Proposal for a Partnership between MNN and WBAI

Progressive Community Media show on Left Forum Event: “The Media is the Movement: Grassroots Collaborations in the Age of Corporate Consolidation”   Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s executive director Dan Coughlin, has at various times offered partnership possibilities with WBAI/NY, a Pacifica radio station. Dan Coughlin had a long history at Pacifica, working at Democracy Now in […]

Left Forum Panel – The Media is the Movement: Grassroots Collaborations in the Age of Corporate Consolidation (Part 1)

Video featuring Gerald Horne. Prof. Gerald Horne, Radical historian and author of numerous books (P1 features Horne at 3:13 and Mimi Rosenberg) (Part 2 features Bernard White, former Program Director of WBAI and host of CommunityPublicRadio.org Mimi Rosenberg, co-host, “Building Bridges” on WBAI Dan Coughlin, Exec. Dir., Manhattan Neighborhood Network (cable TV) John Kane of […]

The Media is the Movement: Grassroots Collaborations in the Age of Corporate Consolidation (Part 2)

Part 2 Panelists: Bernard White, former Program Director of WBAI and host of CommunityPublicRadio.org Mimi Rosenberg, co-host, “Building Bridges” on WBAI (moderator and panelist) Carlito Rovira, Puerto Rican Indepentance Activist (Part 2) Part 1: Panelists: Prof. Gerald Horne, Radical historian and author of numerous books (P1 features Horne) John Kane of Talk Back (Thursday mornings […]

Pacifica Executive Director Pushes Neilsen Ratings and “Strip Programming” for WBAI

At the beginning of the December 20th, 2018 all paid and unpaid staff meeting many staff criticized the disrespectful and non-collaborative way local WBAI management has made program changes at the station. Management gave the “ad hoc Producers and Friends” committee 10 minutes to express our views. New Pacifica Executive Director Maxie Jackson presided over […]