{"article":{"id":104230,"heading":"pacifica national truth & reconciliation commission","author":"john martinez\/Aztlan media kollective","created":"2004-03-03 18:19:43","modified":"2004-03-04 04:11:23","last_modified":"Thu, 04 Mar 2004 12:11:23","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>please forward &amp; please respond with input to:          <a href=\"mailto:inmart5@aol.com\">inmart5@aol.com<\/a>   <br>  <br>                                         <br>  <br> john martinez\/Aztlan media kollective <br>  <br> kpfk pacifica radio, los angeles califas <br><br> what: this is a call to those politically active in the free-pacifica &amp; other alternative media struggles, to create a formal proposal (purpose, internal organization, process, methods, goals, implementation, etc.) for a pacifica national truth &amp; reconciliation commission, focusing on the recent pacifica internal crisis 1990's-present: it's root causes, how &amp; by whom was the pacifica crisis orchestrated, facilitated, perpetuated, covered-up, how the crisis was dealt with, and how aspects of the crisis continue to linger\/hamper pacifica radio today; we would offer the commission's findings to pacifica listeners\/supporters, the local station boards, all local station entities, station managements, the pacifica national board &amp; national office, calling for a formal recognition of the commission's findings by the pacifica foundation and the implementation of proposed solutions to address the continuing organizational problems with pacifica-this implementation would go towards future policies\/practices-all in the hope that we can remember, recognize &amp; minimize the internal contradictions within pacifica, so as to avoid a similar crisis in the future &amp; to help re-create a better pacifica radio in this current transition phase. <br><br> who: unless funding could be obtained, the idea would be a commission of volunteers from each of the 5 signal areas, comprised of active free-pacifica\/alternative media people who have a respected track record within the free-pacifica struggle AND those who've demonstrated their ability to work well at some level with most free-pacifica camps in their signal area; the commission would be open to those who actively\/openly opposed the direction pacifica radio was taking during the 1990's until the settlement in 2001. <br><br> timeline: the commission's work (research\/interviews\/findingsetc.) would last no more than two (2) years, with the initial development &amp; initiation of the commission's work beginning no later than june 2004. <br><br> pacifica recognition, or commission's independence: within the coming months, we would decide whether the pacifica foundation &amp; all it's local\/national entities would formally recognize and work with this commission's work\/findings, i.e. prior to the commission beginning it's work, the pacifica foundation would formally recognize\/cooperate with the commission re: access to documents\/etc., AND that the foundation and all it's local to national entities would seriously work to implement the commission's findings into actual  policies\/pratices; if this formal recogniion\/cooperation by pacifica radio would NOT be possible, the commission would then formally work independently of the pacifica foundation, as an independent grassroots effort\/struggle towards it's stated goals.   <br><br> input requested: we first need to get responses from you, on whether you think this idea of a pacifica national truth &amp; reconciliation commission is a good idea, and whether you could contribute in some way to it; we also need examples\/critical analyses of other truth commission models (el salvador\/south africa\/etc.) so as not to make the same mistakes; we need a clear mission, goals, internal organization\/process, clear purposes, function, and clarity how the commission's findings will be applied\/implemented into policies\/structures\/ processes\/etc. within the pacifica foundation; once this commission begins, it will be a WORK oriented commission, so now is the time for thouhts\/opinions\/ideas\/suggestions\/ criticisms\/etc..  <br><br> documentation: besides the historical importance of this project, and addition to the written documents produced from this commission, audio\/video recordings of people's testimonies could easily be produced into radio\/video documentaries as well.  <br><br> john martinez background: as a xikano native of los angeles, beginning my experience at kpfk in 1992 with the now defunct kpfk apprentice program, from 1992-99 i was a volunteer programmer &amp; produced the weekly 'radio xikan@'; i worked at kpfk on the fund drive teams, as premiums coordinator, training director &amp; production assistant in the pacifica radio archives; from 1999-2000 i was a staffer with the local free-pacifica l.a. coalition for free speech radio, and was a pacifica campaign-l.a. staffer as well; most recently i worked as legal research assistant for pacifica against the 'wrongful' termination lawsuit by former kpfk general manager mark schubb; since 1998 i've been active with the struggle for community media\/micro radio, working internationally with the Aztlan media kollective. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"inmart5@aol.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"a call to those politically active in the free-pacifica & other alternative media struggles, to create a formal proposal (purpose, internal organization, process, methods, goals, implementation, etc.) for a pacifica national truth & reconciliation commission.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/03\/104230.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":104265,"heading":"it's always a good idea","article":"Constant &quot;self criticism&quot;, or whatever anyone calls it, is necessary.  Particuarly as KPFK and Pacifica go in a more democratic direction, it's going to be important to create avenues to carry on the discussions about Pacifica, internal conflicts, and future directions.","author":"more rational","parent_id":104230,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-04 04:11:23","modified":"2004-03-04 04:11:23","fileurl":""}]}