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Free Speech Internet Television - From Public Communicators Inc.; audios, videos, a newsletter, opportunities, membership information, items for sale, contact and donation information.
The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico - A report for sale explaining the tactics of "netwar" (i.e., communicating grassroots ideas) using the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico as an instructive example.
Media File - A nonprofit resource and training center. About the organization, history, news, commentary, recommended links, archives, class schedules, how to become a member, special events and contact information.
Radio Free Conscience - Web site and radio program focusing on issues in community and grassroots media, including: free/pirate radio, community radio, DIY media.
Holding Hollywood Accountable - A group which supports voluntary change by the entertainment industry in favor of portraying less violence. Introduction, recommended links, forums and contact information.
COPSwatch - From attorney Richard Glen Boire, a response to the police tactics used on the TV show COPS. Commentary, audio, related links, a listserv and books for sale.
Planet Earth Media - From a nonprofit public service agency; includes their history, services offered, success stories, who their clients are, a client application form and their Board of Directors.
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom - A coalition of community and labor groups concerned about the concentration of ownership of Canadian news sources. News, commentary, recommended links, a listserv and contact information.
D2KLA - A group protesting the Democratic National Convention in 2000. Viewpoints, commentary and information about post-Convention legal issues.
Independent Media Center - news - From a collective of independent organizations and independent journalists. History of the organization, news, commentary, archives, a listserv, links and contact information.
Wiretap - From Alternet, an information source "by and for" young people. News, commentary, recommended links, message boards, upcoming events, image galleries, listserv, archives and contact information.
Independent Media Center, Los Angeles - A collective of organizations and journalists offering a grassroots, non-corporate perspective. About the group, upcoming events, recommended links, forums, special projects, contact information and how to join and donate.
Media Education Foundation - From a nonprofit organization, includes mission statement, the group's history, contact information and previews of videos for sale.
Underground Advertising - An advertising agency for nonprofits. Who they are, previous clients, services offered, recent publicity, staff members, opportunities and contact information.
Jean Kilbourne's Lecture Series - Biography, calendar, latest releases, description of her lecture content, about her films, resources, opportunities and contact information.
World Campaign - From the Planet Earth Foundation. Includes vision and motivational statements, commentary on a variety of issues, videos and images of public service announcents, recommended links, listserv, a forum and how to contribute.
eActivist.org - A volunteer organization promoting citizen involvement for people without much time for it. Mission statement, petitions, faxes, emails, favorite quotes, how to list your cause, how to support other causes and contact information.
Roundtable, Inc. - A production company. About the organization, previous productions, future plans, directions and contact information.
IndyBay Media - From a non-commercial, democratic collective based in San Francisco. News, commentary, audio, video, calendar of events, chat, how to publish commentary, recommended links and contact information.
Fresh Green Blog - From an alliance of people who favor the Green party. Upcoming events, links and archives.
Radio For All - An association of grassroots radio broadcasters. About the group, selected audio, upload facility for new audio, contact information and how to donate.
Active Free Media - Videos, a listserv, pictures, t-shirts for sale and contact information.
The Video Activist Network - From an informal association of videographers; includes videos, resources, upcoming screenings, list of members and recommended links.
Mediarights.org - A group using documentaries to advance social causes. Membership information, information on workshops, news commentary, how to purchase documentaries, upcoming television programs of interest and film festival information.
Media Transparency - Commentary, analysis and investigative data related to links between prominent conservative think-tanks and their funding sources.
Media Awareness Network - From a Canadian non-profit organization especially concerned with violence in mass communications. Includes reports, opportunities, recommended links, contact information, members, sponsors, awards received and a press gallery.
PMW Palestine Media Watch - A group combating what it perceives as an anti-Palestinian bias in the US. How to use the site, contact information for representatives of major publications, an online fax-sending capability, news, commentary, issues of concern, archives, staff members, talking points, a message board, recommended links, how to volunteer, how to donate and a booklet for sale.
The Truth in America Project - From a group interested in achieving reform of the major news monopolies. Who they are, their goals, commentary, recommended links, forum, contact information and how to donate.
The Meadiae Trust - A company striving to improve the lives of rural Africans. Goals, details about the organization, current and past projects, methodology, forums and staff members.
ACME - the Action Coalition for Media Education - A group which is putting on a convention in October, 2002. Goals of the meeting, who should attend, costs, online registration forms, nominate speakers and contact information.
Film Industry Reform Movement - An international association concerned with "propaganda effects" of the US film industry. Mission statement, commentary, forums, press releases, recommended links, topics for further research, listserv, bookstore and how to volunteer.
Morality in Media - Commentary, resources and current developments from a national interfaith organization which seeks to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in mass communications.
Arab American Resources and Commentary on all subjects, from Chicago to Jerusalem - From Ray Hanania, a resource for the Arab community. Information on conferences, a directory of Arab journalists and publishers, information on the National Arab Journalists Association, commentary, a bookstore and recommended links.
Madison, Wisconsin Independent Media Center - From a Wisconsin branch of IndyMedia, about the group, breaking news, analysis, reports on past demonstrations, upcoming events, audio, video, pictures and contact information.
Progressive Portal: Easy Online Activism - From a group of volunteer contributors. Fax letters, forums, recommended links, download flyers, feedback, purchase merchandise and donate online.
Christians of Action - From a Canadian-based group of Christians, includes newsletter, recommended links, resources and contact information.
Friends of the ABC - From a group defending the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes newsletter, talking points about advertising, the Board of Directors and funding; a discussion forum, contact information and how to submit information.
Cause Communications - From a consulting group for activists and non-profit organizations; includes beginner's guide to communicating, resources, services offered, client list, staff members and books for sale.
HonestReports.com - From a group combatting stereotypes of Muslims; includes news, newsletter, researched publications, background information, tips on journalism and contact information.
Showcasing a Better World - A voice for conscious cultural evolution toward a world that works for everyone.
Savage Stupidity - From a husband and wife team opposing the viewpoints of conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage; includes news, letters, newsletter, boycotts, things to buy and contact information.
Lying Media Bastards - Includes news, resources, recommended links and rants from radio talk-show host Jake Sexton.
A program for media reform in Australia - From Terry and Hazel Giesecke; includes overview of concerns, history of the movement, proposals for reform, recommended links and contact information.
Dobmeyer Communications - From a consultant; includes services offered, suggested stories, tips on promotion and contact information.
Alternative Media - A resource for journalists which includes commentary, breaking stories, forums, chat, free email and contact information.
FORMAT TV - From a production group comprised of activists; includes who they are, introductory videos, suggested links, merchandise and contact information.
Guerrilla News Network - About GNN, who the "guerrillas" are, press, videos, commentary, special reports, forums and a newsletter.
Anti Ignorance - Articles on animal rights, health and politics; designs for t-shirts and stickers, free email, forums and other resources.
Citizens for Media Literacy - Non-profit organization linking media literacy with the concepts and practices of citizenship. Includes suggested reading and contact information.
Union for Democratic Communications - Promotes varied critical approaches to communications and media, analyzes power structures that control mass media, and advocates the creation of structures to promote democratic communications. Includes membership information.
DIYRevolution - From a group of musicians, artists and other activists; includes resources pertaining to upcoming events, recent film and media productions, art shows, writing and miscellaneous work.
Mark Dery's Pyrotechnic Insanitarium - Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming", and wrote a pamphlet titled "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs"
Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
jam.media.org - Part of the media.org cooperative. Jams include the federal government and the world of e-commerce.
M. T. Enterprises WorldWide - Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
K-Band Communications - An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia - Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
Die Kommunikationsguerilla - [German, English, Dutch]
Enjoy the Sign - A funny, provocative movie about the filmmakers' obsession -- framed perversely as a series of TV commercials -- with a shining emblem of modern culture, The Sign.
Blimp: At Play in the Media Scrapheap - "Sonic Outlaws" by Craig Baldwin - [English w/German summary] by Jesse Lerner
sfweekly.com: The Medium is the Message - "A new generation of Bay Area 'culture jammers' manipulates media manipulation" - by Sam Williams
Electronic Civil Disobedience - Archive for the Electronic Disturbance Theater, a "hacktivism" RealAudio program. Organizers of Jam Echelon Day, among other events.
Plagiarist.org - Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
Culture Jamming: Spoof Web Ads - "Banner-jamming" site includes instructions on how to create spoof ad banners and a couple of examples.
Billionaires for Bush (or Gore) - Satirical organization which held Million Billionaire Marches during the 2000 conventions of both "major" US political parties, as well as a vigil for corporate welfare.
Abrupt Culture Jamming - For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
Soy Bomb Nation - A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
Slumber Inc. - Guerrilla art campaign fronting as a corporate entity utilizing stickers, wheat-pasted posters, and fake ads.
Droplift Project - Anti-copyright collective of musicians using samples from popular culture to create challenging and subversive audio collage, which they freely distribute. Information about fair use and copyright issues in music, along with free MP3 downloads.
Subvertise - Archive of subverts, political art, spoof banner ads and parody web sites.
Together We Can Defeat Capitalism - Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
Urbanize.org - "Reclaiming our cities from corporate rule through subversive art." Includes a useful guide to postering.
Hyper-Redundant-Mart - Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."
Cacophony Society - A randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society through subversion, pranks, art, fringe explorations and meaningless madness.
Big D - Urban guerilla artfare.
Yuppie Takeover - Graphic art taken to the streets as a way of questioning the consumerist way of life. T-shirts, stickers, posters, propaganda.
Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs - Full text of the culture jamming manifesto by Mark Dery, popularizer of the term "culture jamming"
Hacking Memes - Essay about anti-memes and the anti-meme movement by Stephen Downes.
The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page - Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
Baltimore City Paper: Gear Jammers - Article about the "sweatshop" Nike ID and Mike "Pepsi Boy" Cameron. By Joab Jackson.
The Age: Melbourne Man Patents the Wheel - Freelance patent attorney John Keogh has been issued with an Innovation Patent for a 'circular transportation facilitation device'.
The National Cynical Network - Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
ameriCON incorporated USA - Internet-based artists platform dedicated to the art of social critique.
Robbie Conal's Art Attack - Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
Datablob: The collective nonsense exchange - A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
Feed the Mannequins - Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
Free Words Project - Book project by artist Sal Randolph. Free Words is a free and uncopyrighted book being given away in bookstores, libraries, galleries and other venues. Look for a free copy in New York bookstores, or download a pdf version from this site.
The Glitch - Revision of World War I & II and War on Terror propaganda posters, altered to express anti-war/anti-consumerist sentiments. From NYC artist, Jason Stella.
The Yes Men - A genderless, loose-knit association of some 300 impostors worldwide who agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce, ask questions, and then smuggle out the stories of the behind-the-scenes world of business.
Reamweaver - Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
A Thank-You For Sale - A web site promoting creative and unconventional modes of activism and free speech.
Mutual Fund from Hell, The - "Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
deportation-class.com - Spoof satirizing Lufthansa's transportation of deportees by promoting such benefits of their "Deportation Class" service as obligatory sedatives, restraints, and low fares.
®TMark Shell - A spoof on Shell's website, thematizing the Brent Spar fiasco.
