June 5 Town Hall: What’s at Stake for Pacifica–

—If New Day Gets Its Way? Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2 PM PDT – 4 CDT – 5 PM EDT via zoom Click the link below to join the meeting – no registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89037964625?pwd=VjdVUjN6SUsvWTlLS1RxOWgrdjlWZz09 Meeting ID: 890 3796 4625 Passcode: 076434 One tap mobile +16699006833,,89037964625#,,,,*076434# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,89037964625#,,,,*076434# US (Houston) Dial by […]

Top-Down Control or Diversity & Democracy?

New Day Pacifica claims their Bylaws revision is democratic, or even more democratic, because members vote for positions on the Pacifica National Board directly. But read the fine print! The New Day proposal is carefully crafted to allow a simple majority of voters — possibly from a single station — to control almost every single […]

PFB Town Hall 6 – Feb 27

The sixth Pacifica Fightback virtual national Town Hall at 3:30 PM PST/5:30 CST/6:30 EST on Saturday February 27, will include a presentation on stolen indigenous land in Texas, a panel on state by state efforts to fully abolish slavery, and break-out rooms for small group discussions on rebuilding and sustaining Pacifica and its stations through […]

Knowledge is Power

The Pacifica National Board has adopted the following motion to empower Pacifica’s members by providing them with regular, thorough and accurate information about the Foundation, the stations, and their finances. It also provides for members’ opportunity to communicate with management and governance publicly, so that other members can become more aware of the issues facing […]

Jan 30-PFB Town Hall

Pacifica Fightback conducted its 5th virtual national Town Hall on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 3:30 PM Pacific (5:30 Central/6:30 PM Eastern). We intend to conduct a monthly town hall for the foreseeable future on the last Saturday each month. The program on Jan. 30 included a look at US “foreign policy”, militarism and intervention, […]

Manipulation of PNB Meeting Process

From: Alex Steinberg <pnbalex@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021, 10:00 AMTo: Pacifica National Board; PNB Secretary; Pacifica Executive Director; Anita Sims; Arthur Schwartz; John Tatum; Lydia BrazonSubject: There is no “Emergency meeting” on Thursday Jan 7, 2021 The so-called “Emergency Meeting” that was posted by Jan Goodman for Thursday at 7 PM Eastern Time is improper on several grounds. First, […]

Sign this Open Letter to the Pacifica National Board & LSBs

We are members of Pacifica radio stations who endorse our organization’s mission of increasing understanding among groups through dialogue. We recommend that our local station and national board members put our Foundation’s message into practice by using internal discussion and dialog to resolve differences, instead of tactics that rely on external governmental entities such as […]