tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59069322012-02-07T15:51:04.044-08:00Reports on political activism<br> in the San Francisco Bay Area<br> and on the struggle to keep<br> KPFA 94.1 in the Pacifica network<br> daniel41{at}trip.netDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09844836619246134504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906932.post-18335367037491635452012-01-31T12:00:00.000-08:002012-02-06T05:09:08.410-08:00

by Daniel BorgströmHigh Noon is a 1952 morality play about people deciding whether or not to stand up to the forces of corruption and criminality. Scenes from it often come to mind, since I've repeatedly seen people around me facing up to analogous situations here in Oakland, at the docks and also in the plaza.The setting for this movie is a western town around 1880, and the bad guy, Frank

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I was among the 400 Occupiers arrested in Oakland on January 28th, and I'll be writing an account of that experience. For now, I'm posting the below press release from Occupy Oakland. --Daniel BorgströmPRESS RELEASE: Occupy Oakland Denounces Police Violence and City Liesby Occupy OaklandWednesday Feb 1st, 2012 8:49 AMPress release by members of Occupy OaklandFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOakland, CA –

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by Daniel BorgströmOn November 2nd, 2011, I stood on Adeline Street Bridge, watching tens of thousands of people pouring into the Port of Oakland, shutting it down for the day. An awesome sight; where had I ever seen anything like it before? The demonstrations of the Vietnam era? No, not quite. While they were just as large, they were peace marches, against the war, whereas this was part of a

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Monday, January 30, 2012 from 7 - 10 pmIn Historic Fellowship Hall1924 Cedar Street, BerkeleyThe Social Justice Committee of the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists has had many discussions about "what's going on?" over at KPFA Pacifica. We are deeply concerned about the viability of KPFA Pacifica after a long trend toward financial insolvency and internal divisiveness. We seek

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Andrew Leslie Phillips is the interim General Manager at KPFA 94.1 FM, and that's how we know him today. Originally he's from Australia, and as a young man he went to Papua New Guinea where he saw the devastating effects of colonialism.A New Life – Papua New Guineaby Andrew Leslie PhillipsIn Australia I sickened of the urban life, the crowded rush to work in the mornings, the tiresome after-work

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Most truckers (contrary to what the corporate media tells us) supported OCCUPY's recent West Coast Port Shutdown of December 12th. A look at the port truckers' strike of 2004 suggests why.by Daniel BorgströmFor eight days in May 2004, the Port of Oakland was occupied and virtually shut down by truckers striking for better conditions. The same port had been closed down by antiwar protesters just

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by Kitty Costello(sung to the tune of “O Christmas Tree” –vary the tune from verse to refrain, one stanza to the next)O Occupy, O OccupyHow grateful for your presenceThrough harvest time and winter snowthe one percent can’t make us goYou’ve shut the ports, foreclosed the banksas moms with strollers swell the ranksO Occupy, O OccupyIt’s time to lift your fist up highWe tried to pay our bills on

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For nearly a year now, Andrew Leslie Phillips has been the interim General Manager of KPFA 94.1 FM, a listener sponsored radio station which reports on progressive topics. Below is a letter from Andrew to KPFA listeners.December 26, 2011From the General ManagerI want to thank everyone who supported KPFA this past year including those who pledged in our mini fund drive in December. In four days

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Occupy Movement Claims Success in Coordinated"Wall Street on the Waterfront" Port Shutdowns,and Responds to Oakland City Counsel Emergency Resolution calling for greater repressionpress release on behalf of West Coast Coordinated Port Shutdown Assembly of Occupy Oakland On Monday, December 12, in response to police attacks on Occupy camps across the nation, the Occupy Movement effectively shut

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the raid of Nov 14th at Occupy OaklandWe expected a raid that night, most likely just before dawn. So after concluding our General Assembly of the evening, the Events Committee announced an emergency dance party, calling it "The Occupocalypse."Loud music boomed out over the plaza. Dancers moved like shadows in the dimly lit amphitheater. It was nearly midnight. I watched them for a while, then

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Occupy Group FINALLY Brings Business and Renown to OaklandThursday, November 10, 2011Dear Oakland City Council,You are getting internationally known public figures visiting and publicizing Oakland in a positive way. Are you people SERIOUS about trying to remove something you've been wanting for years to create?You have been working for years for business to improve in Oakland. Now celebrate

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The raid that sparked the Nov 2nd General Strike in Oaklandby Daniel BorgströmIn the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 25th, police raided the encampment of Occupy Oakland. We'd gotten word that it was likely to occur this night, and, as I headed out to join my companions at the Plaza, I was thinking of an incident from local history--the police attack in the Port of Oakland on the morning

