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Day of Outrage for Democracy Now! 8-28-01 |
Protest locations: NEW YORK (WBAI 99.5 FM), 7:30 10 a.m., 120 Wall Street, NYC BERKELEY (KPFA 94.1 FM) 8:30 a.m. KPFA, 1929 MLK Jr. Way LOS ANGELES (KPFK 90.7 FM) 7 - 10 a.m. demonstration, 3729 Cahuenga Blvd. West, N. Hollywood WASHINGTON, DC (WPFW 89.3 FM) 9 a.m. demonstration, 2390 Champlain Street, NW; HOUSTON (KPFT 90.1 FM) (time??) 419 Lovett Street.
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What follows is the text of a flyer, hard copies of which are available at the Pacifica Campaign office (646-230-9588), and a downloadable version of which will (I believe) soon be available at www.wbaiaction.org. If you need a laid-out version right away, email Bob Lederer at ledererbob@usa.net and I'll send it as an attached file in Microsoft Word. Separately, please note (at the end of this email) the phone/fax/email campaign against the Pacifica Board. Help spread the word!
Bob Lederer
NATIONAL DAY of OUTRAGE for DEMOCRACY NOW!
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
To demand the return of Democracy Now! to WBAI
Where: Outside the offices of WBAI
Since the Christmas Coup, December 22, 2000, twenty-fiour (24) progressive producers have been fired, banned, removed or driven from listener-sponsored station WBAI. In recent weeks, Polk-award winning journalist Robert Knight was banished from the airwaves after more than 20 years at the station. Now, after months of verbally harassing Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! crew, station management has escalated the abuse-it has become physical. To feel safe, the Democracy Now! crew has moved to another working space. Yet Pacifica's management continues the harassment, citing the crew as insubordinate and suspending them because they refuse to work where they are subject to daily attacks. The Democracy Now staff is now being supported by its union, AFTRA, in its demand for a safe workplace. On August 28, listeners and activists will rally peacefully and legally at various sites across the country to insist that Pacifica cease and desist its aggressive strong-arm tactics. And they will demand the IMMEDIATE RESIGNATIONS of rogue Pacifica National Board members Valrie Chambers, Bob Farrell, Ken Ford, Wendell Johns, Bert Lee and John Murdock.
Pacifica Campaign www.pacificacampaign.org
(Labor donated)
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Please call, fax, e-mail or mail the individuals listed below. Contact them as many times possible until you feel that your voice has been heard. Your phone calls are important. Keep the message straightforward, no profanity or name calling. Demand the immediate dismissals of Pacifica Executive Director Bessie Wash and WBAI station manager Utrice Leid. The Pacifica Campaign will organize a national call in for Tuesday, August 28.
WHO TO CONTACT
Ken Ford's boss at the National Association of Home Builders:
Pacifica Board member Valerie Chambers
Pacifica Board member Wendell L. Johns
Pacifica Board member Bob Farrell
jspacifica@aol.com, uleid@escape.com, sypacifica@aol.com, kford@nahb.com, KenFordPacifica@aol.com, jmurdock@ebglaw.com, wendell_L_johns@fanniemae.com, Alfigo@aol.com, valriechambers@aol.com, Valrie.Chambers@mail.tamucc.edu, jhoward@nahb.com, bsmith@nahbofficer.com, pacificacampaign@yahoo.com |
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