Whitney Biennial Exhibition - Together We Can Defeat Captialism's clone of a portion of whitney.org website with added political commentary.
World Trade Organization - RTMark's modified version of the WTO home page.
ChildSlaves.com - Satirical site posing as a management consulting firm providing cheap labor and regulation free environments.
The Whirled Bank Group - Spoof of the World Bank site commenting on the international finance system specifically as it impacts the developing world. "Our Dream is a World Full of Poverty."
Enron Owns the GOP - Parody of the Republican Party of Texas website. Articles describing the links between Enron and the Republican Party.
gwbush.com - Zack Exley's satirical site of George W. Bush campaign, now quite overt.
RTMark: GWBush.com - Story of the gwbush.com and mirrors of RTMark's original two versions of it.
George W. Bush Vs. Parody Site - Article and archived discussion. [Slashdot]
Bush Shows How Not to Handle the Internet, Experts Say - [New York Times]
Bush's letter to the Federal Election Commission - Scan of the letter sent to the FEC.
Beating Around the Bush - "Bush has asked the Federal Election Commission to crack down on a satirical Web site created by Zack Exley, a self-described 'Christian who loathes hypocrisy,' and the anti-establishment Web design group RTMark." [Wired]
Election Regulators Dismiss Complaint Against Bush Parody Site - [New York Times] (Registration required.)
Bush Campaign Asks Government to Go After Critical Web Site - [New York Times] (Registration required.)
CounterCoup.org - Another site started by Zack Exley questioning the legitimacy of Bush's presidency and organizing protests.
RTMark: Vatican - RTMark mirrors 0100101110101101.ORG's press release and links to news articles in the Italian press about vaticano.org.
etoy.INTERNET-TANK-SYSTEM - The group's project page for Diagonale 1995 (partly German).
etoy.CORPORATION - Official web site of the etoy.CORPORATION. Contains a history of etoy's projects.
Digital Hijack - During the digital hijack project, search engine users were redirected by etoy. The project won the Prix Ars Electronica 1996.
Kill 10 Bald Guys - Anti-eToys game.
Which etoy? - etoys around the web.
The Software Store - At the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at UCSD.
eToys Sucks - A redesign of eToys' front page.
FirstFloor - Soldiers of the month.
Etoys Improvement System - Automatically alters eToys banner to obliterate the "s". By the Experimental Interaction Unit EIU.
eToys This Is Not eToys - Commentary on the "obscene images" at etoy's site.
No EToy for Christmas - Coverage of the toywar, including a perspective on domain name dispute resolution. Very lively discussion. [slashdot]
Etoy Heads for New York City - Now that they have won an apparent victory over Santa Monica-based eToys, the Internet artists of etoy have their eyes on taking Manhattan. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
Toywars - The group formerly known as ETOY lost the first round of its battle with eToys. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis].
Is eToys paying in market cap for bullying etoy? - Report and discussion on the impact of etoy/eToys dispute on eToys' share value [Tasty Bits from the Technology Front].
Interview with etoy - By Geri Wittig [switch].
Fences in Cyberspace - Recent events in the battle over domain names, with focus on etoy vs eToys, by Felix Stalder [Telepolis].
This Means eWar! - Online retailing giant eToys.com plays legal hardball with a similarly named group of digital artists. By Claire Barliant [City Pages, Twin Cities]
eToys Blows It - Short note on the domain name dispute [Upside].
Etoy, etoy, etoy, etoy - Say it fast enough and it merges into the calling chant for the media hacktivists of the moment, etoy corp who have defeated the money hungry eToys Inc. [spot the 's'] in an epic court battle. By William Rowe [ninfomania].
eToys softens under grassroots pressure - Online toy mega-merchant eToys conceded that popular support for the Swiss art group etoy encouraged it to offer a settlement to an old domain-name contest. The company offered to withdraw its suit if etoy withdraws its counter suit. By Thomas C Greene [The Register].
Two Fourths - Journalist Silke Tudor joined etoy.AGENTS as they tore up the town on a July 4th Nightcrawl [SF Weekly].
The etoy Strikes Back - eToys is (not surprisingly) continuing to pursue its trademark on "ETOYS", which etoy (not surprisingly) feels endangers its right to continue using its name. [Slashdot]
eToys Drops Lawsuit Against Artist Group - eToys Inc., the Internet's leading toy retailer, agreed on Tuesday to drop its trademark-infringement lawsuit against etoy, a group of online conceptual artists in Europe. By Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times] [Registration required.]
Golden Nica Winners 1996 - Review of the Golden Nica awards for 1996, including winner etoy [intelligent agent].
Search Me - Article by Andrew Leonard on the Digital Hijack project [hotwired].
E-Toy Story - In depth article on etoy's domain name fight with eToys, by Claire Barliant [Village Voice].
Toy Story - Article on the domain name dispute, by Mark Gimein [Salon.com].
etoy Domain Name Battle Intensifies - The battle between eToys.com and etoy.com escalated this week when etoy representatives came from Switzerland to the US to rally against the court order that prevents the company from using its domain name. By John Geralds [VNUnet.com]
eToys Lawsuit Is No Fun for Artist Group - Excellent article on the preliminary injunction against etoy and its aftermath. By Matt Mirapaul [New York Times, arts@large].
eToys.com force etoy.com à retraiter - Coverage of the domain dispute with a Canadian spin [in French, Multimédium].
Web Revolts Against eToys - Opinion piece arguing that eToys' actions are "another attempt to control the internet through litigation." [TechMall].
eToys settles Net name dispute with etoy - A little-known Swiss art group operating under the "www.etoy.com" Web address emerged victorious this afternoon after settling a bitter dispute with leading online toy retailer eToys. By Patricia Jacobus [C Net].
Victory for Etoy Is At Hand - The domain-name battle between etoy and eToys has finally lurched to a conclusive end. By Steve Kettmann [Wired].
eToys Inc. Drops etoy Suit - For Real This Time - Discussion about the end of the domain name struggle. [Slashdot].
We Have a Winnah! - Sometimes nice guys finish first. By David Fiedler [WebDeveloper.com ].
Press about etoy - Collection of press coverage of etoy and RTMark's etoy Fund.
Sell eToys. Buy etoy. - Online retailer eToys sues art group etoy over domain name. Corporate profits and artistic freedom collide. By Richard Zach [h2so4].
Why Editors Love Etoy vs. eToys - Explains the appeal of the etoy vs. eToys conflict to journalists and readers alike. [The Standard]
Trademark Infringement Suit - NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on a dispute between online toy retailer, etoys.com, and a German arts group, etoy.com. The toy company is suing the arts group for trademark infringement. Requires RealAudio player [NPR Morning Edition].
Toying with Domain Names - The corporation-mocking Internet artists behind Swiss-based etoy can feel the groundswell of support welling up behind them in their dramatic court battle with the Rock & Roll Elmo-pushers at etoys.com. By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
E-Toy(s) Story - Domain name game: Online toy-seller targeted after shutting down art site for alleged confusion. By Tom Spring [PC World]
Etoy: They'll Take Manhattan - The renegade artists who defended their domain against the big toy e-tailer celebrate their victory along with hundreds of supporters with a new display and a new CD. By Mark K. Anderson [Wired].
Protest Group Out To "Destroy" eToys - RTMark calling for the destruction of online toy seller eToys [ZDNet: Inter@ctive Week].
The Toy War Escalates - etoy, ®TMark and the drop of eToys shares. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis]
Etoy Finally Back in Business - The controversial Web site, www.etoy.com, was finally reactivated over the weekend by Network Solutions, bringing to a close the domain-name fight between the Swiss Internet artists and the American toyseller, eToys. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
eToys Raises Domain Quandary - "A protest group called RTMark is enlisting the help of hackers to "destroy" online toy seller eToys." By Liz Enbysk [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
What's in an "S"? Ask eToys - "While eToys is busy making friends in the teddy-bear crowd, it's making a few foes among art and free-speech advocates." By Miguel Helft [The Industry Standard]
Campagne contre eToys - Coverage of RTMark's campaign against eToys [in French, Branchez-Vous!]
E-Riots Threaten EToys.com - "The domain name battle between toy giant eToys.com and the Swiss art site formerly known as etoy.com continues to escalate." By Steve Kettman [Wired News]
Etoy Wants Trademark 'Closure' - European Internet artists group called etoy has filed a complaint against online toy retailer eToys alleging trademark infringement. [Wired]
Art and Commerce Collide Online - How valuable is an "s" on the Internet? Two combatants, separated in cyberspace by that single letter, are about to find out. By Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times] [Registration required.]
The Name Game - Column focusing on etoy/eToys conflict along with several other current domain-name news stories. By Angela Gunn [Seattle Weekly]
'Be Grateful for Etoy' - Opinions of John Perry Barlow, EFF co-founder, on the etoy/eToys lawsuit. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
Interview - An interview with Zai of etoy. RealAudio [2600 Off the Hook].
EToys vs. Etoy - A Clash of Commerce and Art. By Richard Leiby [Washington Post].
Who's the Biggest Toy-Box Bully? - Christopher Lochhead from Scient, Rob Enderle from the Giga Information Group, Josh Silverman from evite, and Malcolm Casselle from Pacific Convergence Corp. join Spin host John C. Dvorak. [ZDTV Silicon Spin].
Major Toy Site, Um, Er, Sucks - "Type in etoyssucks.com and voila, you're at the regular eToys Web site." [Wired News]
Game Over - Lawsuit Dropping Follows Holiday Shopping at eToys. By Claire Barliant [Village Voice].
Internet Face-Off - An Internet name dispute has been simmering between an avant-garde European group and online toy retailer, eToys. NPR's Jack Speer has this report. Requires RealAudio player. [NPR Weekend Edition Saturday]
A Protest Group Fights Back - RTMark said it hoped to mess with eToys' site operations and traffic counts. [ZDTV Internet Tonight]
La grande guerra di etoy contro Etoys - La più feroce battaglia mai combattuta sul web è finita con la sconfitta del colosso dell'e-commerce di Dario Olivero [La Repubblica].
This is the Part of the Site Where We Dance - "In another example of megalomaniacal e-commerce sites getting a bit too big for their britches, eToys, the online toy seller, has sued Etoy, the German performance art group, for copyright infringement." By Ed Lee. [ZDTV Internet Tonight]
How the Grinch stole etoy.com - Domain registration is first come, first serve. Unless you have money for lawyers - and nerve. By Joe Salkowski [Arizona Star/StarNet Dispatches]
CNN Misrepresenting etoy vs. etoys Battle? - Discussion regarding the CNN coverage of domain dispute. [Slashdot]
Etoy: 'This Means War' - Report on the December 20 press conference at the MOMA, New York. By Jill Priluck [Wired News].
The Boys Behind Etoy - If the Santa Monica-based executives of eToys never quite understood their opponents in the art group etoy, they are not alone. [Wired News].
