Although you may not recall Lynne Stewart’s name, you have no doubt heard of some of the celebrated/infamous cases she has been a part of, including defending David Gilbert (Nyack robbery reportedly committed in solidarity with the Black Liberation Army); Ray Luc Levasseur (recently released; United Freedom Front bombings); Sekou Odinga (BLA) and WTC 1 [...]
Riseup.net provides a variety of free email and list services to the progressive community. If you have the means, the collective is certainly worth supporting. Here’s its latest appeal:
The people behind riseup.net consist of about ten active collective members and volunteers at any given time. Unfortunately, we work on riseup.net in the small bits of [...]
“I am looking for knowledgeable individuals to help me create audiofiles on the Mexican Revolution. Yes the audio podcasts would benefitthe members of this group, but more importantly they would be madeavailable to the whole Mexican/Chicano/Indigenous community. Pleasehelp me get the message out to the people in audio format.
“I’m the moderator of the “not for [...]
Last year, the KPFT LSB Program Policy Committee approved the following resolution:
Whereas the word “Pacifica” stands for “peace,” and
Whereas “peace” is one of two principles of the Pacifica Foundation as stipulated by the Foundation’s statement of purpose
Therefore be it resolved that the Program Policy Committee of the KPFT recommends the following policy:
Any and all on-air [...]
RadioInk reports something that many of us in Los Angeles realized very quickly: commercial radio DJs heavily influenced people’s attendance to the weekend’s immigrants’ rights rally. More than a few people were heard asking for Piolin, one of Spanish-language radio’s major stars. Djs like El Piolin, Cucuy and others spent literally hours on the air [...]
"We are pleased to send you a Request for Proposals from the Asian Women Giving Circle. Our focus this year is Asian American women-led projects that use the arts to achieve a social justice goal. We anticipate that we will award 4-6 grants this year, with a maximum grant size of [...]
On Sunday, March 26, during its quarterly national board meeting in Los Angeles, the Pacifica national board and staffers dedicated time to discuss the potential of Creative Commons and alternate intellectual property licensing for the radio network and its properties, including its massive back catalog of speeches by the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
Sunday’s closing session of the Pacifica National Board gathering was marred by apparent food poisoning the night before that sent many members out early. Despite this, the PNB met and had many substantive dialogues. Here are my notes on this event.CFO Report: Comment that Pacifica seems solid this year, but could face issues next year. [...]
Saturday, the Pacifica National Board took an extended break to participate in the massive immigrants’-rights march in Los Angeles. I and other Pacificans participated in what was unquestionably a historic and powerful event. I wanted to share some of my photos of that event with you, although they certainly don’t capture the true feeling of [...]
While I sometimes sympathize with the geezers who bemoan the lack of protest music out there, I find the belief in a lack of political consciousness among today’s artists to be wrong and a little misguided. Scores of popular acts are, in fact, very politically active. Sites like Street Knowledge are dedicated to documenting the [...]
Access This! will feature a four part series on Health and Wellness for Women with Disabilities beginning Sunday evening March 26th. This series will feature Kym King as host and Scotty MacClymonds as producer.
Kym currently serves as the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities for the City of Houston. Prior to [...]
It’s Saturday and I’m headed down to the PNB meeting in a bit. Friday was stimulating for the number of great Pacifica stations represented; some traveled all the way from WBAI, and listeners had much to say. We’re breaking the meeting for lunch today to attend the mass march opposing anti-immigrant legislation, [...]
The Prometheus Radio Project is creating an archive of station documents for our new website! The collection has taken its first baby steps, and there are currently about 15 documents on our soon-to-be-launched website. Thanks to those who have already contributed!!! We need more documents, from more stations, to make this resource a success. Now [...]
Another day into my visit to Los Angeles and another day of insightful discussions. One person remarked that, among our biggest challenges as Pacifica staff was the fact many of us adopted a shell of a radio network a few years ago — the court settlement [...]
‘Eve teasing’ is slang for street harassment of women in India. The Blank Noise Project is an campaign to draw attention to online sexual harassment aimed against women in India. The site features testimonies and more. By all means, give these accounts a read and learn how you can help.
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Howdy KPFTers! I’m writing from Los Angeles with “People Without Borders,” a stunningly good morning bilingual news program by our sister station, KPFK, in the background. It’s been a whirlwind day, heading into an early morning. I’m in L.A. for the Pacifica National Board meeting, as well as to represent KPFT this weekend. It’s an [...]
After Volkswagen received objections to the tagline “Turbo-Cojones” used in its controversial new ad campaign dubbed Speedy Gonzales targeting Hispanic consumers, the automaker is pulling its billboards from Miami, New York and Los Angeles, writes Autoblog.
Though English speakers associate a lighthearted translation of “guts” to the word “cojones” - which means testicles in Spanish - [...]
CUNY is kicking off a graduate journalism school program. Among the most poignant comments: “People complain all the time that the profession isn’t diverse enough. And I don’t mean diversity just in the sense of racial and ethnic diversity, but I mean in class terms, too. Working-class people, immigrants, people who have served in the [...]
I will be in Los Angeles this week for the Pacifica National Board meeting, and should be blogging as much of the meeting as I can. In addition, I anticipate meeting with folks at KPFK, and reporting back to y’all on my (expected) adventures in L.A. I was last in the area a few years [...]
According to radio activist Mark Sophos, he had a recent run-in with the National Federation of Community Broadcasters about dues his station, WDFH, owed to NFCB. Not only did Mark offer his permission to post his letter, but he even typed and distributed the NFCB letter, informing him WDFH faced ejection from NFCB without said [...]
Urban Unrest is a blog on new and old media, media justice, race, culture, politics and society and is hosted by Ernesto Aguilar, currently program director at Pacifica Radio KPFT in Houston.
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