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| The Pacifica Crisis, Independent Media, and 9-11 |
Pacifica Campaign Forums in California, New York, and Washington, DC October 19-October 21 In New York City What unique price will African Americans and peoples of color incur in the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedy? How will new legislation, institutionalizing racial profiling, affect our day to day lives? Join us, as these and other questions are answered on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, 7-10pm EST. Rebroadcast on http://www.wbix.org/ on Saturday, Oct. 20, 11am EST. Speakers include: Moderator The forum will take place at the Brooklyn, NY, campus of Long Island University on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, from 7-10pm. It will be in the Health Sciences Building, Room #107, corner of DeKalb and Flatbush Ave. Trains: D, M, N, Q, R, to Dekalb Ave. of #2, 3, 4, or 5 to Nevins St. For additional information call: (718) 488-1153 or (646) 230-9588. In Washington, DC WBIX.ORG presents War, Peace & the USA with greater DC community and leaders of the Latino, African, Asian, Muslim, Jewish, Indigenous and Arab-American communities, as well as legal, foreign policy & media experts with Errol Maitland, Ryme Katkhouda, and music with spoken word from DC. Broadcast live on http://www.wbix.org/ on Saturday, Oct. 20, 6pm EST. In Southern California A Series of Forums with Two of America's Leading Media Critics David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio (www.alternativeradio.org), the award-winning Boulder-based weekly independent radio program that airs on more than 125 public radio stations. Mr. Barsamian is a co-author of many books with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Eqbal Ahmad, and Edward Said. Laura Flanders, host of Working Assets Radio broadcast daily on KLLW in San Francisco. She is the author of "Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting." Her Spin Doctor Laura columns appear daily at http://www.workingforchange.com/. Guest Speakers: *Sonali Kolhatkar, is the Vice President of the Afghan Women's Mission http://afghanwomensmission.org/, a US-based organization which supports the humanitarian efforts and awareness of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). *Prof. Glen Mimura, UCI Asian American Studies, Lessons from the Japanese-American Internment *Alan Minsky, LA Independent Media Center (http://www.la.indymedia.org/) Los Angeles/UCLA Long Beach Orange County LA/Los Feliz SF Valley Organized by: Pacifica Campaign LA, Hollywood/Echo Park Free Pacifica Neighborhood Network, Ventura County Free Speech Network, The Social Concerns Committee of the Onion, Act for Global Justice (UCI), Academia and Action (UCI), The Environmental Coalition (UCLA). In LA, we are struggling to restore KPFK 90.7 FM to Pacifica's mission -- Tel: (323) 878-5680 or E-mail: pacificacampaignla@yahoo.com
October 19 - CHANGED TIME AND LOCATION FOR UCLA: Terrorism, War, & the Media: The Blackout of the Peace Movement & Racist Hysteria WITH APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE FOR THE CONFUSION (WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SECURE A LOCATION AT UCLA UNTIL LAST TUESDAY), FOLLOWING IS THE TIME AND LOCATION FOR TODAY'S UCLA EVENT: TIME: 3:00 PM Terrorism, War, & the Media: The Blackout of the Peace Movement & Racist Hysteria A Forum with Two of America's Leading Media Critics David Barsamian is the founder and director of Alternative Radio www.alternativeradio.org, the award-winning Boulder-based weekly independent program. AR, a one-hour program that presents perspectives ignored or distorted in the corporate-controlled media, is broadcast on more than 125 public radio stations. Mr. Barsamian is a co-author of many books with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Eqbal Ahmad and Edward Said. Laura Flanders, Journalist is the host of Working Assets Radio broadcast daily on KLLW in San Francisco. She is the author of 'Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting." Her Spin Doctor Laura columns appear daily at workingforchange.com. Guest Speakers: *Sonali Kolhatkar, is the Vice President of the
Afghan Women's Mission afghanwomensmission.org, a US-based
organization which supports the humanitarian efforts and awareness
of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).
*Prof. Glen Mimura (UCI), Lessons from the Japanese American
Internment. *Alan Minsky, LA Independent Media Center
(@skylight) Los Angeles/UCLA Long Beach Orange County Saturday, Oct 20, 3 PM University of California,
Irvine/Social Sciences Lecture Hall LA/Los Feliz Sunday, Oct 21, 1 PM SF Valley Sunday, Oct 21, 5 PM Organized by: Pacifica Campaign LA, Hollywood/Echo Park Free Pacifica Neighborhood Network, Ventura County Free Speech Network, The Social Concerns Committee of the Onion, Act for Global Justice (UCI), Academia and Action (UCI), The Environmental Coalition (UCLA). For more information contact the PACIFICA CAMPAIGN (www.pacificacampaign.org), a national organization of staff and listeners alike working to preserve Pacifica's 50-year tradition of community-based, listener-sponsored radio. In LA, we are struggling to restore KPFK 90.7 FM to Pacifica's mission - tel: (323) 878-5680 email: pacificacampaignla@yahoo.com |