Democracy Now! staff suspended without pay
August 21, 2001: Pacifica management has suspended Amy Goodman and the DN team without pay. At WBAI, they had been physically and verbally attacked while Pacifica senior managers ignored their repeated written requests that something be done. They felt they had no choice to find a safe and secure workplace to produce DN! and in response they are now being disciplined by Pacifica Executive Director Bessie Wash. The union supposedly representing them, AFTRA, has taken management's side. Please take a few moments to take action in support of them! Pacifica Campaign Update | Memo from DN Staff | What You Can Do | Call AFTRA | Call Steve Yasko | a chronology of harassment of Democracy Now!

Kagan details past month's struggle against PNB
August 17, 2001: On July 17th, the plaintiffs and clients in the four legal actions against the Pacifica Foundation and individually named defendants issued a public statement updating you on what was happening in the legal front of the struggle to get Pacifica back to its mission. We wrote that statement on the heels of a tremendous victory: the judge in this case had just ruled that there could not be an emergency meeting of the Pacifica National Board in order to elect new members to the Board. In the month since then, there have been a series of new developments. more

Democracy Now! was yanked off the air
August 14, 2001: Today's live broadcast of Democracy Now! was yanked off the air by Pacifica and replaced by a tape of an old DN show. This unprecedented action occurred after all-night negotiations between the management and Goodman broke down early this morning. full story | demonstrate Wednesday morning! | Laura Flanders: "I want Democracy Now!" | Democracy Now! 8/14/01 (mp3 file) | FSRN report in RealAudio | statement from DN! staff

Harrassment of WBAI Staff Escalates
August 14, 2001: On Friday afternoon, Amy Goodman was physically accosted by WBAI Interim General Manger Utrice Leid. According to eyewitnesses, Amy came upon two WBAI staffers rifling through the personal possessions of fired WBAI Program Director Bernard White. Amy objected to the invasion of privacy, and when the two people refused to stop, she went to her office, got her camera, and took a picture of their illegal search. full story and action alert

Amy Goodman describes surveillance at WBAI
August 9, 2001: Democracy Now! producer Amy Goodman gave details of the tight security and surveillance system now installed at WBAI in an interview with Flashpoints Aug. 9. Security cameras now record all activity in the studio and store it in computers, Goodman said. Offices are locked and credit-card type keys coded so that producers can only enter their offices at specific hours. Guards have returned to the station. Demicracy Now! has been ejected from master control and relegated to broadcasting from a small sub-studio with no clock. The entire interview can be heard at the Flashpoints website; the Goodman segment begins about 32 minutes into the program. (Real Player users can scroll the time bar to the middle of the broadcast to skip the first part.) Click here for audio

Free Speech Radio daily cast announces month four
August 9: Free Speech Radio News said today it has already secured funding for its fourth month of daily programming. Building on the overwhelming success of its half-hour, independent news cast, FSRN will continue to provide close to 40 community radio stations coast to coast with what many describe as a hard-hitting, truly progressive alternative to Pacifica Network News (PNN). Several new commentaries from death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal will also be featured in the coming weeks. The strikers also ask progressives to continue to refuse to provide commentary to Pacifica Network News. more | 1st new Mumia commentary in RealAudio

Nationwide demonstrations against NAHB, including 5 in New York
August 6, 2001: This Wednesday is a national day of action for community radio. Picket and protest to help save Pacifica! more | Five NY/NJ protests

Pacifica Board majority in disarray...latest developments
Some recent developments are encouraging indications that the "opposition" is in disarray and losing their grip. more |

Polk Award winner Robert Knight fired from WBAI
NEW YORK, (July 26) -- Robert Knight, one of Pacifica Radio's most distinguished news reporters, was fired by WBAI's interim general manager Utrice Leid last night. more | Flashpoints audio report by Dennis Bernstein

Pressure remaining board members to resign
July 18, 2001: Judge Sabraws decision yesterday points the way to a swift conclusion to the crisis that has rocked the Pacifica radio network for the last two years. more | Auto-Email

Court rules that board canít hold ìemergencyî meeting to elect new directors
July 17, 2001: In a major victory for activists fighting to save Pacifica, an Alameda County Superior Court judge has upheld their request to prevent the Pacifica board from holding an "emergency" telephone meeting today in which they planned to ìelectî replacement directors. more | FSRN audio report by Larry Bensky | KPFA audio report by Max Pringle | statement from plaintiffs | Pacifica's statement