Victory Declared in the Toy War - Online retail giant drops lawsuit against artists. By Iain Aitch [The Independent].
eToys attacks show need for strong Web defenses - Network-based attacks against eToys last week and the emergence of a particularly destructive method for launching such raids are fresh reminders of the need for e-commerce sites to keep their defenses sharp. By Ellen Messmer [Network World]
The Fine Art of Compromise - EToys Seeks Peace in Trademark Battle With Artists' Web Site. By Richard Leiby [Washington Post].
eToys Go Home - "eToys should be ashamed of itself, but shamelessness is a hallmark of many companies, online and off." By Dan Gillmor. [San Jose Mercury News]
etoy Take Manhattan - Fresh from its successful stand-off with e-commerce giant, eToys, a group of international web-based artists is bringing its witty blend of conceptual, digital and performance art to New York. By Cristina Ruiz [The Art Newspaper].
Etoy's allies aren't playing around - "This is a toy war, and protesters, calling for a ''digital sit-in'' starting today, want to take down Net retailer eToys.com during its busiest season." By Janet Kornblum [USA Today]
The Domain Name Game - Reprint of Angela Gunn's Seattle Weekly Feature [LA Weekly].
How the Etoy Campaign Was Won - Toywar I is over. After 81 days of heavy fighting, www.etoy.com is back with a great victory parade. AGENT.nasdaq reports on the art of etoy and the campaign tactics. By Reinhold Grether [Telepolis].
Etoy Balks at Olive Branch - A spokesman for etoy dismissed a peace offer Thursday from toy giant eToys as a "PR move". By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit - After being pilloried in news groups and deluged by angry email, eToys said it would not press its lawsuit against the Swiss art site etoy. By Craig Bicknell [Wired News].
e-TOYS: Hackers Try to Disrupt Internet Company - "Cyber-activists are mounting a co-ordinated attempt to disrupt the operations of eToys, a leading online toy store, and drive down the company's stock price." By Louise Kehoe [Financial Times]
eToys Offers to Drop Suit Against Artists Group - eToys Inc., the Web's leading toy retailer, said on Wednesday that it had offered to drop its trademark-infringement lawsuit against etoy, a European group of online conceptual artists whose supporters have mounted a vigorous Internet-based campaign protesting the toy merchant's actions. By Matthew Mirapaul [New York Times].
Prix Ars Electronica 1996 - The jury's statement about the results of the Golden Nica awards, internet art category, 1996.
eToys Seeks Settlement in Dispute with etoy - Leading Internet toy retailer eToys extended an olive branch today in what could be the first step in ending a bitter dispute with a Swiss-based art group that owns the domain name etoy.com. By Patricia Jacobus [CNET News].
Etoy: 'The Fight Isn't Over' - Online toy retailer eToys might be willing to back off from its domain-name struggle with the Zurich-based Internet artists of etoy, but that doesn't mean this fight is necessarily over. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
Business Under Attack - After Etoy.com refused to sell its domain to eToys for $500,000, the U.S. online toy retailer sparked a furor among online activists when it got an injunction against Etoy.com prohibiting it from using the domain name. [Industry Standard].
About Face: EToys Seeks Peaceful Co-existence - Online toy retailer drops suit, says Swiss artists can keep domain name. By Miguel Helft [The Standard].
eToys Settles etoy Dispute - Online toy giant eToys.com said Wednesday it will drop its lawsuit against a group of European conceptual artists who posted material at eToy.com. Story to follow. By Jennifer Mack [ZDNet News].
RTMark Says eToys Still Suing Internet Art Group - Press release in reaction to eToys' settlement offer [Bloomberg News].
eToys Drops Lawsuit Against eToy - Short note on eToys' offer to "back away" from legal claims [slashdot].
The Lego Affair - Still reeling from its nasty tussle with eToys, badboy art collective etoy Corporation says it's now getting gip from a new direction: the LEGO Corporation [ninfomania].
Etoy: It's Not Over Yet - It's one thing to drop a lawsuit. It's another to "move away" from it. Which version the media heard depended on what time they were in touch with the eToys management. [Slashdot]
ISP Blocked After eToys Protest - Access to Thing.net was blocked until one of its subscribers agreed to remove a protest site directed against eToys. By Matt Mirapaul [New York Times].
Toying With Domain Names - As usual, there's more to this one than meets the eye. By David Fiedler [WebDeveloper.com].
The War over a Single Letter - etoy vs. eToys and civil disobedience via the web. By Sean M. Dugan [InfoWorld].
Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget - Etoy is likely to have its etoy.com Web site operational again, but the Internet artists want everyone to know they're still taking nothing for granted. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
Etoy: 'This Means toywar.com!' - etoy's new online game at toywar.com -- their way of celebrating their pending victory over eToys --- offers a tour of their world and what they're all about. By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
California Court Blocks Artists www.etoy.com Domain - News bulletin focussing on etoy as artists, based on Village Voice story. [Arts Wire].
A Tale of Two eToys - What happens when an e-commerce giant takes on a group of Swiss cyber-artists in court? Internet chaos. [Time].
Electronic Freedom for the Next Generation - Opinion piece and letter to Hasbro, supplier of eToys [lemurzone].
Toywar Resistance Network - TRN is dedicated to exposing the unethical business practices of eToys.com and provides information about the lawsuit, e-blockade, and resources to help individuals further the cause.
Quit Etoys.com! - Funny and interesting ideas on the eToys/etoy fight from "Mr. Bad."
toywar.co.uk - British protest site.
The etoy Fund at RTMark - An online multi-user game to bring down eToys, with lots of protest suggestions, information, and links. Also has updated timeline of the etoy/eToys conflict.
Boycott eToys.com - A protest site dedicated to the eToy vs. eToys war with news, and links.
Toywar Poetic Weapons Depot - This is a depot of poetic weapons for toywar.AGENTS to use against eToys in the Toywar.
To: list@rhizome.org - Postings to the rhizome list that got the etoy protest started.
Toys created without art - A site dedicated to creating toys without the use of art.
Cicada Corps of Artists - "Cicada billboard alteration embraces the idea of using the negative against itself."
Billboard Liberation Front - "Improving" outdoor advertising since 1977.
Ron English POPaganda! - Prolific producer of surreal and parodic billboard art since 1982.
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: Billboard Liberation - Includes gallery with dozens of examples of liberated billboards.
Art & Science of Billboard Improvement, The - How-to manual for altering outdoor advertising by the Billboard Liberation Front
Smashing the Image Factory - A complete manual of billboard subversion and destruction. Humorously ranges from the innocuous to the terrorist.
People for Ethical Evolutionary Practices - BioPEEP, a group of scientists distributing a genetic virus in consumable products to create product junkies, is "exposed" in this media hoax.
Joey Skaggs - Since 1966, Skaggs has hoaxed media outlets around the world with pranks like The Celebrity Sperm Bank, Cockroach Vitamin Pills and Dog Meat Soup.
First Human Male Pregnancy, The - "Mr. Lee Mingwei will be the first human male to ever birth a baby from his own body." Art project by Virgil Wong, thematizing gender roles, childbearing, and reproductive technology.
GenoChoice - "Create Your Own Genetically Healthy Child Online! It's the Best of Nature...Before You Nurture!" A make-believe genetics company selling the perfect offspring.
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: News Trolls - Planting fictional and absurd content in the news media
Opposition Forms to Coalition Wanting to Arm the Homeless - Ohio State students hoax Columbus, and are disciplined in the aftermath. [Columbus Dispatch]
Give Piece a Chance - An April Fools news story [Phoenix New Times]
Guns of Mercy - sfweekly.com picks up the Phoenix New Times story
Disarm the Clueless - Real responses to the phony Arm the Homeless article, including a transcript of 60 Minutes II's phone interview. [Phoenix New Times]
Arm the Homeless program dupes local television station - Another event in San Luis Obispo [Mustang Daily]
Bonsai Kitten - Dedicated to preserving the long lost art of body modification in housepets.
Wired: FBI Goes After Bonsaikitten.com - A website devoted to squishing kittens into Mason jars is one of two things: A trenchant parody designed to provoke, or a nefarious kitty-mutilation scheme that must be stopped, and probably outlawed. By Declan McCullagh.
Slashdot: Bonsaikitten Eaten By Carnivore - News and discussion forum.
USAToday: Bonsai Kitten site brings animal-rights roar - She doesn't believe there is such a thing as bonsai kittens, or even that the MIT graduate students behind the Web site meant to do anything but make a "sick joke." But as president of Hugs for Homeless Animals, she stands by the e-campaign to shut it down, and she's hoping the FBI will take action. By Janet Kornblum.
Salon: The jihad against BonsaiKitten.com - Another not particularly funny Web site has been taken too seriously by an advocacy group we would have thought had better things to do.
Register: Bonsai Kitten craze sweeps online world - Hardly a week goes by without computer games being blamed for turning people into psychopathic killers, so it was strangely reassuring to see some of these dangerous maniacs up in arms over the spoof Bonsai Kitten web site. By Andrew Smith.
Register: FBI goes Bonsai Kitten hunting - The FBI is reported to be investigating BonsaiKitten.com, the spoof Web site which has got animal lovers and anti-cruelty campaigners in uproar. By Andrew Smith.
About.com: Bonsai Kitten - The World's Most Hated Website? - What began as a puerile joke has turned into an Internet cause celebre. Animal welfare advocates decry it and defenders of free speech, well ... defend it. By David Emery.
Plastic: FBI Goes After Bonsaikitten.com - Count the FBI among the many visitors to bonsaikitten.com who are anything but amused at the descriptions of how to use muscle relaxant, feeding tubes and Klein bottles to shape a perfect Bonsai Cat.
Ohio University Post: A dose of virtual reality on V-Day - Review of several dark websites including Bonsai Kitten. By Gail Cetnar.
cats.about.com: Bonsai Kitten Redux - Black humor, parody, or satire, or a gross desecration to the principles of free speech? By Franny Syufy.
cats.about.com: Cat Lovers Call for Action - A call for action for removal of the web site Bonsai Kitten from MIT servers. By Franny Syufy.
Ground Zero: Satire's bite - Animal lovers aren't laughing at kitty-contorting Web spoof. By Joe Salkowski.
The Chronicle: Created at MIT, a 'Bonsai Kitten' Web Site Stirs Animal Lovers' Passions - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York has determined that a Web site showing kittens being stuffed into glass containers is only a joke. But the only people who seem to be laughing are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who created it. By Jennifer Jacobson.
Hugs For Homeless Animals: Stop Cruelty - Includes on-line petition to have Bonsai Kitten sites taken off-line.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bonsai Kitten - Is someone making 'bonsai kittens'?
cats.about.com: The Bonsai Kitten Wars - The Bonsai Kitten Wars are in full swing as both sides take pot-shots at the other. (First in a four-part series.) By Franny Syufy.
civilliberty.about.com: Internet cat fight - FBI agents have so much free time on their hands that now they're targeting humorous Web sites that are mean to cats. By J.D. Tuccille.
kuro5hin: Nobody Wants Bonsai Kitten - The Bonsai Kitten website was forced to close down after some high profile organizations decided to believe someone was actually growing kittens inside glass jars.
Suck: Hit and Run 02.1.01 - Whether you're a tortured kitty or an abused child, a moral and upright and increasingly stupid nation stands ready to defend you, despite the small fact that you don't actually exist.