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casualties at Occupy OaklandIraq War veteran Scott Olsen was critically injured at an Occupy demonstration on October 26. Below is a statement from Steve Morse of Veterans for Peace. A week later, a second Iraq War veteran, Kayvan Sabehgi, was injured by police in Oakland.Steve Morse, Veterans For Peace, Chapter 69, San FranciscoOctober 27, 2011Members of Veterans for Peace (VFP) from Oakland,

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*for more information and updates please visit Support KPFA at www.supportkpfa.organ incident in OaklandDuring the first days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street, while the corporate media was still ignoring the movement, KPFA and other stations of the Pacifica Radio network were publicizing it widely, giving it good coverage. So it would seem appropriate that KPFA's manager should have been

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A People's History of Early California, 1769-1901 by Laurence H. Shoupbook review by NEWS & LETTERS, May-June 2011California's real historyLaurence H. Shoup presents the history of California from the European incursion of Native America by the Spanish to the Great San Francisco Waterfront Strike of 1901. His interest is agency from below in the form of direct action: "The stories told in this

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by Tracy RosenbergNovember 4, 2011Today, the Save KPFA contingent on the KPFA local board decided to eliminate all worker input into the annual evaluation of the station's general manager.LSB member Mal Burnstein in emails sent to the committee tasked with carrying out the evaluation described rank and file worker opinions of their manager to be "second-hand", "random" and "without value to the

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KPFA/Pacifica ActionThis is KPFA/Pacifica Action's Statement of Purpose:1. A COMMUNITY RESOURCETo reclaim the mission of Pacifica and KPFA as a commons reflecting broad and diverse participation, and to not be controlled by any particular group or party. 2. BOTH STATION AND NETWORKTo maintain the integrity of the network, the national office, all the 5 stations, the affiliates, and the Archives,

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" how do we make our enemies own the problems that are to come? "The e-mail below was found at the station in September 2005. It has been acknowledged as real by the author. I have contacted in person or by e-mail everyone but one on that strategy group to ask them if they were just recipients of an e-mail that discussed “dismantling the LSB” and other interesting topics or were they active

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by Daniel BorgströmFor over five years I've been attending KPFA's board meetings, and one thing that's impressed me is how accomplished the people in and around KPFA are. Extremely intelligent people, all of them, from the staff to the board members to the listener-activists. At KPFA I feel I've stepped into a gathering of the best and the brightest.And saying that, I am reminded how it was

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--Obama's gift to Wall Streetby Daniel BorgströmI turn 70 this summer, and I've been fearing that President Obama was about to make a deal cutting Social Security and Medicare. But a few days ago on KPFA I heard of something just as bad--a possibility I hadn't even thought of. Obama is considering a deal to close tax loopholes which would eliminate the "home mortgage interest write-off." It's

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Pacifica Foundation vindicated on all labor issues at KPFAJuly 15, 2011This statement is to inform our listeners, subscribers and any other interested members of the public of the final resolution of all legal claims, brought by the Communication Workers of America, Local 9415, against The Pacifica Foundation. We are pleased to announce that all of the claims have either been withdrawn or decided

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by Akio Tanaka The crisis that KPFA faced in the fall of 2010 was insolvency.Between 2001 and 2006, there was a dramatic increase in listener support due to the expanding economy and interest in the Iraq-Afghan War. KPFA added many paid staff during this same period; however, between 2007 and 2010 listener support declined dramatically as the whole economy crashed. Payments to Pacifica were

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by Daniel BorgströmWhen I set this website up, with the help of a computer-knowledgeable friend, it began as a place to post a lengthy account I'd written about events at the Port of Oakland in 2003. Those events occurred shortly after Bush&Co launched their invasion of Iraq.On April 7th of that year, police attacked peaceful protesters in the port, injuring over 59 persons, including picketers,

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KPFA's RECENT HISTORY: This article was written in July 2009. by Richard Phelps July 6, 2009After mass listener support rescued KPFA and the Pacifica Foundation from a self appointed Pacifica National Board (PNB) that was planning to sell KPFA or one of the other stations and take the "community" out of the network, new democratic Bylaws were written and adopted. The Bylaws process was long and

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are Seldom on the Same Pageby Richard Phelps, former Chair KPFA LSBJune 20, 2011What does it say about an organization, SaveKPFA, that needs to distort reality so often and so much to support its cause? To me it says that they have the same morality as Karl Rove and the Corporate/Pentagon owners that control the overwhelming majority of our media and thus what people think about. If they try to

