San Francisco Liberation Radio's topics - tribe.net

New tribe against the occupation of Afghanistan

2008-07-27T07:25:27Z

New tribe against the occupation of Afghanistan
http://tribes.tribe.net/outnow#

Massive U.S. intervention in Afghanistan began in 1978 and continues to this day. The ongoing war in Afghanistan continues to kill thousands of Afghan civilians and cause extreme suffering due to horrendous injuries, the displacement of people from their homes and livelihoods, home invasions, sexual abuse, arbitrary arrests and torture, and the general humiliation of the Afghani people.

As this author stated for Liberation News on September 12, 2001:

“Americans watched in horror as the World Trade Center collapsed. Yet it was a horror no different from what the U.S. government has done with it's bombing of civilian populations in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Korea. The U.S. bombings of just these countries, not to mention many other U.S. acts of war, murdered millions of civilians. Terror against civilians is never justified…

“Today the clerical fascists of the Taliban rule Afghanistan. The CIA put them in power with billions of dollars in U.S. military aid. This massive U.S. intervention in Afghanistan was in opposition to the revolutionary PDPA government that came to power in 1978 on issues of promoting women’s rights and land reform. Literacy campaigns began teaching the poor and women how to read and write.

“Foreign religious fanatics and wealthy defenders of the old feudal system came together in a terrorist organization called the Mujahideen. With billions of dollars in assistance from the U.S. [starting under the Jimmy Carter presidency] these fanatical cutthroats waged a holy war that included killing women for teaching little girls how to read and write and throwing acid into the faces of women who had become liberated from the veil. The Taliban came to power as a result of this U.S. intervention.

“Will a U.S. war now against the Taliban and former CIA aid recipient Osama Bin Laden set things straight? No. It will be the people of Afghanistan who suffer death and destruction from war as the U.S. attempts to install a puppet government friendly to U.S. corporate [oil pipeline] interests.” Steven Argue, Liberation News, September 12, 2001

The Taliban was put in power by U.S. intervention. U.S. occupation today is a cause for war and continues to keep an extremely reactionary religious government in power. Afghanistan had secular governments with much wider women's rights before the U.S. began its massive intervention in Afghanistan in the 1970's. All U.S. imposed governments have been religious and anti-women. In Afghanistan, the Afghanis are better qualified to solve the problems caused by U.S. imperialism than U.S. imperialism is.

Yet rather than get out of Afghanistan Obama and McCain are proposing more troops, more helicopters, and more war.

NO TO THE BIPARTISAN OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN!!!!

NO TO OBAMA and MCCAIN'S PROPOSED SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN!

U.S. OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!

http://tribes.tribe.net/outnow#

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

No to NYC Indymedia Censorship, How We Can Really End the War

2008-01-12T05:45:37Z

"I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it." Socialist Anti-war Candidate Eugene Debs (who garnered nearly a million votes while he sat in prison for opposition to U.S. involvement in World War One).

"Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action" wrote Ron Paul, who voted against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act in Congress, the act that gave Blacks the right to vote, quote from his “Ron Paul Newsletter”.

No to NYC Indymedia Censorship, How We Can Really End the War

By STEVEN ARGUE

Claiming that only an alliance with Ron Paul conservatives can end the war, New York City Indymedia volunteers have allowed blatant slander against Liberation News and have censored attempts to respond to those lies. Among the slanders posted were accusations that Liberation News is opposed to Ron Paul because we support Hillary Clinton and her healthcare program. I tried posting the following response, but it was censored on the site:

Ron Paul supporter: “it's pointed out that yes Ron Paul is a racist but Stevies candidate Hillary is even worse.”

Steven Argue: “I don’t support Hillary Clinton. Never have, but you don’t listen. This is pure slander.”

They then repeat their slander that I support Hillary Clinton for her healthcare plan saying, “It's pointed out that Stevie is willing to sacrifice liberty for a bogus health care plan”

Steven Argue: “Hillary Clinton opposes both socialized medicine and single payer healthcare. She supports insurance company healthcare, the kind that is killing untold millions in the United States. This is one of many reasons I oppose her.”

“And no, I don't see Clinton as a first step towards socialized medicine. Her promise to force people to buy insurance has nothing in common with socialized medicine, nor partially socialized medicine (i.e. single payer). I’m clear about this in my article:

The Case for Socialized Medicine in the United States, and the Struggle to Achieve It, By STEVEN ARGUE
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/02/18469739.php

“As for Ron Paul, he wants to privatize everything, including public education, Social Security, and Medicare, eliminate the Voting Rights Act and Roe V Wade in the name of "states rights", signed on to the "Marriage Protection Act", would eliminate every environmental and labor protection, etc. etc. etc. This is a prescription for the slavery of the majority to protect the “liberty” of a tiny handful of capitalists to exploit.

“I oppose both Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul. But I’ve already made that clear as being my position. These accusations are slanderous.”

Ron Paul supporter: “Then Stevie moves the goal posts again. Waaa. He's being censored.”

Steven Argue: “I repeatedly posted a response to the slander that I support Hillary Clinton’s healthcare plan, and the response is censored every time. I have no motive to make that up. I mentioned it because I wanted people to see my response. Frankly, I’m quite surprised it is happening. Let’s see if this one goes up.”

That response, as I feared, was also censored. Revealing the reasons behind the Ron Paul censorship at the site, the Ron Paul backers posted the following:

“Get off your sectarianism.

“What you don’t get is that there are only two ways we're going to end the occupation of Iraq:

“1.) A recession, and a bad one.

“2.) Convincing the vast majority of conservative Americans it's wrong. Ron Paul reaches these people. The guy with the Free Mumia shirt selling the "Socialist Worker" doesn't.

“To get anything done in a democracy you're going to have to work with people you don't agree with and people you might not even like. People in grown up countries do this all the time. They're called "coalitions".

“The Labor Party in Israel, for example, makes alliances with the ultra orthodox. The Liberal Democrats have made common cause with the Tories in the UK. The left made common cause with Vicente Fox to get the PRI out of power in Mexico.

“It's only in the puritan USA where everybody thinks you have to like all your political allies and agree with them on everything.”

Besides the fact that the majority of Americans already oppose the war; and besides the fact that these points show a total lack of understanding of the bourgeois nature of the coalitions in the countries mentioned; and besides showing a total lack of understanding of what it will take to end the war (I discuss this at the end of the article); New York City Indymedia’s lack of confidence in the ability of people to change has caused them to build a coalition with a capitalist politician who is a racist, homophobic, anti-worker, anti-environmental, bible thumping, sexist, anti-labor, anti-poor, free-market privatization fanatic. On top of that, they censor the left in order to achieve that coalition.

While a Ron Paul presidency would likely end the war, at what price would this come?

Ron Paul uses the term liberty a lot, so let’s take a look at what he means by liberty.

The liberty Ron Paul demands is:

The liberty of the capitalists to exploit without labor laws and environmental protections;

The "state’s right” to prevent Blacks from voting without the interference of the Voting Rights Act (voted against its renewal in Congress);

The "states right" to ban abortions without the interference of Roe v Wade;

The freedom of the government to deny same-sex rights (was an original sponsor of the "Marriage Protection Act");

The freedom of children not to attend schools (would abolish public education);

The freedom of the elderly and disabled to starve (would abolish Social Security);

The freedom of the sick to die (would abolish Medicare);

The freedom of the U.S. to destroy the planet without even the most basic limits on carbon emissions (opposes signing on to Kyoto and all other carbon limitations);

This is, in short, the liberty of a wealthy minority to make their money from the exploitation of labor and the environment with zero interference from labor laws, environmental laws, and the IRS. While his program is liberty for a minority of rich white heterosexual males, it is slavery for the majority.

Simply put, Ron Paul's promises to end the war are not enough when one looks at the fact that he would eliminate two centuries of hard fought social progress in the United States.

Some of the anti-war backers of Ron Paul argue that we don’t have to worry about these things because Ron Paul will never be elected. They think that backing his campaign is a way to win over his supporters. What is clear is that such arguments could only come from people who are utterly lost and rudderless, which leaves unclear the question of what they are winning Ron Paul supporters over to. They are supporting a candidate whose program is George Wallace on crack cocaine! Yet, the ultimate absurdity is the fact that they are backing a candidate whose most reassuring feature is that he won’t get elected! Is this point lost on these people? And is the chance that their support may help him get elected a chance they really want to take? Nobody thought that third party candidate Jesse (the body) Ventura would get elected in Minnesota either, but he was, and as soon as he was elected he discarded his libertarian values on drug legalization and prostitution and instead proceeded to carrying out attacks on labor and carrying out disastrous cuts in education and other social spending.

Others argue that if Ron Paul is elected, he will easily be able to pull the troops out of Iraq, but congress will block him on the other issues. There is no doubt that they would block parts of Ron Paul’s program in order to prevent the social unrest such measures would cause, but with the ruling class’s desire to step up the exploitation of labor and the environment through eliminating regulation and through privatization, there can be little doubt that if he as able to maintain his presidency without being shot, aspects of Ron Paul’s domestic program would be implemented.

Today, in the United States we have two rightwing capitalist parties that rule. The activists who run New York Indymedia are floating around utterly lost and rudderless. On the one hand, their anarchist philosophy prohibits them from putting forward their own leadership or supporting socialist candidates; and on the other hand, they are stuck in the “real politic” of supporting “lesser evil” capitalist politicians. It is these characteristics that made them susceptible to being swept up on the Ron Paul band wagon. Despite their “libertarian” values of “freedom”, they have now taken this to the point where they are even willing to censor critics of Ron Paul on their website.

While Ron Paul, the only Republican candidate opposed to the war, is not worth supporting, the front running Democrats are also very bad. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards, are all pro-war. Both Edwards and Clinton voted for the war. Obama supporters claim that Obama never supported the war. While Obama was not yet in the Senate at the time of the Iraq war vote, Obama, Edwards, and Clinton have all voted for war appropriations. This puts them all in the position of having supported the war. Over a million Iraqis are dead due to the U.S. invasion and occupation, and billions of dollars have been squandered. Obama, by helping pay for the war, has his hands in this mass murder just as Clinton and Edwards do.

Obama’s Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007 supposedly would have begun troop withdrawal in May 2007. Yet, it didn't call for full nor immediate withdrawal. In addition, under the bill, the withdrawal could be halted if the Iraqi government met a number of criteria laid out by the Bush administration. These included a broad number of things such as changes in the use of oil revenue, government reforms, an end to sectarian violence, and other economic and reconstruction criteria. In Obama’s bill we have a crystal ball into the future. The excuses laid out in the bill will be heard once again as Obama, Clinton, or Edwards explain why they are keeping the troops in Iraq for their entire presidency; that is unless other actions are taken by the people to stop the war.

This brings us to the fundamental question of how to stop the war. If we are to listen to the Ron Paul censors / supporters at NYC Indymedia the only thing we can do to stop the war is support Ron Paul or hope for (pray for?) economic collapse. Yet, this ignores other less damaging possibilities. These include the troops refusing to fight, a general strike, strikes against the movement of war materials, or socialist revolution.

1. The troops refusing to fight. This worked in the struggle to end the U.S. aggression against Vietnam. It was the socialist movement who were the primary organizers of the anti-Vietnam War movement. That movement, immediately after the government’s murders at Kent State in May 1970 had 8 million students out on strike, and some Universities, such a Berkley, were taken over by students and faculty as anti-war universities. After May 1970, the majority of those drafted were already opposed to the war before they got to Vietnam. Refusal to fight was widespread, and the fragging of pro-war officers was common. Nixon could not continue to wage a war with soldiers who refused to fight. This, along with the heroic resistance of the Vietnamese, brought an end to the war in Vietnam.

Troops refusing to fight also helped bring an end to Russian involvement in the First World War, and helped bring down two pro-war governments in 1917.

2. A general strike or strikes against the movement of war materials. Strikes with such political demands have a long history of success. France has many good social programs because the workers there were willing to shut down their country to achieve them; and they are still willing to do the same to protect those hard fought gains.

3. Socialist revolution. The October Russian Revolution achieved an end to Russian involvement in the First World War. This was a good thing, despite the undemocratic nature of the revolution. Learning from those lessons, Liberation News opposes the dictatorial system of one party rule and raises the banner of revolutionary democratic socialism, while at the same time learning from many of the revolutionary strategies of Lenin and Trotsky.

Protests, pickets, information distribution, building a socialist movement, and answering pro-Ron Paul and pro-Obama-Clinton-Edwards propaganda all help towards building the momentum needed in achieving the kinds of actions that can end the war. Putting support behind Ron Paul only helps an extreme rightwing movement achieve the mantel of leadership for an anti-war sentiment that already represents majority public opinion. In addition, backing a guy like Ron Paul who just crossed a picket line to appear on Jay Lenno’s “Tonight Show” destroys the anti-war strategy of reaching out to the working class, as does backing a racist candidate like Ron Paul hurt the ability to reach out to the multi-racial working class.

No to the Democrats and Republicans!

U.S. Out of Iraq Now!

No to Insurance Company Healthcare, For Socialized Medicine!

Save the Planet, Curb Carbon Emissions Now!

Vote Socialist, Build the Labor Movement, Build the Anti-War Movement, Build the Socialist Movement.

[Note, small changes were made to the response that was censored at NYC Indymedia to make it more readable within the format of this article. Those wishing to see the original version will be given it upon request. Likewise, anyone wishing further sources will be provided them upon request]

This is an article of Liberation News, a low volume newsletter, Subscribe free!
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/liberation_news

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season in Hell #18: Happy Obligatory Holiday Greeting

2007-12-24T20:58:52Z

Hey there party revelers.

Tune in Monday night 6-midnight (PST) to A Season in
Hell, with John Hell, on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm in SF
and LA, 104,8fm in Berlin, online at
http://piratecatradio.com for the first John & Ron Ass
Kickin' Holiday Rock Bout!!!

I have challenged my good friend, and world famous
concert poster artist Ron Donovan
(http://www.firehouseposters.com/ &
http://homepage.mac.com/yosquirt/PhotoAlbum7.html) to
a six hour duel of who has the best live (read:
bootleg) recordings. I know I'm going to kick Ron's
ass, but I thought it better to make him think he has
a fighting chance.

Ron is nervous too. He text messaged me after midnight
saying he was going to "slay me" during tonight's
show. He was obviously up all night biting his nails.
Get any sleep Ron? You'll need it.

This is without a doubt, the best way to spend your
X-Mas eve. Forget the family, put out the cat, and put
on your hair swinging shoes.

Expect everything from Punk to Prince, Parliament to
Polka. Well, not polka. But we do have many genres
covered.

As always the show will be archived on the Pirate Cat
website. Just click here:
http://www.piratecatradio.com/playlist.php?dj=hell
and look to the right under "podcasts" Click on the
date, which will say "12-25-07". There ya go. If you
tune in live, call in at 415-626-6180.

I'll post the exact links to the podcast following the
show here and on my blog, http://helkatt.blogspot.com,
where I'll also post the full and complete set list.

See you on the radio!!!

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 2 replies

World Premiere of movie based on Pirate Radio DJ in Bay Area

2007-10-02T20:27:03Z

Hi,
I have a film making its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It's called "Compound Eye" and it centers around a cartoonist who draws a controversial comic strip depicting the World Trade Center rebuilt as an IHOP with two stacks of pancakes rising high into the sky, and how it affects his roommate who is trying to quietly run a pirate radio station out of his basement. The movie stars Fausto Caceres (from the radio show, Shirley and Spinoza) and Jesse Reklaw (the cartoon, "Slow Wave"), and uses their real lives and weaves them into a fictional story.

Go to www.compoundeyemovie.com for info and a trailer.

