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» A Firm New Boss at an Old Voice of the Left - New York Times article on U. Leid the interim Station Manager at WBAI which was imposed by Pacifica trough the "Christmas Coup".
» A Protester Meets with Utrice Leid - A listeners memo after a meeting with WBAI's Utrice Leid. Points of discussion are the bannings, firings, the boycott and Major Owens among others.
» Amsterdam News on WBIX Radio in Exile - Herb Boyd about the internet broadcasts by the banned, fired and exiled from WBAI's airwaves. WBIX is continuing a tradition of excellency in journalism which has come under attack at WBAI.
» Angry Listeners Tune Out WBAI Fund Drive - WBAI's efforts to fire its audience and bring in replacement listeners appears to have failed. The station's spring fund drive netted less than half of the $850,000 it normally takes in, according to organizers of the Pacifica Campaign. By John Tarleton.
» Background of WBAI Struggle - Information on the activism and the efforts to save WBAI as a free speech radio station within the Pacifica Network from the perspective of the International Action Center.
» Bernard White Interview - Fired WBAI Program Director, Bernard White on WPKN's Counterpoint program, full-length interview by Scott Harris. (27 minute broadcast, RealAudio format)
» Bernard White at WPFW-LAB Meeting - Bernard White fired Program Director provides a personal account of the "Christmas Coup" at WBAI at a meeting of WPFW's Local Advisory Board. DC Indymedia. (RealVideo)
» Brooklyn Congressman Slams WBAI on Capitol Hill - Congressman Owens, NY City Council member Freed, and NY Public Advocate candidate Siegel joined ousted WBAI staffers at a press conference. Village Voice article.
» Campaign Grows to Save WBAI/Pacifica - "Supporters who favor a politically conscious, activist WBAI continued their protests while more firings and changes take place." From Workers World.
» Can WBAI be Saved? - Village Voice article about post "Coup" censorship, bannings and firings at WBAI, a changing Pacifica Board and efforts to restore WBAI to its original mission.
» Christmas Coup Rocks Pacifica's WBAI - Article by weekly "Haiti Progres" analyzing the removal of station management by Pacifica. Gives Background on installed Station Manager.
» Coup D'Etat at WBAI! - IndyMedia article by Bill Weinberg recounts events at WBAI and charges that the Pacifica Board has been stacked with individuals pursuing corporate interests.
» Crisis at WBAI Radio in New York: An Attempt to Silence Alternative Views - World Socialist Web Site on WBAI with an in-depth analysis of political motives behind the take-over.
» Cutting a Congressman off the Air - Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes congressman Major Owens' beeing censored by WBAI's U. Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships.
» Firings Strengthen Pacifica Control of New York Outlet - From Current, a public broadcasting newspaper, about the removal of management at Pacifica's WBAI. Quotes the fired and banned.
» Gotham Gazette - WBAI - Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI.
» KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover - Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common Dreams.
» Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI - Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation.
» Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air - Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI.
» NY Radio Station Axes Two Leftist Producers - Rediff.com article on the banning of WBAI producers Deepa Fernandes and Biju Mathew. "It's a total political purge," says Fernandes, who co-produced "Behind the News" with Mathew.
» Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio March Into Studio - Members of listeners group Loud Rapp protest rightward political turn of Pacifica's WBAI in programming and attacks on workers' rights. Press Release.
» Pacifica Begins Moves to Silence WBAI - Just as in 1999 in Berkeley, when Pacifica fired KPFA's general manager, it is trying to fire WBAI's general manager, Valerie van Isler. NYC Indymedia advisory.
» Pacifica Campaign Intends to Create Havoc During WBAI's Fundraising Drive. - Westchester Co. Weekly on the campaign to withhold donations to WBAI to ensure that bannings, firings and censorship will stop .
» Pacifica Management Moves to Undermine WBAI's Independence - Echoing the 1999 KPFA attack, Pacifica told WBAI's General Manager Valerie Van Isler that she is beeing removed. Fair Media Advisory.
» Pacifica Troubles - NPR reports on the battle over recent changes at Pacifica's WBAI. Activists are protesting the new general manager, as a symptom of Pacifica's rightward drift. (RealAudio)
» Pacifica's Temporary WBAI Minion U. Leid Censors On-Air Discussion - NYC Indymedia article compares WBAI's Coup to an occupation. "Like all occupation forces, they are illegal, immoral and they are going home."
