a Station Staple
WMNF took an active role in a dispute over issues between former and current employees and Pacifica
management. WMNF might not renew it's contract with Pacifica and is airing Free Speech Radio News
instead of PNN. St. Petersburg Times.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/main/doc/000000078889003.html?MAC=bb06b7d58cdd805ab2ce47d33....
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AFTRA Fears Danger at WBAI
Roger Armbrust in Backstage on the Pacifica Radio Network's and WBAI's harassment of 'Democracy
Now!' staff as well as statements by AFTRA the involved union.
http://www.backstage.com/backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1031666
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Idealism: A Viable Alternative in Today's Media World?
Norman Solomon on a Nation magazine article. After repressive actions at WBAI, The Nation,
published a editorial that didn't denounce Pacifica management, contrary to what seemed to be in
line with The Nation's pronouncements.
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/010906.html
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Reporters Strike Pacifica Over Censorship
The SF Bay Guardian on correspondents and reporters for Pacifica's flagship program, the daily
Pacifica Network News, and their strike to pressure the network to relax its censoring of its
stations.
http://www.sfbg.com/News/34/18/pac.html
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Is the Troubled Progressive Radio Network Drifting to the Right?
Article on the efforts by the Pacifica management to remove progressive content from its airwaves.
From Salon.com.
http://www.salon.com/june97/media/media970613.html
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Juan Gonzalez, Lyn Gerry & Tomas Moran on Pacifica
Counterspin interviews Juan Gonzalez, Lyn Gerry and Tomas Moran about the state of organizing the
movement to save the Pacifica Radio Network. (RealAudio)
http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/cspin/cspin20010309.rm&end=
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Jose Ramos-Horta on Amy Goodman and Santa Cruz Massacre
Nobel prize winner Ramos-Horta in support of Pacifica's Amy Goodman. Ramos defends the 'Democracy
Now!' host against slander by WBAI management personnel.
http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/09hortadn.htm
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As Foes Slam Pacifica, Their Targets Cry Foul
Current magazine articles dealing with tactics employed by free speech activists and Pacifica's
efforts to discredit them.
http://www.current.org/radio/radio0115p.html
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Days of outrage - Pacifica Protests Planned to Gemand 'Democracy Now!' Reinstatement
Laura Flanders reports on 'Democracy Now!' and the outcry about the continued harassment by WBAI
and Pacifica staff as well as Pacifica's refusal to broadcast the show.
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=11817
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More Democracy-Now!
Editorial by The Nation on the banning of A. Goodman from Pacifica's airwaves. The Nation's
coverage of the Pacifica crisis has been increasingly condemned Pacifica radio activists.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010903&s=editors2
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There's Something About Mary
Management problems and divisive racial politics have followed Mary Frances Berry from the U.S.
Civil Rights Commission to the Pacifica Radio Network. Salon.com.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/12/berry/index.html?CP=YAH&DN=110
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Workers Charge Pacifica With Union-Busting
Pacifica hired a labor relations firm, which the AFL-CIO says is a union buster and has given its
three unionized stations new labor contracts that could sap the bargaining units. Current Magazine.
http://www.current.org/rad611.html
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CPB Chastises Pacifica - Shutting Out Dissidents is an Issue in Ongoing Battle
Article in Current on the Pacifica Radio Network's violation of the FCC's open meetings rule.
http://www.current.org/rad/rad709p.html
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What's Going On at Pacifica?
John Dinges on the Pacifica Radio Network and the activism to save it as an alternative media
outlet. The Nation magazine.
http://past.thenation.com/cgi-bin/framizer.cgi?url=http://past.thenation.com/issue/000501/0501d....
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Are KPFA and WBAI For Sale?
Counter Punch article that discusses a memo by Pacifica board member Michael Palmer encouraging the
sale of Pacifica Stations WBAI in New York and KPFA
http://www.counterpunch.org/sellmemo.html
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What's Up with Pacifica?
Chuck Rosina a News Director and Pacifica coordinator at WMBR in Boston on the deepening Crisis in
the Pacifica Radio Network.
http://www.afsc.org/pwork/0300/0318.htm
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Broadcast Blues
The national news program Free Speech Radio News has been heard every night on WMNF. This is the
first sustained attempt at creating an alternative to the daily news radio broadcast, The Pacifica
Network News. M. Perry in the Weekly Planet.
http://www.weeklyplanet.com/2001-07-05/cover.html
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I want my Democracy Now!
Laura Flanders on WorkingForChange.com in support of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, broadcast from
WBAI in New York. The article details harassment by Pacifica and U. Leid Interim General Manager of
WBAI..