Write to Proposed New Pacifica Board Members
July 16, 2001: Last week, the shrinking, illegitimate majority on the Pacifica Board of Directors asked the judge for permission to call an emergency Board meeting on Tuesday, July 17th. The purpose of the conference call meeting is to allow the present Board majority to unilaterally pack the board with several new members to regain a working majority. entire story | Auto-Send Letters of Protest

National Writers Union reaffirms support for strike, endorses Pacifica Campaign
July 12, 2001: July 12: The National Executive Board of the NWU has passed a resolution renewing its support for the striking freelance reporters against Pacifica Network News, and declaring its support for the national financial boycott led by the Pacifica Campaign. The NWU's website states: "What is happening now at Pacifica is of interest and concern to every person who earns a living, or finds meaning, through creative expression--which means every member of the National Writers Union." details

National day of protest July 10!
July 8, 2001: Join the Pacifica Campaign and others on July 10 for a national day of action to encourage the resignation of the new chair of the Pacifica National Board, Ken Ford. Ford works for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Activists will target the NAHB and its affiliate the Builders Industries Association of Southern California (BIASC) until Ford, who supported the attacks against KPFA, WBAI, and Democracy Now! resigns. schedule of protests | Pacifica Campaign report on protests | FSRN RealAudio report

Dissident Pacifica board members raise alarms about FBI involvement, cancelled board meeting
July 3, 2001: On Wednesday, June 27, 2001, the five dissident members of the Pacifica National Board sent a memo to the rest of the members of the Board. As of today, June 29th, there has been no response. memo | KPFA news report

webactive.com broadcasts Free Speech Radio News
June 28, 2001: As Free Speech Radio News got into its second-month of daily broadcasting, webactive.com -- the web's biggest streamer of progessive news -- added the program to its lineup. The audio for the cast is now more accessible to thousands of listeners, and each day's stories will be individually linked to a fast-streaming server. Tune in to webactive.com every day after 1 pm PDT.

Two more Pacifica board members resign, including chair David Acosta!
June 13, 2001: Pacifica board chair David Acosta, hand-picked by former chair Mary Frances Berry to succeed her, and Karolyn Van Putten, a close associate of former executive director Lynn Chadwick, announced their resignations from the Pacifica national board today. Their resignations, following the recent departures of board treasurer Michael Palmer and longtime New York board member Frank Millspaugh, leaves the Berry-era anti-community radio Pacifica majority with a narrow 7-5 majority on the Pacifica board. The resignations follow a campaign of intense pressure by thousands of Pacifica listeners and community radio supporters nationwide. The lawsuits, pickets, letters, and direct actions are finally having an effect! Earlier today, a Pacifica attorney announced that a national board meeting scheduled for the end of this month in New York had been postponed. Two weeks ago Acosta had circulated a memo to board members announcing that new candidates - presumably supporters of the now dwindling Berry-era majority - would be nominated for the board at that meeting.

Free Speech Radio daily cast to continue; will air commentary by death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal
June 6, 2001: Free Speech Radio News said today that a second month of daily shows is in the works. Building on the overwhelming success of its first month of daily, half-hour news programming, FSRN will continue to provide over 30 community radio stations coast to coast with what many say is a hard-hitting, progressive alternative to Pacifica Network News (PNN). Former veteran PNN news anchor will continue to host the cast. A new commentary by death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal will also be featured on FSRN for Thursday, June 7, 2001. more

Activists mobilize to prevent Pacifica Board from expanding anti-community majority
June 5, 2001: Over the weekend, Pacifica's anti-community radio chair, David Acosta, suddenly notified national board members of a special meeting in New York (at a yet undisclosed site) on July 1, "to nominate members for election to the board." Meanwhile, activists send over a quarter million emails demanding the resignation of board member Ken Ford. more | demonstrate in DC on June 9!

