contact: Joia Jefferson Nuri inthepubliceye@starpower.net, 301-920-0670

On Saturday, January 18, 2003 Pacifica Radio Network will air five hours of the INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition's anti-war rally on the Washington, D.C. Mall. The broadcast begins at 11:00am Eastern Time and runs through 4:00pm eastern time.

The live program will bring to the audience the scheduled speakers from the stage and interview guests, who will join host Verna Avery Brown, anchor of Peace Watch and the Pacifica's Washington Bureau Chief. The interview guest list will include former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who led the Justice Department during the Vietnam conflict. Mr. Clark will be asked to compare his Justice Department to that of Attorney General John Ashcroft. Also joining the Pacifica coverage will be Rep. Charles Rangel, who recently called for the re-instatement of the military draft. Mr. Rangel, a decorated Korea War veteran, will also address the growing tensions with Korea.

Verna Avery Brown is the host of the network's nightly news magazine, PEACE WATCH. The hour long program is dedicated to the proliferation of peaceS.promoting peace, preserving peace and monitoring those who would seek to destroy the peace. The entire 60 minutes is devoted to bringing forth the voices of anti-war activists, politicians, musicians, spiritual leaders, poets, artists, veterans, nuns, teenagers, grandmothers and just ordinary citizens who oppose the war agenda. Recent guests include former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Edward Peck, former U.S. Marine Kenneth Nichols, poet Sonya Sanchez, Former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and author Noam Chomsky.

The International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition is building on the momentum of the October 26 anti-war protests, the biggest opposition to conflict since the Vietnam War. A.N.S.W.E.R. is also sponsoring mass rallies against the war in San Francisco and other cities worldwide also on Saturday, January 18. The event is pegged to overlap the spirit of peace and non-violence embodied in the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Confirmed speakers for the rally include former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Damu Smith (Black Voices for Peace), actors Jessica Lange and Mike Farrell, and Ron Kovic (author, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY).

For more information about the Pacifica live coverage contact Joia Jefferson Nuri, inthepubliceye@starpower.net, 301-920-0670.

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From: In The Public Eye, Inc.
To: Verna Avery-Brown
Subject: Affiliates announcement KU information
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:08:07 -0500

Wednesday, January 15, 2003
contact: Joia Jefferson Nuri

301-920-0670

To all Pacifica Stations

From The Pacifica Radio Network

Live coverage of the January 18th anti-war rally will be available on the KU/Left Channel at 11:00am eastern time.

Laura Flanders, host of Working Assets Radio, daily on KALW 91.7 in San Francisco and WBAI General Manager Don Rojas will join Verna Avery Brown at the anchor desk for the INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is rally on the Washington, D.C. Mall, Saturday, January 18, 2003. The Pacifica Radio Network will be airing five hours of the rally from 11:00am Eastern Time till 4:00pm eastern time. The program will broadcast the events from the stage as well as on-set interviews.

At the top and bottom of each hour a network ID will be played.

The International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition is building on the momentum of the October 26 anti-war protests, the biggest opposition to conflict since the Vietnam War. A.N.S.W.E.R. is also sponsoring mass rallies against the war in San Francisco and other cities worldwide also on Saturday, January 18. The event is pegged to overlap the spirit of peace and non-violence embodied in the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Confirmed speakers at the rally include:

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH
- Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
- Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
- Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network
- Representative Charles Rangel, U.S. Congress
- Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran and author of "Born on the Fourth of July"
- Representative John Conyers, U.S. Congress
- Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman
- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
- Jessica Lange, actor
- Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
- Mike Farrell, actor
- Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House
- Brenda Stokely, President, District Council 1707 AFSCME; Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War
- Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
- Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War
- Bill Fletcher, President, TransAfrica
- Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth and Student Coordinator, Howard University student
- Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church
- Blasé Bonpane, Office of the Americas- Representative, Bayan
- Free Palestine Alliance
- Macrina Cardenas, Mexico Solidarity Network
- Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission
- Nicaragua Network
- Partnership for Civil Justice
- Muslim Students Association of the U.S. & Canada
- IFCO/Pastors for Peace
- International Action Center
- Rev. John Dear
- Blasé Bonpane, Director, Office of the Americas
- Rev. Herbert Daughtry, national pastor, House of the Lord Church, Brooklyn
- Not in Our Name Project
- Michael Tarif Warren, attorney
- Mumia Abu-Jamal, taped message

MUSICAL & CULTURAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:
- Chumbawamba
- Prime Meridian
- Patti Smith

Stations interested in carrying the entire five hour broadcast or portions of the productions should contact Joia Jefferson Nuri, inthepubliceye@starpower.net, 301-920-0670.

Coverage of the San Francisco rally will be available on the KU satellite immediately following the Washington broadcast. For stations interested in the San Francisco rally contact Jim Bennett at 510-848-6767 ext 203