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=11741
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Two More Pacifica Board Members Resign
Pacifica Board Chair Acosta and board member Van Putten have resigned, the second and third to
resign as a result of a nationwide campaign to stop the corporatization of free speech radio. NYC
IndyMedia.
http://WWW.NYC.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6500
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Smoking Guns
Corporate and government interests have hijacked the Pacifica Network, the only independent,
listener supported and progressive radio network . RealVideo by Free Speech Internet TV.
http://www.freespeech.org/ramfiles/Smoking_Guns.ram
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A Protester Meets with Utrice Leid
A listeners memo after a meeting with WBAI's Utrice Leid. Points of discussion are the bannings,
firings, the boycott and Major Owens among others.
http://dailyweekly.org/cgi-bin/view.cgi?n=/politics/wbai/paul.xml
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Pacifica Management's Lies and Misrepresentations
The Nation online article on M. Schubb and his text "Pacifica Myths and Realities" giving
the progressive and activist perspective. (in 6 parts)
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=gerry20010524
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Pacifica Radio Airs its Troubles at Hill Forum
The Washington Post on the forum convened by congressman Major Owens to address issues of
censorship in the Pacifica Network and at WBAI.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31132-2001May15.html
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Let Us Now Praise 'Unfamous' Journalists
Norman Solomon on the integrity of Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill, award winning Pacifica
journalists. Fair Media Beat.
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/990429.html
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Racism at Pacifica?
The Black Journalism Review asks: are anti-Pacifica Radio protesters racists? Many radio activists
counter that it is Pacifica that employs racially divisive tactics.
http://www.blackjournalism.com/racismat.htm
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Pacifica Radio - The Rise of an Alternative Network
Review in the San Francisco Chronicle of the book 'The Rise of an Alternative Network' written by
Matthew Lasar.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/07/22/DD78344.DTL
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Cloak and Dagger - Marc Cooper
LA Free Press on The Nation magazine's Marc Cooper and his role within Pacifica, he is believed to
have had an influence in firing the Pacifica News Director.
http://www.radio4all.org/2000/0219cloakdagger.htm
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Goodman Embroiled in Pacifica Conflict
Article in Current on difficulties Amy Goodman, of Pacifica's Democracy Now!, is encountering. She
alleges a "poorly disguised attempt at censorship".
http://www.current.org/radio/radio020pac1.html
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Pacifica Politicking
SF Bay Guardian: Critics say "Pacifica leadership's recent moves, hiring a communications
director from the Justice Department and appealing a federal labor ruling, raise disturbing
questions."
http://www.sfbg.com/News/31/23/Features/pacifica.html
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The Pacifica Crisis in The Nation
Coverage of events such as the "Coup at WBAI" and the harassing of Amy Goodman, host of
Democracy Now!, from The Nation magazine. Includes web only material.
http://thenation.org/special/2001pacifica.mhtml
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Free-Lancers On Strike at Pacifica News Radio
San Francisco Chronicle reports the beginning of the ongoing strike and boycott against the
Pacifica Network News.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/01/MN64508.DTL
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Pacifica Radio's Uncivil War
Article by Randy Baker co-producer of 'Fear and Favor in the Newsroom', a documentary on
self-censorship in the press, posted on vote.com.
http://www.vote.com/magazine/editorials/editorial2841424.phtml
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East Timor Action Network Open Letter on Amy Goodman and Pacifica
Letter to WBAI and Pacifica on East Timor and Amy Goodman, reporter and host of 'Democracy Now!',
challenging attacks on her integrity and rumors that the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor did not
occur.
http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/08wbai.htm
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Staffers Protest Pacifica Transfer of News Chief
Article in Current, a magazine covering public broadcasting, about Pacifica's ouster of National
News Director Dan Coughlin.
http://www.current.org/rad/rad921p.html
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Media Database at savepacifica
Archive of news articles, transcripts, press releases, audio files, and photos about the Pacifica
Crisis.
http://www.savepacifica.net/cgi-bin/media.pl
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CounterPunch Magazine Stories on Pacifica
Collection of articles about the Pacifica Network.
http://www.counterpunch.org/pacstories.html
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Turmoil Continues to Rock Pacifica Stations
LA Times on the ongoing Pacifica Crisis and the resignation of Democracy Now! co-host Juan
Gonzalez.
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!ArticleDetail-20739,00.html?search_ar....
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ZNet Pacifica Crisis
Archive of online articles about the network, particularly the past struggles for control and free
speech.
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/progpacif.htm
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Saving Amy: "The Exception To The Rulers"
Media Channel article by Danny Schechter on Pacifica and it's program 'Democracy Now!'. Host Amy
Goodman asserts beeing harassed by Pacifica.
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/amy.shtml
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Pacifica - A Way Out
Article by R. McChesney in The Nation delineating a proposal to solve Pacifica's crisis through a
temporary National Board comprised of progressives.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010212&s=mcchesney
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National Effort to save Pacifica Radio
Berkeley Daily Planet on the nationwide struggle to save Pacifica with a report from an event in
with Dan Coughlin, Amy Goodman and Bernard White.
http://www.interweavers.com/berkeley/article.cfm?archiveDate=03-27-01&storyID=4068
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For Democracy Now!
Nation Magazine editorial praising Pacifica's Democracy Now! broadcast from WBAI, while Amy
Goodman's harassment by Pacifica management is described.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001113&s=editors2
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Pacifica to Critics: Take Down Your Web Sites or We'll Sue
Public Citizen article on Pacifica's attempted censorship of web sites criticizing the National
Board.
http://www.citizen.org/Press/pr-lit32.htm
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The Neutering of Pacifica
Article in CounterPunch outlining some of the changes within Pacifica that have been points of
disagreement between the National Board and media activists.
http://www.counterpunch.org/pacifica.html
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