California Legislature threatens new hearings on Pacifica
June 1, 2001: California's Senate President pro Tem John Burton has written Pacifica with "strong concerns" about management's use of listener money to fight lawsuits and bust unions. more

Protest the attack on Democracy Now!
May 18, 2001: Democracy Now! was thrown off the air for the second day in both L.A. and New York. At WBAI, DN was preempted entirely. At KPFK, an old edition of the program was aired both days. Sources inside WBAI say there is no indication when Democracy Now! will return to WBAI's air. more

Congressional hearings on Pacifica; board member Micheal Palmer resigns
May 15, 2001: US Congressional representatives held hearings today on the crisis at Pacifica. Activists and dissident board members presented testimony and answered questions from the Progressive Congressional Caucus; Pacifica management failed to show up. Hear the testimony in RealAudio (part 1, part 2, part 3). Also announced today was the resignation of Micheal Palmer as Treasurer on the Pacifica National Board. Palmer had proposed the sale of a Pacifica station. more | Washington Post coverage

Three directors join fight to save Pacifica Radio
May 13, 2001: Three members of the national board of the embattled Pacifica Foundation have joined the legal fight to return the 55-year-old progressive nationwide radio network to its mission. The directors filed a cross-complaint Friday in one of three lawsuits seeking to overturn recent corporate-style changes. more

Pacifica Backs Off Threat to Sue savepacifica, wbai.net and freewpfw.org
May 12, 2001: Pacifica has withdrawn the threat to sue savepacifica.net, wbai.net and freewpfw.org for trademark violation. On Feb. 15, the law offices of Epstein, Becker and Green had sent letters to the three sites demanding that they cease publication on the grounds that use of the Pacifica name and call letters constituted "blatant trademark infringement, unfair competition, dilution, and [might] raise other causes of action under state and federal law." Public Citizen attorney Paul Levy, who represented the three sites, notes that although legislation is no longer pending, Pacifica has not withdrawn its legal position regarding the use of the domain names. Public Citizen Press Release

Lawsuits scheduled for hearing May 15
May 10, 2001: The long-awaited, many times postponed, hearings on all 4 pending motions in the listeners' lawsuit against Pacifica will be heard on Tuesday morning. You're all invited to attend and give us your support -- a good turnout would be welcomed. how to attend

Free Speech Radio News goes daily May 21; Verna Avery Brown to anchor cast
May 8, 2001: From May 21 to June 15, Free Speech Radio News -- produced by the striking Pacifica stringers -- will be going daily! We are delighted to report that the daily cast will be hosted by former Pacifica Network News anchor Verna Avery Brown. However, we still need funds to make this daily cast an ongoing reality. more, plus open letter from Howard Zinn | press release

Community station KDVS ends Pacifica affiliation
May 7, 2001: Pacifica affiliate KDVS in Davis, California has dropped its affiliation with Pacifica, citing the Foundation's continuing harassment and censorship of journalists. more

Congressional Progressive Caucus to host Pacifica hearings
May 6, 2001: Congressman Major Owens is sponsoring hearings of the Congressional Progressive Caucas on the national crisis of Pacifica Radio on Tuesday, May 15th from 2-5 P.M. in Room 2262 of the Rayburn Building in Washington D.C. These hearings will provide a national stage focusing on the core issues of governance and deviation of Pacifica from its core mission. In addition to Congressman Major Owens, Pacifica activists from throughout the country will testify, along with Pacifica management. The hearings are open to the public and it is essential that the vibrant community whose protests have sparked this hearing be well represented in the audience. more | transport to hearings from NYC | press release

Epstein, Becker & Green protests in three cities
May 4, 2001: Epstein, Becker & Green attorney John Murdock sits on the Pacifica board. He and his anti-union law firm have rewritten the Pacifica by-laws to pave the way for the sale of one or more Pacifica stations and to allow board members to profit from such sales. Recent protests in San Francisco, New Jersey and Los Angeles have targetted EGB's role in destroying Pacifica. more

New York City Council to consider WBAI resolution
May 3, 2001: The New York City Council Public Hearing on resolution #1723 is happening Monday, May 7th at 10 a.m. at City Hall. As stated by City Council spokesperson Jake Lynn, "Resolution #1723 will put WBAI and the Pacifica Foundation in the spotlight and force them to explain their actions." Newsday (1/29/10) more | resolution 1723 | NY Daily News for 5/8

1300 demonstrate to defend free speech and labor rights at WBAI; activists plan boycott of May fund drive
April 28, 2001: Some 1,300 listeners and supporters of New York City's progressive community radio station, WBAI, gathered in front of the station's studios on Wall Street for an afternoon of peaceful protest. The demonstrators, 800 of whom had marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to join the event in lower Manhattan, were protesting the December takeover of the historically autonomous station by the non-profit Pacifica Foundation. more | march photos

