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Love Underground Vision Radio - Coverage of KPFA Protest
Audio files of the 1999 protests and teach-ins against the Pacifica Network at Berkeley's KPFA radio station. (requires RealAudio player) (infos)Dennis Bernstein: How I Was Arrested on the Air
Dennis Bernstein's article in CounterPunch on his arrest at KPFA. (infos)
The Taking of KPFA by Pacifica
Full coverage of 1999 dispute at KPFA from San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper (infos)
Trouble in Texas
Pacifica's board wanted to discuss the network's future in secret. KPFA staff and supporters wanted them to resign. A report from the San Francisco Bay Guardian. (infos)
The Coup at KPFA
Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's attempted take over of KPFA and the activism in opposition. (infos)
Bensky bounced
Bensky's firing came fewer than 10 days after the termination of popular KPFA general manager Nicole Sawaya. The network fired Bensky because of his on-air comments in support of Sawaya. SF Bay Guardian. (infos)
KPFA: Statement from 1999-SEIU Healthcare Workers Union Local 250
Supporting the activists fighting the Pacifica's takeover and calling for the Foundation's Board to halt its unfair labor practices and negotiate in good faith with the bargaining committee at KPFA. (infos)
Berkeley KPFA Radio Staff Won Battle, But War Goes On
When Pacifica Foundation returned control of the radio station KPFA to staff , it lifted its "gag rule," but also left staff with an ultimatum to increase diversity and audience size. Sacramento Bee. (infos)
Nearly Half a Million Spent During KPFA Lockout
The Pacifica Foundation spent nearly $500,000 to hire armed security guards and a public relations firm during a prolonged showdown with employees radio station KPFA. SF Chronicle. (infos)
A Fight - Berkeley-Style - Over Radio's Future
A lockout at the oldest public radio station spurs concern that a crusading liberal voice will be silenced. Christian Science Monitor. (infos)