Friends - Please forward this to progressive groups and listservs, along with the previous email announcing the simultaneous free-Pacifica demos on Wed., Sept. 12 in DC and NYC. This email gives action options for those who support the movement but can't attend either protest. A shorter version of this doucment is on the back of the flyer for 9/12, and can be downloaded (along with the front) at http://wbaiaction.org/mediakit/index.html If there are any questions, please call the Pacifica Campaign to Stop the Takeover at 646-230-9588 or check their website at www.pacificacampaign.org. Or you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Bob Lederer Fired and Banned WBAI producer Member, Concerned Friends of WBAI Action Committee ********************************************* QUICK ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TODAY TO SAVE PACIFICA: In all calls, emails and faxes, be polite and non-abusive, but firm. I. IF YOU CAN ONLY MAKE ONE CALL... Call the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) headquarters in DC (800-368-5242), where Pacifica National Board Vice Chair Ken Ford is employed as a manager, and a leave a message for Ford at extension 8228 asking him to resign from the Pacifica Board. Also leave a message for NAHB CEO Jerry Howard at extension 8257 asking him to call upon his employee Ford to resign from the Pacifica Board. Remember that NAHB donates millions each year to pro-corporate politicians and lobbies fiercely to block environmental and anti-sprawl measures and legislation requiring new homes to be accessible to the disabled. Some talking points for your message to Ken Ford: * Immediately reinstate Democracy Now! programs and staff. * Don't pack the Board. No more self-selecting Board. * Do the right thing and resign now, for at least 3 reasons: 1. Your term expired on June 7, 2000. (Contrary to Ford's assertion, the by-laws do NOT state that merely being elected to the Executive Committee allows a director to serve an additional term.) 2. You have repeatedly disrespected the Pacifica community by overseeing union-busting, staff lockouts, censorship and race-baiting at the network. 3. By forwarding activist emails and phone messages to the FBI, you have shown that you do not understand the historic role of the FBI as an opponent of free expression and the right to First Amendment-protected dissent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- II. CALL THE PROBABLE BOARD NOMINEES The Pacifica Board has scheduled an illegal conference call "meeting" (illegal because it violates the open-meetings requirements under federal law) for Sept. 19th to replace Board members who have resigned due to our movement's massive, grassroots campaign of nonviolent pressure, and to bolster the hijackers' razor-thin 6-5 majority over the progressive dissidents. Call the probable nominees* and let them know that to accept the Board's offer would seriously undermine efforts to preserve the Pacifica Radio Network, and would immediately result in their being added as defendants in the current lawsuits against the Board. George Barnstone (former Board member, ACLU of Texas), 713-524-9131, fax: 713-524-9132, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marion Barry (former DC Mayor; Democratic Party operative) 202-562-7564 James Ferguson (DC civil rights advocate), 202-371-1091, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dick Gregory (comedian, activist), 323-296-1760 *Background: The last time the Board majority attempted such a maneuver, in July (by declaring the meeting an "emergency" on one week's notice), they were stopped by a judge in the lawsuits by listeners and dissident local & national board members. At that time, four names were put forward as nominees (a fifth, Susan Estrich, the longtime national Democratic Party operative and former chair of Michael Dukakis' Presidential Campaign, withdrew after a cascade of emails urging her to pull out). This time, the Board is refusing to release the names until a week before the "meeting" (i.e., around Sept. 12). So we assume the previous names are still in the running. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- III. DELUGE THE BOARD WITH EMAILS AND FAXES Tell them: * Immediately reinstate Democracy Now! programs and staff. * Don't pack the Board. No more self-selecting Board. * If you can't support a democratic board, resign now. Pacifica Board Vice Chair Ken Ford Tel: 202-822-0228 Fax: 202-822-0369 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken Ford's boss at the National Association of Home Builders: Jerry Howard, CEO Tel: 800-368-5242 ext. 257 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Farrell Tel: 310-514-2052 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pacifica Board member Wendell L. Johns Tel: 202-752-5355 Fax: 202-752-4281 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cut the below list of email addresses, paste it into the To: line of your email composition form. [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valrie Chambers has recently sided with the board dissidents in writing a memo to Wash and Yasko, telling them to reinstate Democracy Now! with back pay. Thank Valrie for her support and politely ask her to not cooperate with the others packing