New York City Central Labor Council supports fired & banned WBAI workers
April 28, 2001: New York's Central Labor Council has passed a motion supporting WBAI's fired and banned, and endorsing the April 28 march across the Brooklyn Bridge. resolution | march info

An update from former "Democracy Now!" co-host Juan Gonzalez on the Pacifica Campaign
April 10, 2001: The Pacifica Campaign has been gaining widespread support over the past two weeks. Pacifica management is running scared and has resorted to increasingly desperate tactics in a futile attempt to discredit our growing movement for democracy. Here's a quick run down of what we in the Pacifica Campaign have managed to accomplish since the last update we sent you. more

Pacifica board members condemn alarmist statements by executive director, board chair
April 3, 2001: As National Board members for the oldest listener-sponsored radio network, one created in the spirit of pacifism, we are deeply committed to non-violence. We support the use of non-violent protest as a tool to speak truth to power, as well as a tool to bring about change. read entire statement.

Pacifica Foundation falsely accuses activists of violence
March 27, 2001: Representatives from the Pacifica Radio Foundation, including its Executive Director Bessie Wash and board chair David Acosta, interrupted network programming throughout the day yesterday to denounce what they claim is a campaign of violence against the network by those trying to save Pacifica. Some commentary was pre-taped; some of it was live. Some of it was played nationally, while WBAI's air alone was interrupted five times. more

Bessie "the censor" Wash strikes again
March 26, 2001: Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! was interrupted today by Pacifica Executive Director Bessie Wash, who took to the airwaves accusing a Houston activist of "attacking" Pacifica personnel at a fundraiser. The activist, Edwin Johnston, denies the charge and says Pacifica fabricated the story. KPFA News report | Johnston's response to Wash

Demonstrate in San Francisco at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters
March 24, 2001: Come to a demonstration from 3:30-5:30pm at the NFBC conference in San Francisco! The conference is located at the Cathedral Hill Hotel at Geary and Van Ness. Amy Goodman will be speaking inside about the Pacifica crisis and democratization of the media, the only time Pacifica will be mentioned at the entire Community radio conference - and we wish to be outside the hotel to demonstrate for several reasons. more

Dirty Tricks by Pacifica Execs
March 21, 2001: A panel discussion on Pacifica and Free Speech issues, sponsored by the KPFK Local Advisory Board, the National Lawyers Guild, LA Chapter of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and the Humanitarian Law Project is taking place in Los Angeles on March 23. The forum will be held at the First Baptist Church, 760 S. Westmoreland (1 blk. East of Vermont, 2 Blks. South of Wilshire Blvd.) at 7:30 PM. Juan Gonzalez of the Pacifica Campaign has been invited and will be speaking along with Amy Goodman, fired WBAI Program Director Bernard White and representatives from other media organizations. A number of different Pacifica managers and/or Board members have been invited to give the network's point of view. All have declined or not responded. Instead, Pacifica management, led by KPFK's Mark Schubb, have been pressuring participants and sponsoring organizations to withdraw support. more

Pacifica campaign update
March 19: It is now nearly seven weeks since the launch of the Pacifica Campaign. We are making significant progress in our effort to cut off funds to the authoritarian clique that has hijacked control of the Pacifica network and to pressure members of the clique to resign. more from Juan Gonzalez

Amy Goodman officially fired from WBAI's Wake-Up Call
March 14, 2001: Informed sources say WBAI's interim general manager Utrice Leid officially fired eight-year Wake-Up Call co-host Amy Goodman yesterday from the embattled station's morning show. more

US representative Major Owens (D-NY) slams Pacifica censorship in Congress
March 8, 2001: Rep. Major Owens, who was censored on WBAI's air on Monday by interim manager Utrice Leid, today told the US of Representatives what happened to him. After deploring press censorship in other areas of the world, Owens said he had the "weird and frightening experience of being gagged by radio station manager in my own home city of New York." He said WBAI "represents radio freedom of speech that does not make profit for anyone," and warned that Pacifica may be planning to sell WBAI. He slammed "powerful commercial interests" who have recently been appointed to the board, calling them "business predators...far removed from the ideals of the founders" of Pacifica radio. Here's Owens' address: MP3 (stream) | MP3 (download) | transcript from Congressional Record | Newsday article about Owens