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by Howard Keylor, retired longshoremanAugust 2009Last month I attended the 65th anniversary of the Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station disaster. What surprised me is that none of the speakers or even those who spoke from the floor addressed what appears to be the real cause of the explosion that killed 320 men. Included among those killed were 203 young black sailors who were doing the loading

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Why the soldiers on Okinawa were glad when Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner was killed in June 1945 by former Corporal Howard KeylorArmy veteran of the Battle of Okinawa, 1945TThe military command anticipated that the defeat of the Japanese army on Okinawa would take at most one month; instead it took almost three months of bloody conflict to finish the operation. In spite of the precedent of

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watching those who watch usThe Spymaster's TaleMy Favorite InfiltratorA Death Threat for DanielKPFA's Republican Activist by Daniel Borgström.

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Passing through Afghanistan & Pakistan--lands of the PashtunsAfghanistan's Road Less TraveledZarqawi's death, Bush's loss Dave's Middle East Study Group

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Barry Goldwater, Social Security & My MotherPitto's Place by Daniel BorgströmResurrection of Care at Bohemian Grove by Daniel BorgströmBohemian Grove and the 25th Vigil by Daniel BorgströmOn the waterfront -- Oak to NinthOak to Ninth & Eminent DomainOak to Ninth hearing of 3/15/2006History for Sale at Jack London SquareProtesting BIO 2004 in San FranciscoPrivatizers reach for our public lands

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"Honk for Peace" at Lake Merritt--now in its 10th year by Daniel Borgströma downwinder's story by Steve WagnerA brief history of LMNOP by Steve & Beth WagnerHonk for Single Payer by Linda RieweBerkeley Daily Planet Under Attack by Marin Sanders"Honk for a New Deal"Yumi, a Japanese reporter, visitsPhotos at the Lake by NilsBruce Bortin's videoVern and his contraption.

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-- PLEASE – Support KPFA 94.1 FM www.kpfa.org*** *** ***REPORT FROM THE FUND DRIVE,which ended May 25, 2011KPFA's spring fund drive raised $743,000.The total of $743,000 in listener support from the just-completed on-air fund drive is *$83,000 MORE* than the Spring 2010 fund drive of 12 months ago - which totaled only $660,000 in listener support. KPFA continues to make slow and steady progress

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over the bedside manner of WBAI Program Director Tony Bates?by Steve BrownMay 11, 2011It seems that Tony Bates (WBAI's interim Program Director) recently ruffled some feathers at the station. A few staff members have even complained about him in their blogs. They say that he doesn't operate by consensus. That he makes decisions without talking to them. Or asking for their advice. Or their

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by Daniel BorgströmKPFA appears to have a Republican activist, and a high-profile one at that. She is Harmeet K. Dhillon, chair of the GOP in San Francisco and an innovative political strategist. She also heads a law firm which has been representing a faction in the station's ongoing turf war, and her role in this seems to be something more than a client-attorney relationship.We first heard of

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by Carol SpoonerMay 5, 2011Getting the Facts Right"Getting the facts right improves our judgment of events," so I read yesterday in an article about the changing stories coming from the White House about the killing of Osama bin Laden.You have probably heard on the KPFA News or from the anonymous writers on the internet that Pacifica station WBAI accepted underwriting or a grant or funding from

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by Richard PhelpsThe practices of the KPFAForward, Concerned Listeners, SaveKPFA and KPFAWorker are very similar to right wing practices. Yes the outward politics are very different but not their practices. They don't believe in equal time, look at the last two LSB programs and how their staff allies misuse the news to propagandize. They twist reality to make up wedge issues. They don't really

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Scenes & Sketches from KPFA board meetingsby Daniel Borgström"You are a chickenshit coward!" --After the Minutes on January 13, 2011Intimidation between the minutes March 7, 2010Siegel: "You're suing me!" March 7, 2010The Split Between the Minutes Dec 5, 2009 & Jan 11, 2010The "RAID" August 8, 2009KPFA's manager attends a board meeting: March 14, 2009Between the Minutes: January 10, 2009Between

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to email accusationsMay 1, 2011To make a long story short (or maybe just shorter), the email list in question was sent to me twice. The first time was in January at with regard to lawsuit # RG10549212 in Alameda County Superior Court. I was actually sent two lists, one with about 5,000 emails, the other with about 1,000. They came without my knowledge, accompanied by a request to send