the board in September. Pacifica Board member Valrie Chambers Tel: 361-825-6012 Fax: 281-655-0266 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a quick way to send a form letter to all Board members asking them to resign, go to http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/pacifica/resign/ ************************************************************************************************* From: "Lyn Gerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:16:51 -0400 Subject: [EMMAS] Robert Farrell, it's Time to Face the Music Robert Farrell, it's Time to Face the Music In recent weeks, Pacifica Foundation director Robert Farrell has signaled his intention to "switch sides" and support the dissident members on the board. Robert Farrell is just as responsible for the mess in LA and New York as Bessie Wash, Ken Ford, and John Murdock (among others). ROBERT FARRELL, OF SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA, HAS SO FAR MANAGED TO AVOID ANSWERING FOR HIS MALFEASANCE ON THE PNB. IT'S TIME TO LET HIM KNOW WHERE WE STAND. Mr. Farrell was elected to the national board in October 1998, after gaining the trust of the Local Advisory Board of KPFK, saying that he would oppose the proposed bylaw amendments at the Pacifica National Board (PNB) meeting in 1999. These amendments turned the PNB into a top- down, self-perpetuating, self-selecting body, and are currently being challenged by the California Attorney General Farrell's stated opposition to the bylaw changes was crucial to his election to the PNB by KPFK 's Local Advisory Board. However, he voted in favor of the bylaw changes, despite a resolution passed by the LAB in Los Angeles opposing them. In light of Mr. Farrell's vote and his refusal to communicate with the LAB, they voted to remove him from the national board in May, 2000. Neither Farrell nor the PNB recognized this action or their right to take this action, which is granted by California Corporation Code 5222 . Thus, it must be understood that Mr. Farrell was recalled by his Local Advisory Board and his continuing position on the PNB may be illegal. Nonetheless, he continues to sit on the executive committee. Mr. Farrell was on the PNB executive committee during the attempted sale and subsequent lockdown of KPFA in 1999 and supported the actions of the directors. Mr. Farrell was also on the executive committee during the December 2000 'Christmas Coup' at WBAI and shares full responsibility for the squandering of funds on a Big Brother security system and for the firings, bannings, censorship and harassment; and for letting Utrice Leid run amok. BOB FARRELL HAS BEEN PUBLICLY SILENT AND THEREFORE COMPLICIT IN KPFK MANAGEMENT'S REMOVAL OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE VOICES ON KPFK. His local station, KPFK, continues to drop popular programs, such as David Barsamian's 'Alternative Radio' at the whim of manager, Mark Schubb, who has pre-empted Democracy Now several times in support of the Washington management's efforts to silence Amy Goodman. Robert Farrell is a named defendant in the Listeners' Lawsuit (Spooner, et al), although he was dropped from the LAB lawsuit last winter in what proved to be a futile attempt to open a dialogue with him. IT IS BECAUSE OF MR. FARRELL'S BROKEN PROMISES AND HIS ALLIANCE WITH THE CORPORATE CLIQUE WHO HAVE BROUGHT DISASTER TO PACIFICA THAT WE DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION. His latest attempts to realign himself in order to stay on the Board can not be looked at in isolation from his past performance. If he really wants to support democracy at Pacifica, he needs to stop hiding and pretending he doesn't know what's going on or isn't responsible. Pacifica needs more than empty political promises. How you can help: Southern California residents should write letters of 300 words or less to the editors of Farrell's local papers. Include your signature, address and phone numbers - the paper will only print your city. Letters to the Editor Daily Breeze 5215 Torrance, CA 90503-4077 E-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Letters Editor Long Beach Press Telegram 604 Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 90844 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Letters to the Editor Los Angeles Times 202 West 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 fax: 213-237-7679 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Write a letter to Robert Farrell at his home. 726 West 30th St. San Pedro, CA 90731 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Call him at home. His phone number is (310) 514-2052. Be courteous but firm. Politely identify yourself and ask him to do the right thing, to put the future of the Pacifica Radio network first, and to resign. It is the honorable thing to do. Every day that goes by means more damage to the network. Finally, contact the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action. Robert Farrell is on the board of directors. They can be reached at: Southern California Americans for Democratic Action 8124 W. Third St., Suite 102 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Tel 323-651-4440 Fax 323-651-1163 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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