Cruel Site of the Day: Happiness is a Rectilinear Kitten - The cruel site for December 22, 2000. Dozens of related Web links.
Cat Chat: Bonsaikitten.com is back - Bulletin board of postings by outraged cat lovers.
Humane Society: Web Site Depicts, Encourages Cat Cruelty - Release from the Humane Society of the US advising people not to e-mail the webmaster, but to complain to hosting ISPs.
®TMark - (RTMark) Brokers of bounties for acts of creative subversion against mass-produced items.
The Dilbert Front - "Pranks may be as old as flaming bags of dung, but this year, for the first time, mysterious organizations are publicly offering corporate saboteurs good money for their trouble. We have entered the age of subsidized mischief." By Ellen Barry. [Boston Phoenix]
Secret Prankster Fund Goes Public - "®TMark will pay saboteurs for acts of creative subversion against mass-produced items." By Mark Frauenfelder [Wired]
Manufactoring Dissent - Brief article about ®TMark by Joab Jackson.
Boy 'Bimbos' Too Much for Game-Maker Maxis - "The pre-Christmas shipment of SimCopter contains a hack by an in-house programmer who supplemented the game's cast of pulchritudinous female 'Sims' with broad-shouldered male 'Sims' in swimsuits." By Steve Silberman [Wired]
Brillo: Hacking Barbie with the Barbie Liberation Organization - Interview with the BLO
New Media: Hacking Barbie's Voice Box: 'Vengeance is Mine!'
Unit Circle: The BLO Strikes - AP story by Brigitte Greenberg
Barbie Disinformation Organization - Article on the BDO, a group placing subversive stickers on Barbie boxes.
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: Barbie Liberation - Summary of the BLO hack.
Barbie Liberators - Illustrated directions for exchanging Barbie and G.I. Joe voice-boxes.
Index on Censorship: The artist formerly known as Beck - by Andrew Elkin
Wired News: Beck Sliced, Diced by Culture Hackers - by Steve Silberman
®TMark: Deconstructing Beck - The official homepage, with the original press release, links to news about the project, and correspondence with the authorities and record industry.
Leonardo Finance Protest Site - Protest against Leonardo Finance for suing a non profit Leonardo Arts Organization for trademark infringement.
Sticken' it to Leonardo Finance - Leonardo Finance claims millions of dollars worth of damages due to Leonardo/ISAST ranking better than them in search engine results.
Leonardo World - Leonardos world, as much as he can finance.
Leonardo Finance Attacks Leonardo Arts - Investment behemoth Leonardo Finance is suing 30-year-old art magazine Leonardo to prevent it from using its name. Leonardo Finance says that Leonardo has emerged ahead of it in search engine rankings, and that this isn't fair.
Leonardo Finance against Leonardo - From Art Topos: Information and support.
Leonardo On-Line - Leonardo On-Line is the web site of Leonard/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, which publishes with the MIT Press: Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal, Leonardo Electronic Almanac. For 30 years, Leonardo has focused on artists who work with twentieth-century evolving media involving technology and science.
The (tm) - Outdoing Leonardo Finance by trademarking the word "the".
Ce n'est pas Leonardo Finance - Leonardo Finance sues Leonardo/ISAST for using the name "Leonardo."
Leonardo Finance Protest - Leonardo/ISAST support platform, protesting Leonardo Finance's lawsuit.
CueJack - Free subversive software for the CueCat home barcode scanner, designed to dig up any dirt on the manufacturer/seller using the DC database and Google.
Slashdot: CueHack For CueCat Released - News and forum discussion.
CueJack FAQ (Planet Mirror mirror) - Copy of the CueJack FAQ in Australia.
FCW: Chicago wants Voteauction gone - The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said it has asked federal and state attorneys to shut down a Web site that offers votes to the highest bidder.
Slate: Buy This Vote! The Web puts democracy on sale - The schemes generated a lot of media attention and some sellers and buyers-the bidding on eBay reached $10,100, and Voteauction found 200 takers in a single day.
Wired: Thousands Sign Up to Sell Votes - Boasting of the more than 6,000 Americans who have signed up to auction off their presidential votes to the highest bidder -- illegal activity under the laws of every state in the union -- Voteauction is now detailing its plans to begin an outreach campaign.
Wired: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It - If citizens do indeed find the choice between Gush and Bore meaningless, the proprietors of Voteauction.com say, why not at least make a little cash on the side?
Wired: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes - Voteauction.com has changed owners as well as modus operandi. And this time, it appears, the prospect of squelching the wrongdoing is going to involve more than a threatening phone call.
Wired: Voteauction Bids the Dust - Last week, Voteauction received a spate of publicity that began with a Wired News story. Two days of intense press and Internet attention followed, which concluded in legal threats that compelled its operator to shut it down.
USA Today: Votes up for auction draw official inquiries - Pranks or not, legal officials and election watchdogs are taking seriously the recent attempts to buy and sell political votes on the Internet.
CNN: Web site offers to sell U.S. presidential votes - A new Web site promises to "bring capitalism and democracy closer together" by auctioning votes in the 2000 presidential election.
CNN: Constituent puts vote up for sale on eBay - A Maryland voter protesting political corruption vows to hawk his ballot in the 2000 general election to the highest bidder on the Internet.
CNN: Vote-selling Web site to be revived, possibly offshore - An Internet site designed to auction U.S. presidential votes could reopen days after New York authorities convinced its American creator to shut it down, said a maverick Austrian businessman who bought the domain name.
CNN: Web site offering to sell votes shut down - Voteauction.com, a site that enables citizens to sell their votes, shut down Friday amid legal questions.
TheStandard: Wanna Buy My Vote? Fuhgeddaboutit - Voteauction.com, a site that enables citizens to sell their votes, shut down Friday amid legal questions.
ABC News: Personal (Campaign) Finance - Your vote could be worth cash.
The Register: Votes for sale online in the US - Chicago's gangster ridden past has come back to haunt city officials with the appearance of a new website - Voteauction.com, where people can register to sell their vote to the highest bidder.
TheStandard: Voteauction to Lose Domain Name - After a court defeat in Illinois, the site that enables people to sell their presidential votes faces a shutdown.
AuctionWatch: Straight Talk from Voteauction.com - You, the taxpayer who finances the monkey show, now has a chance to partake of the corruption that is politics.
FSB: American Cynicism, 101 - In the old days, you could rig an election by raising the dead and getting them to the polls. Student James Baumgartner wants to change the rules, by offering disinterested citizens a chance to auction their ballots online.
cluebot.com: Americans Sell Their Votes for $10 Each - If you needed further proof that Americans are disgusted with politics, just check out Voteauction.com, which allows people to auction off their votes to the highest bidder.
Slashdot: Voteauction.com - News and discussion forum.
TheStandard: Net Election: Want to Sell Your Vote? Not So Fast - The Chicago Board of Elections plans to file a lawsuit against Voteauction.com saying the site promotes fraud.
Salon.com: Democracy for sale - Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay!
®TMark: Voteauction.com - ®TMark page about its investment in Voteauction.com.
UpsideToday: Vote-auction.com rises again - That scrappy voter auction website that has riled America's pollsters skirted yet another siege by U.S. legal critics Wednesday re-emerging under a new domain after the site's latest address, Vote-auction.com, once again was shut down by authorities.
kuro5hin.org: Dot com ruled by US law? - Article and forum discussing the implications of InterNIC pulling the European domain vote-auction.com.
Cape Rock: The Going Rate For A Presidential Vote? $152 on eBay. - Fake news article about eBay vote auction which may have inspired some of the real auctions.
Wired: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies? - Did Voteauction.com really solicit bids on American votes, or was it all a mirage? The owner says yes, while the site's creator says no. A judge will decide.
Wired: Voteauction Booth is Closed - The vote buy-and-sell website shuts down after a district court in Illinois slaps it with an injunction. Accused of illegally trafficking votes, its creator now says the whole thing was a joke.
Wired: Chicago to Sue Vote Auctioneers - Election officials in Chicago are expected to file suit after finding more than 1,000 Illinois residents have signed up to auction off their presidential votes.
cluebot.com: Internic Pulls Plug on Vote-Auction.com - News brief and archived discussion.
Jones Issues Warning Against On-line Vote Buying Schemes - Press release from California Secretary of State. "We have an absolute zero tolerance policy for voter fraud in California."
Slate: If eBay Ran the Election - In the hypothetical future where all votes are traded on the Internet, it's easy to see how bipartisan collusion would line the pockets of politicians at the expense of voters by holding down the price of votes.
News.com: eBay pulls auction for U.S. presidency - With confusion increasing over who will be the 43rd president of the United States, one eBay auctioneer had put the presidency up for bid.
Daily Gazette: Web site offering votes for sale draws concern - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate student James Baumgartner says he's doing a service to the country with his new Web site Voteauction.com by encouraging participation in elections.
Vote-auction.net - Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together. Founded by James Baumgartner (as voteauction.com), produced by ubermorgen.com and helped by ®TMark.
Salon: Will culture-jam for food - The prankster behind the Voteauction.com satire needs your help to pay off his $3,800 legal debt. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
Suck essay - "This month, San Francisco residents hoping to focus lingering resentment against 'gentrification' found a voice in BlowTheDotOutYourAss.com, a campaign to plaster select neighborhoods with a bunch of stickers that affix a .com suffix to stupid domains..." [Suck]
Tip of the Dot-Com Backlash? - "It is, truly and for real, anti-dot-com." [Wired]
Dot-Com Satire Blown Out - "An overload of Internet traffic has swamped the website of 'KillTheDot,' a loosely organized poster campaign that poked fun at the explosion of dot-com business and culture in San Francisco." [Wired]
AllThePornYouCanEat.Com - "The increasingly humorless dot-com industry inspires a DIY revolution -- and lots of witty domain names." [Salon]
BlowTheDotOutYourAss.com - Pictures of satirical labels and starter kit to print your own.
Public Space - Rasmus Malm on semiotic guerrilla warfare: the idea that public space belongs to public expression. [Adbusters]
A Guerilla Art Attack Hits Stockholm - Reprint of Rasmus Malm's Adbusters article. [Vanguard Online]
Akayism - Swedish artist Akay posts bills on walls of buildings and subways reclaiming public space.
Department of Personal Freedom - E-mail correspondence with Nike iD, which cancelled Jonah Peretti's order for personalized Nike shoes customized with the word "sweatshop" under the Nike logo.
Nike iD - Nike retail website selling the customized Nike products.
Plastic: Personal Expression -- Just Don't Do It - Nike representatives encountered a semantic minefield trying to defend their decision to cancel a customer's order for a pair of sneakers personalized with the word 'sweatshop.'
Nike U-turns on 'free statement' promise - Nike were forced into an embarfassing U-turn when one a customer attempted to purchase some running shoes in January. [Squall Underground Update]
Salon: The postmodernist problem - Article about cultural censorship includes a summary of the Nike iD story.
Time: If the Shoe Fits - Four sentence news brief.
