-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave Subject: UNDERNEWS Nov 22 Editor: Sam Smith The Progressive Review E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROGRESSIVE REVIEW INDEX: http://www.prorev.com/ UNDERNEWS: http://www.prorev.com/indexa.htm INFOWARS: Pacifica Twelve plaintiffs representing listener-sponsors of KPFA in Berkeley, KPFK in Los Angeles, KPFT in Houston, WPFW in Washington, D.C., and WBAI in New York, took the first step in their suit to remove the Board of Directors of the Pacifica Foundation for breach of a charitable trust. Pacifica Foundation's Executive Director, Lynn Chadwick, was served with copies of legal documents requesting the California Attorney General to grant the twelve listener-sponsors standing to sue the Pacifica Foundation on behalf of the public interest. The California Attorney General has the responsibility to oversee California nonprofit corporations, including the Pacifica Foundation. Pacifica now has 15 days to appear before the Attorney General and show cause why the case should not proceed to court. The plaintiffs are Carol Spooner, Amburn R. Hague, and Barbara MacQuiddy of Northern California for KPFA listener-sponsors; John Biello, Carolyn Birden and Patricia Heffley, all of New York, for WBAI listener-sponsors; Arturo Griffiths and Leigh Hauter for WPFW Washington, D.C. area listener-sponsors; Rick Pothoff and Kurt Guerdrum of Texas for KPFT listener-sponsors; and Ron Swart and Charles Scurich of Southern California for KPFK listener-sponsors. COMMITTEE TO REMOVE THE PACIFICA BOARD http://home.pon.net/wildrose/remove.htm PACIFICA LINKS http://www.prorev.com/indexa.htm#pacifica A LETTER BY THE WORT [MADISON WI] TO THE PACIFICA LEADERSHIP: We are writing to inform you that we will be withholding our quarterly payments to Pacifica for satellite programming service. We will be instead depositing the funds in an escrow account at the Associated Randall Bank in Madison, Wisconsin, until such time as Pacifica fulfills its obligations under our current contract. Since the satellite system was taken over by new staff in mid-July, and later relocated from Berkeley to Washington, DC, service has been frequently interrupted, unpredictably cut off and often simply not delivered . . . In addition, since the re-assignment of Pacifica Network News producer Dan Coughlin for running a 37-second headline story on a national news event, we feel that we can no longer trust the primary product for which we have contracted, the Pacifica Evening News, to be as represented. We do not see how we can be assured that the Pacifica Network News is in fact an independent and unbiased news source when it appears that its content is subject to either prior censorship, or self-censorship due to fear of retribution. This censorship flies directly in the face of the third precept in the Pacifica Mission statement calling on the Foundation to "Promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints." We are therefore undertaking a "rent strike" until these conditions are remedied. As you well know, the rent strike has a strong tradition in progressive movements throughout this century - from the New York tenant movements of 1904 and 1908, to the tenant farmer and depression-era urban tenant unions, through the tenants rights movements of the 1960s and 70s. In addition, this tactic is recognized by progressives across the globe from Leeds England in 1914, to Barcelona in 1931, to Guatemala City in the 1990s. WORT http://www.netphoria.com/wort DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
