>Lou,
>
>We already do get lousy news coverage in LA. The KPFK news has
>deteriorated badly over the past two years. It may be worse than
>NPR. Though I did not listen to the KPFK coverage of the Iraq
>bombing, when I grimace and can stand to listen to it, the KPFK
>news sounds as though it relies on these official press releases
>as well. It no longer has any sense of a mission to expose
>anything. The newscasters seem not to know their history or be
>able to place anything in a left context.
>
>Marta
A while back I told Michael Perelman offlist that no matter how much I rail
against postmodernists, I was pleased to no end to see a trade union slate
led by Stanley Aronowitz victorious in the CUNY system. No matter how much
silly stuff he writes about grand narratives, etc., he is a solid ally for
our movement as this call for action at WBAI would indicate. Another good
sign is the presence of the new president of the Transit Workers Union, a
hopeful sign of the re-emergence of militancy in this key urban union. I
urge all New Yorkers to turn out.
WBAI LABOR AND COMMUNITY PROTEST by UE LOCAL 404 AND CONCERNED FRIENDS OF
WBAI
phone: 212-533-6515
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WBAI Demonstration at the law offices of Epstein Becker and Green on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20th from 4:30-7PM. 250 Park Ave. (bet. E 46th and 47th
Streets) Demonstrate to Defend Free Speech Radio - WBAI - 99.5FM
Fight the firings, the bannings of Staff and Listeners from WBAI Radio,
the Censorship of On-Air Discussion. At the law offices of Epstein Becker
and Green, 250 Park Ave. from 4:30-7pm This is a union busting law firm
defending Pacifica against the lawsuits seeking to reverse the
corporatization of its National Board and
whose Senior Associate John Murdock has drafted new Pacifica By-Laws
further insulating the Board from the Listeners and making it easy to sell
WBAI Radio.
Featured speakers will include :
Stanley Aronowitz- Author, City University of New York Professor and
Executive Board Member Professional Staff Congress, AFT
Roger Toussaint- President Transport Workers Union Local 100
Juan Gonzalez- Daily News journalist and founder of the Pacifica Campaign
Sharan Louise Harper - fired and banned WBAI Production Assistant and
Union Shop Steward
Vincente "Panama" Alba- Field Representative Laborers Local 108 and Member
WBAI Local Advisory Board
Mimi Rosenberg- fired and banned WBAI co-producer of “Building Bridges:
Your Community and Labor Report” and Unpaid Staff Representative to the
WBAI Local Advisory Board
Representative Major Owens
New York City Councilwoman Margarita Lopez
Michael Letwin, President of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW
Christine Karatnytsky, Executive Board Member, N. Y. Public Library Guild,
DC 37, AFSCME
Sponsored by WBAI's Local 404 and Concerned Friends of WBAI.
Louis Proyect
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