Clean Clothes Campaign: Nike's love of freedom and personal expression. - Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch "sweatshop" onto his shoes.
Adbusters: The Shoe They Wouldn't Sell - The turbo-capitalists suffer fuzzy vision and other signs of brand damage.
Plastic: Jammers Jamming The Jammers Jamming The Jammers - Supposedly Nike is mounting a disinformation plot to counteract their negative image by both attacking the culturejammers who hate them, plus also taking the opposite position of their reconstructive efforts.
Obey-Giant - AKA Andre the Giant Has a Posse. A street art project and an experiment in phenomenology by artist and skateboarder Shepard Fairey. Stickers, posters, links, information.
Bush is a Wanker obeys Giant - Article about the pop phenonmenon of OBEY/GIANT culture.
Manifesto - A social and psychological explanation of Andre the Giant has a Posse. Note: the original text had "Andre the Giant" instead of "Giant".
Urbanize: midget - "Midget Has a Posse" street art featuring Herve Villechaise
Salon.com: Andre the Giant Bombs the World - From London to L.A., Tokyo to Philly, guerrilla artist Shepard Fairey's ironic, iconic postering blitz featuring the long-dead WWF star has become a global phenomenon. By Stephen Lemons.
News: Obey - Guerrilla artist Shepard Fairey's images stare you into thinking ... hopefully. By Andrew Ramsay. [Las Vegas Weekly]
Conspiracy Newsline: Branding 101: Student Suspended For Wearing Pepsi Shirt On "Coke Day" - In a surreal tale of "branding" run amok, a Georgia high school illustrated the frightening degree to which American education is becoming corporatized this week when it suspended a student for wearing a Pepsi shirt on "Coke Day."
Fade to Black: Q&A with Mike Cameron - Interview with Mike Cameron, who was suspended from Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia for wearing a Pepsi T-shirt at a photo shoot lining students up to spell out the word "Coke" during the school's "Coke in Education Day".
F2B: Reading, Writing & $elling Out - Fade to Black offers Greenbrier High School another sponsorship payoff: $250 to spell out "www.fadetoblack.com" with at least 100 students.
Adbusters: Teen Turns Coke Day Flat - Mike Cameron, a senior at Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia was suspended recently for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day.
Transparency: Mike Cameron and Coke: The Human Pixel Who Wouldn't - Mike Cameron's pseudo-event. Was it the real thing?
San Francisco Examiner: Student suspended for defying Coke Day - A high school senior is serving a one-day suspension Wednesday for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day, an event school officials crafted in an attempt to win a $500 contest run by the Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Augusta Chronicle: Calls Coke Day penalty breach of rights - Editorial by Robert Stolworthy of Evans criticizing Mike Cameron's suspension as a breach of his First Amendment rights.
The Terrible, Horrible Student Who Wore a Pepsi Shirt on Coke Day - Two AP newswire articles and photographs of Cameron and the students lined up to spell Coke.
Rock Out Censorship: Student Suspended for Wearing a Pepsi T-Shirt - Todd Weise speaks out against the suspension.
Augusta Chronicle: Pepsi shirt incident gains world notice - The Pepsi-shirt-on-Coke-Day incident at Greenbrier High School has gone international.
Suck: Clothes Minded - Editorial about student dress and school uniforms, beginning with Mike Cameron's suspension.
Arizona Daily Wildcat: Have a Coke and a suspension - At Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia, if you wear a Pepsi t-shirt you could get suspended.
Coke Lovin' Administrators - "In a coutry founded and thriving on both the similarities AND differences between people, it is a tragedy to see how many educators go out of their way to produce (their concept of) the perfect cookie-cutter citizen." Editorial by Tyler. [Oblivion]
Principal Magazine: Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places - "One of the most disturbing trends is schools attempting to raise money by engaging in activities that undermine their curricular message and, in some instances, promote unhealthy student lifestyles." By Alex Molnar.
Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms - Report on schoolhouse commercializing trends in the 1990s. Introduction analyzes Greenbrier High School's "Coke in Education Day" and includes a lengthy press review.
PTAs and Commercialism in Schools - Speech given by Charlotte Baecher of Consumers Union in February 1999 to approximately 150 PTA representatives in New York State.
Magnus-Opus - Website of Australian composers who copyrighted 100,000,000,000 telephone tone dialing "melodies". Form to test whether your telephone number is copyrighted and licencing information.
The Age: Copyright: Your Number's Up - Australian composers Nigel Helyer, aka Dr Sonique, and Jon Drummond have copyrighted 100,000,000,000 telephone tone sequences. By Fergus Shiel.
Slashdot: Copyright Claimed on Telephone Tones - Two composers in Australia have copyrighted over 100,000,000,000 phone tone dialing sequences. News and reader comments.
Plastic: Australian Duo Copyrights Every World Phone Number - Australian composers Nigel Helyer, aka Dr Sonique, and Jon Drummond have copyrighted 100,000,000,000 telephone tone sequences.
ABC News: Woman Tries to Patent Self - A British woman has become the first person to attempt to patent herself, the national patent office said today.
Guardian: Poet Attempts the Ultimate in Self-invention - Patenting Her Own Genes - A poet and casino waitress from Bristol, angered at the mass patenting of human genes by science and big business, is trying to become the first person to patent herself. By James Meek.
Reuters: Briton applies to patent her own genes - A 31-year-old British woman has applied to patent herself so she can protect herself from "genetic exploitation," the Express tabloid said on Saturday.
L1: Hi, I'm Pat Pending and My Body is All My Own - Casino waitress Donna MacLean has applied to patent what she thinks is a rather amazing invention - herself. By Alun Rees.
HighGrader: The Race to Own the Body - Cashing in on the human genome project. By Linda Pannozzo.
US Firm Offers Stars DNA Copyright - "A US corporation is trying to persuade famous individuals to copyright their DNA." [BBC News]
Society for a Logo Free TV (Anti-Logo) - Page dedicated to the eradication of channel logos which tell you what channel you're on.
Squash The TV Bugs - Highlighting the problem of constant on-screen logos on British digital television.
Radio Volta - Breaking independent news, culture and free form music, offered by Philadelphia Indy Media.
Flashpoints - Progressive interview and discussion program out of KPFA community radio, Berkeley, CA
Grassroots Radio Conference - Information about an annual gathering of grassroots radio stations. The 1999 gathering was Aug. 20-23 in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Creative Radio - An eGroups e-mail discussion groups for those interested in using radio to promote health and development around the world.
RadioForChange - Progressive news, intelligent talk and alternative viewpoints. Broadcasts worldwide via the internet and on the Boulder/Denver, Colorado airwaves at KWAB 1490 AM.
Youth Voice Raleigh - Youth-run radio and activism from Raleigh (and Durham), North Carolina.
Bright Path Video: KPFA - KPFA, is one of the most important outlets of progressive broadcasting. Events to save KPFA in streaming video and Real Audio. [Requires free RealPlayer]
Save Pacifica - Restoring Pacifica as a democratic forum for independent voices.
Pacifica Accountability Committee - Organization pushing for greater accountability of the Pacifica Foundation and it's network of five radio stations.
Sign a Declaration to the Court supporting the Listeners Lawsuit - Affiliates - Notice to the court for Pacifica affiliate station listeners and supporters. One of the issues raised is the demand for removal of the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
Free Pacifica Radio - Promoting the return of democratic control to the Pacifica Foundation.
The Theft of Pacifica! - Information and links concerning the conflict between the Pacifica Radio Network, stations and the communities they serve.
Committee to Remove the Pacifica Board - The Committee together with the nationwide efforts of media activists reached a legal settlement paving the way to resolve the 'Pacifica Crisis'.
Campaign to Reclaim Pacifica/Media Alliance - Information about media activism concerning the Pacifica Radio Network by the Media Alliance.
Pacifica Station Advisory Boards - The Local Advisory Boards of the Pacifica stations review the programming, policy decisions and make recommendations to insure community needs are met.
Pacifica Foundation - Articles of Incorporation - Read about the principles on which the Pacifica Foundation was created.
KOOP-FM Takes a Stand in Support of Pacifica Workers - Resolution after Pacifica threats that it would no longer allow KOOP to air it's news. KOOP was first to air union-busting disclaimers before Pacifica Programs.
San Francisco Pacifica Protest - Covers protests and activism to restore Pacifica to a network of community radio stations. Mainly for Bay Area and San Francisco.
Labor and Pacifica - Labornet information on the controversies around the Pacifica Radio Network. Includes sections on stations KPFA and WBAI.
New Pacifica List - A discussion list for participants in work groups that are forging a new Pacifica. (Yahoo! Groups)
Democracy Now! - Homepage of Amy Goodman's acclaimed Pacifica show. She had been harassed by Pacifica before the radio network was reclaimed by activists.
Censored Broadcast of Democracy Now! - Audio of live broadcast featuring D. Bernstein, released from jail after his arrest at KPFA, Pacifica had refused further access to this show in the past.
WPKN message concerning the Crisis at Pacifica - Protesting Pacifica's "Christmas Coup" at WBAI, WPKN replaces the Pacifica Network News with Free Speech Radio News on Fridays.
Pacifica Foundation By-laws; Proposed, Current and Past (2/2001) - Ex-Pacifica Board Member John Murdock's proposed bylaws that activists fought to defeat.
Lew Hill: The Theory Of Listener-Sponsored Radio - Often quoted text by conscientious objector and Pacifica founder Lewis Hill outlining the idea behind the radio network (1951).
FAIR Resources: Pacifica Radio - Statements, articles and broadcasts on the Pacifica Radio Network from 'Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting', the national media watch group.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Open Letter to Pacifica - EFF letter to Pacifica Foundation board, criticizing Pacifica's attempt to silence critics by taking away their domain names.
Pacifica Silences Discussion; Listeners Lose Out - A media advisory by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting compiling a list of Pacifica's past attempts to censor broadcasts and stifle discussion.
Listener Lawsuit Document Archive - Frequently updated archive of all legal documents relating to the partially resolved listener lawsuits against the former Pacifica National Board.
Pacifica Foundation Falsely Accuses Activists of Violence - Response to allegations of violence on the part of free-speech activists after Bessie Wash interrupts Democracy Now to accuse advocates.
The Smoking Gun: Government Involvement in Political Censorship of Pacifica Radio - Transcript of speech by former Pacifica National News Director Dan Coughlin.
Verna Avery-Brown: Why I Resigned - The former Pacifica News anchor speaks out: "The Pacifica I had fallen in love with no longer existed. I refused to lend my name, my voice, my energies to a farce"
We Protest Pacifica - Declaration protesting the "Coup" at WBAI signed by, among others: Noam Chomsky, Laura Flanders, Jim Hightower, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Edward Said and Howard Zinn.
Pacifica Radio Listener Message Boards - Listener forums for the five Pacifica stations. For the exchange of ideas to build stronger and better stations and help guide Pacifica to serve its listeners and its founding mandate.
The Crisis at Pacifica and Why it Matters - Information about the bannings, firings and the slide towards "NPR Lite', covering all stations in the Pacifica Radio Network.
