Unfortunately although Pacifica (and Pacifica "activists" on Pacifica
related listservs) constantly promotes itself as being against Censorship, in
actuality Pacifica very often Censors and Bans information and people who
oppose the current "Ruling factions" (or wannabe "Ruling factions") at Pacifica.
And weirdly such Censorship and Banning at Pacifica is exactly what the
main line corporate capitalist media does when it Censors and Bans its
opponents.
[And yes I know there is a difference between official Pacifica and
"Pacifica related listservs" etc - but the "culture" of Pacifica "activism" on
the "privately owned" Pacifica related listservs DOES greatly influence what
goes on at Pacifica.]
Jim "If Pacifica is not really 'free Speech Radio' but instead "Censorship
and Banning Radio' then it will not solve its current problems but will get
worse." D
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from the Pacifica website:
Howl Against Censorship
Fifty years ago, on October 3, Judge Clayton Horn ruled that Allen Ginsberg's
great epic Beat-era poem HOWL was not obscene but instead, a work of literary
and social merit. This ruling allowed for the publication of HOWL and
exonerated the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who faced jail time and a fine 50
years ago for publishing "HOWL."
Fifty years later, with draconian FCC fines for language infractions, you still
can't hear HOWL on the radio. That's something to howl about. This October 3,
WBAI and Pacifica Radio Network invite you to join our commemoration of Judge
Horn's ruling on behalf of free speech, by listening to a recording of the poet
Allen Ginsberg, himself, reading the unadulterated HOWL.
The commemoration of HOWL will also be led Lawrence Ferlingetti, poet Bob
Holman of the Bowery Poetry Club, first amendment lawyer Ron Collins, Beat
Generation scholar and filmmaker Regina Weinreich, WBAI's Program Director
Bernard White and WBAI Arts Director Janet Coleman, who will discuss the
relevance of the poem to language censorship in broadcast media today. Allen
Ginsberg's reading of HOWL is copyrighted and used by permission of Fantasy
Records. From "Howls, Raps & Roars: Recordings from the San Francisco Poetry
Renaissance" (produced by Bill Belmont; Fantasy, 1993). Occasional musical
background from "Pull My Daisy and Other Jazz Classics" by the David Amram
Quartet.
With thanks for the generous efforts of John Crigler, Barney and Astrid
Rossett, Hettie Jones, David Dozer, Chante Mouton, and Jon Almeleh, Nathan
Moore, Ursula Ruedenberg and Pete Korakis of Pacifica.