The screenings are:
Sunday, Oct. 7 at 5:30pm at the CineArts@Sequoia theater in Mill Valley
Sat. Oct. 13 at 2:45pm at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

Tickets can be purchased at www.mvff.com (search "Compound Eye")
Please support local filmmaking!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #13: Theme From A Season In Hell

2007-08-04T22:31:04Z

A Season In Hell #13: Theme From A Season In Hell

Sometimes I get nostalgic. I moved a lot in my life, an average of once every two years. I went to ten schools in thirteen years (K-12), and the one thing that was a constant was music. Music and TV. The two things that were constant were music and TV. And family. The three…three things that were constant were music, TV, family and the ever increasing amount of sarcasm that made it into my humor.

I made it down for the weekly KFJC (http://kfjc.org) staff meeting this past week, for the first time in about seven years. I’m hoping to do a show a month there. I’ll keep you posted.

With that I bring you this latest episode. If you’re a fan of nighttime police dramas, then you’ll enjoy this show.

Also, I recently saw Radio Moscow play 12 Galaxies in SF (http://www.12galaxies.com/flash.html). Check out their MySpace page, and support live music. I also have a few San Francisco artists in this show, including punk polka faves Polkacide, the Japanese yodeling cowboy Toshio Hirano, and Sesame Street cover band Cookie Mongoloid; you’ve never heard anything like them before.

Check out my podomatic site here: http://johnhell.podomatic.com
My MySpace site here: http://myspace.com/mrjohnhell
My new Facebook site here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616519637
My blog here: http://freeradiosf.com/blog/22

Whew, that’s a lot of crap I have online.

Email me at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com

Thanks for listening.

Set list:

Barney Miller Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
http://www.amazon.com/Televisions-Greatest-Hits-Vol-70s/dp/B000000GOO
Beer is Better Than Girls Are: Artless
http://krucoff.com/2006/04/top-music-9-artless-band-of-mykel.html
In Heaven There Is No Beer: Polkacide http://www.polkacide.com/
Jump In Line: Harry Belafonte http://www.belafonte-asiteofsites.com/

Up & Down: Cookie Mongoloid http://www.wearemongoloid.com/cookie/index.html
Sanford & Son Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
T For Texas: Toshio Hirano http://www.toshiohirano.com/
25 Minutes To Go: Johnny Cash http://www.johnnycash.com/

James Brown Ate My Bagpipe: Taxi Chain http://www.taxichain.com/
Street of San Francisco, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
Psychobilly Freakout: Reverend Horton Heat http://www.reverendhortonheat.com/

Fuse: Radio Moscow http://www.myspace.com/radiomoscow
Pick Me Up: Dinosaur Jr. http://www.dinosaurjr.com/

Morning Theft: Jeff Buckley http://www.jeffbuckley.com/
Barretta Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
Theme From Cyrano/Mr. Tambourine Man: William Shatner
http://www.williamshatner.com/
Up In Smoke Reprise: Cheech & Chong http://www.cheechandchong.com/

Music bed: Zabriskie Point. Brought to you by The Pink Floyd, in memory of Michelangelo Antonioni, dead at 94, on Monday, July 30, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabriskie_Point_(film)

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #12

2007-07-28T22:58:11Z

http://johnhell.podomatic.com

A Season In Hell #12: Waiting for the Man

***Warning*** Because of the need for server space, I will be removing Episode #1 and possibly #2 by Thursday, August 2nd, 2007. You have been warned.

I spent a year in DC last week. I was there for an education conference, and I had the luxury of seeing the New York Dolls perform at the legendary 9:30 Club. The club has been open since the 70’s, but obviously in a very different location. What a great club; amazing sound and stage. The Dolls were incredible too. Only Sylvain and Johanson are alive from the original lineup, but the rest of the band seriously kicked ass. They have a new CD out, go get it.

I got to walk “The Mall”, which is the federal gov’t area. Quite impressive, even if you don’t like the schmuck who lives in the white house right now.

This week I include some early NY Dolls. I also have some live tracks from Tom Waits with the Kronos Quartet doing the theme to my favorite show: “The Wire”. If you haven’t seen this great police drama on HBO, you’re missing the best written show on TV. Some live Lou Reed shows up near the end of the podcast today. A real rarity is included in the guise of Neil Young. He never released “Chrome Dreams”, but all of the music made it on to something eventually. This version of “Powderfinger” never did.

I hope you enjoy the show. Please leave a comment on the website: http://johnhell.podomatic.com and tell your friends about thee show by clicking the “send to friends” link on the page.

Thanks.

John Hell

Set List:

“Way Down In The Hole”: Tom Waits & Kronos Quartet with Greg Cohen on bass.
From the “Healing the Divide” release.
Get the CD here: http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Divide-Concert-Peace-Reconciliation/dp/B000F3AJTO

“Looking for a Kiss”: New York Dolls http://www.nydolls.org/
“A Change is Gonna Come”: The Gits http://www.thegits.com/
“Senorita”: Ovarian Trolley http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ovarian_trolley

“Powderfinger”: Neil Young, from the unreleased “Chrome Dreams”. Get it here: http://www.tapecity.org/showthread.php?t=7626&highlight=chrome+dreams
You have to register for this site, which is free.
“The Mercy Seat”: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/
“Do You Take This Man?”: Diamanda Galas http://www.diamandagalas.com/

“Shady Lane”: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club http://www.slimcessnasautoclub.com/news/index.asp
“Home Sweet Mobile Home”: The New Duncan Imperials http://www.newduncanimperials.com/

“Ain’t No Friend Of Mine:” Mono Men http://www.monomen.net/
“I’m Waiting For My Man”: Lou Reed, 12-26-72 http://www.loureed.org/00/index.html

“I Want You”: Peter Frampton & Toto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(film)
“Up In Smoke Reprise”: Cheech & Chong http://www.cheechandchong.com/

As always, if you’re interested in any of my live music, I’m always up for a trade. Take a look at my list, and send me an email at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com

The live list: http://db.etree.org/johnhell

Support live and local music!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Top Ten “Fry Mumia” Myths Debunked (Myth #1) “Five eyewitnesses saw Mumia shoot officer Faulkner.”

2007-07-16T05:42:32Z

Top Ten “Fry Mumia” Myths Debunked
(Myth #1) “Five eyewitnesses saw Mumia shoot officer Faulkner.”

By Steven Argue

The following is the first in a series of ten articles I have written answering the top ten myths being circulated by those who advocate execution or continued prison for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

(Myth #1) “Five eyewitnesses saw Mumia shoot officer Faulkner.”

In the preliminary hearings, Mumia made requests for a line-up. This is not the kind of move one does if they are guilty. Part of Mumia’s reasoning was that eyewitnesses that were lying would have a harder time with their conscience if they actually saw him in the flesh.

Interestingly enough, the prosecution didn’t want a line-up and argued their point saying that none of the witnesses had actually seen Mumia shoot Faulkner. Judge Sabo denied the line-ups on these grounds. Yet two “eyewitnesses”, Cynthia White and Robert Chobert, did claim they saw Mumia shoot Faulkner, so Mumia was unfairly denied a line-up.

Supposed Witness To Mumia Shooting Faulkner Number One…
Prosecution Star Witness Cynthia White

Despite the false claims by the prosecution used to deny a line-up, Cynthia White did testify that she saw Mumia with a gun in his hand, that she saw him shoot Faulkner twice in the back, and that she saw Mumia standing over Faulkner as shots were being fired. Overwhelming physical and eyewitness evidence proves that this was perjured testimony.

The prosecution’s version of events, largely dependent on White’s testimony, claims that Mumia stood over Faulkner repeatedly shooting and missing until he hit Faulkner’s head. Yet the physical evidence says this is not true. No divots or marks were left on the sidewalk from these missed shots. Later articles will explore this and other physical evidence further.

As a prosecution witness, Cynthia White gave two extremely different versions of events at two different trials. One version was given at William Cook’s trial, and a differing version at Mumia’s trial. At Cook’s trial she said there was a passenger in Cook’s VW. At Mumia’s trial she claimed there was no passenger.

In the case of Mumia, eyewitnesses have said that the passenger in Cook’s VW was one of the actual killers. Yet Mumia was not riding in the VW and the prosecution claims that Mumia was the lone killer. So in Mumia’s trial, it was useful for the prosecution to disappear the passenger from the testimony, despite White’s other testimony that there was a passenger. These two differing versions, obviously including perjured testimony, were cynically used by prosecutors to fit differing prosecutions.

There is also physical evidence of a passenger in the VW, evidence that was illegally suppressed by the prosecution for 13 years. That evidence was an ID found on the body of Officer Faulkner. It was in the name of Arnold Howard. As a result of this evidence, Arnold Howard was arrested by the police and tested to see if he had fired a gun the night of the shooting. Arnold Howard told the police that he had loaned his ID to Kenneth Freeman. (Transcript for August 11, 1995, pp. 130-131.)

In addition, Arnold Howard testified at that post conviction hearing that Kenneth Freeman was also arrested that night, and that Howard personally witnessed a woman picking Freeman out of a line-up. Like Arnold Howard’s ID, police reports of this arrest and line-up of Kenneth Freeman have also apparently been suppressed, but in this case have never been released.

The VW driver, William Cook, also placed Kenneth Freeman as the passenger in the VW. In Cook’s signed declaration of what happened he also says Freeman was carrying a .38 that night. Cook went on to say, in that declaration, that after the shooting,

“Poppi [Kenneth Freeman] talked about a plan to kill Faulkner. He told me that he was armed on that night and participated in the shooting. He was connected and knew all kinds of people. I used to ask him about it but he talked but never said much. He wasn't a talker. I didn't see Poppi [Kenneth Freeman] for a while after that. Poppi [Kenneth Freeman] had been in Germany in the army. That night he was wearing his green army jacket.”

Eyewitness William Singletary says that a man in a green army jacket got out of the VW, shot Faulkner, and ran. Mumia Abu-Jamal was not wearing an army jacket that night and not riding in the VW. Nor did Mumia run away, he was shot and ran nowhere. The jacket Mumia was wearing is in evidence and it is a red quilted ski jacket with a couple blue stripes. Nor was William Cook, the driver of the VW, wearing a green army jacket.

The prosecution’s version of events denies anyone on the scene wearing a green army jacket. Besides Singletary and Cook, five other eyewitnesses also put a man in a green army jacket on the scene. These were stake out Officer Forbes (the putative first officer to arrive), Officer Stephen Trembetta, Robert Magiltan, Michael Scanlan, and Arnold Beverly, who has confessed to being one of two people that killed Faulkner. Beverly states in his confession that he was also wearing a green army jacket that night as well.

In addition, the prosecution’s version of events denies anyone running from the scene.
Six eyewitnesses contradict this by saying they saw men running from the scene. These would have been the real shooter or shooters. Those eyewitnesses are Dessie Hightower, William Singletary, Veronica Jones, Robert Chobert, Arnold Beverly, and William Cook.

So the prosecution’s star witness testified for the prosecution that there was a passenger at Cook’s trial, and said there was no passenger at Mumia’s trial. Eyewitness testimony and physical evidence suppressed by the prosecution shows there was a passenger wearing a green army jacket that shot Faulkner and ran. That passenger, Kenneth Freeman, murdered Officer Faulkner either by himself or with the help of Arnold Beverly. On May 14, 1985, according to the testimony of Arnold Howard, Kenneth Freeman’s naked corpse was found outside in the cold handcuffed. No investigation was carried out on Freeman’s death and the coroner reported the cause of death to be a heart attack.

So it is established, with her contradictory stories, that Cynthia White was not telling the truth. This would be bad enough. But, in fact, none of the nine eyewitnesses that testified at the trial and subsequent hearings can remember seeing Cynthia White at the immediate scene at all. None, this includes the other prosecution witnesses.

William Singletary states that he saw her earlier down the street. When he saw her she said, “Hey, how you doing? It's cold out here.” Then noticing his car she said “a brand-new Cadillac Eldorado, 1982 model, wow, that's a great car! You ain't that bad-looking either. But I don't date black guys.” To which Singletary says he responded, “And I don't date prostitutes.” Singletary says that she then walked down the street and didn’t actually see the shooting. ("Witness: Abu-Jamal didn't do it" Philadelphia Daily News Dec. 8, 2006)

In fact, Cynthia White confessed to both Pamela Jenkins and Yvette Williams that she did not see the shooting and that the police put the screws to her to lie. In addition, a mountain of testimony shows a clear pattern by the police to try to get similar perjured testimony from other people.

In a hearing after the trial Pamela Jenkins testified, “I know that Cynthia White worked as a prostitute in the Center City area, specifically at Locust and 13th Street, during 1980 and 1981, and that she was a prostitute, police informant, and turned tricks for the police officers in the district.”

If in fact Cynthia White was a police informant, and this information was withheld from the defense by the prosecution, that alone would be legal grounds for a new trial, but it gets much worse.

Jenkins testified at hearings in 1997 that Police Officer Thomas Ryan tried to make her testify that she saw Mumia shoot Officer Faulkner at the original trial, even though she was not at the scene of the shooting. Jenkins, 15 and a prostitute, was the girlfriend of Officer Ryan at that time. She also testified that she worked both as a prostitute for police and as a police informant for the corrupt Center City Police.

Jenkins also testified that Cynthia White told her in late 1981 that she was also being pressured to testify against Mumia, and that White was afraid for her life.

In a signed affidavit Jenkins states,

“Tom Ryan, Richard Ryan and other police officers pressured me and asked me if I had seen the shooting of the police officer and whether I had been in the area of the shooting that night. When I said 'no' they pressured (me) some more and asked me was I really sure that I hadn't been on the street that night and seen the shooting. It was clear to me that Tom Ryan and Richard Ryan wanted me to perjure myself and say that I had seen Jamal shoot the police officer."

Despite showing a clear intention by the police to frame Mumia, no jury has been allowed to hear Jenkins’ testimony in Mumia’s case. Not only is Pamela Jenkin's testimony essential evidence of a deliberate police conspiracy to frame Mumia by manufacturing perjured evidence, it also helps to destroy the testimony of the prosecution’s star witness, Cynthia White.

Jenkins' credibility has, however, been bolstered by the fact that she was a key witness used to unravel the massive police corruption in Center City District. Her testimony was instrumental in reversing the decisions of hundreds of cases and helped lead to the removal of the entire team of cops that led the “investigation” of Mumia’s case due to their corruption and mob connections.

Other eyewitnesses have said the same thing as Jenkins. In a signed affidavit Yvette Williams has stated,

“I was in jail with Cynthia White in December of 1981 after Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed. Cynthia White told me the police were making her lie and say she saw Mr. Jamal shoot Officer Faulkner when she really did not see who did it.”

Later in the Affidavit Yvette Williams states,

“When Lucky [Cynthia White] told me she didn’t even see who shot Officer Faulkner, I asked her why she was “lying on that man” [Mumia Abu-Jamal]. She told me it was because for the police and vice threatened her life. Additionally, the police were giving her money for tricks. “The way she talked, we were talking “G’s” [$1,000.00]. She also said she was terrified of what the police would do to her if she didn’t say that Mumia shot Officer Faulkner. According to Lucky, the police told her they would consolidate all her cases and send her “up” (Muncy), a women’s prison, for a long time if she didn’t testify to what they told her to say. Lucky told me she had a lot of open cases and out-of-state warrants and was scared of going to Muncy. She was scared that her pimp “would get pissed off” at all the money he was losing when she was locked up, and off the street. She was afraid that when she got out he would beat her up or kill her.”

According to legal papers filed by the defense,

“in the days after the shooting, [White] was arrested at least twice for prostitution. Her picture was posted in the 6th District with instructions for arresting officers to 'Contact Homicide'. Each time police picked White up and took her statement, she revised her story [on Faulkner's shooting]. Without explanation, bench warrants against her were not prosecuted.”

Pamela Jenkins has publicly asked Cynthia White to tell the truth stating:

“We know we can bring this down to a nutshell if you just come forward. We've all lost a lot by coming forward, I've lost somebody I love dearly... Just do it this one time, one favor, that's not asking a lot. Then maybe you can clean up your past, like the rest of us are doing.”

