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Click to sign the petition AGAINST the proposed bylaws changes! Two years ago, coupsters kicked in our doors, filed a lawsuit and forced a referendum, all in an attempt to end democracy at Pacifica and give themselves the right to sell WBAI. We defeated them, winning the referendum by aContinue Reading

by Pete DolackOriginally published in CounterPunch:https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/the-fight-for-independent-non-corporate-radio-flares-up-again/ Here we go again. Listener democracy at the Pacifica radio network is in deep jeopardy again because the same people who violently shut down WBAI in 2019 and forced an expensive referendum that was soundly defeated in 2020 have forced a second bylaws referendum.Continue Reading

by Ann Garrison Reprinted from CounterPunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/15/pacifica-radio-lets-talk-about-the-debt/ In early June, listener subscribers and staff of the Pacifica Radio Network, which includes five nonprofit metropolitan stations, KPFA-Berkeley, KPFK-Los Angeles, KPFT-Houston, WBAI-New York City, WPFW-Washington D.C., and over 200 smaller affiliate stations across the U.S., will receive ballots to vote on yetContinue Reading

The people responsible for shutting WBAI down for more than a month in October 2019 are back with a second referendum attempt. (The first one was voted down) As WBAI and Pacifica face the new attempt at removing community control of governance at WBAI & Pacifica, political prisoner and journalistContinue Reading

For more about the referendum seeking to destroy community input into Pacifica, visit https://pacificafightback.org/Continue Reading