[Image below] photo by Diana Barahona A spirited demonstration of nearly 100 activists greeted KPFK's spring fund drive on May 16. The Pacifica Accountability Committee and others organized the effort, which was endorsed by several grassroots organizations and individuals. There was a banner of a corporate vulture, demonstrators in vulture masks and signs calling for an end to the gag rule and supporting the boycott of Pacifica Radio stations. A new web site www.boycottKPFK.org was announced, and there were bumper stickers to help spread the word. Veteran activist (and former KPFK programmer) Blase Bonpane told the crowd that Pacifica was off course. "The course of the network is the Mission Statement, which comes from the peace movement. And this station and the network are part, and have been part and parcel, of the peace movement." "We can't have a station dedicated to peace, justice and humankind behave in an inhuman manner," Bonpane said. "We can't allow a monetarist spirit to enter this particular kind of broadcasting. It wasn't set up to be a money maker." Pacifica Campaign organizer (and former KPFK programmer) John Martinez described their strategy. "It is a call for a boycott against the pledge drive," Martinez said. "It is not an attack to kill or to damage Pacifica, but it is a way to get it back." Martinez told the group that the diversity which was once the guiding philosophy of KPFK programming was being lost, and that has to be turned around. Activist Karen Pomer read a statement from Amy Goodman which exposed a bold lie broadcast on KPFK. It had been announced that Goodman had refused to cooperate with KPFK and provide fund drive programming. The statement read: "Wherever a General Manager of a Pacifica station wants me to fund raise, I fund raise. Pacifica management informed me last week, KPFK General Manager Mark Schubb did not want me to fund raise live on the air." "So it is an outright lie," Pomer said, "what they said today on KPFK, and we need to let as many people know about that as we can." Pomer told the cheering crowd that "turning up the heat" on the Pacifica Board of Directors had just resulted in the resignation of Board Treasurer Michael Palmer, an advocate of selling WBAI (New York). The other speakers included Preston Wood (International Action Center), former KPFK programmer Arturo Lemas, Lloyd Karch (Industrial Workers of the World), Casey Peters (Californians for Proportional Representation, a group which helped with the recent KPFA Board elections), Nancy Lawrence (Peace and Freedom Party) and Tom Camarella (Pacifica Accountability Committee). The Pacifica Campaign has since announced that there will be an informational picket outside KPFK every weekday afternoon during the fund drive, from 4:00 - 6:00. There will also be a national demonstration in support of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on Thursday, May 24, from 3:30 - 6:30. For more information call (323) 878-5680. Co-sponsors: ACTION RESOURCE CENTER Box 2104 Venice, California 90294 (310) 396-3254 (voice) (310) 392-9965 (fax) www.arcweb.org PACIFICA ACCOUNTABILTY COMMITTEE P. O. Box 207 San Pedro, California 90733-0207 (323) 957-4659 www.pacfolio.org KPFK LISTENER-LAB ALLIANCE WORKGROUP [EMAIL PROTECTED] INDUSTRIAL WORKERS of the WORLD/LA-GMB P.O. Box 207 San Pedro, California 90733-0207 (310) 831-6023 (voice) www.iwwla.org Endorsers: SAN PEDRO CATHOLIC WORKER San Pedro, California 90731 (310) 831-3460 HARBOR GREENS P. O. Box 1858 San Pedro, California 90733 (310) 833-2633 www.greens.org/cal/harborgreens INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER/ LA 422 So. Western Ave. #114 Los Angeles, California 90020 (213) 487-2368 (voice) (213) 487-2368 (fax) www.iacenter.org AZTLAN MEDIA COLLECTIVE 323 No. Soto St. #68, East Los Angeles, California 90033 (323) 261-4513 LOS ANGELES CATHOLIC WORKER 632 North Brittania St. Los Angeles, California 90033 (323) 267-8789 PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY L. A. County Chapter P. O. Box 741270 Los Angeles, California 90004 (323) 759- 9737 www.peaceandfreedomparty.org PEOPLE AGAINST RACIST TERROR Turning the Tide / Michael Novick, Publisher P. O. Box 1055 Culver City, California 90232 (310) 495-0299 www.antiracist.org PACIFICA CAMPAIGN 51 MacDougal St. #80 New York, New York 10012 National: (800) 797-6229 (voice), (646) 230-9588 (voice), (646) 230-9582 (fax) Local (L. A.): (323) 878-5680 www.pacificacampaign.org Michael C. Ruppert FROM THE WILDERNESS PUBLICATIONS P. O. Box 6061-350 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (818) 788-8791 (voice) (818) 981-2847 (fax) www.copvcia.com L.A./ S.M. CITIZENS for SAFE DRINKING WATER P. O. Box 55335 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (888) 909-8176 www.nofluoride.com www.fluoridealert.org ALLIANCE for CHILD PROTECTION from TOXIC ABUSE P. O. Box 55335 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (818) 990-3810 COALITION AGAINST POLICE ABUSE 2824 So. Western Ave. