I forgot media climbing, social climbing...rising up and away from a lower position/status. ".....the battles IN [polarity] the trenches....and over the airwaves for the soul of American politics." K. Leroy http://www.christianalliance.org/site/c.bnKIIQNtEoG/b.592941/k.CB7C/Home.htm No inner polarity between these people as relativity is within the absolute allowing folks to dialog amongst themselves. Whatever happened to Pacifica's founding mission, humanism? You know, "Ya ALL come.... /R -----Original Message----- From: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:19 AM To: New Pacifica Subject: [NewPacifica] FW: [LewHillproject] fwd: Matthew Lasar publishes second book on Pacifica RE: [NewPacifica] RE: 67,000 new pacifica posts?!!! __________________________________________ RE Lazar.....continuing polarization within the left....mutual demonizaton. No one sees the middle ground between the opposites, commonality. Richard -----Original Message----- From: LewHillproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:LewHillproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of blulotusgirl Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:04 AM To: LewHillproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [LewHillproject] fwd: Matthew Lasar publishes second book on Pacifica Posted By: pdr Date: Friday, 30 December 2005, at 1:22 p.m. Uneasy Listening : Pacifica Radio's Civil War (Paperback) by Matthew Lasar (1 customer review) List Price: $24.99 Editorial Reviews Book Description Uneasy Listening tells the story of the epic battle over five listener supported radio stations that rocked the American Left and raised difficult questions about public broadcasting in the United States that have yet to be answered Product Details Paperback: 430 pages Publisher: Germinal Productions (October 20, 2005) Language: English ISBN: 1900355450 Average Customer Review: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Listener Sponsored Radio and its Discontents, November 19, 2005 Reviewer: Robert Mason - See all my reviews This superb book takes on the very difficult task of explaining the bafflingly endless power struggles that have afflicted Pacifica Radio for a half century. It does so by placing these struggles in the historical context of media and communications consolidation in the U.S., as well as the struggle of the American left and American alternative culture to find media outlets and be a serious part of the politics of this country. The story told here is not the typical story that those involved with the stations know. I think it is a story that has great importance for understanding why leftist discourse has become so marginalized in our time. The standard narratives are (1) that establishment corporate forces descended upon Pacifica in the late 90s and were repelled by the heroic true Pacificans; or (2) that childish out-of- touch leftists compulsively bash each other, imagining they are fighting to save the world. Lasar carefully introduces the reader to all the forces that play out in this struggle, leading the reader to appreciate the complexity of those forces, and to appreciate why it is so hard for progressives and supporters of noncommerical media to not repeat the rhetorically overheated infighting that sadly continues to dominate Pacifica politics. Since what is ultimately at stake here is the possibility of having an honest and truthful media outlet in America, both those who listen to Pacifica and those who have barely heard of it should find this book very important and very compelling. ____ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give at-risk students the materials they need to succeed at DonorsChoose.org! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SBefZD/LpQLAA/E2hLAA/xYTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPacifica/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/