KPFA FORCED OFF AIR BY BOMB HOAX : Indybay

Wednesday Oct 24, 8pm... a bomb threat hoax.. KPFA STATION EMPTIED 5:50 during broadcast of Flashpoints.. DEAD AIR FOR ABOUT 20 minutes.. ?Bomb Squad search? all details not known know here at webcentral (some distance from KPFA building on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley.. KPFA staff allowed back in building, at about 6:20?.. Flashpoints continued. shortened 6pm news segment followed. . more information as known will be posted here as developes.. if you have news, please send email to <A HREF="mailto:news [at] flashpoints.net">news [at] flashpoints.net.. no attachments please. post photos to sf.indymedia.org
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - Start First Audio Segment <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/a.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=25 WIDTH=52 ALT="for audio FAQ, click here"> -00:00<IMG SRC="images/dennis.jpg" align=left hspace=4 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=88 WIDTH=66 ALT="Dennis Bernstein photo"> Dennis Bernstein w Robert Knight, news headlines from New York City: Pakistani 9-11 round-upee dies in U.S. jail.. Taliban rounds up scores of 'enimies of the state'.. 18th day of bombing, 1000 bomb near home for the elderly.. Taliban claims 1000 civilian deaths.. Joseph Biden warns U.S. looks like a high-tech bully..
 -05:10
Dennis Bernstein w Gerken Gerr(sp?), an ex-political prisoner.. Turkish Political Prisoners.. (TAPP?).. prisoners beaten on a daily basis.. <A HREF="">hunger strike.. 'death fast'.. four have died.. Dennis: in 1990 you got 3 months in prison for showing a slideshow and reading poetry..Mr Gerr: slideshow about political history in Turkey.. taken to Ankara main headquarters.. my friends were beaten, I was not.. Dennis: Is Turkey a democracy? Can you read poetry in public? Mr Gerr: the contribution of the people into the system.. yes there is parliment.. then there is 7-8 men, 5 of them generals.. one president, one prime minister.. exactly one year ago, the hunger strike started in prison.. because of the isolation cells.. this is offensive, a human rights violation.. 850 initially took part.. 35 day, 7 different teams, approximately 50 in a teams joined.. 6 burnt alive.. Mr Gerr: people are in total isolation, denied to see attorney, family, each other.. subject to torture, especially in the first 3 months.. this is what's happening.. 73 died so far either through killings, or starved.. Mr Gerr: we believe.. the only source of help, be the people themselves.. we should do something about this.. the media completely ignoring the situation.. the family members on strike too, 8 have died..
 -21:00 Noelle Hanrahan with lady from the Mission District of San Francisco.. she had a flyer on her window, 'End Israeli Apartheid Stop WWIII,'.. Rosa Martinez: in small typeset, have to be close to the house to see it.. blacked out.. spraypainted over.. filed a police report, the police told her there other flyers that have peace messages damaged in her neighborhood .. I am a mother, a Latina.. We are the fastest growing minority in this country. It comes down to the children. We have many people of color enrolled in ROTC training.. I am a renter.. (afraid of being evicted now by the owner, or scared into leaving).. Rosa Martinez: asking people to think peace not war. we can turn around any moment, we can change anytime we want to.
 -27:40 Noelle w Ruben Martinez, poet, essay. "... Ruben reads: ... I shaved my beard yesterday, do I look more American now?..."
 -31:50 Noelle Hanrahan with Ruben Martinez.. Ruben will read in S.F. at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books the 29th, and at Codys in Berkeley on the 30th.. Ruben Martinez: about the plight of Mexican immigrants smuggled across the border to America.. Mr. Martinez: my goal is to bring to the life the human story.. Mr. Martinez: We have made of our border a lethal weapon.. Noelle: What's occurring now in the sweeps? Mr. Martinez: the INS decided that they wouldn't stage such massive workshop raids.. all these attempts by the INS to come up with a comprehensive policy.. all very mixed and very muddy..
 -41:40 20 minute music break (in progress), raggae .... (HOAX BOMB THREAT OCCURRED NOW)
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 -07:43
Noelle back w Rueben Martinez..
 -11:20 Noelle w Dennis: we're back in the building.. to quote Ken Ford.. KPFA, WBAI are commercial licenses, it makes sense to parlay these into more stations.. think of what we could do with the difference.. now w attorney Michael Cousins: ((KPFA HAS JUST HAD A bomb threat hoax)) this is a down market for media.. ad sales are down.. grossly inappropriate to sell in a down market, 20% less than a year ago.. Dennis: the down side is it's grossly inappropriate to sell a listener built station.. Noelle: when we win, will we get back a bankrupt.. Michael: The worst they could do, is sell an option secretly.. (explains).. an option.. self-dealing should not be allowed..
 -19:30 back w Rosa Martinez: I think is important for KPFA, for you guys, to remain on the aid.. You have taught me to be a critical thinker.. I do not agree with all your guests.. I volunteer and answer phones.. I think people who can not give you money, should give you time.. other guest: KPFA a critical voice for truth.. the corporate media not serving the public.. next guest: we can expect to hear correspondents from around the world, where we can organize, a valuable mobilizing and educational resource.. newcomers like Hard Knock Radio.. the whole range of political views..

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