Re: Fw: Good news & bad news from David Barsamian

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

And, you're telling me this because...?

P.S. I like the "David was not awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant or
     Guggenheim Fellowship".

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 16:11:47 -0700
 >
 > On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:40 AM, Alternative Radio <http://www.alternativeradio.org/~info>
 >  wrote:
 > >Good news & bad news from David Barsamian
 > >
 > >  
 > >Tuesday, July 1, 2014
 > >Thank you for supporting independent media!
 > >Dear AR Listeners,
 > >
 > >Thank you for helping Alternative Radio through its 28th broadcast season. We 
 > >need your help to gear up for Season 29.
 > >
 > >When I started this project in 1986, I could not have imagined it blossoming 
 > >into its third decade, airing on 175 radio stations, nor the effort it takes 
 > >to keep it going. Fortunately, you keep it going, and remain my inspiration.
 > >
 > >In unity & struggle,
 > >
 > >David Barsamian
 > >Founder & Director
 > >
 > >Table of Contents
 > >1. Support AR
 > >2. David's Speaking Engagements
 > >3. Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of AR
 > >3. Good News from AR's 28th Season
 > >4. Bad News
 > >
 > >Support AR
 > >AR continues without corporate or foundation underwriters, political campaign 
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 > >our annual operating costs. So at the start of this new fiscal year, we need 
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 > >
 > >David's Speaking Engagements
 > >July 26th - Anaheim, CA - Media, Capitalism & the Environment
 > >Aug 14th - Ames, IA - Grassroots Radio Conference keynote speech 
 > >Sept 8th - Boulder, CO - Annual State of the World Address
 > >Sept 11th - New York, NY -Â 
 > >Sept 21st - Edmonton, AB - Imperialism: Then & Now
 > >Sept 26th - Cambridge, MA - 30th Anniversary Celebration with Noam Chomsky 
 > >
 > >Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of Season 28
 > >Richard Wolff - Naked Capitalism
 > >Paul Cienfuegos - Community Rights
 > >David Nibert - The Animal Industrial Complex
 > >Lester - The Future of Civilization
 > >Vandana Shiva - Seeds & Freedom
 > >Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
 > >Sandra Steingraber - Contamination Without Consent
 > >Chris Hedges - Captain Ahab & U.S. Empire
 > >Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
 > >
 > >Good News from AR's 28th Season
 > >We succeeded in bringing 16 first-time speakers into the lineup, incisive 
 > >critics of current policymaking and advocates for a paradigm shift in how we 
 > >care for the planet and each other:
 > >Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
 > >Sanho Tree - End the Drug War
 > >Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
 > >Sonia Nazario - The Courage of Immigrants
 > >Snehal Shingavi - The Rise of the Hindu Right
 > >John Nichols - Dollarocracy
 > >Pratap Chatterjee - Outsourcing the War on Terror
 > >David Cay Johnston - Societal Impact of Inequality
 > >David Bacon - Migration & U.S. Policy
 > >Susan Clark - Slow Democracy
 > >David Nibert - Animal Industrial Complex
 > >Bryan Stevenson - Justice for Some
 > >Max Blumenthal - Israel: Siege Mentality
 > >Victoria Banyard - Sexual Violence
 > >Mohammad Fadel - Egypt in Crisis
 > >Justin Lewis - Media & Consumer Capitalism
 > >
 > >This season our affiliate list grew. We gained airtime and reconnected with 
 > >old friends:
 > >KQBM West Point, CA
 > >WHUS Storrs, CT
 > >WAZU Peoria, IL
 > >KKWE White Earth, MN
 > >KYAQ Newport, OR
 > >KMUZ Salem, OR
 > >KXTR-LP Stephenville, TX
 > >KNWT Cody, WY
 > >Deprogrammed Radio - Norwich, UK
 > >Bush Radio - Cape Town, South Africa
 > >
 > >Operation Air Time A couple of Pacifica radio stations that once carried AR, 
 > >WBAI New York & WPFW Washington, D.C. are long overdue to consider a regular 
 > >weekly timeslot for us. We're also trying to get back on the air regularly at 
 > >KVNF Paonia and KZYX in Mendocino County. Here's how you can help. Email one 
 > >of these program directors and let them know (politely) that you want AR back 
 > >on the airwaves! Consider asking friends and family in NYC, DC, the Western 
 > >Slope of Colorado or Mendocino County to do the same.
 > >KVNF: Ali Lightfoot, http://www.kvnf.org/~ali
 > >KZYX: Mary Aigner, http://www.kzyx.org/~mary
 > >WBAI: Berthold Reimers, Online Contact Form
 > >WPFW: Katea Stitt, http://www.wpfw.org/~kstitt
 > >
 > >Operation Digitize AR Alternative Radio received a grant from the Lannan 
 > >Foundation to digitize 500 hours of archival recordings that AR Director David 
 > >Barsamian has compiled. Some of the highlights of the work so far:
 > >Noam Chomsky - The Culture of Terrorism (2 CDs)
 > >Abbie Hoffman - An Evening with Abbie Hoffman (2 CDs)
 > >Winona LaDuke - An Indigenous View of North America
 > >Jack Sheehan - Reel Bad Arabs
 > >I.F. Stone - Radical Journalism
 > >Studs Terkel - Telling It Like It Is
 > >
 > >What People Are Saying About AR
 > >"Exemplary, proficient, jarring, just wow." - Richard in Eugene, OR
 > >
 > >"Your program with David Cay Johnston is one of the best things I've ever 
 > >heard in my life." - Fred - North Fort Myers, FL
 > >
 > >"David Barsamian is really doing some amazing work. I just wish the mainstream 
 > >media would pick up on all the great things Alternative Radio does." - Howard 
 > >- Poland, OH
 > >
 > >"What a dazzling hour. I was in my car listening to Alternative Radio for the 
 > >first time and I had to stop and park and wait to hear everything Pratap 
 > >Chatterjee said. Thank you!" - Shirley - West Hartford, CT
 > >
 > >"So essential to keep bringing this information to America. Hats off to David 
 > >Barsamian. I wish I could send you a million dollars." - Kathy - Waldo, ME
 > >
 > >"AR in my view is an oasis in a wasteland of media vapidity. Hell, if there 
 > >were justice or reason you would have a budget and the resources to rival the 
 > >AM Gasbag-hate mongers." - Jim - Edmonds, WA
 > >
 > >Bad News
 > >â?¢ Corporate media are worse than ever, and most NPR affiliates are not much 
 > >better
 > >â?¢ Our rent is going up $600 a year
 > >â?¢ Online storage for sound files is going up $1200 per year
 > >â?¢ Postage rates went up but we are not increasing shipping charges
 > >â?¢ Facebook now charges for reaching the 3000+ fans who "like" us, but we 
 > >have no marketing budget
 > >â?¢ David was not awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant or Guggenheim Fellowship  
 > > 
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