AFTRA Statement on 'Democracy Now' - AFTRA has notified Pacifica that it is no longer satisfied that the WBAI studios are a safe and appropriate working environment for the 'Democracy Now' staff.
Free Speech Radio News - Free Speech Radio News is a production of Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship. Contains archive.
'Democracy Now!' Archive - Archive of broadcasts of the national Pacifica program 'Democracy Now!'. From 1997 to present.
Amy Goodman and the East Timor Massacre - Pacifica's 'Democracy Now' and its host A. Goodman came under attack about her accounts on East Timor and the Santa Cruz massacre. The page contains statements and information defending her work.
Pricks Up Your Ears - Alexander Cockburn in The Nation on struggles at Pacifica and KPFA, in which the network's national directors called in police to haul out staffers at the Berkeley station.
The A-infos Radio Project - Contains collection of Pacifica broadcasts. The A-Infos Radio Project was formed to provide the means to share radio programs via the internet.
The Pacifica WebRing - Network of websites devoted to free speech, free expression and the promotion of alternative viewpoints through the Pacifica Foundation, radio stations, network affiliates, supporters and web sites.
The Pacifica Crisis in a Nutshell - A summary of the Pacifica crisis. Describes some of the main events in recent years leading up to the past boycotts, lawsuits and protests.
Democracy Now! Hijacked by Bessie Wash - Allegations made by radio activists concerning the new management of the Pacifica Foundation, including a transcript of Wash's statement interrupting the DN broadcast and various subsequent e-mails.
The Neutering of Pacifica - Article in CounterPunch outlining some of the changes within Pacifica that have been points of disagreement between the National Board and media activists.
Pacifica to Critics: Take Down Your Web Sites or Well Sue - Public Citizen article on Pacifica's attempted censorship of web sites criticizing the National Board.
For Democracy Now! - Nation Magazine editorial praising Pacifica's Democracy Now! broadcast from WBAI, while Amy Goodman's harassment by Pacifica management is described.
National Effort to save Pacifica Radio - Berkeley Daily Planet on the nationwide struggle to save Pacifica with a report from an event in with Dan Coughlin, Amy Goodman and Bernard White.
Pacifica - A Way Out - Article by R. McChesney in The Nation delineating a proposal to solve Pacifica's crisis through a temporary National Board comprised of progressives.
Saving Amy: "The Exception To The Rulers" - Media Channel article by Danny Schechter on Pacifica and it's program 'Democracy Now!'. Host Amy Goodman asserts beeing harassed by Pacifica.
ZNet's Contribution to Resolving The Pacifica Crisis - Znet articles covering the Pacifica Network.
Turmoil Continues to Rock Pacifica Stations - LA Times on the ongoing Pacifica Crisis and the resignation of Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez.
CounterPunch Magazine Stories on Pacifica - Collection of articles about the Pacifica Network.
Media Database at savepacifica - Archive of news articles, transcripts, press releases, audio files, and photos about the Pacifica Crisis.
Staffers Protest Pacifica Transfer of News Chief - Article in Current, a magazine covering public broadcasting, about Pacifica's ouster of National News Director Dan Coughlin.
East Timor Action Network Open Letter on Amy Goodman and Pacifica - Letter to WBAI and Pacifica on East Timor and Amy Goodman, reporter and host of 'Democracy Now!', challenging attacks on her integrity and rumors that the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor did not occur.
Pacifica Radio's Uncivil War - Article by Randy Baker co-producer of 'Fear and Favor in the Newsroom', a documentary on self-censorship in the press, posted on vote.com.
Free-Lancers On Strike at Pacifica News Radio - San Francisco Chronicle reports the beginning of the ongoing strike and boycott against the Pacifica Network News.
Pacifica Rebels Turn Up Volume - John Tarleton analyzing political motivations of the Pacifica Foundation and covers protests at its 2001 National Board meeting in Houston.
The Pacifica Crisis in The Nation - Coverage of events such as the "Coup at WBAI" and the harassing of Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, from The Nation magazine. Includes web only material.
Pacifica Politicking - SF Bay Guardian: Critics say "Pacifica leadership's recent moves, hiring a communications director from the Justice Department and appealing a federal labor ruling, raise disturbing questions."
Goodman Embroiled in Pacifica Conflict - Article in Current on difficulties Amy Goodman, of Pacifica's Democracy Now!, is encountering. She alleges a "poorly disguised attempt at censorship".
Cloak and Dagger - Marc Cooper - LA Free Press on The Nation magazine's Marc Cooper and his role within Pacifica, he is believed to have had an influence in firing the Pacifica News Director.
Pacifica Radio - The Rise of an Alternative Network - Review in the San Francisco Chronicle of the book 'The Rise of an Alternative Network' written by Matthew Lasar.
Racism at Pacifica? - The Black Journalism Review asks: are anti-Pacifica Radio protesters racists? Many radio activists counter that it is Pacifica that employs racially divisive tactics.
Let Us Now Praise 'Unfamous' Journalists - Norman Solomon on the integrity of Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill, award winning Pacifica journalists. Fair Media Beat.
Pacifica Radio Airs its Troubles at Hill Forum - The Washington Post on the forum convened by congressman Major Owens to address issues of censorship in the Pacifica Network and at WBAI.
Pacifica moves to Washington as the news anchor leaves in dispute - Pacifica moves after protests by many of its affiliate stations and departures of key on-air staffers, including Pacifica Network News anchor Verna Avery-Brown. Current magazine.
Pacifica in Crisis - Westchester Weekly, NY on the "The internecine struggle to save the last bastion of progressive viewpoints on the airwaves."
Pacifica Management's Lies and Misrepresentations - The Nation online article on M. Schubb and his text "Pacifica Myths and Realities" giving the progressive and activist perspective. (in 6 parts)
A Protester Meets with Utrice Leid - A listeners memo after a meeting with WBAI's Utrice Leid. Points of discussion are the bannings, firings, the boycott and Major Owens among others.
Smoking Guns - Corporate and government interests have hijacked the Pacifica Network, the only independent, listener supported and progressive radio network . RealVideo by Free Speech Internet TV.
Two More Pacifica Board Members Resign - Pacifica Board Chair Acosta and board member Van Putten have resigned, the second and third to resign as a result of a nationwide campaign to stop the corporatization of free speech radio. NYC IndyMedia.
I want my Democracy Now! - Laura Flanders on WorkingForChange.com in support of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, broadcast from WBAI in New York. The article details harassment by Pacifica and U. Leid Interim General Manager of WBAI..
Broadcast Blues - The national news program Free Speech Radio News has been heard every night on WMNF. This is the first sustained attempt at creating an alternative to the daily news radio broadcast, The Pacifica Network News. M. Perry in the Weekly Planet.
What's Up with Pacifica? - Chuck Rosina a News Director and Pacifica coordinator at WMBR in Boston on the deepening Crisis in the Pacifica Radio Network.
Are KPFA and WBAI For Sale? - Counter Punch article that discusses a memo by Pacifica board member Michael Palmer encouraging the sale of Pacifica Stations WBAI in New York and KPFA
What's Going On at Pacifica? - John Dinges on the Pacifica Radio Network and the activism to save it as an alternative media outlet. The Nation magazine.
Whose Network? Our Network! Voices of the Free Pacifica Movement - John Tarleton interviews among others: Dan Coughlin, Errol Maitland and Kirstin Thomas on the changing Pacifica and how the changes have affected local and national programming.
CPB Chastises Pacifica - Shutting Out Dissidents is an Issue in Ongoing Battle - Article in Current on the Pacifica Radio Network's violation of the FCC's open meetings rule.
Workers Charge Pacifica With Union-Busting - Pacifica hired a labor relations firm, which the AFL-CIO says is a union buster and has given its three unionized stations new labor contracts that could sap the bargaining units. Current Magazine.
There's Something About Mary - Management problems and divisive racial politics have followed Mary Frances Berry from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to the Pacifica Radio Network. Salon.com.
More Democracy-Now! - Editorial by The Nation on the banning of A. Goodman from Pacifica's airwaves. The Nation's coverage of the Pacifica crisis has been increasingly condemned Pacifica radio activists.
Days of outrage - Pacifica Protests Planned to Gemand 'Democracy Now!' Reinstatement - Laura Flanders reports on 'Democracy Now!' and the outcry about the continued harassment by WBAI and Pacifica staff as well as Pacifica's refusal to broadcast the show.
As Foes Slam Pacifica, Their Targets Cry Foul - Current magazine articles dealing with tactics employed by free speech activists and Pacifica's efforts to discredit them.
Jose Ramos-Horta on Amy Goodman and Santa Cruz Massacre - Nobel prize winner Ramos-Horta in support of Pacifica's Amy Goodman. Ramos defends the 'Democracy Now!' host against slander by WBAI management personnel.
Juan Gonzalez, Lyn Gerry & Tomas Moran on Pacifica - Counterspin interviews Juan Gonzalez, Lyn Gerry and Tomas Moran about the state of organizing the movement to save the Pacifica Radio Network. (RealAudio)
Is the Troubled Progressive Radio Network Drifting to the Right? - Article on the efforts by the Pacifica management to remove progressive content from its airwaves. From Salon.com.
Reporters Strike Pacifica Over Censorship - The SF Bay Guardian on correspondents and reporters for Pacifica's flagship program, the daily Pacifica Network News, and their strike to pressure the network to relax its censoring of its stations.
Idealism: A Viable Alternative in Today's Media World? - Norman Solomon on a Nation magazine article. After repressive actions at WBAI, The Nation, published a editorial that didn't denounce Pacifica management, contrary to what seemed to be in line with The Nation's pronouncements.
AFTRA Fears Danger at WBAI - Roger Armbrust in Backstage on the Pacifica Radio Network's and WBAI's harassment of 'Democracy Now!' staff as well as statements by AFTRA the involved union.
WMNF May End a Station Staple - WMNF took an active role in a dispute over issues between former and current employees and Pacifica management. WMNF might not renew it's contract with Pacifica and is airing Free Speech Radio News instead of PNN. St. Petersburg Times.
Pacifica's Pacific Coup - Juan Gonzalez for In These Times about the "Coup" at WBAI. He concludes: "As Berkeley showed, in this war it's the listeners and donors who will have the last word."
HoustonChronicle.com - Sorting out the Static - Controversy continues as tradition collides with a quest for new listeners at KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston.
Free WPFW Washington, D.C. - Promoting the democratization of the Pacifica Network, including community control of WPFW and ending censorship at WPFW.
Pacifica's WPFW Axes CounterSpin - Without notice to producers or listeners, the Washington, D.C.-based Pacifica station WPFW has canceled FAIR's radio show, CounterSpin. FAIR media advisory.
WPFW - Streaming Audio - Pacifica Radio Network station WPFW 89.3 FM Washington D.C. RealAudio live feed. [Requires free RealPlayer software]
WPFW Local Advisory Board Community Outreach Page - Features a LAB member list, minutes from LAB meetings and other reports on the Local Advisory Board of Pacifica radio station WPFW.