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a comment by Brian ShiratsukiApril 19, 2011KPFA LSB associate station Representative Withers kindly forwarded an undated "KPFA Policy on Electronic mail and other messaging." several days ago the KPFA LSB censured delegate Rosenberg for sending an unapproved email to a KPFA list using a service external to KPFA. By this action the LSB inequitably singled out Ms. Rosenberg since at least two paid

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Nevertheless.A few days ago there was a rumor that WBAI, a Pacifica station, had accepted $10,000 from Merrill Lynch. Since Pacifica does not accept corporate underwriting, this created quite an uproar. The “Concerned Listeners”/”SaveKPRA” faction (the CL’ers) immediately spun it to their liking and reported it on the KPFA news, using it in their ongoing campaign to embarrass Pacifica. But in

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Below is the memo from the National Labor Relations Board issued on April 18th. It finds the claims of the Communication Workers of America against the Pacifica Foundation regarding the layoffs of November 8th, 2010 to be completely without merit and advises the union to withdraw the complaint.----------------------------------------------------------United States GovernmentNational Labor

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at KPFA 94.1 fmA Labor PerspectiveThere is a disinformation campaign going on at KPFA and many people are being taken in by it. Who would not believe their favorite progressive programmers? For an explanation of why some otherwise excellent paid staff might be advancing disinformation, skim or read the letter from staff member Robbie Osman. And read on:Myth: Pacifica Foundation has eliminated

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--applied to KPFAHistory can really be a pain to political power moves. --Richard PhelpsLosing a lot of money is losing a lot of money. Not losing a lot of money is not losing a lot of money. One can argue about many things, but not whether one is posting a big deficit or not. Either one is or one isn't. KPFA was. Now it is not. --Tracy RosenbergDespite all the rhetoric around the issue of

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PetitionCall for On-Air Fairness at KPFA 94.1 fmThe current tempest at KPFA is deeply troubling to those of us who value independent radio journalism. And it is confusing because so much of what we read and hear seems so vitriolic and biased.Here's a little background. A highly vocal faction of KPFA staff and supporters, some of whose negligence is significantly responsible for the station's

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please see updates, announcement of Emergency Defense Committee Meeting, belowThe Tuesday sit-inat 10 o'clock this morning (Tues. April 12, 2011), and still continuing, unless they've been arrested by now:Members of ILUW locals 10, 6, 54, and SEIU 1021 are now holding a sit-in at the offices of the PMA (Pacific Maritime Association) at 475 - 14th street in Oakland. Jack Heyman & Richard Mead

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paved with bad decisionsKPFA's road to hell has been was paved with bad decisions. Here's an article from 2008, when the LSB found a highly qualified candidate for General Manager--who was not hired. The result was another three years of bad management, the CL/gatekeeper group remaining in effective control, and recently KPFA has been facing possible bankruptcy.Get out of the way of history,

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ILWU hold sit-in at PMA office April 12, 2011What caused the Port Chicago disaster? by Howard Keylor, retired longshoreman On the Line in the Port of Oakland Spring of 2007 Shutting down war profiteersWhose Port? - events at the Port of Oakland on April 7, 2003The Spymaster's TaleUnited Nations report on the 2003 police attackPre-trial hearings of the Oakland 25 in November 2003SSA Marine--

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remembering Jim Ketola, Vietnam veteran, antiwar & labor activistThe Death of Sgt. Van Dale Todd by Daniel BorgströmVeteran Occupiers 1971 & 1972soldiers on Okinawa, 1945by former Corporal Howard KeylorWhat caused the Port Chicago disaster? by Howard Keylor, retired longshoreman Between the Crosses by Daniel BorgströmZwischen den Kreuzen --German translation of "Between the Crosses"Ask a Marine

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by Akio TanakaLast year KPFA was on course to a fiscal train wreck. (See the graph--10 Years of KPFA Finances). The Pacifica National Board (PNB) stepped in to bring the KPFA finances under control which necessitated some cuts in staff. Seven people took voluntary severance, and in the end two people were laid off.A controversy about the cuts ensued and has divided the KPFA community. The five

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The "Concerned Listeners" (now "Save KPFA") are now quite open about their desire to break with Pacifica, and, in the face of current KPFA's financial crisis, they are pushing the network towards bankruptcy. This could be their opportunity to acquire the station, rid themselves of listener oversight, of UPSO, and of the Program Council. They could put a final end to any vestige of transparency

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In 2008 KPFA installed the system for comments called IntenseDebate. (We're speaking of the Comment system in the KPFA program Archive.) It claims that comments will be posted AFTER a moderator approves them. Actually, they all go up after you type your comment. Except some then get taken down, it seems.Below are some comments by Mara Rivera which were taken down, and when she reposted them,