» Peoples Video Network: Save WBAI - Demonstration at Pacifica's WBAI the morning after Pacifica coup that fired the Station Manager, the Program Director and Producer Sharon Harper. (RealVideo)
» Protesters Defend WBAI Against Pacifica Management - Workers World on WBAI and demonstration shortly before the takeover to protest Pacifica's plan to fire Valerie Van Isler the Station Manager.
» Resistance Grows to "Christmas Coup D'Etat" at WBAI - WBAI producer Bill Weinberg gives the history of the conflict and an update on the current struggle to save free speech radio at this Pacifica radio station.
» Rule By Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory - Discussing recent developments at WBAI which under U. Leid has used right wing antisemitic propaganda for it's spring 2001 fund raiser. By WBAI host Bill Weinberg.
» Rule by Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory - Bill Weinberg on right-wing premiums in the spring 2000 fund-raising marathon by Pacifica's WBAI Radio.
» The Christmas Coup at WBAI - Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's board carrying out a coup at WBAI by taking over the station, changing the locks, firing three people; then banning staff who disagreed with their actions.
» The Daily Weekly - WBAI Coverage - Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from the Daily Weekly on-line magazine.
» The Fairfield County Weekly - Democracy Sometime, Somehow - Explains how Democracy Now's host and crew found themselves broadcasting from outside WBAI's studios.
» The Pacifica Counterrevolution Hits WBAI - Article on infoshop.org by Edward S. Hermann encouraging people to get involved in the struggle against Pacifica in order to save WBAI.
» The Struggle for The Soul of Listener Sponsored Radio - WBAI host Elombe Brath about the growing resistance against the Pacifica Board 'Coup' at WBAI.
» The Village Voice - WBAI Coverage - Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from The Village Voice a New York City weekly.
» This Just In: We're Fired. - A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left. TIME Magazine article on "Midnight Coup" at Pacifica station WBAI.
» WBAI - Race And Power at Pacifica Radio - "U. Leid and C. Reilly, under the guidance of its current national board, are upholding, by extension a profoundly racist and classist vision for Pacifica's future." Indymedia article.
» WBAI Fights Management's Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite - Village Voice article by Bharati Sadasivam about changes made at WBAI by interim Station Manager Utrice Leid.
» WBAI Is Latest Pacifica Storm - NonProfit Times on the WBAI takeover. Giving voice to Pacifica's version of events what has been called the "Christmas Coup".
» WBAI Listeners Rally in Support of Robert Knight - John Tarleton on listeners in front of WBAI for an impromptu protest in support of award-winning broadcaster Robert Knight. Knight was banned from the station.
» WBAI Outcasts Broadcast their Message Over the Net - The Villager on broadcasts by WBIX, WBAI in Exile, which broadcasts daily, featuring the banned and fired continuing to uphold the pre-coup quality of WBAI programming.
» WBAI Protests Disrupt Secret Pacifica Meeting in NYC - Station managers Pacifica stations and the Executive Staff of the Pacifica Foundation arrived in New York City for a secret meeting. Members of the Pacifica resistance movement organized a spontaneous, disciplined, peaceful protest.
» WBAI Rally on Wall Street - WBAI listeners converged in front of the station's studio to protest the firings of WBAI's station manager, program director and a producer of the popular morning show Wake Up Call. Images of the protest.
» WBAI The Coup on Wall Street by Mumia Abu Jamal - Column in the Nation Magazine. "Coup" at Pacifica's WBAI as "opening salvo in a pitched battle designed to silence radical dissent".
» WBAI and Czech Public Television Fearful Symmetry - Article by WBAI host Bill Weinberg relating events at WBAI to the struggle for free speech in reporting at a Czech TV station.
» WBAI rally in Newark - Photographs of protest held in Newark, NJ against the banning and firing of producers by the interim Station Manager U. Leid at Pacifica's WBAI.
» WBAI-FM in Crisis - Article on tenant.net relating the takeover of WBAI and changes in the Pacifica National Board to the struggle for decent and affordable housing.
» What's the Real Deal at WBAI? - Haiti Progres article calling WBAI Interim Manager Leid an "agent of a reactionary segment of the Pacifica National Board" and looking back at the post "Coup" time.