Mass direct actions in Houston shut down board meeting; national listener coalition formed
March 6, 2001: More than 200 listeners and staff members of Pacifica converged from around the country for four days of actions, teach-ins and discussions to protest the network's corporate-dominated board of directors while they met in Houston. In the most dramatic protest, on March 4th nearly the entire audience turned their backs on the board, chanted "Resign Now!" and "Democracy Now!" for 20 minutes and then walked out, forcing a recess. Later that day, about 100 activists from the five Pacifica station areas forged the foundation for a nationally coordinated movement to free Pacifica. more on the national coalition | report from Juan Gonzalez | resolutions of the national coalition

Pacifica board majority backs off bylaws, but serious personnel, financial irregularities continue
March 6, 2001: Pacifica's national board, at its weekend meeting in Houston, tabled controversial proposed by-laws changes, after a nationwide campaign produced thousands of outraged letters, e-mails, faxes, and phone calls to the board's controlling majority, installed by now departed board chair Mary Frances Berry. The by-laws changes would have further centralized power in the hands of a board clique of as few as five self-selecting members, would have allowed board members to be paid for "professional services," might have allowed sale of substantial "assets" (i.e. radio stations) and would have permitted the board to make monetary grants. update | audio of board meeting

WBAI manager Utrice Leid censors congressional representative, fires long-time staffer; SF Board of Supervisors issues resolution
March 5, 2001: Congressional representative Major Owens was pulled of the air abruptly today by WBAI interim manager Utrice Leid as he was a guest on Ken Nash's "Building Bridges." After turning off the mikes, Leid also fired Nash. Said Owens, "I intend to make the statement I was going to make today on WBAI, on the floor of the House of Representatives and put it into the congressional record." He said he was "amazed" by today's on-air events. "It's like something in a totalitarian country with the fuhrer intervening," Owens added. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes a resolution which calls on Pacifica to "cease undermining" KPFA, guarantee the station won't be sold, and also demands Pacifica's executive committee resign. press release on Owens | statement from Ken Nash | audio of Building Bridges | KPFA News on WBAI and SF Board of Supes

Electronic Frontier Foundation criticizes Pacifica's attack on savepacifica.net
March 5, 2001: The Electronic Frontier Foundation urges Pacifica to "cease attempts at censorship" by attacking savepacifica.net's domain name. letter

Protestors from WBAI and KPFA converge on Houston; Pacifica board tables proposed bylaws
March 3-4, 2001: Large delegations of listeners and staff from New York's WBAI and the bay area's KPFA arrived in Houston to attend the meeting as well as a series of community forums on the Pacifica crisis. Faced with overwhelming protest, the Pacifica board tabled proposed new bylaws that would have allowed the sale of stations or other assets. While it did not act on several applications for new board membership, it did "reappoint" dissident WPFW board member Rob Robinson. KPFA News 3/3/01 | KPFA News 3/4/01

Mumia Abu Jamal censored by Pacifica
February 28, 2001: On today's Democracy Now!, Mumia Abu Jamal read his January 29 column, "WBAI: The Coup on Wall St." which expresses strong support for those fighting to return Pacifica to democratic control. Mumia also gave out the phone numbers of Concerned Friends of WBAI and the web addresses for WBAI.net and savepacifica.net. Pacifica's Washington station, WPFW, cut Mumia's voice off after a few minutes and played jazz. more | Pacifica Campaign call for action

Deluge the Pacifica Board with thousands of letters & faxes!
February 25, 2001: Kicking off our letter writing campaign aimed at the Pacifica National Board meeting in Houston March 2-4, Noam Chomsky signed this special postcard. Please write a letter to the Pacifica national board, and mail it today or tomorrow (that's February 25-26th -- allow 4-5 days for U.S mail, 2-3 days for priority mail) so that it reachs the board in session this weekend. here's what to do

California Senators sign letter to Pacifica; federal judge remands case to CA courts
February 22, 2001: Twenty-five California legislators -- including the leader of the House and of the Senate -- have now signed on to a letter opposing the new bylaws. And a federal judge has remanded the lawsuits against Pacifica back to state court. That's a big loss for the Pacifica board usurpers, whose attorneys had moved to have the case tried in federal court. The decision opens the way for a possible injunction against the board's attempt to pass new bylaws. Meanwhile, the Sebastopol and Berkeley city councils passed resolutions against the proposed bylaws. KPFA News report | legal updates | Sebastopol resolution | Berkeley Daily Planet story | press release

