[lbo-talk] Re: KPFA etc.

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 19 12:28:08 PDT 2004


Since you think my 15 years around WBAI aren't enough to know what's going on, how are these three people, who don't even live in a Pacifica station's signal area, qualified to comment? And how are the listeners qualified to vote for the local station boards if it requires deep immersion in the history and minutiae?

Doug

Joseph Wanzala wrote:


>http://www.radio4all.org/fp/heroes.htm
>
>Noam Chomsky, Ed Herman and Howard Zinn to Pacifica Board:
>Reject Corporate Models, Commit to Democratic Forms of Governance
>__________________________________________________________________________________
>
>February 24, 1999
>
>
>Dr. Mary Berry, Chair
>Pacifica Foundation
>1929 Martin Luther King Way
>Berkeley, CA 94704
>
>As long-time admirers and supporters of Pacifica, we are troubled by
>apparent tendencies toward increased centralization of power and
>decision-making that bring Pacifica closer to the private corporate
>model. Pacifica's strength and legitimacy grew from the knowledge
>and confidence of its listeners that it was based and directed from
>within their respective communities and spoke to their interests.
>Its service as an educational resource as well as a vital outlet for
>journalism in the public interest arose from its refusal to focus on
>market share in the corporate mode.
>
>With the question of the mode of governance at issue in the
>forthcoming board meeting, we would strongly urge the board to
>celebrate Pacifica's 50th birthday by a firm commitment to
>democratic forms of governance and participation. We can think of no
>better way to honor a half century of listener-sponsored radio than
>by strong endorsement of the principles that made it possible and
>successful.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Noam Chomsky,
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
> Edward S. Herman
> University of Pennsylvania
>
> Howard Zinn
> Boston University
>
>
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