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 733-2107 (voice) (323) 733-2757 (fax) FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY 2170 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 732-6416 (voice) (323) 732-6410 (fax) www.socialism.com RADICAL WOMEN 2170 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 732-6416 (voice) (323) 732-6416 (fax) www.socialism.com VALLEY GREENS (818) 752-9538 THERESA & BLASE BONPANE (323) 852-9808 LOS ANGELES WAGES for HOUSEWORK COMMITTEE P. O. Box 86681 Los Angeles, California 90086 (323) 292-7405 Cliff Tasner, Composer of BILLIONAIRES FOR BUSH (OR GORE) (818) 766-5509 PROFESSOR DENNIS BRUTUS Poet in Residence Worcester State College, Worcester, MA Patron Jubilee South Africa Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania [EMAIL PROTECTED] photo by Diana Barahona A spirited demonstration of nearly 100 activists greeted KPFK's spring fund drive on May 16. The Pacifica Accountability Committee and others organized the effort, which was endorsed by several grassroots organizations and individuals. There was a banner of a corporate vulture, demonstrators in vulture masks and signs calling for an end to the gag rule and supporting the boycott of Pacifica Radio stations. A new web site (www.boycottKPFK.org) was announced, and there were bumper stickers to help spread the word. Veteran activist (and former KPFK programmer) Blase Bonpane told the crowd that Pacifica was off course. "The course of the network is the Mission Statement, which comes from the peace movement. And this station and the network are part, and have been part and parcel, of the peace movement." "We can't have a station dedicated to peace, justice and humankind behave in an inhuman manner," Bonpane said. "We can't allow a monetarist spirit to enter this particular kind of broadcasting. It wasn't set up to be a money maker." Pacifica Campaign organizer (and former KPFK programmer) John Martinez described their strategy. "It is a call for a boycott against the pledge drive," Martinez said. "It is not an attack to kill or to damage Pacifica, but it is a way to get it back." Martinez told the group that the diversity which was once the guiding philosophy of KPFK programming was being lost, and that has to be turned around. Activist Karen Pomer read a statement from Amy Goodman which exposed a bold lie broadcast on KPFK. It had been announced that Goodman had refused to cooperate with KPFK and provide fund drive programming. The statement read: "Wherever a General Manager of a Pacifica station wants me to fund raise, I fund raise. Pacifica management informed me last week, KPFK General Manager Mark Schubb did not want me to fund raise live on the air." "So it is an outright lie," Pomer said, "what they said today on KPFK, and we need to let as many people know about that as we can." Pomer told the cheering crowd that "turning up the heat" on the Pacifica Board of Directors had just resulted in the resignation of Board Treasurer Michael Palmer, an advocate of selling WBAI (New York). The other speakers included Preston Wood (International Action Center), former KPFK programmer Arturo Lemas, Lloyd Karch (Industrial Workers of the World), Casey Peters (Californians for Proportional Representation, a group which helped with the recent KPFA Board elections), Nancy Lawrence (Peace and Freedom Party) and Tom Camarella (Pacifica Accountability Committee). The Pacifica Campaign has since announced that there will be an informational picket outside KPFK every weekday afternoon during the fund drive, from 4:00 - 6:00. There will also be a demonstration in support of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on Thursday, May 24, from 3:30 - 6:30. For more information call (323) 878-5680. Co-sponsors: ACTION RESOURCE CENTER Box 2104 Venice, California 90294 (310) 396-3254 (voice) (310) 392-9965 (fax) www.arcweb.org PACIFICA ACCOUNTABILTY COMMITTEE P. O. Box 207 San Pedro, California 90733-0207 (323) 957-4659 www.pacfolio.org KPFK LISTENER-LAB ALLIANCE WORKGROUP [EMAIL PROTECTED] INDUSTRIAL WORKERS of the WORLD/LA-GMB P.O. Box 207 San Pedro, California 90733-0207 (310) 831-6023 (voice) www.iwwla.org Endorsers: SAN PEDRO CATHOLIC WORKER San Pedro, California 90731 (310) 831-3460 HARBOR GREENS P. O. Box 1858 San Pedro, California 90733 (310) 833-2633 www.greens.org/cal/harborgreens INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER/ LA 422 So. Western Ave. #114 Los Angeles, California 90020 (213) 487-2368 (voice) (213) 487-2368 (fax) www.iacenter.org AZTLAN MEDIA COLLECTIVE 323 No. Soto St. #68, East Los Angeles, California 90033 (323) 261-4513 LOS ANGELES CATHOLIC WORKER 632 North Brittania St. Los Angeles, California 90033 (323) 267-8789 PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY L. A. County Chapter P. O. Box 741270 Los Angeles, California 90004 (323) 759- 9737 www.peaceandfreedomparty.org PEOPLE AGAINST RACIST TERROR Turning the Tide / Michael Novick, Publisher P. O. Box 1055 Culver City, California 90232 (310) 495-0299 www.antiracist.org PACIFICA CAMPAIGN 51 MacDougal St. #80 New York, New York 10012 National: (800) 797-6229 (voice), (646) 230-9588 (voice), (646) 230-9582 (fax) Local (L. A.): (323) 878-5680 www.pacificacampaign.org Michael C. Ruppert FROM THE WILDERNESS PUBLICATIONS P. O. Box 6061-350 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (818) 788-8791 (voice) (818) 981-2847 (fax) www.copvcia.com L.A./ S.M. CITIZENS for SAFE DRINKING WATER P. O. Box 55335 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (888) 909-8176 www.nofluoride.com www.fluoridealert.org ALLIANCE for CHILD PROTECTION from TOXIC ABUSE P. O. Box 55335 Sherman Oaks, California 91413 (818) 990-3810 COALITION AGAINST POLICE ABUSE 2824 So. Western Ave. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 733-2107 (voice) (323) 733-2757 (fax) FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY 2170 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 732-6416 (voice) (323) 732-6410 (fax) www.socialism.com RADICAL WOMEN 2170 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90018 (323) 732-6416 (voice) (323) 732-6416 (fax) www.socialism.com VALLEY GREENS (818) 752-9538 Theresa & Blase Bonpane (323) 852-9808 LOS ANGELES WAGES for HOUSEWORK COMMITTEE P. O. 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