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Article by WBAI host Bill Weinberg relating events at WBAI to the struggle for free speech in
reporting at a Czech TV station.
http://www.savewbai.tao.ca/archive/savewbai00167.html
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Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air
Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI.
http://www.savepacifica.net/20010301_rosenberg.html
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Background of WBAI Struggle
Information on the activism and the efforts to save WBAI as a free speech radio station within the
Pacifica Network from the perspective of the International Action Center.
http://www.iacenter.org/wbai_backgrd.htm
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The Struggle for The Soul of Listener Sponsored Radio
WBAI host Elombe Brath about the growing resistance against the Pacifica Board 'Coup' at WBAI.
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/brath.htm
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Bernard White at WPFW-LAB Meeting
Bernard White fired Program Director provides a personal account of the "Christmas Coup"
at WBAI at a meeting of WPFW's Local Advisory Board. DC Indymedia. (RealVideo)
http://www.dc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4814
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Rule by Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
Bill Weinberg on right-wing premiums in the spring 2000 fund-raising marathon by Pacifica's WBAI
Radio.
http://shadow.autono.net/sin001/wbai2.htm
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WBAI Protests Disrupt Secret Pacifica Meeting in NYC
Station managers Pacifica stations and the Executive Staff of the Pacifica Foundation arrived in
New York City for a secret meeting. Members of the Pacifica resistance movement organized a
spontaneous, disciplined, peaceful protest.
http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6759
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WBAI Listeners Rally in Support of Robert Knight
John Tarleton on listeners in front of WBAI for an impromptu protest in support of award-winning
broadcaster Robert Knight. Knight was banned from the station.
http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7497
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Resistance Grows to "Christmas Coup D'Etat" at WBAI
WBAI producer Bill Weinberg gives the history of the conflict and an update on the current struggle
to save free speech radio at this Pacifica radio station.
http://shadow.autono.net/sin001/bai.htm
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NY Radio Station Axes Two Leftist Producers
Rediff.com article on the banning of WBAI producers Deepa Fernandes and Biju Mathew. "It's a
total political purge," says Fernandes, who co-produced "Behind the News" with
Mathew.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/09us1.htm
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The Christmas Coup at WBAI
Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's board carrying out a coup at WBAI by taking over
the station, changing the locks, firing three people; then banning staff who disagreed with their
actions.
http://www.rwor.org/a/v22/1080-89/1085/wbai.htm
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Rule By Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
Discussing recent developments at WBAI which under U. Leid has used right wing antisemitic
propaganda for it's spring 2001 fund raiser. By WBAI host Bill Weinberg.
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/idiocy.htm
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Amsterdam News on WBIX Radio in Exile
Herb Boyd about the internet broadcasts by the banned, fired and exiled from WBAI's airwaves. WBIX
is continuing a tradition of excellency in journalism which has come under attack at WBAI.
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/boydwbai.htm
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Angry Listeners Tune Out WBAI Fund Drive
WBAI's efforts to fire its audience and bring in replacement listeners appears to have failed. The
station's spring fund drive netted less than half of the $850,000 it normally takes in, according
to organizers of the Pacifica Campaign. By John Tarleton.
http://WWW.NYC.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6522
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WBAI Outcasts Broadcast their Message Over the Net
The Villager on broadcasts by WBIX, WBAI in Exile, which broadcasts daily, featuring the banned and
fired continuing to uphold the pre-coup quality of WBAI programming.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1840&dept_id=112392&newsid=2167096&PAG=461&a....
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WBAI Rally on Wall Street
WBAI listeners converged in front of the station's studio to protest the firings of WBAI's station
manager, program director and a producer of the popular morning show Wake Up Call. Images of the
protest.
http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/jan6/
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WBAI rally in Newark
Photographs of protest held in Newark, NJ against the banning and firing of producers by the
interim Station Manager U. Leid at Pacifica's WBAI.
http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/
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The Village Voice - WBAI Coverage
Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from The Village Voice a New
York City weekly.
http://www.villagevoice.com/search_bidness.php3?keyword=wbai&x=8&y=9
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Gotham Gazette - WBAI
Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI.
http://www.gothamgazette.com/commentary/95.kennedy.shtml
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Pacifica Troubles
NPR reports on the battle over recent changes at Pacifica's WBAI. Activists are protesting the new
general manager, as a symptom of Pacifica's rightward drift. (RealAudio)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20010621.me.15.ram
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Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio March Into Studio
Members of listeners group Loud Rapp protest rightward political turn of Pacifica's WBAI in
programming and attacks on workers' rights. Press Release.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0604-04.htm
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Peoples Video Network: Save WBAI
Demonstration at Pacifica's WBAI the morning after Pacifica coup that fired the Station Manager,
the Program Director and Producer Sharon Harper. (RealVideo)
http://www.freespeech.org/ramfiles/wbai_coup.ram
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KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover
Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common
Dreams.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/122400-03.htm
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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 Begins Moves to Silence WBAI
Just as in 1999 in Berkeley, when Pacifica fired KPFA's general manager, it is trying to fire
WBAI's general manager, Valerie van Isler. NYC Indymedia advisory.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=1131
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Brooklyn Congressman Slams WBAI on Capitol Hill
Congressman Owens, NY City Council member Freed, and NY Public Advocate candidate Siegel joined
ousted WBAI staffers at a press conference. Village Voice article.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0111/johnson.shtml
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Pacifica Campaign Intends to Create Havoc During WBAI's Fundraising Drive.
