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Lame-duck appointment of embattled KPFA manager
Departing director appoints unwanted manager in her last hour on the job by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance Berkeley - At 4 p.m. on her very last day of employment as the executive director of the...
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What’s up with KPFA?
by Tracy Rosenberg Subscribers to KPFA know that election season has begun, with ballots and postcards arriving on their doorsteps. What should members do? There’s a really short answer. Don’t vote for...
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Stealing Save KPFA
by Curt Gray in concurrence with Jeffrey Blankfort, Maria Gilardin, Marianne Torres and Sasha Futran Ten thousand KPFA supporters – that was the police estimate of the crowd, which many said was even...
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Two views: KPFA management proposes to cancel Flashpoints and Hard Knock Radio
1) Why budget and staff cuts at KPFA? Position paper by Independents for Community Radio KPFA’s 59,000-watt transmitter atop Grizzly Peak broadcasts the station's provocative – sometimes even...
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Clowns and conspiracy nuts: an open letter to Michael Krasny, KQED Forum host
Three more important perspectives by KPFA folks plus Women’s Magazine on the crisis follow … by Dennis Bernstein Davey D, host of Hard Knock Radio and internationally renowned hip hop historian and...
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What KPFA should be
by Scott Braley Editor’s note: The Bay View agrees with Scott Braley on opposing the recall of Tracy Rosenberg, board member of KPFA 94.1 FM radio and of the Pacifica network KPFA founded 65 years ago....
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Stop the swiftboating of KPFA board member Tracy Rosenberg!
KPFA staffers, community allies say, ‘Vote NO on the recall’ by Anthony Fest There’s more mischief underway at community radio station KPFA. KPFA subscribers will soon be receiving ballots in the mail...
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KPFA workers for Tracy Rosenberg
by Ann Garrison The original Save KPFA campaign literally saved KPFA from a takeover attempt and saved Pacifica by establishing listener governance. Here they march 10,000 strong on July 31, 1999. The...
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Groups urge Congresswoman Lee to push back against federal prison phone...
by Brandi Collins A family that has managed to stay close despite the high cost of prison phone calls is reunited on visiting day. A delegation representing Bay Area organizations met with the deputy...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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KPFA’s Townhall on Racism: General manager asked to step down
by Karen Hutton Supporters of ending the suspension of Minister of Information JR Valrey made up the majority of the crowd at KPFA’s Townhall on Racism at Laney College April 11. JR’s show, the Block...
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Pacifica board member Tracy Rosenberg weighs in on JR’s unjustifiable ban...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR My banning from the KPFA airwaves on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, after 18 years of volunteering to produce broadcast journalism informing the listening public...
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Black Rifles Matter in Berkeley
by Ann Garrison On Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, 2015, the Berkeley City Council voted to keep sending officers to the annual Urban Shield war games and weapons expo, even after one vocal citizen held up...
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The federalization of local police: Why the Urban Shield vote failed
Jesse Arreguín not only failed to lead the resistance, but actually reversed votes the council had made in December 2015 to pull out of Urban Shield. by Tracy Rosenberg Protesters surround the dais as...
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Victory over military cop convention
by Ann Garrison The group called Bay Area Light Brigade created this display summoning a big crowd to the Berkeley City Council meeting on Dec. 17, 2015. On March 27, the San Francisco Bay Area’s Stop...
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Turn Urban Shield into a peacetime mobilization
by Ann Garrison Bay Area activists have been objecting to Urban Shield, the nation’s largest Homeland Security-funded weapons expo and counter-terrorism drill, since 2013. In the last five years,...
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What’s up with KPFA?
by Tracy Rosenberg Subscribers to KPFA know that election season has begun, with ballots and postcards arriving on their doorsteps. What should members do? There’s a really short answer. Don’t vote for...
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Stealing Save KPFA
by Curt Gray in concurrence with Jeffrey Blankfort, Maria Gilardin, Marianne Torres and Sasha Futran I have learned that a group that had formerly called itself the Concerned Listeners, a faction in...
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Two views: KPFA management proposes to cancel Flashpoints and Hard Knock Radio
1) Why budget and staff cuts at KPFA? Position paper by Independents for Community Radio It’s not surprising that the prospect of budget cuts and staff layoffs has evoked deep concern, even anger,...
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Clowns and conspiracy nuts: an open letter to Michael Krasny, KQED Forum host
Three more important perspectives by KPFA folks plus Women’s Magazine on the crisis follow … by Dennis Bernstein Greetings, Mr. Krasny. I heard your segment (listen below) about KPFA produced by Judy...
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