Looks like roll call for crow eaters on this list concerning Miguel's
protest outside of WBAI last weekend:
Loraine Mirza - Promoted Miguel's protest as a sitting LAB member
from LA, without being aware of any of the facts at all. This does
not excuse her terrible behavior which served to alienate both the
management of WBAI, as well as the actual Latino Collective at WBAI
whose name was hijacked by Miguel for his own personal use.
Michael Loonbin - Busy excercisng his simplistic loon reflexes in
supporting absolutely anything that opposes the loon enemy du jour.
Heidi Chesney - Who chose to attack Rafael rather than to answer his
question on how Miguel's protest went. (Loraine did too.)
Evan Davis - Pimping for Miguel and dredging up memories of his old
grand-dad.
Mark Hernandez - Another one who'd rather attack Rafael than answer
the question.
Patty Heffley and Roger Manning (elsewhere) - The usual one-sided
spiteful propaganda.
--- In NewPacifica@yahoogroups.com, Bob Lederer <ledererbob@u...>
wrote:
> Daniel Vila of the Latino Collective asked me to post the
following,
> as he is not subscribed to any of the lists on which the earlier
> message was posted. Please direct any responses to him at the
address
> below.
>
> Bob Lederer
>
> ***********************************************
>
> From: Daniel Vila <vila4000@h...>
> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:43:49 +0000
>
> Can you please post this to as many lists as you wish.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel Vila
>
> *************************************
>
> Speaking on behalf of seven members of the Latino Collective, a
group
> constituted with the objective of producing a Spanish-language
> program dedicated to analyzing social and political events for
WBAI,
> I want to inform the station's listeners and supporters that the
> picket set up in front of WBAI on Saturday, September 27th was not
> organized with the support or knowledge of most of the group's
> members. That demonstration was organized by Miguel Maldonado and
> Silvia Arana and was attended by less than ten persons, only three
of
> whom were Latinos. They were there to demand that the station hire
> more Latino staff and make more time available for Latino programs.
>
> Not only did the organizers of the protest not have the courtesy of
> calling a meeting of the Latino Collective before calling a protest
> using our name, they did not even have the courtesy to inform the
> station's management that they had those demands. In fact, Miguel
> Maldonado resigned from the Latino Collective in July.
>
> The Latino Collective was an outgrowth of the Latino Committee (of
> which Vicente Alba, better known as Panama, is one of the leaders),
> and it was created, as mentioned above, with the only purpose of
> achieving a permanent program in Spanish for the station. The press
> release by Miguel Maldonado and Silvia Arana describes the events
> that followed as "the suspension of the only Spanish-language show,
> 'El Colectivo Latino' ('The Latino Collective')," but here is what
> actually happened.
>
> On January 10 of this year, WBAI General Manager Don Rojas and
> Program Director Bernard White met with some 25 members of the
Latino
> Collective, all members of different organizations, who had signed
a
> letter requesting a Spanish-language program. The station's
> management agreed that the idea was good and suggested that the
> Collective should produce four one-hour pilots as examples of what
it
> was the group was proposing and that after an evaluation, a
permanent
> program would be given a time slot.
>
> Those four programs were broadcast on consecutive Sundays beginning
> March 30th. Each program had a topic: The War, The Economic Crisis,
> Latin America, Labor and Immigration. They were publicized in the
> Spanish-language newspapers, on the Internet and by leaflets. We
> received enthusiastic support from the progressive Spanish-speaking
> community, since Spanish-language radio stations are just as
> reactionary as the English-language corporate stations.
>
> Most of the members of the Collective expected a quick response
from
> the station's management and for a permanent program sometime in
the
> summer. Unfortunately, management dragged its feet on this matter,
> and then in the summer Don Rojas became ill and was out until
> September 23.
>
> During the summer, a letter was delivered to management on the need
> for a permanent Spanish-language program, and three members of the
> Collective held a meeting with Bernard White. There were also
various
> telephone calls and visits made to the station during this period.
>
> When Don Rojas returned to work, he asked Panama and myself to meet
> with him to discuss the demands of the Latino Collective and the
> Latino Committee. During that meeting, which was held on Tuesday,
> September 23, Don Rojas agreed that a Spanish-language program
should
> begin by November of this year. He also agreed to the Latino
> Committee's proposals for two additional programs.
>
> After a year's work, the Latino Collective had achieved its goal.
But
> on Wednesday, a message went out from Miguel Maldonado and Silvia
> Arana, allegedly on behalf of the Latino Collective, calling for a
> demo in front of WBAI to protest the station's discrimination
against
> Latinos. This call was a surprise to most members of the Latino
> Collective. WE WERE NOT CONSULTED ON THE MATTER OF HOLDING A
PROTEST
> AGAINST WBAI. Furthermore, the group has been clear from the very
> beginning that our only objective for the time being is the need
for
> a Spanish-language program. We are all in favor of more Latinos
> working at WBAI and the need for more Latino programs in Spanish as
> well as in English. But we have never discussed a strategy for
> achieving this or if it is part of our working agenda. The other
> group, the Latino Committee, has been meeting around those demands
> for more than a year and they have discussed the matter with
> management. However, that group refused to participate in the
> Saturday picket.
>
> Last Saturday's demonstration as well as the outrageous attack that
> Miguel Maldonado made against Black people at the station during
his
> presentation at the Pacifica National Board meeting on Sunday,
> September 21 (later played on the air) are unfair and only
contribute
> to creating antagonisms within the WBAI family. His remarks are not
> representative of the opinions of most Latinos. In fact, most
> Latinos, whether or not they belong to the Collective, are also
> offended by his remarks. And most Latinos I have spoken with are
also
> against the protest held on Saturday. The consensus is that proper
> procedure is to discuss this matter within Latino organizations and
> then request a meeting with management to discuss our concerns.
>
> Daniel Vila
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