The prosecution does seem to be afraid of Cynthia White coming forward to tell the truth, and have presented false testimony of evidence that she is dead. In a hearing in Judge Sabo’s court, a Philadelphia police detective testified that the FBI had "authenticated" that a corpse had the same fingerprints as White. Yet the fingerprints the DA withheld at that time, and later finally produced for the now cremated corpse, don’t match the fingerprints of Cynthia White.

Cynthia White’s own mother stated that the same corpse was not Cynthia White. Other eyewitnesses, that the defense attempted to have testify, testimony denied by Sabo, had seen Cynthia White alive and walking around during the time she was supposed to be dead. Yet instead of hearing defense witnesses that stated that Cynthia White was alive, the only testimony Sabo would allow was the false testimony of the Philadelphia detective claiming “authenticated” fingerprints. Sabo snapped, “As far as I’m concerned she’s dead. I’m making a ruling. We’re finished.” Evidence has never meant much in Judge Sabo’s court, if the prosecution says she’s dead, she’s dead.

So the evidence on Cynthia White shows that she could not have seen the shooting; that Mumia was wrongly denied his right to a line-up; that the police intimidated White and others to testify against Mumia; that the police that “investigated” Mumia have been kicked off the force for corruption; that Cynthia White had a motive to lie; that the police possibly withheld information that Cynthia White was a police informant; that the DA illegally withheld physical evidence for 13 years that showed that White’s testimony was perjured and that showed that Mumia did not commit the crime; that the DA knowingly used testimony from White that was perjured; and that claims of the prosecution and police were accepted without evidence or witness rebuttal in Judge Sabo’s court.

Essential Eyewitnesses Ignored By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number One, Pamela Jenkins

I include Pamela Jenkins in this list, not because the “fry Mumia” camp includes her among the eyewitnesses that supposedly saw Mumia kill Faulkner, but because they don’t, and why they don’t. As was shown in the section on Cynthia White, the police tried to pressure here into testifying that she saw Mumia kill Faulkner, even though Jenkins was not at the scene of the shooting, but Jenkins refused to do it. The honesty of Jenkins is the only reason why the prosecution did not use her, and this also why she is not mentioned in the “fry Mumia” literature as seeing Mumia shoot Faulkner.

Essential Eyewitnesses Ignored By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number Two, Veronica Jones

Veronica Jones also is not mentioned in the fry Mumia literature, but she is also a very important eyewitness. Jones, while being called by the defense in 1982, testified for the police and prosecution.

Before the trial, Veronica Jones gave a completely different version of events than was contained in an earlier police report. In her original version of events, contained in a report she gave to police, Veronica Jones said she saw two men running from the scene. Yet at the trial the two men running were missing from her testimony. This came as a complete surprise to the defense because Mumia’s supposed attorney, Anthony Jackson, did not even bother to interview witnesses before the trial. Earlier in the trial Mumia was denied his legal rights when his attempt to fire Anthony Jackson was denied by Judge Sabo.

Jones retracted her 1982 court testimony in 1996, saying that her original police report was the truth, and that she was coerced by the police into saying she didn’t see anybody running from the scene. She gave this testimony despite being forcefully reminded by Judge Sabo that her testimony could be seen as an admission of perjury and could land her seven years in prison. She was in fact arrested from the witness stand, but for a bounced check from a different state, being served with an insufficient warrant by out of state New Jersey State Troopers.

Despite the police harassment, and a review of her entire criminal history on the witness stand, including her life as a prostitute, Jones brought her children to court to learn from her mistakes. She explained that she was relieved to be setting things straight because what she did to Mumia with her false testimony had been eating her up inside over all those years.

On the stand, admitting to perjury, Jones explained that she was awaiting trial for an unrelated robbery charge in 1982 when police detectives approached her in her cell offering to give her a deal by changing her story as a witness in Mumia’s case. She had originally stated that she heard two shots, looked around the corner, and saw two men running from the scene. The two men running fit the version of William Singletary where he saw someone else shoot Mumia and run, but it didn’t fit the police/prosecution story being woven against Mumia. Mumia was unable to run because he was shot.

She explained that the deal offered by the police was that she could go to prison for five to ten years and loose custody of her two young children or she could get out of the predicament by lying for the police saying that nobody was running from the scene.

Despite the importance of the testimony of Veronica Jones in Mumia’s case, both in corroborating eyewitnesses that say the actual killer or killers ran from the scene, and as another witness testifying to a clear pattern of police intimidation to acquire falsified testimony, Sabo ruled in 1996 against her testimony being heard by a new jury trial.

Likewise, in the original trial, Sabo ruled in favor of prosecution objections when Veronica Jones was already admitting to being the target of the police in their attempts at gaining false testimony:

"I had got locked up [together with other prostitutes] I think it was in January [1982]. […] I think sometime after that incident. They were getting on me telling me I was in the area and I seen Mumia, you know, do it, intentionally. They were trying to get me to say something that the other girl [Cynthia White] said. I couldn’t do that."

As Jackson continued this questioning Veronica Jones said, “we had brought up Cynthia [White]’s name and they told us we can work the area [as prostitutes] if we tell them [what the police wanted to hear].” At this point Judge Sabo ruled in favor of prosecutor McGill’s objections and would only allow further questions of Veronica Jones on what she saw the night of the shooting. As from the beginning of the trial, ruling after ruling has declared, police misconduct is not open to scrutiny and a court of law is no place for evidence of Mumia’s innocence.

Supposed Witness To Mumia Shooting Faulkner Number Two, Michael Scanlon

The use of Michael Scanlon’s name in “fry Mumia” literature as a witness to Mumia committing the murder is nothing but the purest cynicism. Michael Scanlon did not identify Mumia as the person who shot Faulkner, and could not say that the person he saw shoot Faulkner was Mumia. At the trial, when asked by prosecutor Mcgill, “Are you able to identify anybody, either the driver, or the man who ran over and shot the police officer?” Scanlon replied, “No, sir.” (trial transcript, 6/25/82).

Michael Scanlon’s testimony actually puts further holes in the prosecution’s story by placing someone in a green army jacket in the immediate scene of the shooting around the VW. According to the prosecution only Mumia, Cook, and Faulkner were present at this location, but the evidence shows that one or two people were present wearing green army jackets that killed Faulkner before Mumia arrived. The jackets Mumia and Cook were wearing are in evidence and they do not resemble green army jackets.

Supposed Witness To Mumia Shooting Faulkner Number Three, Albert Magiltan

Like Scanlon, Magiltan is used in the “fry Mumia” literature as a witness to Mumia committing the murder, and like Scanlan, Magilton did not identify Mumia as the person who shot Faulkner. When Magiltan was asked at the trial, "you don't know who fired the shot at him, do you?" Albert Magiltan responded, "I never said I did, no." (trial transcript, 6/25/82). Magiltan didn’t even see the shooting.

Magilton did, however, report to defense investigators that he saw a person run from the parking lot wearing a green army jacket. This fits the confession of Arnold Beverly, who says he ran out from the parking lot, wearing a green army jacket, to shoot Faulkner.

Essential Eyewitness Ignored By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number Three, Police Officer Stephen Trombetta

Police Officer Stephen Trombetta reported that the suspect was wearing a green army jacket as opposed to Mumia’s red and blue ski jacket.

In addition, Trombetta rode with Mumia in the van to the hospital. Inspector Alfonso Giordano, the senior officer on the scene in charge of the Mumia “investigation”, reported that on that van ride Mumia had confessed to shooting Faulkner. Giordano was removed from the Philadelphia Police and prosecuted for corruption immediately after Mumia’s trial. P.O. Trembetta was with Mumia during that entire van ride and, in direct contradiction to Giordano’s claim of a confession, reported that Mumia made no comment.

Essential Eyewitness Despised By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number Four, William Singletary

While William Singletary did sign a statement saying that Mumia did it, he later stated that he signed that statement under the duress of police threats. Of that statement he says, “That's what they made me say, I stayed in there [in a police interrogation room] from 4:30 to 9:30 a.m. and when I left, I felt like I had been raped.”

William Singletary has since stated, "Mumia Abu-Jamal didn't shoot Daniel Faulkner. The passenger in the right-hand side of the Volkswagen got out of the car and shot him [Faulkner]. When Mumia came on the scene, we [Singletary and another man] were on the police radio trying to radio for help." ("Witness: Abu-Jamal didn't do it" Philadelphia Daily News Dec. 8, 2006)

Despite signing the statement, Singletary refused to lie for the police during the trial. Yet the “fry Mumia” camp often cite Singletary as an eyewitness against Mumia stating that his statement (that he says the police typed up and told him to sign) was so similar to those of the other “eyewitnesses” that his first signed statement had to be the truth and that what Singletary has been insisting for the past 25 years is a lie.

Singletary says that he is willing to take a lie detector test, but he is afraid of coming to Philadelphia. He says the Philadelphia police harassed his business to the point that it went under while also threatening him and warning him to get out of town. He did eventually move to North Carolina and says, “I'm not coming to Philadelphia unless y'all got Wells Fargo and Lords of London" for protection.

Supposed Witness To Mumia Shooting Faulkner Number Four, Robert Chobert

In his initial report taken by Inspector Alfonzo Giordono, five minutes after the shooting, Robert Chobert stated that the man that shot Mumia ran away. Mumia, who was shot at the scene, never did any running.

Later, Robert Chobert changed his story to that of the prosecution. The shooter no longer was running away and the jury was never allowed to hear Chobert’s original report.

Robert Chobert, a convicted arsonist that was driving on a suspended license and was on felony probation at the time of the shooting, has also recanted his testimony according to a sworn statement by Mark Newman.

At the time of Mumia’s trial, Chobert was on felony probation for the firebombing of a school. Revocation of that probation could have meant over 20 years in prison. Chobert was in fact violating that probation by unlawfully driving his taxi on a suspended license that night. Thus, Chobert would have been easily manipulated by the police and/or by the prosecution.

Under penalty of perjury, Mark Newman stated in a signed affidavit that, “Chobert told me that he did not see anyone standing over a prone Officer Faulkner, firing shots at the officer. Chobert said that what actually happened was that he was sitting in his taxi when he heard gunfire.” And that he did not actually see the shooting.

According to that signed affidavit of Mark Newman, Chobert didn't see Mumia shoot Faulkner, wasn't parked behind Faulkner as he said he was at the trial, and that Chobert gave the police that false testimony they wanted to avoid having his parole revoked.

Physical evidence, as well as eyewitness testimony, proves that Chobert's cab was not parked behind Faulkner's as Chobert claimed in court. This evidence includes 31 recently released photos taken by photojournalist Pedro Polakoff just minutes after the shooting. These photos clearly show that Chobert's cab was not parked behind Faulkner’s police car as Chobert had claimed in court.

This corroborates the testimony of Mark Newman when he states, "Chobert told me that on December 9, 1981, he had actually been parked, in his taxi, on 13th Street, north of Locust (contradicting his trial testimony that he was parked behind Officer Faulkner's police car on Locust St., east of 13th Street.)" This is also relevant to Chobert not having the vantage for seeing the shooting.

Newman’s testimony is also corroborated by Chobert’s legal troubles and a clear pattern by the police to offer similar deals to other witnesses including three eyewitnesses, Pamela Jenkins, William Singletary, and Veronica Jones, stating publicly, and Cynthia White also stating privately, that they were coerced, threatened, or otherwise offered deals by the cops to give false testimony.

The police officer that got the “identification” of Mumia from Robert Chobert was Alfonzo Giordano. In the original police report that has the shooter running from the scene, Robert Chobert is said by Giordano to say it was the guy from MOVE that did it. Giordano was removed from the force and prosecuted for corruption related to the mob, a corruption probe that turned over many other police/prosecution convictions. In addition, Giordano had been involved in political operations against Philadelphia MOVE and the Black Panther Party. As such, Giordano would have instantly recognized Mumia, a former Black Panther and an independent journalist that had exposed police wrong doing against MOVE.

In a revealing set of moves Giordano was never called as a witness at Mumia’s trial. This despite Giordano providing testimony at Mumia’s preliminary hearing of a “confession” in the van, despite his being the senior officer at the scene, despite his supposed firsthand identification of a witness, and despite his testimony of finding the “murder weapon”. During the trial Giordano was removed from active duty and assigned to a desk. The first working day after the trial was over Giordano resigned from the Philadelphia police force. In 1986 Giordano copped a plea on federal charges based on receiving tens of thousands of dollars in illegal payoffs during the 1979-80 period but didn’t spend any time in jail.

In addition to Giordono’s corruption, under racist Police Chief Frank Rizzo, Giordono was in charge of the Stake Out Unit of the Philadelphia Police that carried out repression against the Black Panther Party from 1968 –1970. Giordono also played a supervisory role in the 1977-78 police barricade and attack on the MOVE organization under Mayor Frank Rizzo. That police attack had followed earlier murders by the Philadelphia police of MOVE members and followed a long starvation blockade by the Philadelphia Police against the MOVE headquarters. In the police attack two MOVE members were shot, nine MOVE members were framed by the Philadelphia Police, MOVE children were stolen, and, as film footage shows, Delbert Africa was kicked and stomped by the police as he lay on the ground. In addition, Officer Ramp was shot and killed.

While nine MOVE members were railroaded to prison for the death of Officer Ramp, the evidence does not fit. The one bullet that killed Ramp came from behind and had a downward trajectory. Yet Ramp was facing the MOVE headquarters where MOVE members were in the basement and any bullets would have had an upward trajectory and hit him from in front.

Presiding over the kangaroo court that convicted the MOVE 9 was Judge Malmed. Shortly after the trial and conviction of the MOVE 9, Mumia, as an independent journalist, called in to a talk radio show where he asked Judge Malmed, “Who shot James Ramp?” Judge Malmed honestly answered, “I haven’t the faintest idea.”

In the attack on MOVE the police and Mayor Rizzo claimed that the first shots came from the MOVE headquarters, but the independent eyewitnesses including a number of journalists present, confirm what MOVE members and the physical evidence says, that the first shot came from across the street and not from the MOVE headquarters.

At Mayor Frank Rizzo’s victory press conference on the 1978 police attack, Frank Rizzo directly threatened Mumia Abu-Jamal when Mumia asked him a question. Mumia was present as a freelance journalist and asked the gloating Rizzo, “What about the brutality?” Instead of answering Mumia’s question Rizzo responded angrily with a threat: “They believe what you write, and what you say, and it's got to stop. And one day, and I hope it's in my career, that you're going to have to be held responsible and accountable for what you do.”

In addition to commanding this attack against MOVE, Giordono, earlier, then under Police Chief Rizzo, carried out surveillance of leftists including the Black Panther Party.

With Mumia having been a former member of the Black Panther Party and a high profile critic of police actions against MOVE, there is no question that officer Giordono would have instantly recognized Mumia at the crime scene. This would be one of the motives for Giordono to want to falsify testimony and other evidence to pin the murder on Mumia.

A number of other well-known political frame-ups have occurred in the United States. The prosecution of Mumia fits the pattern of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program against the Black Panther Party, where local law enforcement worked with the FBI in murdering some BPP leaders in cold blood, such as Fred Hampton in Chicago, and knowingly framed and prosecuted other innocent BPP members, such as Geronimo ji Jagga in LA who spent 30 years in prison before he was exonerated of the false charges against him and freed.

A possible additional motive for framing Mumia can be found in the confession of Arnold Beverly. Beverly stated, “I was hired, along with another guy, and paid to shoot and kill Faulkner. I had heard that Faulkner was a problem for the mob and corrupt policemen because he interfered with the graft and payoffs made to allow illegal activity including prostitution, gambling, drugs without prosecution in the center city area.”