Westchester Co. Weekly on the campaign to withhold donations to WBAI to ensure that bannings,
firings and censorship will stop .
http://www.newmassmedia.com/nac.phtml?code=wes&db=nac_fea&ref=15827
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Pacifica's Temporary WBAI Minion U. Leid Censors On-Air Discussion
NYC Indymedia article compares WBAI's Coup to an occupation. "Like all occupation forces, they
are illegal, immoral and they are going home."
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2522
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Listeners Want Their ‘Free’ Station Back
The New Haven Register on the Connecticut Concerned Friends of WBAI and their efforts to fight the
takeover by Pacifica and the interim management.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1808381&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7573&....
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Pacifica Management Moves to Undermine WBAI's Independence
Echoing the 1999 KPFA attack, Pacifica told WBAI's General Manager Valerie Van Isler that she is
beeing removed. Fair Media Advisory.
http://www.fair.org/press-releases/van-isler.html
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The Pacifica Counterrevolution Hits WBAI
Article on infoshop.org by Edward S. Hermann encouraging people to get involved in the struggle
against Pacifica in order to save WBAI.
http://www.infoshop.org/news5/wbai_herman.html
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A Firm New Boss at an Old Voice of the Left
New York Times article on U. Leid the interim Station Manager at WBAI which was imposed by Pacifica
trough the "Christmas Coup".
http://www.savepacifica.net/media/20010117_nyt.html
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Crisis at WBAI Radio in New York: An Attempt to Silence Alternative Views
World Socialist Web Site on WBAI with an in-depth analysis of political motives behind the
take-over.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/feb2001/wbai-f08.shtml
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WBAI Is Latest Pacifica Storm
NonProfit Times on the WBAI takeover. Giving voice to Pacifica's version of events what has been
called the "Christmas Coup".
http://www.nptimes.com/Mar01/npt_1.html
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Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI
Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation.
http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/wbai0111.html
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Campaign Grows to Save WBAI/Pacifica
"Supporters who favor a politically conscious, activist WBAI continued their protests while
more firings and changes take place." From Workers World.
http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/wbai0308.html
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Protesters Defend WBAI Against Pacifica Management
Workers World on WBAI and demonstration shortly before the takeover to protest Pacifica's plan to
fire Valerie Van Isler the Station Manager.
http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/wbai1221.html
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WBAI-FM in Crisis
Article on tenant.net relating the takeover of WBAI and changes in the Pacifica National Board to
the struggle for decent and affordable housing.
http://www.tenant.net/Tengroup/Metcounc/Feb01/wbai.html
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The Daily Weekly - WBAI Coverage
Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from the Daily Weekly
on-line magazine.
http://www.dailyweekly.org/cgi-bin/view.cgi?n=/politics/wbai
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What's the Real Deal at WBAI?
Haiti Progres article calling WBAI Interim Manager Leid an "agent of a reactionary segment of
the Pacifica National Board" and looking back at the post "Coup" time.
http://www.haiti-progres.com/2001/sm010425/wbai0425.htm
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WBAI - Race And Power at Pacifica Radio
"U. Leid and C. Reilly, under the guidance of its current national board, are upholding, by
extension a profoundly racist and classist vision for Pacifica's future." Indymedia article.
http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1843
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Can WBAI be Saved?
Village Voice article about post "Coup" censorship, bannings and firings at WBAI, a
changing Pacifica Board and efforts to restore WBAI to its original mission.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0115/hentoff.shtml
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Cutting a Congressman off the Air
Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes congressman Major Owens' beeing censored by WBAI's U.
Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0114/hentoff.shtml
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WBAI The Coup on Wall Street by Mumia Abu Jamal
Column in the Nation Magazine. "Coup" at Pacifica's WBAI as "opening salvo in a
pitched battle designed to silence radical dissent".
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=abu-jamal20010215
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This Just In: We're Fired.
A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left. TIME Magazine article on "Midnight
Coup" at Pacifica station WBAI.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,96193,00.html
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WBAI Fights Management's Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite
Village Voice article by Bharati Sadasivam about changes made at WBAI by interim Station Manager
Utrice Leid.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0103/sadasivam.shtml
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Firings Strengthen Pacifica Control of New York Outlet
From Current, a public broadcasting newspaper, about the removal of management at Pacifica's WBAI.
Quotes the fired and banned.
http://www.current.org/rad/rad0101wbai.html
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Christmas Coup Rocks Pacifica's WBAI
Article by weekly "Haiti Progres" analyzing the removal of station management by
Pacifica. Gives Background on installed Station Manager.
http://www.haiti-progres.com/2001/sm010110/xeng0110.htm
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Coup D'Etat at WBAI!
IndyMedia article by Bill Weinberg recounts events at WBAI and charges that the Pacifica Board has
been stacked with individuals pursuing corporate interests.
http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=1959
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