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Terry Goodman critiques an accusation that Pacifica imposed a "Gag Rule" on KPFA. The attack was made by the CL/SaveKPFA group in an article titled Pacifica censors own journalists, spends $30K on anti-union lawyers. It's on the KPFAWorker.org website; like most articles on that website, the author is anonymousCL/SaveKPFA: Another gag rule has been handed down by KPFA's parent network Pacifica

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remembering Jim Ketola, veteran of Vietnam, antiwar & labor activistOct. 20, 1948 - Mar. 23, 2011US Army 1968-'71Dear Friends of Jim,If you knew Jim Ketola and would like to write something about him, please send it and I'll add it to this thread. Pieces can be anywhere from two lines to two pages.Daniel Borgströmex-Marine against the wardaniel41 [ ] trip.netJim Ketola, Viet Nam Veteranby Steve

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Some of these links are to websites with rather large collections of articles, and some to single articles, essays or financial statements.recent articles by Carol Spooner"Russian Roulette," "Who runs KPFA," & moreindependent auditor's reportPacifica Foundation financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2010The Grassroots Radio Movement in the U.S. by Marty Durlin and Cathy

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As the nuclear tragedy unfolds in Japan, it's appropriate to think of how people in so many communities have been carelessly exposed to nuclear radiation. This story is from Steve Wagner, a peace activist who now lives in Oakland, California.I was born in "the sacrifice zone," i.e., downwind from the Hanford Atomic Works, in 1949. The town my family lived in until 1957 was Albion,

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This week's advance highlightsThe Morning Mix airs from 8 to 9 am Monday-Friday on KPFA, 94.1 fm or through the web at www.kpfa.orgHi Everyone,I have a personal deadline on Thursday and I don't have time to put out a preview (even a late one) today. And, next week I will be out of town, so the preview might miss 2 weeks in a row. I'm sorry.Here's what we've got planned for the next couple of

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by Terry GoodmanThe KPFAWorker.org claim that station layoffs were somehow orchestrated by Tracy Rosenberg is fraudulent. The current union agreement includes clauses that allow some management flexibility in the application of its seniority provisions. Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt received legal advice from Pacifica's Counsel regarding the proper interpretation of these

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Terry Goodman critiques Matthew LasarOn 21 Jun 2010, Matthew Lasar wrote: Pacifica radio board elections? count me outFor the uninitiated, here's Pacifica radio's internal democracy in a nutshell. Periodically the network's bona fide listener subscribers and staff (paid and volunteer) vote for local boards of 24 members each.Terry Goodman: Actually, they vote for delegate candidates, not LSB

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Hi Folks,Recently I've been experimenting with various colors for my site, which has many articles on KPFA/Pacifica. My hope is to make the site attractive and also readable; the problem is that a dazzling display of colors may hurt the eyes. I'd like to ask for your opinions on this.Some people have told me that red, yellow and even lime are like neon signs and hurt their eyes. On the other

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The below information about KPFA's current financial status, and an explanation about the layoffs, was prepared by Arlene Engelhardt, Pacifica Executive Director, and Carrie Core, KPFA interim Program Director.March 7, 2011KPFA Financial Information and Layoffs/BumpsOver the past several months there has been a lot of contention about layoffs at KPFA. This is understandable. Nobody likes to lose

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"If you live in the river, it is better to stay friends with the crocodile" (Pakistani proverb). A sociologist's study of patronage in housing in Pakistan offers insight on the patronage culture at KPFAby Curt GrayI googled *job trust* and *patronage culture* and could not find much, these phrases seem to be undefined, which makes it harder for people to grasp it, even as it happens in front of

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A letter from Chandra Hauptmanformer KPFA Local Station Board memberThe truth about "Concerned Listeners-SaveKPFA's" latest misinformationI am writing to give clarity and to correct the misinformation, that you have been hearing for the past three months on KPFA, up to and during the current fund drive, from some of KPFA's paid staff including Aileen Alfandary, Marc Mericle, Mitch Jeserich and

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What really happened?Brian Edwards-Tiekert has been rehired at KPFA, and the CL/SaveKPFA group are calling this a victory in their war against the Pacifica Radio Network. But was it?First, a look at Brian's announcement in which he presents this as a victory:"It's official: on Monday, February 28th, I start work at KPFA again. Legally speaking, Pacifica management is throwing in the towel. After