Things that Beverly said are corroborated by, among other things, police corruption, three separate FBI investigations of police corruption in the Center City area at the time, evidence of fear that Faulkner was an FBI informant, evidence that Faulkner was an FBI informant, and the murder of other witnesses involved in cases against the Center City Police at that time. One of those murders was of Bertram Schlein, an eyewitness that testified against Central Division Chief John DeBenedetto. A suspect in that murder was Kenneth Schwartz, a former police officer and reported associate of Inspector Alfonzo Giordono.

A former Philadelphia Police Officer turned mob hit man, Ronald Previte, has testified as government informant on mob killings. Previte stated that during his ten years as a Philadelphia cop he “learned more about being a crook” than any other time in his life.

If the police were in fact involved in the murder of Police Officer Faulkner, this would mean that they would not be interested in finding the actual killer. They would want to pin the murder on someone else, and who better in the eyes of Giordano than his journalistic critic, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Whatever the exact motive or motives, the mountain of police, prosecutorial, and judicial misconduct in this case proves that the criminal “justice” system both had (and has) no interest in finding the real killer or killers while at the same time desiring to execute an innocent man.

It is funny that when presented with this evidence, “fry Mumia” fanatics counter that if it was indeed a frame-up, why was it so sloppy. Why would Giordano have included that the shooter was running away in his original report? The irony is that if the frame-up wasn’t so sloppy we’d be asked why the case is so airtight. Yet I think that answers to the question of why there are so many loose ends lies in the fact that the police were accustomed to being sloppy and getting away with it. Even though the truth of the shooter running away was included in the original report, this was no problem for the police or prosecution, since the judge did not allow the original report into court anyway. All that was allowed was the lie that Chobert saw the shooting and that it was Mumia that did it.

The deeper irony is that when the “fry Mumia” fanatics admit that there are so many loose ends, they are admitting that Mumia is innocent by the essential legal standard of “guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Essential Eyewitness Despised By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number Five, Dessie Hightower

College student Dessie Hightower saw someone running from the scene. This is what Hightower told police 80 minutes after the shooting, and Dessie Hightower has never changed his story. Hightower’s report of one or more people running is the same as eyewitnesses William Singletary, Veronica Jones, Robert Chobert, Arnold Beverly, and William Cook. This corroborates William Cook when he said, “Freeman ran from the scene after Officer Faulkner was shot”. It also corroborates William Singletary when he says, “The passenger [Freeman] in the right-hand side of the Volkswagen got out of the car and shot him [Faulkner]” and ran. Hightower also said that he saw no gun in Mumia’s hand.

Supposed Witness To Mumia Shooting Faulkner Number Five, Robert Harkins

Harkins was not seen as a credible witness by the prosecution at the trial. Harkins was never called to testify at the trial against Mumia by the prosecution. Yet in “fry Mumia” literature the name of Robert Harkins has begun to occasionally pop up as an additional supposed eyewitness to Mumia shooting Faulkner. Like other supposed eyewitnesses of the “fry Mumia” crowd that “saw Mumia shoot Faulkner”, Harkins did not identify Mumia as the shooter.

The Harkins testimony is at odds with the physical evidence and that of all of the other eyewitnesses, including prosecution witnesses. Harkins, a known child molester, could have easily been manipulated by the police and prosecution, as was done with other eyewitnesses. If so, the police and prosecution succeeded in destroying a potential defense witness, but did not produce a useful witness for their frame-up.

Essential Eyewitness Despised By “Fry Mumia” Fanatics Number Six, Terri Maurer-Carter

Terri Maurer-Carter, an official court stenographer in the courts where Mumia was framed, has come forward stating in a signed affidavit,

“Judge Sabo and another person were engaged in conversation. Judge Sabo was discussing the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. During the course of that conversation, I heard Judge Sabo say, ‘Yeah, and I'm going to help them fry the nigger.’ There were three people present when Judge Sabo made that remark, including myself.”

These words Maurer-Carter heard from Sabo sum up the blatant nature of the racist and political crime carried out by Sabo, the prosecution, and the police against Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Conclusion

There are a large number of other important eyewitnesses that will be looked at in future articles, but let us review a few key points of what has already been established.

“Fry Mumia” fanatics claim that Mumia shot Faulkner. Yet, not a single eyewitness saw Mumia shoot Faulkner. Cynthia White and Robert Chobert claimed they saw Mumia shoot Faulkner, but neither saw the shooting. Michael Scanlon, Robert Harkins, and Robert Magiltan, despite “fry Mumia” lies, never claimed they saw Mumia shoot Faulkner.

Four eyewitnesses say in no uncertain terms that Mumia did not shoot Faulkner. These are William Singletary, William Cook, Arnold Beverly, and Mumia Abu Jamal.

Five eyewitnesses contradict the prosecution’s version of events by saying they saw men running from the scene. These would have been the real shooters or shooter. Those eyewitnesses are Dessie Hightower, William Singletary, Veronica Jones, Robert Chobert, and William Cook. The prosecution version of events denies anyone running from the scene.

Five eyewitnesses have stated that they were threatened, coerced, or otherwise offered favors for testimony against Mumia. These are Veronica Jones, William Singletary, Pamela Jenkins, Cynthia White, and Robert Chobert.

The prosecution’s version of events denies anyone on the scene wearing a green army jacket. Yet all evidence points to one or two men on the scene wearing green army jackets shooting Faulkner. Seven eyewitnesses saw a green army jacket. Those that saw green army-jackets were William Singletary, William Cook, stake out Officer Forbes (the putative first officer to arrive), Officer Stephen Trembetta, Michael Scanlan, Robert Magiltan, and Arnold Beverly.

Kenneth Freeman, the real killer, or one of the real killers, was linked to the crime scene by physical evidence that was illegally suppressed by the prosecution for 13 years.

Not only did nobody see Mumia shoot Faulkner, the body of evidence shows overwhelming prosecutorial, police, and judicial misconduct pointing to a clear frame-up of Mumia Abu-Jamal, and backing Mumia’s claim that he is innocent.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner in the United States, with what could be the final decision on his legal appeals possibly coming down this summer. That decision could give Mumia his freedom, life in prison, or execution. It is time to turn up the heat against this injustice. Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

This is the first in a series of ten articles on the top ten “fry Mumia” myths that will be published at Liberation News.

Subscribe to Liberation News:
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/liberation_news

Copyright Liberation News, noncommercial verbatim distribution of this article in its entirety, including this notice, is allowed without special permission. Publication in any commercial form may require payment and requires special permission.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #7

2007-05-31T21:35:16Z

It's that time once again my friends. I give to you all A Season In Hell #7: The Art of Getting Jumped.

There's a lot packed into this show:
Presidential Speeches
Presidential Singing
Jim Fourniadis doing his best Keith Moon impersonation
Public Enemy soaking up the whipped cream
and a lesson or two to boot.

As usual, if you're not already checking out the show through iTunes, you can go to my homepage here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com

Or subscribe through iTunes here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

On my homepage please click the "Send to friends" link and email my show to everyone you know, even grandma likes this stuff.

Thanks so much for supporting my fanatical devotion/obsession to music and the strong desire I horde sharing it with.

Email me at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/mrjohnhell

Read my blog here:
http://freeradio.com/blog/22

Support live music in your neighborhood.

Enjoy.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #6

2007-05-24T22:16:41Z

Howdy "radio" fans.

A Season In Hell, Episode 6 is up and ready for your
enjoyment.

Thanks for listening. It's not radio, but at least I
get to feed my jones a little bit. I really appreciate
Podomatic. They make it incredibly easy.

See the website here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com

Subscribe to it through iTunes here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Tell your friends that Hell is here to stay.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #5

2007-05-18T06:48:17Z

A Season In Hell #5(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go

You can hear my latest podcast online here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com/

Or you can get it on your iTunes or other online music player here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

This week I start off the show highlighting local San Francisco band Pebble Theory. They’re a great four piece that puts on a tantalizing live show. They’re having a CD release party at Bottom of the Hill in SF, on Saturday, May 26th. Check out their new CD “Air”. Also, you can check them out online at http://pebbletheory.com, and on Myspace at http://myspace.com/pebbletheory

The Finklestein Shit Kid: Cheech & Chong
Up in Smoke: Cheech & Chong
Air: Pebble Theory

Animal: Pebble Theory
Picabo Who?: Free Kitten
Sugar Kane: Sonic Youth

Steppin’ In Her I. Miller Shoes: Betty Davis
(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go: Curtis Mayfield
Consternation: Erik Friedlander

Redebe: Johnny Dyani
Green River: Creedence Clearwater Revival
History Lesson-Part II: Minutemen
Love Whip: Reverend Horton Heat

Step Right Up: Tom Waits
Auf Wiedersehen: Cheap Trick
Up In Smoke Reprise: Cheech & Chong

Enjoy.

John Hell

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

A Season In Hell #4: Everthing Goes To Hell

2007-05-11T22:24:28Z

Howdy radio fans.

I've just posted my latest podcast: A Season In Hell #4: Everything Goes To Hell.

It runs about an hour. It's certainly not the same as radio, but I do try to make it sound like it is. It lacks the spontanaiety of radio that I miss so much. Other than that, I get to turn you all onto music that I love. I found some good new sounds to mix with some tasty classics from my collection.

Find the podcast online here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com/

And on iTunes here;
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Tell your friends. Also, send me a note if you have any requests or suggestions. I'm just getting warmed up.

Enjoy.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Doin It To Death

2007-05-02T06:48:45Z

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am so pleased to announce my triumphant return to…dang, that sounded a bit blech! Let me start over.

Good friends:

You’ll be happy to hear…like I’m expecting you all to slap me on the back or something. Ok, I’ll get it right this time.

Party People:

We’re going to have a funky good time at KFJC 89.7fm (http://kfjc.org), this Thursday, May 3rd from midnight to midnight, with the long anticipated 24 hour “Doing It To Death, A James Brown Birthday Special”, featuring live & rare recordings, interviews, dance contests, fashion show, testimonials and tributes. Hosted by Myself, Spliff Skankin, Hawkeye Joe, KJ Dweller, Mr. Lucky & more.

I’ll be on from 8pm to midnight, bringing the show to its absolute climax with some rare JB’s James Brown instrumentals, and some serious live James Brown you have not heard anywhere!

I hosted several radio shows at KFJC between 1988 and 1997 under the air name Reverend Dah Wave, including a mid-day Jazz/Soul/Funk show, where every day from noon to noon-thirty it was “The Brown Bag Lunch”, 30 minutes of Mr. Please, Please, Please itself. I haven’t done a show there since 1999. It’s the best station in the West, and other than the great WFMU, the tops in all the land.

If you’re close to Foothill JC, in the SF Bay Area, tune in to 89.7FM, if you’re outside the area, please do yourself the favor and tune in any time during the show. Remember: midnight to midnight. You have no excuses.

Now, go on out and do you thang!

John Hell
Aka: Reverend Dah Wave (at least for one more night)

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

I Started Podacsting

2007-04-26T18:55:13Z

Howdy all.

So I've been truly jonesing to do some radio for the
past few years. I mean really jonesing badly. Today I
found this site that will host some podcasts, so I
figured why the hell not.

The first one is mostly music, with me blathering for
a few minute between tracks. To be honest, I recorded
it on my MAC, via Garageband and iWeb last summer, but
I hadn't done anything with it until now.

I promise to put some effort in at least once a week.

Please subscribe to the podcast, by copying the URL
below and pasting it into your iTunes subsribe
browser.

http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Enjoy.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris 4/15-SF

2007-04-13T05:42:23Z

Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris

The 2007 San Francisco Women's Film Festival concludes with a closing
night party at Minna Gallery, featuring director Penelope Spheeris and a
screening of her 80s punk classic Suburbia. Spheeris has directed more
than 20 films, including Wayne's World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded
Truth About Enron, and several acclaimed documentaries.

SFWFF 2007 pays tribute to Spheeris' achievements in films, which range
from mainstream comedies to independent features and cutting edge
documentaries.

Penelope Spheeris has directed more than 20 films, including Wayne's
World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron, and the
critically acclaimed documentaries, The Decline of Western Civilization, The
Decline II: The Metal Years, as well as The Decline Part III, a film she
financed herself, with profits donated to charities for homeless and
abused children. Spheeris is currently at work on a Janis Joplin biopic.

Plus animated shorts, live music, prizes and more!

DISCOUNTED TICKETS INFO:
You can receive $2 off admission, when purchasing
tickets for the following shows in advance online by
entering coupon code: festivalfriends07

Sat. 4/14, 8 pm - DOCUMENTARY AND ACTIVISM FILMS at
the SF Women's Building, 3543 18th St. #8, SF.

Sun. 4/15, 7 pm - CLOSING NIGHT FILMS, TRIBUTE & PARTY
at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St., SF.

For the complete schedule and full details about the
San Francisco Women's Film Festival 2007, visit the
website at:
www.sfwff.com

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Report from Ninth Circuit Appeal

2007-02-15T17:19:02Z

I was there; this article summarizes the proceedings nearly perfectly.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_5231901

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

WEDS, 2/14: SFLR argues before Ninth Circuit!

2007-02-11T21:08:02Z

Hey Folks!!

Finally after three years of waiting SFLR will have it's day in the
Ninth Circuit. This is where we could actually make some change!
Everyone who can should come on down to see the deftness of our
fantastic legal team! We will have stickers available to show your
support.

SFLR vs. FCC: Head to head, oral arguments!
February 14, 2007, 9:30 AM, Booth Auditorium at UC Berkeley School of
Law (Boalt Hall, located on Bancroft Way at College Ave. /
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/DE67.html )

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument from lawyers
representing long time media activist San Francisco Liberation Radio.

SFLR was raided in October, 2003 when federal marshals, SFPD and FCC
agents stormed into the home where the station was located, with guns
drawn, and seized SFLR’s broadcasting equipment in order to prevent
SFLR from broadcasting. SFLR will argue (through its counsel, Mark
Vermeulen, and other pro bono lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild)
that the federal government violated the station’s and its
listeners’
First Amendment rights when it obtained the warrant for the raid and
the seizure of the equipment through a back-door, ex parte procedure.
In civil seizure cases (as opposed to criminal cases), fair notice and
a hearing before a judge typically must take place before any raid can
go forward. This is especially true where First Amendment free speech
rights are involved. However, here, the US Government here utilized a
maritime law to conduct the raid without giving advance notice to the
station, arguing that a radio station is like a ship that may sail away
in the night.

The station, with a volunteer staff of nearly 60 people, was located in
a house firmly rooted upon land and posed no danger of trying to
“escape,” nor was it interfering with any other station’s
broadcasts.
It had been broadcasting at 100 watts in San Francisco for 11 years and
had been in consistent contact with the FCC regarding licensing
matters. The Court will decide whether the government has the right to
obtain from the District Court an ex parte order to raid a radio
station, and seize the equipment even where as in our case, our lawyer
had explicitly requested notice if such action was contemplated.

This hearing is the next step in three years of legal proceedings in
this case, and may well effect how the rights of others challenging FCC
regulations are observed (or not) in the future.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

SFLR has its day in court

2007-01-05T22:18:45Z

Hey everyone. The time has come. The date has been set. Please show up, Wednesday, February 14th, at 9:30am, at Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, for the long anticipated 9th Circuit hearing of SFLR v. FCC

Show your love this Valentines Day, to the Godfather of Bay Area Pirate radio (since 1993), and make yourselves seen, while we sock it to the feds, in a love in for free speech.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Journalist in legal battle with military

2007-01-05T18:51:44Z

Former SFLR DJ and journalist, Sarah Olson is in the SF Chronicle today, regarding an interview she did, that might end her up in jail.

She's standing up for her first amendment rights.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/05/DDG4HNCE5R1.DTL

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Counter-Corporate Film Fest. This Weekend!!

2006-12-01T19:26:42Z

Hello Everyone!

