What is the deal with KPFA?!
As an editor at indybay, i am privileged to get to wade thru the comments to the site as they come in. There is like a full-on war amongst and against candidates for KPFA's local station board. They are calling one woman "thin-skinned" and things like that, and they are posting supposed internal documents and stuff about other people. It is so bad.If that's not co-intelpro, i don't know what is. Or, with friends like these, who needs enemies? Either way, it's really embarassing. I'm glad i don't have money to be able to be a member of the station. I'm also not into the "democracy" thing that supposedly runs the station. It obviously doesn't work and I don't want any part of it.
They are in the middle of a fundraising drive, and there have been some public scandals in the activist community, as well: KPFA wasn't planning on broadcasting any of the Black Panther Party 40th Reunion, which will take place in Oakland this weekend. They finally made room for it to be broadcast on Saturday afternoon, from 2-6. I emailed the Commemoration folks (like a day late) and asked if October 22nd could have a table. They didn't write back. :/
posted by mahtin @ 1:32 PM