Pacifica says it will sue dissident websites
February 20, 2001: In a move that is widely viewed as an attack on First Amendment rights on the Internet, Pacifica Foundation has said it will sue to force two groups embroiled in a controversy over the radio network to dismantle Web sites critical of Pacifica. A lawyer representing Pacifica sent letters last week to Friends of Free Speech Radio in California and WBAI Listener Network in New York, demanding that the two groups abandon the use of their domain names and relinquish all rights to those names by today, Feb. 19, or face legal action. Pacifica is claiming that the groups, which operate this website, www.savepacifica.net, and another, www.WBAI.net, are violating trademark laws. Representatives of the two groups have said they will not dismantle the sites. Public Citizen, which champions First Amendment rights on the Internet, will represent the groups if Pacifica sues, as expected. A Pacifica attorney has told Public Citizen that it will indeed go to court. more from public citizen | wbai.net press release

Legal action fund launches $300,000 fundraising campaign
February 18, 2001: A campaign has been launched to raise $300,000 for the "umbrella" fund to support three lawsuits against the Pacifica Board. Each of the lawsuits also will continue to raise funds independently in order to maintain their legal autonomy. However this joint pool will be divided equally between the 3 suits and will help make certain that all three suits are strong and able to carry out their essential work. Please give generously! where to send checks | an outline of the three lawsuits

New York City Council resolution on WBAI
February 17, 2001: The New York City Council will considering a resolution supporting locked out WBAI workers. Concerned Friends of WBAI have called a press conference for Thursday, February 22, on the steps of City Hall, to be attended by all City Council members who are co-sponsoring the resolution, as well as other elected officials. the resolution and how you can help get it passed

California Legislature speaks out against bylaws
February 16, 2001: One fifth of California's Assemblymembers today signed a letter opposing changes in the Foundation's bylaws. The letter was circulated by Assemblywoman Wilma Chan, who plans to bring it to the Senate chambers next week. In addition, Assemblywoman Dionne Aroner has asked the state's Audit Committee to reopen its investigation of the Pacifica crisis. listen to KPFA News story

Pacifica Foundation's lawyers threaten frivolous lawsuit against savepacifica.net
February 15, 2001: Pacifica's lawyers tried a new tactic this week: threatening legal action over their opponents' web domain names and their rights to free speech. Both this site -- savepacifica.net -- and the web page of the New York Coalition for a democratic Pacifica -- wbai.net -- received notices from lawyers Epstein, Becker and Green absurdly alleging "trademark infringement" and "unfair competition." Here's their letter and our response. | listen to KPFA News story

Amy Goodman and Robert Knight reportedly fired from the Morning Show
February 14, 2001: Robert Knight, long-term news anchor on WBAI's Wake-Up Call morning show, was told by WBAI's interim general manager Utrice Leid this morning that both he and Wake-Up Call co-host Amy Goodman have been removed from the morning show. This move would complete the purge of WBAI's Wake Up Call on-air and off-air staff, which began during the "Christmas Coup" at WBAI-Pacifica when the network's national executives changed locks in the middle of the night and dismissed the station's management. what you can do

National Writers Union supports WBAI workers
February 11, 2001: Concerned about the apparent violation of union contracts and the efforts of Pacifica management to censor journalistic expression at WBAI, the National Executive Board of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) offered its "support and solidarity to UE Local 404 in regards to the situation at WBAI." NWU statement | WBAI solidarity page

Thirty-two year veteran of WBAI fired
January 9, 2001: Veteran WBAI programmer, Mimi Rosenberg has been fired. Rosenberg received a letter at your home today by regular mail, dated February 5, signed by Utrice Leid, WBAI's interim general manager. more

Pacifica begins removal of finance records, CA attorney general intervention needed!
February 9, 2001: Pacifica has started to remove its finance records out of state, shortly before the deposition of Controller Sandra Rosas in the Local Advisory Board lawsuit against Pacifica. This is supposedly being done in conjunction with an announced move of the finance office to Washington, DC. The California attorney general needs to stop this removal of evidence, which may reveal irregularities or illegalities in Pacifica's recent operations. Complaints must be in writing -- there are several ways to do this.

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