Sign a Declaration to the Court for the Listeners Lawsuit - WPFW - Notice to the court for WPFW listeners and supporters. One of the issues raised is the demand for removal of the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
WPFW Issues Message Board
Thousands Protest the Inauguration of George W. Bush - WPFW Plays Jazz - Update on WPFW and Pacifica by Sam Husseini in the Washington Peace Letter.
Pacifica and WPFW: A Personal View from DC - Sam Husseini on the state of Pacifica Radio Network station WPFW.
Free WPFW Discussion Forum - Discussion of issues, meetings, protests and other events relating to WPFW and Pacifica National.
Houston Radio Report - New print and web publications covering Houston's media environment and Pacifica reform.
Change KPFT - Documents efforts to change and democratize Pacifica station KPFT in Houston, TX.
No Peace at Pacifica - Article in The Texas Triangle on Houston area activist Edwin Johnston and Pacifica's charges that he committed assault while eyewitnesses give a different account.
Radio 4 Houston - Information on the ongoing struggle for accountability and against censorship in the Pacifica Network of radio stations. Information about events involving KPFT.
A KIKK in the Pants - Houston Press on KPFT. "While KPFT is literally "listener-sponsored," there are times when the station seems more content to take listener money and use it to act like a commercial radio station."
Free Speech in Peril at KPFT - About changes at Pacifica's KPFT where free speech radio has largely been replaced with music programming. By the Houston Committee for People's Radio.
Declaration to the Court supporting the Listeners Lawsuit - KPFT - Notice to the court for KPFT listeners and supporters. One of the issues raised is the demand for removal of the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
Tuning Out the Static - Houston Press article about Houston activist Edwin Johnston active in issues surrounding KPFT and the entire Pacifica struggle.
KPFT Discussion - Discussion list for KPFT issues for progressives interested in the Pacifica ideals.
KPFT Abandoned 'Voice' to be 'Sound of Texas' - Large numbers of listeners have been deeply concerned about the direction in which their local Pacifica Radio station, KPFT, has been drifting. Op-ed in the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Radio Report - Website for monthly tabloid exploring issues around KPFT/Pacifica and the function of media.
KPFT 90.1 FM - Pacifica network station. Contains on the air information, streaming audio, history of the station, photo album, and frequently asked questions.
KPFT Radio - Listener site with links to resources and donation information.
Save KFCF from Special Interests - Pacifica radio's KPFA partner station in Fresno fending off anti-democratic forces trying to undo their ouster from the station's board.
Help KPFA - Site dedicated to maintain KPFA as a independent and free speech radio station.
KPFA - Takeover by Pacifica - Photos and Links - Photographs of the fight to keep KPFA under community control. From the Free Speech Movement Archives.
KPFA Radio 94.1FM Berkeley - Website of Pacifica's KPFA Radio a major focus in the recent Pacifica crises.
Northbay for KPFA - Sonoma County group fighting for community based KPFA.
North Bay for KPFA - Folio Resurrection - Revived KPFA Folio dedicated to community based non-censored Pacifica Radio. Also information about listener lawsuits against Pacifica and other relevant news.
KFCF Fresno, CA - Free Speech Radio - Program schedule, local news and meeting minutes. KFCF was established in part to re-broadcast KPFA per agreement. Funds raised with KPFA programming and staff come back to KFCF.
KPFA-FM Local Advisory Board - The first democratically-elected LAB for a Pacifica Network station.
Pacifica's Agony: KPFA Listeners Take to the Streets... - KPFA centered site about struggles against the Pacifica Foundation and attempts to change listener supported community radio.
Free Speech Now - Keeping KPFA, a free & vital voice for Northern California. Includes audio excerpts from the Pacifica National Board Meeting , Houston, TX, March 2-4, 2001.
KPFA - Streaming Audio - Pacifica's Radio Network station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CA RealAudio live feed. [Requires free RealPlayer software]
Flashpoints Radio, KPFA, Berkeley - Flashpoints Radio, KPFA, Berkeley - Daily investigative news magazine. With Dennis Bernstein who has continuously covered events in the fight to save Pacifica.
San Francisco Pacifica Protest - Covers protests and activism to restore Pacifica to a network of community radio stations. Mainly for Bay Area and San Francisco.
Sign a Declaration to the Court supporting the Listeners Lawsuit - KPFA - Notice to the court for KPFA listeners and supporters. Seeks to, among other things, remove the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
KPFA Issues Message Board
Love Underground Vision Radio - Coverage of KPFA Protest - Audio files of the 1999 protests and teach-ins against the Pacifica Network at Berkeley's KPFA radio station. (requires RealAudio player)
Dennis Bernstein: How I Was Arrested on the Air - Dennis Bernstein's article in CounterPunch on his arrest at KPFA.
The Taking of KPFA by Pacifica - Full coverage of 1999 dispute at KPFA from San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper
Trouble in Texas - Pacifica's board wanted to discuss the network's future in secret. KPFA staff and supporters wanted them to resign. A report from the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
The Coup at KPFA - Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's attempted take over of KPFA and the activism in opposition.
Bensky bounced - Bensky's firing came fewer than 10 days after the termination of popular KPFA general manager Nicole Sawaya. The network fired Bensky because of his on-air comments in support of Sawaya. SF Bay Guardian.
KPFA: Statement from 1999-SEIU Healthcare Workers Union Local 250 - Supporting the activists fighting the Pacifica's takeover and calling for the Foundation's Board to halt its unfair labor practices and negotiate in good faith with the bargaining committee at KPFA.
KPFA Listeners Protest Pacifica - More than 500 KPFA radio supporters rallied to demand the protection of the radio station's employees and a review of its finances. The Daily Californian.
Berkeley KPFA Radio Staff Won Battle, But War Goes On - When Pacifica Foundation returned control of the radio station KPFA to staff , it lifted its "gag rule," but also left staff with an ultimatum to increase diversity and audience size. Sacramento Bee.
Nearly Half a Million Spent During KPFA Lockout - The Pacifica Foundation spent nearly $500,000 to hire armed security guards and a public relations firm during a prolonged showdown with employees radio station KPFA. SF Chronicle.
A Fight - Berkeley-Style - Over Radio's Future - A lockout at the oldest public radio station spurs concern that a crusading liberal voice will be silenced. Christian Science Monitor.
Shadow Falling on Beacon of Independent Radio - In late March, a crisis exploded at KPFA when Pacifica abruptly fired station manager Nicole Sawaya, a leader who had unified the station's diverse staff and volunteers. CorpWatch.
Pacifica Board Ousts KPFA Staff - KPFA's entire staff was ejected from the radio station's building, and riot police were called in to forcibly disperse a crowd estimated at 500 protesters gathered in support. Pigdog Journal.
Hundreds Protest for KPFA After Tussle on the Air - KPFA sits boarded up and padlocked. Pacifica's national management put KPFA's entire staff on administrative leave and filled its air with archival material. Current Online.
Pacifica Reopens KPFA but Discusses its Sale - Pacifica opens KPFA's doors, staffers continue protest and two board members confirm that Pacifica may sell Berkeley station. Current Magazine.
KPFK: Journalist Banned in LA For Criticizing Pacifica - Robin Urevich, a radio journalist who reports for the Pacifica Network News, Latino USA and NPR's California Report, was banned from radio station KPFK by its manager. From Labornet.
Free KPFK Listserv - Free KPFK is calling for diverse communities to come together in an effort to save Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! as well as all of Pacifica listener-sponsored radio (Yahoo Groups).
The Scoop on KPFK - Marcos Frommer describes firings, harassment and anti union policies by Mark Schubb the KPFK General Manager that is very supportive of similar Pacifica tactics.
Programming Mayhem at KPFK - Vince Ivory about "harassment, yelling, intimidation and blatant lying of Pacifica station KPFK's management".
Pacifica Kills FAIR Radio Program - Radio program pulled from Pacifica's KPFK show. Featured interview with fired Pacifica broadcaster Larry Bensky. A report on infoshop.org.
KPFK Listeners Group Raises $1800 to Support Lawsuits and PNN Strikers - KPFK listeners donate money to lawsuits against Pacifica and support the strike against the Pacifica National News.
Sign a Declaration to the Court supporting the Listeners Lawsuit - KPFK - Notice to the court for KPFK listeners and supporters. One of the issues raised is the demand for removal of the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
KPFK Issues Message Board
KPFK 90.7FM - Los Angeles Pacifica Radio - Listener Sponsored Non-Commercial Pacifica Radio for all of Southern California.
Save WBAI New York, NY - This website represents a grassroots movement in New York City, mobilizing to preserve WBAI, as a vestige of free and radical speech. Link to WBAI mailing list.
WBAI: The Christmas Coup - Historical record of Pacifica's removal of station management at WBAI, and latest news and updates. Audio files and transcripts of on air events.
Save WBAI (censored webpage) - A mirror of the WBAI homepage that was taken down by the new management and Pacifica. Including "The WBAI Take Over" statement.
WBAI: Community and Producers' Pages - Information about the crisis at WBAI where many staffers and volunteers have been fired and information about events. Threatened by Pacifica legal action.
Concerned Friends of WBAI - The Concerned Friends reject interventions by the Pacifica Foundation into the management of WBAI and call for community oriented broadcasting.
Rockland Friends of WBAI - Rockland County, NY WBAI listeners group organizing to save WBAI and push for greater accountability. (Yahoo! Groups)
The Union at WBAI - The situation at WBAI from the perspective of the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America - Amalgamated Local 404.
WBAI Free Radio - "Unofficial" and "unauthorized" by station WBAI in New York City, discussing ways to impact the Pacifica Foundation's consciousness and bank account. Home of two discussion boards.
Long Island Friends of WBAI - Contains news of events and meetings on Long Island to restore Pacifica Radio Station WBAI to listener accountability. Subscription to announce and discuss lists possible.
Rep. Major Owens (D) NY, addresses Congress on WBAI - Having been cut off by U. Leid, interim WBAI Manager, during a live interview, Owens addresses the Pacifica Crisis. [Transcript]
Direct Action You can do to help save WBAI - Info by 'Concerned Friends of WBAI' about upcoming events, meetings, contacting people and ways to get involved in the fight for free speech radio.
WBAI-FM Local Advisory Board - Information on the WBAI LAB and comments on allegations of violence made by Pacifica management.
Mario Murrillo's Letter to WBAI Staff on his Resignation from Wake-Up Call - Includes an edited transcript of Mario Murillo's March 2001 on-air resignation from Wake-Up Call.
Democracy Now Interview with President Clinton - Pacifica host Amy Goodman interviewing Bill Clinton live. The interview has been seen as one of the reasons for WBAI's "Coup". (RealAudio)
WBAI - Streaming Audio - Pacifica Radio Network station WBAI 99.5 FM New York City RealAudio live feed from 2600.com. (mp3)
Building Bridges Pulled of Air by U. Leid - U. Leid interrupts host Ken Nash and Rep. Major Owens discussing the bannings at WBAI, cancels the program, calls them liars and takes calls. (audio)
Leid, Maddox and the Battle for Absolute Control of WBAI - Maddox and Leid speaking at gathering, demanding a boycott of WBAI since U. Leid wasn't made Program Manager. (audio)
WBAI 99.5FM - WBAI (post "Coup") website. Due to censorship by Pacifica and interim management all information has been stripped from this site. (audiolink for MS Media Player)
WBAI-Grand Theft: Radio - From the Campaign to Stop the Corporate Takeover of Pacifica. The contents of a brochure subtitled 'Why Are Corporate Vultures Pouncing on Pacifica?'