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In the not so-very-humble opinion of Dan Siegel, the Pacifica Foundation's bylaws do not apply to him. Below are memos from two attorneys who differ with him on that. One is from Carol Spooner who chaired the committee which wrote the foundation's bylaws, and another is from Richard Phelps. Also included below is Siegel's own memo. On February 9th, the Pacifica National Board (PNB) held a

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of KPFA 1st quarter financial reportby Tracy RosenbergFebruary 22, 2011Two pieces of information that should be presented and are not present here are quarter-ending cash-in-bank at 12/31/10 and outstanding short-term liabilities (accounts payable) due and unpaid at the quarter end. It would also be helpful to get the net total outflows from each fund drive that are payable to KPFK (50% of the

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Local EverywhereTHIS STORY IN PROGRESS...CHECK BACK IN FUTURE MONTHS... The Pacifica Radio Network, 94.1 5 Pacifica stations, over 150 Pacifica affiliates nationwide. You can hear inspiring conversations between Coptic Christians, devout Muslims, Jews, secularists, poets of all types; stories from people from ALL walks of life, up close as they have found themselves in proximity to one

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by Daniel BorgströmIf Grover Norquist had been a consultant for the gatekeeper group of paid staff that seems to run things at KPFA, he might've recommended something like: "You should reduce Pacifica Radio down to a size where you can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub."As it has turned out, Grover Norquist wasn't needed, at least not in flesh and blood. The members and

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on the Financial Crisis at Pacificaby Max BlanchetJanuary 10, 2011As illustrated in the chart below, I have kept track of the yearly changes in Pacifica's cash position from 2001 using data from the audit reports.Column A lists the years from 2001 until 2012. Column B lists the actual changes in Pacifica's cash position in current dollars as reported in Pacifica's audit reports. Column C lists

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about KPFA & Its Unionby Clique Watch“SaveKPFA”/Concerned Listener apologists for the insider clique at KPFA continue to haul out bucket loads of disinformation and spin in discussing the history and current state of the station and its union.In criticizing Isis Feral’s “KPFA's Working Majority Gets Screwed by CWA Job Trust,” an insider clique apologist commented:>>“Don't you remember your basic

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Unkind words from Board Member Siegelby Daniel BorgströmAfter the January 13th LSB meeting, as I was gathering up my stuff to leave, Dan Siegel, who had just been elected as a KPFA representative to the Pacifica National Board, approached me and said, "You are a chickenshit coward!" and "a fucking bag of shit!" he added as an afterthought. He proceeded to speak in depth and at some length about

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by Renée Asteria Peñaloza, (Renee Asteria Penaloza) National Election Supervisor 2010 renee( )asteriarecords.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Recommendations p2 New Methods p3 Introduction p4 Preliminary Phase p5-6 Nomination Phase p7-10 Campaign Phase p11 Ballot Reissuing & Receipt Phase p11 Ballot Count Phase p11 Finalizing the Election (Results) p12-24 Obstacles p25-31 Conclusion p32 Appendices 1-18

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CL'ers' "facts" vs. reality at KPFAThe latest "Save KPFA/Concerned Listeners" screed is surprisingly short on facts for something that deigns to call itself Facts about KPFA's Crisis. Let's take a look at some of these so-called "facts"."KPFA is in dire financial straits now because Pacifica, as the parent corporation, dipped into KPFA's bank accounts and took money to pay corporate bills" KPFA

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by Oriana Saportas, KPFA 2010 Local Election Supervisor TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Election A. PNB, NES AND THE ELECTION 1. Pacifica National Board (PNB) and Pacifica Management 2. National Election Supervisor (NES) and the PNB 3. NES and Local Election Supervisor (LES) B. NOMINATION 1. Technical Information 2. Main Obstacles and Recommendations 3. Dealing with the station and

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Stealing Save KPFA; erasing historyby Jeffrey Blankfort, Maria Gilardin, Curt Gray, Marianne Torres, & Sasha FutranSeptember 21, 2010I have learned that a group that had formerly called itself the Concerned Listeners, a faction in the community that are partisan supporters of the status quo controlling clique that runs KPFA and which oppose accountability and participation of 'outsiders' in the

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by George ReiterChair, Pacifica National BoardNovember 20, 2010What is at stake in the conflict at KPFA? It is not the continued existence of the Morning Show. It will be back with new hosts. It is not the competence of the hosts. By all accounts, they did a fine job. It is not whether there will be local programming at KPFA. Local programming has been a mainstay of the Pacifica Network and will

