[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Discussion]- Fwd: Good news & bad news from David Barsamian

[BC]

David is one of the nicest and focused people who I know -
always remembers names and person.
The people he is bringing to the airwaves are exactly the
ones we need and who I have been listening to on KPFA
and the web; truly uncompromising progressives!  ~BC


On 7/1/2014 12:55 PM, Cindy Swan wrote:
> Why not, John?
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "Alternative Radio" <info at alternativeradio.org>
>> Date: July 1, 2014 11:43:10 AM PDT
>> To: cswan at willitsonline.com
>> Subject: Good news & bad news from David Barsamian
>>
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, July 1, 2014
>>
>> Thank you for supporting independent media!
>>
>> Dear AR Listeners,
>>
>> Thank you for helping Alternative Radio through its 28th broadcast
>> season. We need your help to gear up for Season 29.
>>
>> When I started this project in 1986, I could not have imagined it
>> blossoming into its third decade, airing on 175 radio stations, nor
>> the effort it takes to keep it going. Fortunately, you keep it
>> going, and remain my inspiration.
>>
>> In unity & struggle,
>>
>> David Barsamian
>> Founder & Director
>>
>>
>>
>> Table of Contents
>> 1. Support AR
>> 2. David's Speaking Engagements
>> 3. Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of AR
>> 3. Good News from AR's 28th Season
>> 4. Bad News
>>
>> Support AR
>> AR continues without corporate or foundation underwriters, political
>> campaign advertisers, government grants, or progressive populist de
>> Medicis covering our annual operating costs. So at the start of this
>> new fiscal year, we need listeners, little guys, long-time
>> supporters, indie media devotees, and Chomsky fans to step up on our
>> behalf. There are several ways to support AR financially:
>>
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>>
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>> "for its general purposes" with the specific purpose.
>>
>> David's Speaking Engagements
>> July 26th - Anaheim, CA - Media, Capitalism & the Environment
>> Aug 14th - Ames, IA - Grassroots Radio Conference keynote speech
>> Sept 8th - Boulder, CO - Annual State of the World Address
>> Sept 11th - New York, NY -
>> Sept 21st - Edmonton, AB - Imperialism: Then & Now
>> Sept 26th - Cambridge, MA - 30th Anniversary Celebration with Noam
>> Chomsky
>>
>> Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of Season 28
>> Richard Wolff - Naked Capitalism
>> Paul Cienfuegos - Community Rights
>> David Nibert - The Animal Industrial Complex
>> Lester Brown - The Future of Civilization
>> Vandana Shiva - Seeds & Freedom
>> Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
>> Sandra Steingraber - Contamination Without Consent
>> Chris Hedges - Captain Ahab & U.S. Empire
>> Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
>>
>> Good News from AR's 28th Season
>> We succeeded in bringing 16 first-time speakers into the lineup,
>> incisive critics of current policymaking and advocates for a
>> paradigm shift in how we care for the planet and each other:
>> Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
>> Sanho Tree - End the Drug War
>> Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
>> Sonia Nazario - The Courage of Immigrants
>> Snehal Shingavi - The Rise of the Hindu Right
>> John Nichols - Dollarocracy
>> Pratap Chatterjee - Outsourcing the War on Terror
>> David Cay Johnston - Societal Impact of Inequality
>> David Bacon - Migration & U.S. Policy
>> Susan Clark - Slow Democracy
>> David Nibert - Animal Industrial Complex
>> Bryan Stevenson - Justice for Some
>> Max Blumenthal - Israel: Siege Mentality
>> Victoria Banyard - Sexual Violence
>> Mohammad Fadel - Egypt in Crisis
>> Justin Lewis - Media & Consumer Capitalism
>>
>> This season our affiliate list grew. We gained airtime and
>> reconnected with old friends:
>> KQBM West Point, CA
>> WHUS Storrs, CT
>> WAZU Peoria, IL
>> KKWE White Earth, MN
>> KYAQ Newport, OR
>> KMUZ Salem, OR
>> KXTR-LP Stephenville, TX
>> KNWT Cody, WY
>> Deprogrammed Radio - Norwich, UK
>> Bush Radio - Cape Town, South Africa
>>
>> Operation Air Time A couple of Pacifica radio stations that once
>> carried AR, WBAI New York & WPFW Washington, D.C. are long overdue
>> to consider a regular weekly timeslot for us. We're also trying to
>> get back on the air regularly at KVNF Paonia and KZYX in Mendocino
>> County. Here's how you can help. Email one of these program
>> directors and let them know (politely) that you want AR back on the
>> airwaves! Consider asking friends and family in NYC, DC, the Western
>> Slope of Colorado or Mendocino County to do the same.
>> KVNF: Ali Lightfoot, ali at kvnf.org
>> KZYX: Mary Aigner, mary at kzyx.org
>> WBAI: Berthold Reimers, Online Contact Form
>> WPFW: Katea Stitt, kstitt at wpfw.org
>>
>> Operation Digitize AR Alternative Radio received a grant from the
>> Lannan Foundation to digitize 500 hours of archival recordings that
>> AR Director David Barsamian has compiled. Some of the highlights of
>> the work so far:
>> Noam Chomsky - The Culture of Terrorism (2 CDs)
>> Abbie Hoffman - An Evening with Abbie Hoffman (2 CDs)
>> Winona LaDuke - An Indigenous View of North America
>> Jack Sheehan - Reel Bad Arabs
>> I.F. Stone - Radical Journalism
>> Studs Terkel - Telling It Like It Is
>>
>> What People Are Saying About AR
>> "Exemplary, proficient, jarring, just wow." - Richard in Eugene, OR
>>
>> "Your program with David Cay Johnston is one of the best things I've
>> ever heard in my life." - Fred - North Fort Myers, FL
>>
>> "David Barsamian is really doing some amazing work. I just wish the
>> mainstream media would pick up on all the great things Alternative
>> Radio does." - Howard - Poland, OH
>>
>> "What a dazzling hour. I was in my car listening to Alternative
>> Radio for the first time and I had to stop and park and wait to hear
>> everything Pratap Chatterjee said. Thank you!" - Shirley - West
>> Hartford, CT
>>
>> "So essential to keep bringing this information to America. Hats off
>> to David Barsamian. I wish I could send you a million dollars." -
>> Kathy - Waldo, ME
>>
>> "AR in my view is an oasis in a wasteland of media vapidity. Hell,
>> if there were justice or reason you would have a budget and the
>> resources to rival the AM Gasbag-hate mongers." - Jim - Edmonds, WA
>>
>> Bad News
>> • Corporate media are worse than ever, and most NPR affiliates are
>> not much better
>> • Our rent is going up $600 a year
>> • Online storage for sound files is going up $1200 per year
>> • Postage rates went up but we are not increasing shipping charges
>> • Facebook now charges for reaching the 3000+ fans who "like" us,
>> but we have no marketing budget
>> • David was not awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant or Guggenheim
>> Fellowship
>>
>> © 2014 Alternative Radio | info at alternativeradio.com | (800)
>> 444-1977 |
>>
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