{"article":{"id":9201,"heading":"Pacifica Radio Protests Aug. 8","author":"Steve Freedkin","created":"2001-08-08 05:45:18","modified":"2005-08-15 00:37:10","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:37:10","article":"<p>Activists have called for a national day of action Wed., Aug. 8 to regain control of the Pacifica radio network from the corporate-oriented clique that has a narrow 6-to-5 majority on the Pacifica governing board.  <br><br> In the L.A. area, a demonstration will take place 3-5 p.m. at the Building Industry Association of S. California (BIASC), 24005 Ventura Blvd., Calabasas. BIASC is affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB); Ken Ford of the NAHB is the current acting chair of the Pacifica governing board.  <br><br> Activists are also urged to send protest letters via Progressive Portal at:  <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveportal.org\/letters\/pacifica\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.progressiveportal.org\/letters\/pacifica\/<\/a> <br><br> Since mid-May, more than 1 million letters have been sent by users of Progressive Portal calling for return of Pacifica to the progressive leadership that has been shunted aside in an anti-democratic, business-oriented takeover.  <br><br> More information about the National Day of Action is available from the Pacifica Campaign at:  <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificacampaign.org\/nahb808.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.pacificacampaign.org\/nahb808.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"webweaver@progressiveportal.org","link":"http:\/\/www.progressiveportal.org\/letters\/pacifica\/","address":"Berkeley, CA","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"National Day of Protest, including in Calabasas and online, to wrest the progressive radio network from its corporate hijackers.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/08\/pp-logo-corner-sm-green-ani.gif","filesize":"0.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/08\/9201.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/08\/pp-logo-corner-sm-green-ani.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":9205,"heading":"Please check","article":"The second paragraph of the above is gibberish when I view it. Is it my eyesight? My browser? Something that can be corrected?\r\n\r\nThanks.","author":"a reader","parent_id":9201,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-08-08 15:52:10","modified":"2001-08-08 17:00:02","fileurl":""}]}