This weekend marks the first of the irreverent and humorous CounterCorp
Film Festival in San Francisco! This festival features films on pirate
radio, factory farming, the Judi Bari case, the free culture movement
and a satire on a corporate retreat gone awry.

SF Liberation Radio has accepted the opportunity to co-sponsor the
screening of two films about micro-radio the first being the festival
opener "Pirate Radio USA" The second is on Saturday at 4 pm and is as
follows:

Making Waves — What would it sound like if the public took radio
back
from Big Media? Making Waves tells the story of a group of so-called
"pirate" (unlicensed) radio stations in Tucson, Ariz., who attempt to
broadcast over the publicly-owned, but corporate-controlled, airwaves.

The 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act (signed by Clinton) allowed a
few powerful media companies to own hundreds of stations, and drive the
independent stations off the air. In response, "pirates" began using
cheap, low-power equipment to broadcast on unused frequencies, as a
form of civil disobedience to protest the lack of free speech,
diversity, and public input on commercial stations. (64 minutes,
2004). View trailer

Following this film will be question and answer with the director and
yours truly!

More info on the festival is at http://www.countercorp.org or just read
below....

Hope to see you there!

Karoline

Dec. 1-3! CounterCorp Film Festival in SF

CounterCorp presents

The 2006 Anti-Corporate Film Festival

December 1-3, Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street
(at Mission Street, across from BART) San Francisco

Who said an anti-corporate film festival has to be serious,
preachy, or (dare we say) boring? Well, it sure wasn't the folks
organizing the CounterCorp Festival, which launches its inaugural year
with a total of eight movies chock full of action, intrigue, activism,
crime (real and alleged), violence, and yes, even humor. Among the
highlights at this year's festival:

· "The Forest for the Trees" - A made-in-San Francisco documentary
about the still-unsolved car bombing of environmental activist Judi
Bari, and her crusading attorney, Dennis Cunningham, who won the
largest civil penalty against the FBI in U.S. history for its
politically motivated effort to blame the victim. Directed by Bernadine
Mellis (60 minutes, 2006). Q & A with Mellis, Cunningham, and activist
and Bari protege Alicia Littletree follows film. (Friday, Dec. 1, at
7:30 p.m.)

· Opening Night Film: "PIRATE RADIO USA" - Broadcasting live on a
4-watt transmitter in an "undisclosed location", DJs Him and Her take
us on a trip through the underground world of rogue radio, where people
all over the U.S. are defying federal law to say and play what they
want on the air. Along the way, we see the rise of Big Media - and of
"citizen media" in response - and the showdown between the two as they
report on the "Battle of Seattle" at the 1999 WTO meetings. It's not
Left versus Right, it's Citizen David versus Big Media Goliath, and
People versus Corporations. Directed by Jeff Pearson (84 minutes,
2006). Sponsored by Media Alliance. (Friday, Dec. 1, at 9:30 p.m.)

· "Alternative Freedom" - Traces the rise of the "free culture"
movement, in response to the abuse of copyrights by corporations
seeking to maximize profits by maintaining their monopoly over the
distribution of art, music, and information in an era of technological
change. Features Grey Album mash-up DJ Danger Mouse, Xbox hacker Andrew
"Bunnie" Huang, Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Jason Schultz,
free-software guru Richard Stallman, underground rapper Adam "DoseOne"
Drucker, and professor Lawrence Lessig. Directed by Shawn Cronin and
Twila Raftu (68 minutes, 2006). Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

· Centerpiece Film: "SEVERANCE" - What do you get when you cross 'The
Office' with 'Friday the 13th'? You get a British horror-comedy in the
style of 'Shaun of the Dead', but in a far more terrifying setting: a
team-building weekend at a corporate retreat. But computer techie Steve
and his co-workers really start to bond when they find themselves being
stalked and killed in ways that bring new meaning to the term "cutting
staff." Directed by Christopher Smith (UK, 96 minutes, 2006). Saturday,
Dec. 2, at 9:30 p.m.

· Closing Night Film: "THE FUTURE OF FOOD" - An in-depth look at the
revolution taking place on farms and dinner tables across the U.S.
that's transforming the very nature of the food we eat. The film
reveals the complex web of economic and political forces at work as
huge corporations seek to control world food production - including
quietly adding unlabeled, genetically-altered crops into the U.S. food
supply for the past decade. Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia (88
minutes, 2004). Sunday, Dec. 3, at 9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10 ($5 for students with valid ID)

Available online at http://virtuous.com/about/countercorp
and at the door beginning one hour before the first show

Full-festival and one-day passes available
at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5620

For more information about CounterCorp or the 2006 Festival:
Visit www.countercorp.org
E-mail filmfest@countercor.org
Call (415) 282-2486

To add the festival schedule to your computer or iPod calendar,
click on webcal://icalx.com/public/CounterCorp/CounterCorp.ics

To donate to the festival, select CounterCorp from the drop-down
menu at https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=695

To subscribe to CounterCorp's News and Events e-mail list, visit
http://list.countercorp.org/mailman/listinfo/countercorp-news

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Pirate Cat Radio benefit this Tuesday @ Makeout Room

2006-11-27T08:43:09Z

go to www.piratecatradio.com for more information.

come out and support local unlicensed broadcasting.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

FCC Hearings Oct. 27 Oakland!

2006-10-24T02:16:20Z

Happy Halloween!!

This Halloween we have a real ghoul on our hands! The rule relaxations of 2003 are being re-proposed and we need to give the FCC a peice of our minds AGAIN!

The FCC is coming to Oakland October 27, 5 pm!
This is the only hearing in the Bay Area dealing with corporate media consolidation and lack of diversity in the media. The FCC wants to allow Big Media to own more TV and radio stations in the Bay Area and to allow newspaper companies to buy TV and radio stations as well. Stop the monopoly!

Please come to hear from others and speak up. Spread the word!

WHAT: FCC Hearing on Media Ownership
WHEN: Friday October 27, starting at 5 pm
WHERE: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway at 10th St (BART Oakland 12th St, map)
Sponsored by the NAACP, Media Alliance, the Youth Media Council, and Free Press
(more info at www.media-alliance.org)

This is Why the FCC Needs to Hear from You!

There's no diversity in TV
• NBC's Telemundo announced last Friday that it will close its San Jose studio and it will no longer offer local news in the Bay Area.
• Out of an estimated 12,500 stories aired by ABC, CBS, and NBC in 2005, the three major English-language networks, only 105 were exclusively about Latinos or Latino-related issues.
• People of color comprise 33 % of the entire U.S. population, but own about 3% percent of all TV stations in the U.S. Clear Channel spreads hate in the Bay Area
• Clear Channel exploited a loophole in this rule and owns 11 radio stations in the Bay Area market (San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland).
• Clear Channel owns 910AM KNEW, a right-wing talk station notorious for its sensational content. The Youth Media Council and Media Alliance monitored KNEW and found numerous incidents of hateful speech. For example, talk hosts used the word 'vermin' to refer to undocumented immigrants more than 43 times in one 40-minute segment.
There's a monopoly in Bay Area print
• One company (Dean Singleton's MediaNews) now controls more than 40 daily and weekly newspapers in Northern California—from Monterey to Marin--including the San Jose Mercury News, the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, the Monterey Herald, the Marin Independent Journal. In other words, every major daily except for the SF Chron, the Examiner, and the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
• Singleton's company has already announced over 100 layoffs in the Mercury News; more to come in the Contra Costa Times.
NOW THE FCC WANTS TO REWARD THE TV NETWORKS, CLEAR CHANNEL, AND DEAN SINGLETON WITH MORE AND MORE STATIONS.

STOP THE MONOPOLY!

For more information, go to www.media-alliance.org or call 510-832-9000 ext 303

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

SF Liberation Radio Newsletter: Happy Spring '06!

2006-05-25T05:16:52Z

Hello Everyone and Happy Spring!

1.. ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow! Wednesday May 24th – from our friends at
Media Alliance

2. Our new stream! Please update your listening program!

3. Legal Update

4. Our new website! And our website to come!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1. ACTION ALERT!!
Wednesday May 24th - downtown SF and Online too:

12 Noon - AT&T Park, Giants home game
4 to 6pm - AT&T Spy HQ, 666 Folsom, b/w 2nd & 3rd

Protest the phone giants for ceding our privacy to the National
Security Agency of the Bush Administration... and for strong-arming Congress
and Sacramento to obtain even more control of our online activities !

For more info, Background, and Online actions go to:
http://www.media-alliance.org

YES - to preserving Net Freedom & Net Neutrality
YES - to keeping local control of consumer protections
YES - to strong funding for community access TV
NO - to violations of our privacy
NO - to redlining of low-income communities

Bring spyglasses, pots 'n pans, signs and outraged friends!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

2. We have a new stream: http://freeteam.nl:8000/sflr.mp3.m3u
After years of service by Transbay, we are transitioning to a new
stream from a group called Freeteam in the Netherlands. The can be found on
the web at www.freeteam.nl. Please update your listening program to
connect to this link instead of the transbay stream. Apparently all of
our wonderful listeners were using up too much bandwidth and we were
priced out of transbay. Thank you so much for listening, we love hearing
that you are out there!! Don’t be shy if you would like to call the
studio while there is a host: (415) 648-9222.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

3. Legal Update, Waiting, waiting, and more waiting: So our fabulous
team of lawyers, Mark Vermeulen, Peter Franck, Alan Korn, and Kate
Alfieri, have completed and submitted our argument to the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals. We received an extensive response from the US Attorney,
and we submitted yet another rebuttal. Now we wait. And wait.

Strangely, the most expensive part of this whole process was the
copying fees, which due to their elaborate nature can run into the 1000’s of
dollars. Thanks to all those who have donated to our Legal Defense
Fund, without all of you, we would not have been able to submit our plea.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to donate and still would like to, the
donations are still tax deductible if you write the check to Media
Alliance with “SFLR Legal Defense Fund” written in the memo field. Send
checks to SFLR P.O. Box 14455, SF, CA 94114.

Also, of course, thanks so much to our lawyers for all the hard work
and diligence in this case!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

4. Coming Soon: Our New Website: At the same time that we were
informed that our streaming would cost too much for us, the server where our
website lived went down and was no longer accessible by our tech
person! Alas, our backup website was similarly missing! After some
scrambling, we were able to save the information from the old website and put
up a very bare bones site that will be there until we can unveil our
updated new site that we are in the midst of creating!! Stay tuned for
the new, improved liberationradio.net!!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

BARRIO TO THE BALKANS: KULTUR SHOCK meets LA PLEBE, Wed May 24!!

2006-05-03T00:31:24Z

FROM THE BARRIO TO THE BALKANS:
SEATTLE’S KULTUR SHOCK AND SAN FRANCISCO’S LA PLEBE MIX IT UP FOR A SPECTACULAR CLASH OF CULTURE AND SOUND!!

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
SF’S BOTTOM OF THE HILL

After turning heads and blowing minds during last month's two night stint at Slim’s with Gogol Bordello, this show marks Kultur Shock triumphant return to San Francisco to play their particular brand of aggressive Balkan music at The Bottom of the Hill. Consisting of members from Bosnia, Bulgaria and Japan(!), they have been described by UK Metal Hammer Magazine as “the very model of a m!ulti-cultural punk rock band, just your everyday American-Japanese Spanglish Balkan Mariachi punk rock band.” The fact is, they’re all that, but louder.

Kultur Shock was formed in 1998 by Gino Yevdjevich, a Sarajevo refugee who emigrated to Seattle one year earlier. They released their first album "Live in Amerika" in 1999, and via SF's Jello Biafra, was introduced to Faith No More's Billy Gould, who then produced their two subsequent albums "FUCC the INS" (2001) and "Kultura Diktatura" (2004) and released them on his SF based indie label Koolarrow Records. This is their last scheduled appearance before the release of their upcoming album "We Have Come To Take Your Jobs Away", due for release September 2006.

Co-headlining this event will be local favorites "La Plebe", the Mission District's hardest working, beer guzzling "barrio street punk with horns outfit". With three cds under their belt (“Conquista 21”, “Exploited People”, and “Entre Cerveza, Ritmo y Emocion”) they have made a name for themselves as a pure-hearted punk band who’s well known for their legendary shows, relentless West Coast touring (including full 3 tours of Mexico) , and invaluable contribution to the local music community. This will be their last SF show before they embark on their 2006 "Sin Fronteras" Tour (trans: "Without Borders") of the Balkans (Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and points in between). In fact, May 24 marks the kickoff for the tour, which officially begins the following morning.

Opening the show will be Fuga, formed in 2000 in El Paso, Texas and have since relocated to the SF Bay Area. Thier dedication to social and political issues permeates throughout their lyrics expressing a sense of hope.creating passionate uplifting music for the growing bilingual population.

IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS…AND IT’S ALL AGES!!

www.koolarrow.com,
www.kulturshock.com
www.laplebe.com
www.myspace.com/fuguista

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Left of the World: Monday Nights

2005-09-20T04:18:59Z

Check out Amar's Monday Night show: Left of the World
9-11pm San francisco time.

Amar is amongst a handful of local DJs whose taste
cuts a path through an abundance of musical selections
and leads dancefloors into a hypnotic sway like snakes
before the charmer. In this instance the muse is a
masala that stews sounds from the Middle East and
Africa with rhythms of the Asian underground and
electric Brazilian vibes. Whether its bhangra, house,
drum n bass or downtempo the global nature of Amar’s
sets bridges a multi-culti span from the world to the
Bay Area.

As a DJ and promoter he has collaborated and shared
the bill with some of the Bay Area's most innovative
Musicians, DJs and dance troupes including DJ Cheb i
Sabbah, DJ Dragonfly, DJ Sep, Soulsalaam, Janaka and
the Dhamaal Sound System, Ultra Gypsy, Urban Tribal,
Domba, Dhol Rhythms, Nitin Sawhney, Lorin, Karsh Kale
and others.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Update on legal issue

2005-09-02T22:52:46Z

Karoline met with Mark Vermeulen, our contact lawyer. He's in the
process of appealing the case to the 9th Circuit. Our goal is to make
raiding (entering a house or place of business suddenly with no
warning, armed and ready for combat) more difficult for the FCC.

There are 3 stages of the appeal.
1. We file our argument. Very important to state our argument well.
This is where we are now.
2. Gov'n'm't responds.
3. We file an answer.

Depending on how a 3 judge panel feels about our initial argument, they
will either send our case to the full court or not. If the do send it
to full court, we have the chance to offer verbal arguments.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Pirate/Micro radio in SF

2005-09-02T18:06:30Z

KULT 89.9fm
Pirate Cat 87.9
Western Addition Radio 93.7
Hunters Pt. Radio 103.3

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Berkeley Liberation Radio Shut Down...again

2005-06-29T02:37:08Z

Another sad day for micro radio.

Liberation Radio ordered off the air
Station plans move to undisclosed Berkeley location after FCC edict
By Nick Miroff, CORRESPONDENT
Inside Bay Area
OAKLAND — A low-watt "micropower" radio station in North Oakland had to pull the plug on its unlicensed broadcasts Monday, having received a cease-and-desist order from the Federal Communications Commission earlier this month.

Berkeley Liberation Radio had been transmitting its 100-watt signal on 104.1 FM, blanketing much of Berkeley and North Oakland with its mix of radical political commentary and music. The FCC order said the station's signal was encroaching on other, licensed frequencies.

Unlike "pirate" radio, which appropriates the frequency of another station, microradio or micropower radio uses low-watt transmitters — 100 watts or less — to broadcast on unoccupied frequencies of the FM dial.

"We're not stealing anything," said Thunder, a station spokesman.

Thunder explained that he and other staff members use pseudonyms "to protect our identities, and because we're whimsical, too."

The FCC declined to comment on its move against the station, but Thunder and other BLR staff claim they're beingunfairly targeted for their political beliefs, in particular their criticism of the Bush administration.