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. . . . they seem to be willing to play chicken with the fate of the entire Pacifica networkby Curt GrayI am writing as a long time union member as well as a long time Berkeley resident. I am a member of local 510 Sign and Display, a union of workers who set up and dismantle tradeshows at the convention centers. I have been my union's past representative to the Alameda Central Labor Council.I

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by Carol SpoonerNovember 23, 2010Dear Friends of KPFA and Pacifica,I'd like to know: Why are the Communications Workers of America (KPFA's staff union) and many of the mainstream "left" in the Bay Area trying to take down KPFA and Pacifica Radio?It is blindingly obvious to anyone who reviews Pacifica's financial reports that KPFA and Pacifica will be in bankruptcy court soon if KPFA's expenses

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For the Record by Felipe MessinaTo: [KPFA-watch]Re: Thursday 9/30/10, The Morning Show, 7:00 amDear brothers and sisters, friends of KPFA,In view of SK/CL threats of litigation against Pacifica, et al, during the December 2010 LSB meeting, I submit for the historical record, if any are interested (please see below), part 1 of 2 of a transcript of the final segment of KPFA Morning Show's broadcast

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the Minority Report of September 17, 2005KPFA's financial crisis of 2010 results from several years of bad planning. Here's a report from five years ago regarding the budget passed by a narrow majority of the Local Station Board in September 2005. The majority on that board was the "KPFA Forward" slate, which later changed its name to "Concerned Listeners" (CL'ers), and in 2010 appropriated the

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by Isis Feralisisferal [at] yahoo.comDecember 7, 2010I was raised by several generations of labor organizers, and in every labor dispute my side is easily chosen. I don't cross picket lines, and I always stand with the workers against their bosses. The current conflict inside KPFA is the first time I've ever seen my community divided on an issue concerning labor solidarity.While labor struggles

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In the following letter, originally written to the Berkeley Labor Commission, Sally Sommer tells what's happening behind the scenes, and that contrary to the myth being promoted by some of the staff, the current situation is not at all like that of 1999.by Sally SommerDecember 6, 2010For the past three weeks KPFA on-air programmers have been using their control of the air and the good will of the

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Dear City CouncilmembersI am writing to respond to a circulating letter that protests "the cancellation" of the Morning Show. I have included excerpts from the letter (indicated by >>>) followed by my italicized responses.>>>The Morning Show was the Bay Area's only locally-produced progressive morning news and information program, an important civic and intellectual forum. Dismissing the Morning

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Commentary on Current KPFA CrisisOriginally aired on Pushing Limits, KPFA, Friday, November 19, 2010by Adrienne Lauby, collective member of KPFA’s disability rights programs, Pushing Limits.This is the Asthmatic Amazon, Adrienne Lauby. In the last two weeks I’ve watched our radio station careen off the road and land where it is today, dangling off the side of a cliff, ready to take the Pacifica

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In the home of the Free Speech Movement, on Free Speech RadioIt was Hate Week in Berkeleyby Curt GrayNovember 20, 2010For more than a week, the station's insiders have been using KPFA's airwaves to whip-up the listeners at will and all over the air schedule. A few brave souls have gotten an alternative view on the air, but now the effect of the propaganda has created a witch hunt atmosphere,

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Today KPFA is in financial disarray after years of living beyond its means. And the same people who brought this crisis about are now pushing yet another unworkable budget. To broadcast their unrealistic demands, they've taken over KPFA's airwaves.by Daniel BorgströmNovember 12, 2010This morning I was crying my KPFA woes on the shoulder of a friend who shared with me an experience of his own,

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by Akio Tanaka November 29, 2010TThere is currently an ongoing crisis at KPFA. The KPFA union on their website, KPFAworker.org, portrays the crisis as one of union busting political purges by top heavy bureaucratic Pacifica, however, the real problem is the KPFA finances over the past ten years. [KPFAworker says] PUT RADIO FIRST. Pacifica's budgets should cut bureaucratic overhead, not programs

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"We don't care what they say. We will create the 'facts on the Ground.'" (Ariel Sharron)by Marc SapirNovember 2010Please take a minute or two and figure out which of the following are statements of fact and which are magical illusionary "facts on the ground". My answers follow below. But beware that I have been called "a consistent liar" by some, so you better do your own fact checking beyond

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Recently I saw this 2001 article which I'm reposting because this legacy lives on with us--DBIn 1998 and 1999, under the leadership of [Sherry] Gendelman, the KPFA Local Advisory Board (LAB) was virtually defunct.. […] When the troubles started in Spring of 1999 the KPFA LAB became a focus of attention. The listeners agitated for elections and initially Gendelman was not supportive. After

