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Rule By Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory - Discussing recent developments at WBAI which under U. Leid has used right wing anti-Semitic propaganda for its spring 2001 fund raiser. By WBAI host Bill Weinberg.

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.

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. (August 10, 2001)

Gotham Gazette - WBAI - Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI. (July 20, 2001)

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. (June 15, 2001)

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. (June 4, 2001)

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. (April 25, 2001)

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. (April 17, 2001)

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. (April 9, 2001)

Cutting a Congressman off the Air - Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes Congressman Major Owens' being censored by WBAI's U. Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships. (March 30, 2001)

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. (March 13, 2001)

Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air - Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI. (March 5, 2001)

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. (February 20, 2001)

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. (February 8, 2001)

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. (February 1, 2001)

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. (January 29, 2001)

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". (January 17, 2001)

WBAI Fights Management's 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. (January 17, 2001)

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) (January 15, 2001)

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. (January 15, 2001)

The Struggle for The Soul of Listener Sponsored Radio - WBAI host Elombe Brath about the growing resistance against the Pacifica Board 'Coup' at WBAI. (January 13, 2001)

Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI - Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation. (January 11, 2001)

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. (January 10, 2001)

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. (January 6, 2001)

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. (2001)

KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover - Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common Dreams. (December 24, 2000)

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. (December 21, 2000)

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 being removed. Fair Media Advisory. (December 1, 2000)