BLR found the FCC notice under its door June 17, ordering the station off the air within 10 days. The group had already been contemplating a move, Thunder said, because of the loud rock bands that lease the studio next door to theirs, currently at Telegraph Avenue and 55th Street in Oakland.

The station began broadcasting in 1994 under the name "Free Radio Berkeley" but changed its name after an FCC shutdown in 1998, Thunder said. The station was raided again in 2002, and its equipment was seized. But Thunder said the station was back on the air within days at the same location. He and other BLR staff said they won't recognize the authority of the FCC and have not applied for a broadcast license.

"The FCC represents the (Bush) administration, and they're trying to control the news and the media," said BLR disc jockey Screwy Lewie. "We're trying to spread the truth of what is going on."

Rather than risk another FCC-ordered equipment seizure, the group will relocate its operation to "an undisclosed location" in Berkeley, Thunder said. It will be much friendlier territory: Last year Berkeley's City Council passed a resolution urging federal and local law enforcement officials to allow the station to continue.

"I think they provide important perspectives that have a hard time getting onto larger radio and TV stations," said Berkeley Councilmember Kris Worthington. "It's important that they're able to express their views."

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Liberate KALW

2005-06-28T14:56:42Z

KALW is not KQED. KALW rules.
www.kalw.org/schedule.html

They're low-budget, punk-rock (politically), DIY rulers of the information universe -- and because of icky infighting, a vengeance lawsuit threatens their FCC broadcast license.

PAPER LETTERS are needed by JUNE 30 to save the station.

As you may have heard, KALW's San Francisco broadcast license is in jeopardy. The FCC renewal is not automatic. It's important that as many people as possible mail paper letters to the FCC. A strong showing of community support will be the deciding factor, without a doubt.

KALW data page:
www.kalw.org/

Why this happened:
www.kalw.org/sched74.html

Sample letter (what I'm sending):
http://homepage.mac.com/tarintowers/kalw/letter.html

Listing (more about KALW):
http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/52ed84ec-5375-449d-91c2-8cd0a2ed23e8

Thanks, and please forward this information widely.

Tarin Towers
Radio Evangelist

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

radio free brattleboro shut down!

2005-06-23T16:30:20Z

From SFLR staffer Little Sis:

(disregard all of the question marks)

For those who don't know, this
station has been seen by many as kind of a sister station to sflr since
they, too, tried to mediate the evils of the Radio Broadcast
Preservation Act in the courtrooms of our nation. We had once
considered following the same path they eventually followed: to
request an injunction against the FCC before they were raided to insure
that the radio station would not be raided or injoined without a
hearing.

more details follow. i liked the end statement by the lawyer best!

i hope all is well!

karoline

>> forwarded from david longsmith:
>>
>> Radio free brattleboro
>>
>> Contact:?
>>
>> James Maxwell, Esq. 257-1299
>>
>> Larry Bloch 254-9106
>>
>> ??????????? At 6:58 this morning, June 22, 2005, armed
>> with a warrant issued by a Burlington magistrate,
>> United States Marshals entered the studios of radio
>> free brattleboro and seized its broadcasting
>> equipment.? The seizure of equipment and shutdown of
>> rfb?s local broadcasts under authority of a warrant
>> issued in Burlington comes while an action is still
>> pending before Judge J. Garvan Murtha in the federal
>> court in Brattleboro.?
>>
>> ?
>>
>> In March of 2004 radio free brattleboro filed for an
>> injunction in the District Court in Brattleboro,
>> asking the Court to prohibit the FCC from seizing
>> equipment.? The United States District Attorney,
>> representing the FCC, filed a reciprocal action for
>> injunction to shut down the radio station.? These
>> dueling actions were finally whittled down to one
>> action and the rfb request for injunction was dropped,
>> due to the following statement in a filing made by the
>> United States:
>>
>> ?
>>
>> In its suit, rfb seeks to enjoin the FCC from seizing
>> its equipment or from stopping it from broadcasting
>> without a hearing.? Because neither of these
>> eventualities are threatened, the suit is essentially
>> moot.? The FCC has chosen not to try to seize the
>> equipment of rbf but to proceed by way of a
>> preliminary injunction.? Thus, there is no controversy
>> about imminent seizure of equipment for this Court to
>> remedy or enjoin. Moreover, since rfb is receiving a
>> hearing on March 15 [2004], it will not be stopped
>> from broadcasting without a hearing.? Thus, the
>> matters that it asks to be remedied do not need a
>> remedy.
>>
>> ?
>>
>> ??????????? This constituted the Government?s
>> assurance that it contemplated no seizure of rfb?s
>> equipment and rfb did drop its own action for an
>> injunction.?
>>
>> ?
>>
>> ??????????? In April of 2005, with matters still
>> pending in the U.S. District Court in Brattleboro, rfb
>> received a letter from the U.S. Attorney?s office in
>> Burlington stating that the FCC was ?prepared to
>> pursue other law enforcement remedies . . . .?? ?Rfb
>> was puzzled by this new
>> threat, as it had dropped its original action for an
>> injunction because of the Government?s assurance that
>> the regular court process in Brattleboro would be the
>> venue for the dispute.? Accordingly, rfb replied to
>> the U.S. Attorney?s office stating:
>>
>> ?
>>
>> The radio station has continued operating because the
>> FCC?s complaint to the court has yet to receive a
>> ruling either on the preliminary or permanent
>> injunctions you [FCC] seek.? Your review of the file
>> doubtless informs you that rfb originally applied for
>> an injunction to bar the FCC from exactly the action
>> you now contemplate, under 47 U.S.C. ? 510.? The
>> station voluntarily agreed to a dismissal of its
>> complaint for injunction because of the pending
>> injunction petition put in by the FCC.? In the given
>> posture, I do not believe this district court or any
>> appeals court will say that rfb was obliged to shut
>> down:? shut-down is precisely the question for
>> which we await the judge?s answer.? Your threatened
>> action is, therefore, an end run, is it not??
>>
>> ?
>>
>> ??????????? On May 3, 2005, the Government filed for
>> summary judgment in the case pending in Brattleboro.?
>> Radio free brattleboro responded to that motion and
>> therefore the FCC?s case asking for an injunction to
>> shut down rfb remains, today, in the hands of Judge
>> Murtha in Brattleboro.
>>
>>
>>
>> ??????????? Radio free brattleboro?s attorney, James
>> Maxwell, commented:? ?This is on one level no
>> surprise.? The FCC has run out of patience with the
>> regular court process in Brattleboro and has gone
>> elsewhere for the relief it seeks, namely, a chance to
>> get the U.S. Marshals into the station to grab the
>> equipment.? Radio free brattleboro has a case with
>> substantial and legitimate legal issues pending in the
>> federal court here in Brattleboro, and the station has
>> also applied to the FCC for a waiver to broadcast, and
>> it has repeatedly stated that when the newly licensed
>> 100-watt station is up and running it would step
>> aside. ?Rfb does not operate in defiance of government
>> but rather from the belief of its members and
>> listeners that community radio is essential to good
>> government and democratic process. Radio free
>> brattleboro has always stressed to the public and to
>> the FCC that it will adhere to FCC guidelines and will
>> serve the public whether licensed
>> or not. ?Nevertheless, it is very much a surprise that
>> the FCC has done an end run around the court here in
>> Brattleboro and obtained a warrant from
>> Burlington?even while diverting our attention by
>> applying for summary judgment here.? It has undertaken
>> these clever maneuvers, in my
>> opinion, not because it must shut down the station but
>> because it can shut down thestation.? For there is no
>> harm whatsoever being done by rfb, while there surely
>> is harm being done to a civil society by the broadcast
>> and cable and satellite conglomerates whose idea of
>> serving the public is to process entertainment,
>> information and advertisements for mass consumption,
>> which is to say for no one at all.? It?s a sad and
>> disappointing day, but of course we will explore our
>> options.?

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

New Day and Time for Renters' Radio

2005-05-18T23:28:18Z

A little change of schedule here: Renters' Radio will be moving to Thursdays from 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM starting on May 26th. Hope everyone will be listening!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

WARNING!!!

2005-05-09T19:45:43Z

http://www.unrealid.com/index.html

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

SFLR will appeal to District 9 Federal court

2005-05-04T18:35:55Z

an unlikely combination, yet:

The legal situation grinds further along. Our motion has been denied
by the federal district judge Susan Illston (as we thought might
happen) so we are now poised to take it higher, to the Ninth Circuit.
We have 60 days from the filing of the denial to announce to the
government that we intend to appeal. Our lawyers have been
deliberating whether or not to press on ahead. The situation being
that it will be at least another year and between the four of them they
are not sure whether there is enough total volunteer hours to complete
it even though our case is righteous and our angle unusual and creative
and we definitely should appeal. So they have decided to submit our
intention to appeal and start also to look around for help, maybe
someone less experienced or retired to do most of the 'heavy lifting'
of course with strong guidance by our very competent legal team.

We experienced and angel from somewhere who anonymously (and
tax-deductably) donated $5000 to the legal defense fund which should
pay for all the out-of-pocket costs of exhaustive copying and filing
and binding etc. Thank you angel, whoever you are.

That's about all the news so far!

Money is needed for the cause. With apologise to Pirate Cat, SFLR has been the premire SF pirate radio station since 1993, and must have the support of the entire pirate radio community. When SFLR wins the case and defeats the FCC, then we will see some major legislation in support of micro radio in this country.

Please respond to johnhell@sbcglobal.net if you can donate money to the SFLR legal defense fund.

Thank you.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

HELP SAVE THE BLACK ROCK DESERT, SIGN NOW!!

2005-05-03T02:16:37Z

Dear friends ,

Here is the link to the petition against the proposed Sempra coal
fired power plant that is planned to be located just outside Gerlach. It would be the largest coal-plant in the US, and it is the old dirty coal technology. It will essentially change the land out there forever if we don't act now and sign this petition!

The link will take you to the petition page which is part of a
very informative website that has been developed to inform the public about this coal plant, SIGN IT NOW!!

http://www.nevadacleanenergy.org/takeaction.html

Please pass this link on to your lists and anyone who can help stop this plant from going up...... Remember, the
plume from this plant would extend hundreds of miles into what is currently one of the most pristine areas in the continental US.

Here is a list of how it would effect the area:

The plant will release more than 50 dangerous pollutants, including arsenic, lead and mercury, into the air we breathe.

The power generated will be exported to Southern California, where the law prohibits this type of plant to be built.

Coal-fired plants are the nation’s largest source of mercury pollution, known to affect children’s learning abilities even with exposure to small amounts.

Clean alternatives are available that would cost the same and produce the same quantity of electricity.

The plant will consume 14.2 millions of gallons of scarce desert ground water every day—over 5 billion gallons a year—diverting water from plants and drinking holes relied upon by deer, elk and wild horses.

At more than twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, the plant’s 650-foot tall smoke stack will tower over the desert landscape.

The plant’s coal burner emissions would be equivalent to adding about two million cars to the roadways.

During the five years of power plant construction, an estimated 100-200 trucks and 800 workers will congest normally quiet roadways daily.

Thank you and long live the Black Rock Desert,
Justin Credible

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

New SFLR Shows!!!

2005-04-20T15:46:39Z

Hi all,
Spring has sprung!!
And with it come 2 new djs:

Every other Tuesday 7-8---The Indigent Litigant...a question and answer
format covering general legal, public safety policy issues; and,

Yappin' with youth:
Every Tues. 6-7---Lil'J (at 13 she's so far our youngest dj): question
and answers via email and direct phone.

Tune in and make a call.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

SFLR in SF film fest

2005-04-20T03:28:14Z

About a year and a half ago a couple Stanford students did a micro radio documentary about SFLR. Anyway, it will be shown at the SF film fest this year. I cannot recall the name, but look for this tribe in the future for more info.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

The Death of Analog Tom

2005-04-01T03:28:52Z

A good friend of mine and supporter of SFLR, Analog Tom, of the band Transcender (they were the opening band from the SFLR benefit at 1015 Folsom), along with his partner Rebecca Gaines were found dead in their home in Lake county wednesday.

Tom and I met at Burning Man in 1995 when he walked in to Radio Free Burning Man wanting to do radio. For four years he followed my show with what I considered to be the best show RFBM had. He was a funny, talented, heartfelt and trusted friend. I will miss him.

jh

http://www.record-bee.com/Stories/0,1413,255~26901~2781621,00.html
http://www.record-bee.com/Stories/0,1413,255~26901~2787522,00.html

Cause is under investigation... Could be double homocide or murder suicide.
We'll miss them...

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

STOP MEDIA CONSOLIDATION!

2005-03-31T15:51:43Z

STOP MEDIA CONSOLIDATION!
SPEAK UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES!
DEFEND WORKERS’ RIGHTS!
Comcast and other giant cable monopolies control more and more of our
media. They dominate more than just cable--they also control how many
of us access the Internet. They use this power to raise rates and
invade customers' privacy, to harass and punish employees who speak up
for their rights, and to ignore the demands of the communities where
they operate.
In the Bay Area alone, Comcast holds over 100 cable franchises, most of
which function as monopolies. Comcast is holding our communities
hostage. Comcast has sued San Jose and Walnut Creek, has failed to pay
the money it owes to Sacramento, and won’t renew contracts that expired
years ago in dozens of other cities. Now Comcast is sponsoring a cable
industry convention in San Francisco, a city where cable negotiations
are just starting.
HOLD COMCAST ACCOUNTABLE!
We call on everyone opposed to corporate domination of the media, and
in support of local democracy, community media, and workers' rights, to
join our protest against Comcast.
RALLY AT THE NATIONAL CABLE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONVENTION!
Sunday, April 3, 2005, 2:00 p.m.
Moscone Center, corner 3rd and Howard Streets, San Francisco
Sponsored by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Media
Alliance, Global Exchange and Code Pink.
For more information contact CWA Local 9415 (510) 834-9415
or CWA Local 9423 (408) 278-9423, organize@cwa9423.com
More info on Comcast: http://www.comcastwatch.com
More info on SF negotiations: http://www.mediasf.org

Title: "Take Back Your TV!"
START DATE: 4/4/2005
START TIME: 6:30 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: City of San Francisco
Location Details:
We'll shut down KING ST. between 2nd and 3rd.
Event Topic: Indymedia
Event Type: Party/Street Party
Contact Name:
Contact Email:
Contact Phone:
DESCRIPTION:
We live in an age of media monopoly. More newspapers, radio stations
and TV affiliates are falling into the hands of a few
mega-conglomerates, controlling choices, viewpoints and diversity.
So let the TV titans know you’ve got something to say – and a new place
to say it. Join us on Monday, April 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm when we’ll
shut down King Street between 2nd and 3rd streets in downtown San
Francisco for a rally to Take Back Your TV. This event will feature
live performances, mic jams, spoken word poets and appearances by INdTV
founder Al Gore, Spearhead, Goapele and other special guests. You’ll be
the first people in the country to catch a sneak preview of INdTV’s
programming.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

New shows to listen to. And money for legal defense.

2005-03-31T15:50:54Z

Hi all,
And Welcome to 2 new djs: Joseph Bolden (Tell Joe, Tues. 4-6) and John
Duke (dj name:
Hat, Thurs. 4-6). Both shows contain music combined with commentary.
John Duke reads the current ap wire and gives his comments on same.
Joe does interviews with interesting people from our community. Thank
you both for participating in this radio experiment.

On the legal front:
SFLR got struck down by the Federal Court, as you all probably know.
This was expected. We also received a generous $5000. legal defense
grant (through Media Alliance, a 501-3C) so we can continue our march
toward the 9th Circuit. This $ was given by someone who earmarked it
for our lawyers. They're very happy. And so are we. It would be too
bad to give up now, since we've gone down the legal route so far.

Tune in online at: http://liberationradio.net

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Round one goes to the feds

2005-03-25T17:54:55Z

http://www.sfbg.com/39/25/news_liberation_radio.html

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

reclaim the streets psa.

