<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>Did others hear Bessie Walsh's interruption of the Democracy Now broadcast
<BR>this morning?
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<BR>All of a sudden Amy's broadcast went off the air, and on came Bessie who, in
<BR>a righteous voice, denounced various acts of "violence" by anti-Pacifica
<BR>protesters. The second act of violence in her litany was "perpetrated on the
<BR>station manager of WBAI while she was attempting to interview a congressman."
<BR>I am afraid that this gave it all away for me, as now the episode when Utrice
<BR>Leid's interrupted the interview with Major Owens while it was on air is
<BR>being presented as an act of violence against her. I imagine that there was
<BR>some wrestling over the mike, and this is now going down as an act of
<BR>violence by anti-Pacifica forces.
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<BR>The longer this goes on, the more I have to wonder if there is a good end to
<BR>it.
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<BR>Leo Casey
<BR>United Federation of Teachers
<BR>260 Park Avenue South
<BR>New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869)
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<BR>Power concedes nothing without a demand.
<BR>It never has, and it never will.
<BR>If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
<BR>Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who
<BR>want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and
<BR>lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.
<BR><P ALIGN=CENTER>-- Frederick Douglass --
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