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a revealing emailBelow is an email from CWA Local 9415 sent to Arlene Engelhardt, ED, of the Pacifica network. It's dated November 10, 2010. In this email we catch a glimpse of how the power clique at KPFA are working through the CWA to micromanage the station and render it dysfunctional.FROM: KPFA CWA LOCAL 9415TO: ARLENE ENGELHARDT, PACIFICA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORRE: KPFA MORNING SHOWDATE 11/10/

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Max Blanchet to Michael KrasnyNovember 10, 2010Regarding the brouhaha at KPFA I would like to make the following points:* This thing must be put in its proper context, namely that it is an integral part of the struggle pitting the self-styled professional staff and the folks who fought for a democratic system of governance at Pacifica. From the get-go the former have fought that system and done

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by Richard Phelps, former Chair KPFA LSBOctober 17th, 2010The Concerned Listeners/"Save KPFA's" demagogic Playing of the "Union Card" is Fully Exposed! Their claims that their opponents had a hit list of staff to lay off evaporated into the lie that it always was. Their relentless dishonest attacks of union busting and their made out of "whole cloth" attack that their opponents want an "all

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by Virginia BrowningNovember 18, 2010www.supportkpfa.orgTOGETHER paid and unpaid staff and listeners prevented the selling off of Pacifica stations in 1999. Now IS the time to Support KPFA! Devastating as current layoffs of low-seniority staff are, former KPFA treasurer Brian Edwards-Tiekert knew this day had to come years ago.Few would argue with the claim that current KPFA Morning Show hosts

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Carol Spooner: What’s Happening at KPFA? November 15, 2010 at 7:55 pmI’ve been getting phone calls and emails asking me what’s happening at KPFA. This is my best understanding of the situation after speaking with many participants and watching this situation develop over the past several years. In the box below are excerpts from Brian Edwards-Tiekert’s report to the Pacifica National Board made

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by Akio TanakaNovember 29, 2010There is currently an ongoing crisis at KPFA. The KPFA union on their website, KPFAworker.org, portrays the crisis as one of union busting political purges by top heavy bureaucratic Pacifica, however, the real problem is the KPFA finances over the past ten years.• [KPFAworker says] PUT RADIO FIRST. Pacifica's budgets should cut bureaucratic overhead, not programs

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Support KPFA and Pacificaby Arlene EngelhardtExecutive Director of the Pacifica FoundationDecember 11, 2010From KPFA's 59,000-watt transmitter atop Grizzly Peak, KPFA's provocative--sometimes even revolutionary--programs reach most of Northern and Central California. Spread the word: Millions of people should know about and use this powerful voice to liberate our communities. Listen in at 94.1 FM

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by Felipe Messina, KPFA Listener-Member October 22, 2010KPFA Radio's 2010 Local Station Board Elections were subverted before the candidates were even nominated. Partisan programmers misused Pacifica's airwaves at both KPFA and WBAI, broadcasting biased and even bogus news reports to influence the election process. Also, partisan staff obstruction and resistance to the process in general (

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by Daniel BorgströmLaura Wells was arrested while attempting to attend a debate between Republican & Democrat gubernatorial candidates. The debate was held in San Rafael on October 12th, Tom Brokaw moderating. When Laura was on the steps of the hall, a private security guard recognized her as the Green Party candidate for governor."You know, don't you? We know you know!" a guard told her. "

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Sasha Lilley attacks listener democracy, disses listener activists"unlike those living on pensions, trust funds or SSI, the majority of working people don't have the time to participate -- even if they wanted to, which itself is dubious from everything I've heard from listeners, excluding the grey haired 40 people who come to every LSB meeting with such regularity that you could save seats in

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Roberts abuse rendered KPFA's Local Station Board dysfunctional. It's been going on for years. The following report from 2006 recommended enrolling acutely addicted board members in Parliamentarians Anonymous for rehabilitation. (It should be noted, however, that later studies traced the addiction to an uncontrollable compulsion on the part of a small clique of station staff, backed by local

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Ballots must be in by September 30Nine seats are pursued by 27 candidates. Sixteen of these look good; at the top of the list I recommend JANET KOBREN and TRACY ROSENBERG. Next, HYUN-MI KIM, AARON AARONS and FELIPE MESSINA.Tracy, Janet and Hyun-Mi are on the ICR (Independents for Community Radio) slate. Felipe Messina is on the VFJR (Voices for Justice Radio) slate, and Aaron Aarons is an

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