2005-03-22T15:15:00Z

just a short note from reclaim the streets SF to inquire as to whether anyone at SFLR would be interested/willing to air a PSA for our upcoming reclaim the streets "community mutiny" street party?

we have no budget and the events are free, so we have to do all our own publicity the scrappy old fashioned way, and wed appreciate any help we can get!

you can check out www.reclaimsf.org for more details, the PSA files in mp3 format are linked on the front page.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Todays' court proceedings

2005-03-11T21:41:45Z

March 11, 2005: SFLR VS US Government: District Court

In a dazzling display of cooperation among our legal team, the
arguments made in the US District Court of Honorable Judge Susan Illston were
tightly formed and the presenting attorney Mark Vermeulen was deft at
yet again postponing the judge’s declared plan of judgment. Opening the
proceedings, Judge Illston declared her intention to rule in favor of
the plaintiff (the government) and against the defendant (SFLR) yet she
was happy to hear what we had to say. Mr. Vermeulen defended our
position on two levels. On one level, he argued that in cases involving
instruments of expression, involving the First Amendment, there should be
more due process than a clerk’s stamp. Both sides should be able to
present their case before a judge prior to seizure. On another level,
SFLR’s case is unique among micro-radio broadcasters because of our 8
years of back and forth communication with the FCC and our attempts to
get licensed. This illustrates that we were not of the mindset to flee
with the equipment had we received notice prior to the seizure. Through
our correspondence we demonstrated that we wanted to have today’s
proceedings in court; we wanted to challenge the lack of process required by
the seizure laws. While it is very likely that the ruling will not be
in SFLR’s favor, we are not surprised nor discouraged by this. Judge
Illston’s decisions are restricted by those of precedent-setting cases
in higher courts and our intention has been to argue our case in front
of the Ninth Circuit where policy change can happen on a national
level. Members of San Francisco Liberation Radio were thrilled to see that
their supporters included about 15 members of teacher Michael
Rosenberg’s Balboa High School pre-law class and outside the courtroom the
attorneys Alan Korn and Mark Vermeulen gave a brief seminar on the actions
of the courts and lawyers in activist cases. One thing they learned
today was that the law moves very slowly.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

SFLR goes to court 03/11/05

2005-03-11T01:01:48Z

Hi folks, Please join us at this hearing on friday, March 11.

Here's the skinny on our hearing on Friday:
9 AM, Federal Bldg 450 Golden Gate @ Polk. 19th floor, courtroom 10
This is the last hearing we will have in federal court. The case
stands as follows:
Sara Winslow, US Attorney, is arguing that SFLR broadcasted illegally,
so the FCC was justified in entering a private home and seizing the
radio stuff. SFLR is arguing that the law that the FCC used to enter and
seize, a 19th century maritime law designed to permit government agents
to surprise and board ships carrying contraband in the harbor, isn't a
proper legal basis for raiding a house, being as a house is not a ship
and no illegal drugs or aliens were found. It's possible that both
sides will win! If that happens, then the judge will decide whether the
FCC's case is stronger than ours...or which is more fundamental, or
something like that. Ideally we will be able to argue our case in front of
the Ninth Circuit where federal policy change is possible.
Come and support your friendly neighborhood radio underdogs!
Ninth Circuit or bust!!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Renters Radio February 13

2005-02-13T03:57:51Z

Renter's Radio on SFLR
When: Every Sunday
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Streaming audio at www.liberationradio.net.
The Scoop: Our show this Sunday, February 13th will deal with nuisances! Have a neighbor that's a nuisance? A landlord that's a nuisance? Are you or your roommates a nuisance? Can you be evicted for being a nuisance? Tune in and find out the nuances about nuisances with your hosts The Vacuum and Sinister Steven. Live internet broadcasting only on SF Liberation Radio at www.liberationradio.net.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Update on court hearing and programming

2005-02-09T20:13:56Z

Hi folks,

Our lawyers have manuvered to postpone the court date until March 11th.
Sorry about the late notice, but we just found out too. They would
like some more time to prepare. Thanks to them for all of their work. This
will be the big court date in the Federal District Court. This is also
likely to be our last hearing at this level of the justice department. Next we will bring our case to the Ninth Circuit and make national policy change if
all goes well.

We are webstreaming, and appreciate any and all calls we get. (415)
648-9222. A lot of our djs have moved on to different projects, but we
still have live programming on these days: Sunday 6-7 the Vacuum; Sunday 7-8pm is Renters' Radio from the Tenants Union (www.sftu.org); Monday 3-4 For the Record with Dave Emory, Monday 4-6pm is Juggler Vane's House of
Dung, Monday 8-9 Enemy Combatant Radio brings us the SFLR News, Monday
9-11pm is Left of the World with Amar; Wednesday 4-6 the Carmen
Lasalle Show, and 6-7 is TUC radio, 7-9 is the little sister show; Friday
9-11pm Elevator Music with KROB; Saturday 9-12am is the Tone Show.

Tune in and give us a call!

Also yesterday marks the 5th anniversary of LPFM becoming legalized
(somewhat). Now is a good time for reflection on how far (or not) we have
come.

Happy Chinese New Year!

-your friendly neighborhood (ex-) pirates

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Ipod+FM transmitter

2005-02-09T07:38:04Z

I heard that you can use an Ipod (or any device that plays music) plus an FM transmitter (like ITrip, Tunecast etc) to do pirate radio. In theory if you just boost the output signal of the transmitter, you've got a station.
So here's my stupid question: how would you boost the signal of the transmitter?

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 5 replies

Powell stepping down at FCC

2005-01-21T19:59:09Z

Powell to step down as Chairman of FCC, officials say

From New York Times, January 21, 2005
By Stephen Labaton and John O'Neil

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 - Michael K. Powell will step down today as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, officials there said, ending a four-year term that was marked by the tightening of standards on decency and attempts to loosen restrictions on media ownership.

Mr. Powell was appointed to the commission in 1997 by President Bill Clinton and promoted to chairman by President Bush in 2001. Associates of Mr. Powell's have reported for months that he planned to leave after the conclusion of Mr. Bush's first term. His decision to announce his retirement today was reported this morning in an editorial in The Wall Street Journal.

The replacements being considered for Mr. Powell are said by administration officials to include another Republican member of the commission, Kevin Martin; Becky Klein, a former head of the public utility commission in Texas; Patrick Wood III, the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Michael Gallagher, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration in the Commerce Department.

It was not clear when Mr. Powell would actually leave his post.

Mr. Powell, a Republican, brought an emphasis on deregulation to the commission. The most contentious issue of his term came with his proposal to relax the rules limiting how many media outlets one company could own in any given city.

The change was supported by big broadcasting and publishing companies and vigorously opposed by a coalition of smaller broadcasters and labor, consumer and civil rights organizations. It passed in June 2003 along a party-line vote, but was blocked last year by a court that said the commission had failed to justify the ruling.

Among the broader public, Mr. Powell was better known for the crackdown on indecency on the airwaves that he led after the Super Bowl incident in which singer Janet Jackson bared a breast on live television in 2004.

The fines that followed were something of a departure from Mr. Powell's reputation when he took over as chairman, when he was hailed by broadcasters for his position that it was unfair to impose standards on them that their competitors in cable and satellite television did not face.

Mr. Powell said the fines were made necessary by an "increasing coarseness" in programming driven by a quest for ratings, while the broadcasting community called him the most heavy-handed enforcer of speech restrictions in decades.

Mr. Powell faced criticism from conservatives as well for not being even tougher, including from another Republican member of the commission, Kevin J. Martin.

Mr. Martin was also behind a rare defeat for Mr. Powell, when the commission turned down his proposal in 2003 to deregulate the local telephone market.

Mr. Powell, 41, is the son of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who is also stepping down from his post. The younger Mr. Powell followed his father's footsteps by joining the Army, but went to law school after being severely injured in a jeep accident in Germany.

This article is from New York Times. If you found it informative and valuable, we strongly encourage you to visit their website and register an account to view all their articles on the web. Support quality journalism.

This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

the Nazification of America

2005-01-21T18:54:28Z

www.takebackthemedia.com/bushnonazi.html

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

It's Low Power Radio's Fifth Birthday -- And You're Invited!

2005-01-18T20:28:24Z

Subject: It's Low Power Radio's Fifth Birthday -- And You're Invited!
>
> You're Invited To Low Power Radio Day at the FCC --
> 5 Year Birthday Party For Real Community Radio!
>
> (Please read this note to learn about an amazing opportunity to fight
> for community radio in Washington, DC, February 8th, 2005! And
forward
> widely!)
>
> On the morning of Tuesday, February 8th, 2005, the Federal
> Communications Commission is inviting Low Power FM radio broadcasters
> and their allies to attend an important meeting in Washington, DC.
We
> worked hard to establish the service in 2000, and five years later,
the
> FCC wants to see how well these important news stations have survived
> and thrived. How can they make the service better? How can they help
> your stations work better for you and your community?
>
> Leading Low Power FM radio stations from across the country will
> testify
> before Chairman Michael Powell, and other Commissioners and staff.
> Everyone is invited -- so this is a great opportunity to make sure
that
> you can share your station's struggles and successes with the biggest
> decisionmakers in radio. Allies across the movement for a more
> democratic media and longtime friends -- please help us make sure it
> grows and thrives over the next five years. Help us fight to bring
> community radio to those who the FCC has left out.
>
> To help make your trip to DC even more worthwhile, Prometheus will
> organize a full day of workshops, trainings, and information sessions
> for Monday, February 7th. Prometheus staff, board, and some of the
> best-informed experts on everything from underwriting to antennas
will
> be on hand, as we focus on building skills for advocacy, and planning
> our campaigns for Low Power FM radio expansion.
>
> That night, starting at 7pm, the fun begins, as we celebrate Low
Power
> FM radio's 5th birthday! Stations from around the country will show
> pictures, audio clips, and stories from their wonderful stations, as
we
> celebrate, and work together to bring community radio to every town
> that
> needs it.
>
> And before you go home, Prometheus will make sure that you get to
meet
> with your elected officials' offices in Congress and the Senate to
> discuss the expansion of the Low Power FM radio service.
>
> More details about these exciting few days, and an official
> announcement
> from the FCC are forthcoming! Please let us know if you are coming,
and
> if you are interested in bringing photos, audio clips, program
> schedules, flyers and posters, etcetera.
>
> All events will be free, and Prometheus can help to find free housing
> with sympathetic local radio advocates for those who need to minimize
> their expenses -- but let us know as soon as possible if you need
help
> with housing. We cannot guarantee free housing if you do not respond
> by
> January 30th!
>
> So, buy your plane tickets now, and we hope to see you:
>
> Monday, February 7th: 10AM-4PM for the LPFM Training Day
> Monday, February 7th: 7PM-10PM for the 5th Birthday of Low Power FM!
> Tuesday, February 8th: 9:30AM-12:30PM for Low Power FM radio day at
> the FCC!
> Tuesday, February 8th: 1PM-5PM for crucial visits to your
legislative
> leaders!
>
> To RSVP for any of these events, email or call Pete Tridish, at
> petri@prometheusradio.org.
>
> To organize legislative visits on Tuesday, or anytime over the next
> weeks and months, email or call Hannah Sassaman,
> at hannah@prometheusradio.org!
>
> Many thanks! See you in Washington!
> The Organizers at Prometheus Radio Project
> http://www.prometheusradio.org
> 215.727.9620
>

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

New pirate/micro tribe to united us all!

2005-01-12T21:30:16Z

Monkey Man/Daniel from Pirate Cat has started a new tribe to help united all of us micro/pirate b.casters, and I was his first invitee.

That's right, we have buried the hatchet and joined hands to fight the power.

Join us at: http://pbu.tribe.net

See you there.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Kult radio

2005-01-12T21:17:18Z

Kult radio is broadcasting with a faulty 100 watt transmitter I have been told. Do they know this? Is it true? Will the FCC come back to town and bust us all...again? If you have any contact with Kult Radio, please ask them about their transmitter and help them out.

Thanks

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

Bring the SFLR Poltical Radio Show back to broadcast!

2005-01-12T20:26:19Z

This is an open invitation for SFLR's politcal radio shows to come back on the air, on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm.

Email monkey@piratecattv.com

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 4 replies

Upcoming on Renters' Radio

2005-01-04T06:44:23Z

Hey everyone,

The next of shows we’re going to be taking a look back at 2004 and then ahead to 2005. Was 2004 a good year for tenants? A bad year? Somewhere in between? What lies ahead in 2005? How does the new Board of Supervisors look on housing issues? Tune in and check it out.

Renters’ Radio
Every Sunday from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Over streaming audio at www.liberationradio.net

Cheers, Steven Steven

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 2 replies

Schedule updates

2004-11-22T18:18:04Z

Hello Everyone!

Fall has found SFLR still waiting for those molasses-slow wheels of
justice. But we are being creative and active on a local level as usual
but now with a few
changes in the schedule:

A new night for Renters' Radio on SFLR !

Renters Radio on SF Liberation Radio
When: Sundays
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Streaming internet audio at
<http://www.liberationradio.net>www.liberationradio.net.
The Scoop: Yes, our SFLR internet version of Renters' Radio has moved
to Sunday nights! Tune in this week for a report on the Board of
Supervisors actions this
past week and commentary on the elections and what lies ahead with the
new Board of Supervisors.

Also, alas, we say thank you and good-bye for now to Axis of Evil News
Hour. Although Johnny Zhivago will remain an interested party in the
legal challenge he will
no longer be provinding content. Sigh.

Carmen LaSalle and Karoline have been producing shows and uploading
them onto the internet at www.radio4all.net, home of the A-Infos Radio
Project, a worthy
and interesting posting place on the web for independent radio shows.
Feel free to download them and listen at your convenience. We are
still working on getting
all the SFLR shows archived on the website. Sorry about the delay in
that. Internet radio has been a string of learning experiences!

We welcome any feedback to our programming or the quality of our
signal, so feel free to email us at sflr@mail.com to drop us a line.

Thanks for all the support, we really appreciate it,

this message brought to you by your friendly neighborhood internet
streamers at SFLR.
__________________________ _ _ _ _
Award winning San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7 FM
RAIDED! but back fighting the legal fight AND...
avaliable on the internet at liberationradio.net

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

What if the FCC were abolished?

2004-10-08T04:47:01Z

Hey..

What would happen if you all woke up tomorrow and suddenly the FCC was dissolved and all broadcasting regulations were completely repealed?

Would this be a good thing? Total chaos?

Just how limited is broadcasting bandwidth?

Is there a potential to have 1000's of stations running with relatively no interference?

I appreciate your answers, brainstorms, musings, etc.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Been a while

2004-09-07T19:16:56Z

I thought I might check in and say hello. I know it's been a while and I figured since you decided to sign up for this tribe I might as well actually tell you a thing or two that is going on.

The Federal courts told SFLR that we didn't have a case where the due process violation is concerned, but we may have a 1st amendment case. So we're now lining up to take this thing to the federal appeals court on the 1st amendment bit. I'll do my best to get more info soon and let you know what's up.

tune in online at: http://liberationradio.net

We're not 24/7 live but there is always something on.

We got a new board recently and it's definately helping with the sound.

If you would like to contribute any music or programming to the station or would like to possibly do a show let me know.

Thanks.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

since the raid...?

2004-08-21T16:26:08Z

and as an online only station, where is SFLR broadcasting from these days? is there a need for DJs and more shows or is everyone holding out until a time when it will be broadcast on air again?

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 2 replies

street party! mutant theme! help reclaim the streets june 8th.

2004-05-31T23:31:51Z

Reclaim the Streets SF needs you!

