Gonzalez Speaks Out About Pacifica
source: In These Times

Since my on-air resignation on January 31 from Pacifica's national daily news show, Democracy Now!, and my call for a nationwide campaign to oust the Pacifica Foundation's board of directors, thousands of listeners responded with e-mails and phone calls. By an overwhelming margin, they expressed support for my actions. Many asked how they could help.
A few, however, were confused about one of the tactics I am urging -- a national listener boycott of funds to Pacifica. Along with some activists who have been fighting the corporate takeover of Pacifica, and many staff members at the five Pacifica stations, those few worry that a listener boycott risks destroying the only independent, left-wing radio network in the country. Those concerns should not be dismissed lightly. Neither should they be accepted outright.

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posted on March 25, 2001 04:07 PM