Pacifica Radio's Uncivil War - http://www.vote.com/magazine/editorials/editorial2841424.phtml Article by Randy Baker co-producer of 'Fear and Favor in the Newsroom', a documentary on self-censorship in the press, posted on vote.com.
There's Something About Mary - http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/12/berry/index.html?CP=YAH&DN=110 Management problems and divisive racial politics have followed Mary Frances Berry from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to the Pacifica Radio Network. Salon.com.
Let Us Now Praise 'Unfamous' Journalists - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2345 Norman Solomon on the integrity of Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill, award winning Pacifica journalists. Fair Media Beat.
Idealism: A Viable Alternative in Today's Media World? - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2147 Norman Solomon on a Nation magazine article. After repressive actions at WBAI, The Nation, published a editorial that didn't denounce Pacifica management, contrary to what seemed to be in line with The Nation's pronouncements.
For Democracy Now! - http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001113&s=editors2 Nation Magazine editorial praising Pacifica's Democracy Now! broadcast from WBAI, while Amy Goodman's harassment by Pacifica management is described.
More Democracy-Now! - http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010903&s=editors2 Editorial by The Nation on the banning of A. Goodman from Pacifica's airwaves. The Nation's coverage of the Pacifica crisis has been increasingly condemned Pacifica radio activists.
Pacifica - A Way Out - http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010212&s=mcchesney Article by R. McChesney in The Nation delineating a proposal to solve Pacifica's crisis through a temporary National Board comprised of progressives.
Wash Leaves Top Post at Embattled Pacifica - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A27501-2001Nov1 The Washington Post on Bessie Wash's dismissal from her position as the executive director of the Pacifica Radio Network.
Broadcast Blues - http://www.weeklyplanet.com/2001-07-05/cover.html The national news program Free Speech Radio News has been heard every night on WMNF. This is the first sustained attempt at creating an alternative to the daily news radio broadcast, The Pacifica Network News. M. Perry in the Weekly Planet.
Workers Charge Pacifica With Union-Busting - http://www.current.org/rad611.html Pacifica hired a labor relations firm, which the AFL-CIO says is a union buster and has given its three unionized stations new labor contracts that could sap the bargaining units. Current Magazine.
As Foes Slam Pacifica, Their Targets Cry Foul - http://www.current.org/radio/radio0115p.html Current magazine articles dealing with tactics employed by free speech activists and Pacifica's efforts to discredit them.
Staffers Protest Pacifica Transfer of News Chief - http://www.current.org/rad/rad921p.html Article in Current, a magazine covering public broadcasting, about Pacifica's ouster of National News Director Dan Coughlin.
Goodman Embroiled in Pacifica Conflict - http://www.current.org/radio/radio020pac1.html Article in Current on difficulties Amy Goodman, of Pacifica's Democracy Now!, is encountering. She alleges a "poorly disguised attempt at censorship".
I want my Democracy Now! - http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=11741 Laura Flanders on WorkingForChange.com in support of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, broadcast from WBAI in New York. The article details harassment by Pacifica and U. Leid Interim General Manager of WBAI..
East Timor Action Network Open Letter on Amy Goodman and Pacifica - http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/08wbai.htm Letter to WBAI and Pacifica on East Timor and Amy Goodman, reporter and host of 'Democracy Now!', challenging attacks on her integrity and rumors that the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor did not occur.
Jose Ramos-Horta on Amy Goodman and Santa Cruz Massacre - http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/09hortadn.htm Nobel prize winner Ramos-Horta in support of Pacifica's Amy Goodman. Ramos defends the 'Democracy Now!' host against slander by WBAI management personnel.
Pacifica's Pacific Coup - http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/06/gonzalez2506.html Juan Gonzalez for In These Times about the "Coup" at WBAI. He concludes: "As Berkeley showed, in this war it's the listeners and donors who will have the last word."
ZNet Pacifica Crisis - http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/progpacif.htm Archive of online articles about the network, particularly the past struggles for control and free speech.
Saving Amy: "The Exception To The Rulers" - http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/amy.shtml Media Channel article by Danny Schechter on Pacifica and its program 'Democracy Now!'. Host Amy Goodman asserts being harassed by Pacifica.
Are KPFA and WBAI For Sale? - http://www.counterpunch.org/sellmemo.html Counter Punch article that discusses a memo by Pacifica board member Michael Palmer encouraging the sale of Pacifica Stations WBAI in New York and KPFA
The Neutering of Pacifica - http://www.counterpunch.org/pacifica.html Article in CounterPunch outlining some of the changes within Pacifica that have been points of disagreement between the National Board and media activists.
Free-Lancers On Strike at Pacifica News Radio - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/01/MN64508.DTL San Francisco Chronicle reports the beginning of the ongoing strike and boycott against the Pacifica Network News.
Pacifica Radio - The Rise of an Alternative Network - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/07/22/DD78344.DTL Review in the San Francisco Chronicle of the book 'The Rise of an Alternative Network' written by Matthew Lasar.
WMNF May End a Station Staple - http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/main/doc/000000078889003.html?MAC=bb06b7d58cdd805ab2ce47d334705990&QIID=000000078889003&FMT=FT WMNF took an active role in a dispute over issues between former and current employees and Pacifica management. WMNF might not renew its contract with Pacifica and is airing Free Speech Radio News instead of PNN. St. Petersburg Times.
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