Help organize for the next RTS, the theme is MUTANT STREET PARTY. Congregating 5 PM at UN Plaza (the Civic Center BART) and leaving around 6 PM... June 8th!

website: www.rts-sf.org
email: sfrts@ziplip.com

* Do you know performers who we should contact? Email us!
* Can you print or put up flyers? They're on the web, or make your own!
* Will you email/call/tell your friends about it? Do it now!
* Want to come to a short, fun organizing meeting? Theres one today (wed), and watch the site for the next one after that!
* Will you come in costume? Plan ahead, put it together now!

Next planning meet: Wednesday, in bernal heights, at 8:00 PM (highland house). If you need directions then reply to this message!

* If you don't know what the hell is going on, visit www.rts-sf.org and read the front page, the part about the upcoming street party!

*** Get on our email list by emailing
reclaimsf-subscribe@lists.riseup.net!

comments and ideas welcome on this forum too. pls. try to keep them positive. if you dont like partying in public... the theme or the message, then just sit this one out!

SFRTS!

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

It's been hell lately.

2004-03-24T21:59:31Z

I know I haven't written in a while. I'm teaching nowand have little time for email or anything else. Also, I'm not doing my show at SFLR. I do keep up daily with the station and know what's goingon, so I'll continue to moderate this list.

A couple of friday's ago SFLR went to court to ask for our equipment back. Now we have to wait and see if the judge will allow it. I'll let you know when and if this happens.

On another topic, many people have jumped ship from SFLR lately. A lot of folks just don't wish to be a webcast only station. I feel them.I agree. But I also know that the most important thing of all is that SFLR survive.The FCC wants us to fail.They are counting on it. What we all need to pay attention to here is the long term issue. SFLR can and will be an operating radio station again. Keep hope alive.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 4 replies

SFLR wins an award

2004-02-19T23:58:42Z

Believe it or not
SFLR has won an award
from the Society of Professional Journalists.
See the press release below for all the details.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Feb. 15, 2004

CONTACT:
David Greene
Co-chair, Freedom of Information Committee, SPJ NorCal
(510) 208-7743
dgreene@thefirstamendment.org

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS HONORS "PENTAGON PAPERS" DANIEL
ELLSBERG WITH 2004 JAMES MADISON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AWARD

KPIX's Ken Batista and KFOG's Peter Finch to Emcee March 16 Event

The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter,
is
honoring author and activist Daniel Ellsberg, the former Pentagon
analyst
who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" in 1971, with its Norwin S. Yoffie
Career
Achievement Award for his lifelong commitment to combating government
secrecy.

Ellsberg and 13 other James Madison Award winners will be honored at a
dinner ceremony on Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Sinbad's Restaurant,
Pier 2,
San Francisco. Tickets for the dinner cost $45 for SPJ members, $55
for
non-members, and $40 for students. For information about the awards
dinner,
call (510) 540-8973.

A complete list of this year's winners is below.

The James Madison Freedom of Information Awards, named for the
creative
force behind the First Amendment, honor local journalists,
organizations,
public officials, and private citizens who have fought for public
access to
government meetings and records, or have promoted the public's right
to
know, publish, broadcast, and speak freely about issues of public
concern.
Award winners are selected by the Northern California Chapter's Freedom
of
Information Committee. The Norwin S. Yoffie Career Achievement Award
is
named in memory of the former publisher and general manager of the
Marin
Independent Journal, who gave many years of distinguished service to
SPJ
and the cause of freedom of information.

* * * * *

2004 JAMES MADISON FOI AWARD WINNERS

NORWIN S. YOFFIE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Daniel Ellsberg
In the 33 years since his release of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg has
continued to write and lecture on the dangers of excessive government
secrecy. In 2002, he published "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the
Pentagon Papers," which exposes the official culture of secrecy and how
it distorts the policy-making process. For a generation, Ellsberg's
courage in leaking the Pentagon Papers has served as inspiration for
countless other journalists, whistleblowers, and freedom of information
advocates in their own battles against government secrecy.

JOURNALIST

Kim Curtis and Robert Porterfield, Associated Press
Curtis and Porterfield made extensive use of the Public Records Act in
investigating California's compliance with Megan's Law. They ultimately
discovered that the state had lost track of more than 33,000 convicted
sex offenders. The report prompted newspapers in several states to
investigate their own state's compliance.

NEWS MEDIA

1. Modesto Bee
The Bee receives this award for its extensive efforts to preserve
public access to police and court records and proceedings in three
high-profile investigations: the Laci Peterson case, the criminal
investigation of the Modesto mayor, and the arrest of a gang of home
invaders. The Bee acted both on its news and editorial pages and in the
courts.

2. Red Bluff Daily News
The Daily News receives this award for its extensive use of the Public
Records Act in investigating, reporting and editorializing about a
secret employment termination settlement between the City of Red Bluff
and its former police chief. The Daily News took the city to court and
forced the city to acknowledge the existence of a settlement agreement
and to disclose large portions of it.

3. The (Vacaville) Reporter
The Reporter is recognized for the comprehensive public records
compliance audit it performed and for running a series of articles and
editorials regarding its results. Using community volunteers, the
paper
carried out over 50 requests over a two month period.

4. ANG Newspapers, The (Hayward) Daily Review, Oakland Tribune ANG
Newspapers receives this award for the efforts of its publications in
aggressively pursuing access to governmental records and court
proceedings. Specifically recognized is the Daily Review's pursuit of
Hayward Unified School District internal investigation records after
two
district administrators were seen destroying agency records, and the
Oakland
Tribune's efforts to unseal court records.

COMMUNITY MEDIA

1. San Francisco Bay View
The Bay View is recognized for uncovering critical issues in the
African American community frequently missed by many mainstream
publications and for defending the public's right to know about issues
ranging from police violence to environmental racism.

2. San Francisco Liberation Radio
SFLR receives this award in recognition of its fight in defense of
broadcast freedom in the face of the seizure of its equipment by
federal
and local law enforcement in October 2003. SFLR has for years been a
strong proponent of low-power FM broadcasting.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

Sen. John Burton and aide Rodger Dillon
Senator Burton and his staff member Rodger Dillon receive this award in
recognition of their efforts in successfully shepherding the Sunshine
Amendment through the Senate and onto the November ballot. If passed,
the Sunshine Amendment will significantly strengthen the public's
freedom of information rights.

ELECTRONIC ACCESS

U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit and its Public Information and
Community Outreach Program, David Madden, Public Information Officer
The
Ninth Circuit and its Public Information and Community Outreach
committee receives this award in recognition of its community outreach
efforts to educate the public about the operation of the court, bring
together court officials and the media, and ensure optimal public and
media access to court records and proceedings. The Court is due
special
recognition for facilitating the live broadcast of the oral arguments
on
the challenges to the 2003 gubernatorial recall election.

CARTOONIST

Cartoon Art Museum and Rex Babin, Sacramento Bee The Cartoon Art Museum
and Rex Babin, the editorial cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee,
receive
this award in recognition of their efforts to present to Northern
California "Too Hot to Handle," an exhibit showcasing over 60
editorial
cartoons and comic strips produced after 9/11/01. The exhibit
forcefully raised issues of freedom of artistic expression and the role
of the editorial cartoonist in stimulating public debate.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Working Assets Long Distance
Working Assets Long Distance is recognized for providing emergency
funding that allowed several high school newspapers in Oakland to
continue publishing.

LEGAL COUNSEL

Joshua Koltun, Piper Rudnick LLP
Koltun is recognized for his outstanding service as the SPJ of Northern
California delegate on the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Tricia Taborn
Taborn is recognized for her years of extraordinary service to the
Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter in its
efforts to enhance freedom of information.

[TWO]|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FORGET NEW YORK: BAY AREA MAGAZINE EDITORS SHARE THE STORIES THE EAST
COAST WOULDN'T BUY

Want to know why some of the nation's best magazines are 3,000 miles
off center?
Got a story with a distinctly left-coast bent? Want to work with
editors who share your
orientation? If so, then join some of California's leading journalists
as the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the San
Francisco
State University
Journalism School bring you:
* Adam Fisher of Wired
* Robert Schildgen of Sierra
* Bruce Kelly of San Francisco
* Katherine Griffin of Alternative Medicine
* Andrew Wagner of Dwell
These editors will tell you what theyre looking for in writers and
stories -- and how their
interests differ from the fashions and trends driving New York
editors.

Monday, March 8, 7 p.m. at the San Francisco State University, 1600
Holloway Avenue (at 19th Avenue), Humanities Building, Room 587.

For a campus map and directions go to http://www.sfsu.edu/faq/map.htm
For more information contact Rachele Kanigel at SFSU, 415-338-3134
kanigel@sfsu, or Laird Harrison at ASJA, 510-530-6699 laird_harrison
(AT) yahoo.com.

SAVE THE DATE: SPJ's WEST COAST MULTICULTURAL WRITER-EDITOR MAGAZINE
CONFERENCE takes place this July in San Francisco. Not a job fair, not
a
beauty contest, the conference is the place for experienced
professional writers to develop relationships with top editors from a
variety of participating national magazines. In our one-on-one
sessions,
writers will meet with editors in 20-minute interviews to find out
magazine needs, pitch ideas, and get immediate feedback. We'll also
feature five career-building sessions on topics such as managing
finances, negotiating a great contract and rate, and understanding the
magazine market. We close with a networking reception where you can
meet
more editors, trade tips with other writers,
and develop lasting relationships that could earn you money.
Applications due May 1. For information, contact Sally Lehrman at
slehrman@bestwrit.com.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

SFLR update

2004-02-13T04:35:42Z

Sorry i haven't written in a while. i started a new teaching job and it's taking up all of my time.

Anyway, SFLR is still alive and getting well. We have voted to move from our current location to a commerical space in SF. We will still only be broadcasting via the internet until our court issues are done.

We will be in court in March. i'll get you the date later.

We will be asking for our equipment back, stating that it was illegally siezed from us. That is a first step. After that we may file an injunction against the FCC for violating our 1st amendment rights to broadcast. All of this goes back to the Broadcast preservation Act from 2002. It is unconstitutional and we are going to fight it.

We may need your help.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Nicecast

2004-01-19T08:35:17Z

Interesting thread on the Mac OSX tribe concerning software to help with internet radio broadcasting - subject thread is Nicecast. Check it out.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Encryption?

2004-01-17T21:28:25Z

First off, Anybody doing underground radio should
be encrypting anything on their computers related to their
stations, and taking due dilligence towards protecting their
names and locations..

Second, has anybody thought about radio encryption? I'm not
sure how feasible it is, but sending out some kind of encrypted data stream over the airwaves, to be decoded by something that listens on the fm freq and can decode it? Sort of building a private radio network?

A thought anyways.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

An SFLR Staffer on transmitting the internet feed

2004-01-16T09:00:11Z

This comes from a SFLR staffer on the topic of broadcasting the SFLR internet feed on low wattage FM transmitters. What do you all think?

jh

________________________________________________________________

The easiest thing to do would be to have them
get a ready-made fm transmitter, the kind that is used
to broadcast around the house. I don't know who exactly
makes them, but I know there out there. If they
fed this into a slightly better antenna, their
transmission would technically be illegal, but they
would be hard to find since their range would be
still be limited.

The more adventurous could roll their own-
http://braincambre500.freeservers.com/200mwfm.htm
I'm going to build one of these to play around
with. The hardest thing about these transmitters
(aside from building them) is that they are difficult
to tune to the desired frequency. I would be happy
to help anyone who wanted to build one, and there
are alot of other similar plans on the web.

There are also plans floating around on the web
for home-brew "j-pole" antennas made from 300 ohm
twin-lead or 1/2" copper pipe, but when you attach
the xmitter to one of these, you automatically exceed
the FCC specs. Apparently it's not just the output
power of the transmitter, the antenna you feed it
into also matters to them, but the operator could
plead ignorance, and all that would happen is that
the FCC would tell them to stop, and maybe confiscate
the equipment.

I've been thinking about this, and I figure that it
would be difficult to track a bunch of .1 - .2 watt
transmitters, since the FCC would have to be within
the limited range of the transmitter in order to pick
it up, meaning that if we could figure out a combination that
would throw a good clean signal out for a few square blocks,
they would either have to be within that area to find the
transmitter, or have someone complain that they couldn't
hear their regular station because one of our transmitters
was interfering, hence the need for transmitters that
don't bleed over to adjacent stations.

More thinking out loud-

Imagine a couple of dozen people broadcasting with, say
1-5 watt transmitters in different parts of the city.
That would mean the the FCC would have to track them
all down with their limited resources, and even when they
did, all they would do is confiscate equipment that
was cheep (50-100.00) and easy to build. Of course
they could then claim conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor
or some such crap, but they can do that right now and
they haven't. The more people transmitting, the harder
it would be to shut them ALL down. Now imagine that if
they did come down hard on a couple of the re-broadcasters
as an example to others, we could have some sort of legal defense
fund predicated on the necessity to offer an alternative
to the corporate dominated media that is propagandizing
the population. The key to this strategy is safety in
numbers and organization...there would be so damm many
people spitting in their face that it would be impossible
to get them all. Weapons of mass civil disobedience
will NEVER be defeated! Now that I think that this should be
about this, I am proposing this as the next course of
the next course of action if the FCC manages to shut down the Hatch's
transmitter permanantly.

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

SFLR discussion on Internet Radio Jam Tribe

2004-01-14T22:08:51Z

Hey kids, I just joined this Internet Radio Tribe and the moderator and I had a good discussion about SFLR. Go to the url below to check it out.

http://GoInternetRadio.tribe.net

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 0 replies

legal .10 watt transmitters

2004-01-14T00:56:11Z

I was wondering who might be interested in hooking up a .10 watt transmitter to their computer and an antenna to their roof to broadcast the SFLR webstream?

A .10 watt transmitter is perfectly legal and if we had a large number of them around SF (30+), it would take an act of congress to shut us down.

It is possible that SFLR could offset some of the expense. DSL would also be needed. SFLR couldn't pay for that.

What do you all think?

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 21 replies

Benefits for SFLR

2004-01-10T18:29:12Z

If anyone wishes to throw a benefit for the SFLR legal defense/equipment fund, please let me know. Also, tell your friends that they can donate by making a check out to "Friends of San Francisco Liberation Radio", or a tax deductable donation by making the check out to "Media Alliance". Please put "SFLR" on the memo line of the check.

Should I post this to the entire site?

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 13 replies

micro radio network

2004-01-06T11:05:42Z

I think it's high time we started a micro/pirate radio network.

I think it would be a great place to share programming ideas, as well as a "phone-tree" against the feds.

I foresee a committee made up of elected memebers from each station who meet in person every so often to discuss network operations. All staff memebers should communicate on this site, or a more secure site, to brainstorm ideas.

I think we could share orginal programming as well as programming ideas. We can also share recent legal updates, so all stations are in the loop if/when they get raided.

All stations are unique in the mico/pirate world, what makes us similair is our status as seen by the federal government We should bond together to show the country the importance of community radio.

I am very interested in knowing your ideas. Please contribute to this tribe, and if you know other micro.pirate stations that would benefit from this (they all will, IMHO), please contact them and invite them to join.

Thanks for listening.

jh

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 1 reply

Welcome

2004-01-02T21:54:34Z

Well, as moderator, I guess I should welcome all of you to the tribe. I'm new to this thing so, please, bare with me.

I think this tribe will be a good plcae to discuss the media, and what role a micro/pirate station should/could play.

I would like for staffers of SFLR as well as non-staffers to contribute ideas. If you have any friends whom you think would enjoy this tribe, or be a good participant to it, please let them know about us.

This is not a place to air dirty laundry. This is a solution minded arena. However, with that, I encourage debate. Debate and disagreement are what we learn from. If SFLR is to have any future at all, we need guidance from you, the listener.

Thanks, and may the new year find us new compatriots in this ongoing war on media diversity.

Media should be viewed with a critical eye. One that has knowledge and foresight of the benefits, as well as the detriments. I look forward to defining what SFLR is for the next year.

John Hell

posted in San Francisco Liberation Radio - 2 replies