Ms. Magazine Writes to Pacifica - Writing to voice their protest at the unexplained severance of Valerie Van Isler, General Manager of Pacifica station WBAI in New York.
IndyMedia Center - New York City - Watch this site for breaking news about WBAI including announcements for direct action, demonstrations and ways to get involved in the struggle.
Declaration to the Court supporting the Listeners Lawsuit - WBAI - Notice to the court for WBAI listeners/supporters. One of the issues raised is the demand for removal of the illegally seated Pacifica directors.
Coalition for a Democratic Pacifica New York - News of WBAI activism, anti-democratic practices by the Pacifica board, events at WBAI and attempts to shut the site down. This site is updated daily.
WBAI Stuff - WBAI resources, compiled by Christopher Zguris including audio and video of the efforts to save WBAI from destruction by the interim management, images of protests, and airchecks of WBAI broadcasts.
WBAI in Exile -The Fired, the Banned, the Exiled, the Resistors - Streaming audio internet broadcast by fired or banned producers and volunteers from Pacifica's WBAI. Including 'Wake-Up Call'.
Race-baiting by Utrice Leid - Leid uses codes to refer to A. Goodman, A. Lewis and others, in her tirades against the "European-style white supremacy" at WBAI. (audio)
WBAI Elections Discussion List - This is a list for discourse and information related to the democratization of the WBAI Local Advisory Board as well as the election process of other Pacifica stations. (Yahoo! groups)
New Jersey Concerned Friends of WBAI - The New Jersey section of the Concerned Friends of WBAI, to help prevent the corporate take over of WBAI radio and the Pacifica foundation board. (Yahoo! groups)
Amy Goodman at the 6th Annual Grassroots Radio Conference - Amy Goodman describes working and reporting conditions inside the Pacifica Radio Network and in the studios of New York's WBAI. (RealAudio)
WBAI Recordings - Archive of recorded WBAI Programs from the A-infos Radio Project. Includes audio of Clayton Riley being abusive on the air. (RealAudio)
Coup D'Etat at WBAI! - IndyMedia article by Bill Weinberg recounts events at WBAI and charges that the Pacifica Board has been stacked with individuals pursuing corporate interests.
Christmas Coup Rocks Pacifica's WBAI - Article by weekly "Haiti Progres" analyzing the removal of station management by Pacifica. Gives Background on installed Station Manager.
Firings Strengthen Pacifica Control of New York Outlet - From Current, a public broadcasting newspaper, about the removal of management at Pacifica's WBAI. Quotes the fired and banned.
WBAI Fights Managements Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite - Village Voice article by Bharati Sadasivam about changes made at WBAI by interim Station Manager Utrice Leid.
This Just In: We're Fired. - A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left. TIME Magazine article on "Midnight Coup" at Pacifica station WBAI.
WBAI The Coup on Wall Street by Mumia Abu Jamal - Column in the Nation Magazine. "Coup" at Pacifica's WBAI as "opening salvo in a pitched battle designed to silence radical dissent".
WBAI and Czech Public Television Fearful Symmetry - Article by WBAI host Bill Weinberg relating events at WBAI to the struggle for free speech in reporting at a Czech TV station.
Cutting a Congressman off the Air - Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes congressman Major Owens' beeing censored by WBAI's U. Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships.
WBAI Rally Denounces Pacifica - Herb Boyd in the Black World Today on one of many demonstrations at Pacifica's WBAI to protest the firings, bannings and censorship.
Pacifica in Crisis - Article about the struggle to save the last bastion of progressive viewpoints on the airwaves by Robert Nixon in the Westchester Weekly.
Can WBAI be Saved? - Village Voice article about post "Coup" censorship, bannings and firings at WBAI, a changing Pacifica Board and efforts to restore WBAI to its original mission.
WBAI - Race And Power at Pacifica Radio - "U. Leid and C. Reilly, under the guidance of its current national board, are upholding, by extension a profoundly racist and classist vision for Pacifica's future." Indymedia article.
What's the Real Deal at WBAI? - Haiti Progres article calling WBAI Interim Manager Leid an "agent of a reactionary segment of the Pacifica National Board" and looking back at the post "Coup" time.
The Daily Weekly - WBAI Coverage - Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from the Daily Weekly on-line magazine.
WBAI-FM in Crisis - Article on tenant.net relating the takeover of WBAI and changes in the Pacifica National Board to the struggle for decent and affordable housing.
Protesters Defend WBAI Against Pacifica Management - Workers World on WBAI and demonstration shortly before the takeover to protest Pacifica's plan to fire Valerie Van Isler the Station Manager.
Campaign Grows to Save WBAI/Pacifica - "Supporters who favor a politically conscious, activist WBAI continued their protests while more firings and changes take place." From Workers World.
Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI - Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation.
WBAI Is Latest Pacifica Storm - NonProfit Times on the WBAI takeover. Giving voice to Pacifica's version of events what has been called the "Christmas Coup".
Crisis at WBAI Radio in New York: An Attempt to Silence Alternative Views - World Socialist Web Site on WBAI with an in-depth analysis of political motives behind the take-over.
A Firm New Boss at an Old Voice of the Left - New York Times article on U. Leid the interim Station Manager at WBAI which was imposed by Pacifica trough the "Christmas Coup".
The Pacifica Counterrevolution Hits WBAI - Article on infoshop.org by Edward S. Hermann encouraging people to get involved in the struggle against Pacifica in order to save WBAI.
Pacifica Management Moves to Undermine WBAI's Independence - Echoing the 1999 KPFA attack, Pacifica told WBAI's General Manager Valerie Van Isler that she is beeing removed. Fair Media Advisory.
WBAI Listeners Rally for Pacifica, Amy Goodman - John Tarleton quotes Paul DeRienzo, host of WBAI's "Let'em Talk", stating that Pacifica's actions against Amy Goodman were politically motivated.
Listeners Want Their Free Station Back - The New Haven Register on the Connecticut Concerned Friends of WBAI and their efforts to fight the takeover by Pacifica and the interim management.
Pacifica's Temporary WBAI Minion U. Leid Censors On-Air Discussion - NYC Indymedia article compares WBAI's Coup to an occupation. "Like all occupation forces, they are illegal, immoral and they are going home."
Pacifica Campaign Intends to Create Havoc During WBAI's Fundraising Drive. - Westchester Co. Weekly on the campaign to withhold donations to WBAI to ensure that bannings, firings and censorship will stop .
Brooklyn Congressman Slams WBAI on Capitol Hill - Congressman Owens, NY City Council member Freed, and NY Public Advocate candidate Siegel joined ousted WBAI staffers at a press conference. Village Voice article.
Pacifica Begins Moves to Silence WBAI - Just as in 1999 in Berkeley, when Pacifica fired KPFA's general manager, it is trying to fire WBAI's general manager, Valerie van Isler. NYC Indymedia advisory.
A Protester Meets with Utrice Leid - A listeners memo after a meeting with WBAI's Utrice Leid. Points of discussion are the bannings, firings, the boycott and Major Owens among others.
KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover - Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common Dreams.
Peoples Video Network: Save WBAI - Demonstration at Pacifica's WBAI the morning after Pacifica coup that fired the Station Manager, the Program Director and Producer Sharon Harper. (RealVideo)
Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio March Into Studio - Members of listeners group Loud Rapp protest rightward political turn of Pacifica's WBAI in programming and attacks on workers' rights. Press Release.
Pacifica Troubles - NPR reports on the battle over recent changes at Pacifica's WBAI. Activists are protesting the new general manager, as a symptom of Pacifica's rightward drift. (RealAudio)
Gotham Gazette - WBAI - Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI.
The Village Voice - WBAI Coverage - Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from The Village Voice a New York City weekly.
WBAI rally in Newark - Photographs of protest held in Newark, NJ against the banning and firing of producers by the interim Station Manager U. Leid at Pacifica's WBAI.
WBAI Rally on Wall Street - WBAI listeners converged in front of the station's studio to protest the firings of WBAI's station manager, program director and a producer of the popular morning show Wake Up Call. Images of the protest.
WBAI Outcasts Broadcast their Message Over the Net - The Villager on broadcasts by WBIX, WBAI in Exile, which broadcasts daily, featuring the banned and fired continuing to uphold the pre-coup quality of WBAI programming.
Angry Listeners Tune Out WBAI Fund Drive - WBAIs efforts to fire its audience and bring in replacement listeners appears to have failed. The stations spring fund drive netted less than half of the $850,000 it normally takes in, according to organizers of the Pacifica Campaign. By John Tarleton.
Amsterdam News on WBIX Radio in Exile - Herb Boyd about the internet broadcasts by the banned, fired and exiled from WBAI's airwaves. WBIX is continuing a tradition of excellency in journalism which has come under attack at WBAI.
Rule By Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory - Discussing recent developments at WBAI which under U. Leid has used right wing antisemitic propaganda for it's spring 2001 fund raiser. By WBAI host Bill Weinberg.
The Christmas Coup at WBAI - Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's board carrying out a coup at WBAI by taking over the station, changing the locks, firing three people; then banning staff who disagreed with their actions.
NY Radio Station Axes Two Leftist Producers - Rediff.com article on the banning of WBAI producers Deepa Fernandes and Biju Mathew. "It's a total political purge," says Fernandes, who co-produced "Behind the News" with Mathew.
Resistance Grows to "Christmas Coup D'Etat" at WBAI - WBAI producer Bill Weinberg gives the history of the conflict and an update on the current struggle to save free speech radio at this Pacifica radio station.
WBAI Listeners Rally in Support of Robert Knight - John Tarleton on listeners in front of WBAI for an impromptu protest in support of award-winning broadcaster Robert Knight. Knight was banned from the station.
WBAI Protests Disrupt Secret Pacifica Meeting in NYC - Station managers Pacifica stations and the Executive Staff of the Pacifica Foundation arrived in New York City for a secret meeting. Members of the Pacifica resistance movement organized a spontaneous, disciplined, peaceful protest.
Rule by Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory - Bill Weinberg on right-wing premiums in the spring 2000 fund-raising marathon by Pacifica's WBAI Radio.
WBAI Supporters Take to the Streets - A thousand New Yorkers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge demanding that the historically eclectic, leftwing station be returned to community control. By John Tarleton.
Bernard White at WPFW-LAB Meeting - Bernard White fired Program Director provides a personal account of the "Christmas Coup" at WBAI at a meeting of WPFW's Local Advisory Board. DC Indymedia. (RealVideo)
The Struggle for The Soul of Listener Sponsored Radio - WBAI host Elombe Brath about the growing resistance against the Pacifica Board 'Coup' at WBAI.
Background of WBAI Struggle - Information on the activism and the efforts to save WBAI as a free speech radio station within the Pacifica Network from the perspective of the International Action Center.
Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air - Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI.

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