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A Firm New Boss at an Old Voice of the Left - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2D8103DF934A25752C0A9679C8B63
New York Times article on U. Leid the interim Station Manager at WBAI which was imposed by Pacifica trough the "Christmas Coup".

Bernard White at WPFW-LAB Meeting - http://www.dc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4814
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)

Crisis at WBAI Radio in New York: An Attempt to Silence Alternative Views - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/feb2001/wbai-f08.shtml
World Socialist Web Site on WBAI with an in-depth analysis of political motives behind the take-over.

Cutting a Congressman off the Air - http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0114,hentoff,23539,6.html
Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes Congressman Major Owens' being censored by WBAI's U. Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships.

Firings Strengthen Pacifica Control of New York Outlet - http://www.current.org/rad/rad0101wbai.html
From Current, a public broadcasting newspaper, about the removal of management at Pacifica's WBAI. Quotes the fired and banned.

Gotham Gazette - WBAI - http://www.gothamgazette.com/commentary/95.kennedy.shtml
Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI.

KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover - http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/122400-03.htm
Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common Dreams.

Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI - http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/wbai0111.php
Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation.

Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air - http://www.wbaiaction.org/statements/01-02-27mrosenberg.html
Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI.

NY Radio Station Axes Two Leftist Producers - http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/09us1.htm
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.

Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio March Into Studio - http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0604-04.htm
Members of listeners group Loud Rapp protest rightward political turn of Pacifica's WBAI in programming and attacks on workers' rights. Press Release.

Pacifica Management Moves to Undermine WBAI's Independence - http://www.fair.org/press-releases/van-isler.html
Echoing the 1999 KPFA attack, Pacifica told WBAI's General Manager Valerie Van Isler that she is being removed. Fair Media Advisory.

Protesters Defend WBAI Against Pacifica Management - http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/wbai1221.php
Workers World on WBAI and demonstration shortly before the takeover to protest Pacifica's plan to fire Valerie Van Isler the Station Manager.

This Just In: We're Fired. - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,96193,00.html
A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left. TIME Magazine article on "Midnight Coup" at Pacifica station WBAI.

WBAI rally in Newark - http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/
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 - http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/jan6/
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-FM in Crisis - http://www.tenant.net/Tengroup/Metcounc/Feb01/wbai.html
Article on tenant.net relating the takeover of WBAI and changes in the Pacifica National Board to the struggle for decent and affordable housing.

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