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Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.51]) by echonyc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id EAA18971 for <pdr@echonyc.com>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 04:16:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from asterix.xs4all.nl (majordom@asterix.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.11]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) with ESMTP id KAA07324; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:15:54 +0100 (MET) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by asterix.xs4all.nl (8.7.5/8.7.2) id KAA18491 for spg-l-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:11:41 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.51]) by asterix.xs4all.nl (8.7.5/8.7.2) with ESMTP id KAA18043 for <spg-l@asterix.xs4all.nl>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:00:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from magigimmix.xs4all.nl (magigimmix.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.25]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) with ESMTP id KAA05171 for <spg-l@asterix.xs4all.nl>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:00:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from xs1.xs4all.nl (xs1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.42]) by magigimmix.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) with ESMTP id KAA08207 for <spg-l@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:00:29 +0100 (MET) Received: (from tank@localhost) by xs1.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) id KAA06798 for spg-l; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:00:28 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.51]) by magigimmix.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) with ESMTP id AAA07280 for <tank@xs4all.nl>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:19:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail1.sirius.com (mail1.sirius.com [205.134.253.131]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.7.6/XS4ALL) with SMTP id AAA22356 for <tank@xs4all.nl>; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:19:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from LOCALNAME (ppp063-sf5.sirius.com [205.134.236.63]) by mail1.sirius.com (8.6.12/960710) with SMTP id OAA23441; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:11:53 -0800 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:11:53 -0800 Message-Id: <199702242211.OAA23441@mail1.sirius.com> X-Length: 00001401 X-Sender: ejuswest@pop.sirius.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Noelle Hanrahan <ejuswest@sirius.com> Subject: Stop MAJ Censorship Sender: owner-spg-l@asterix.xs4all.nl Precedence: bulk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT ACTION Mumia Abu-Jamal Censored Once Again! New recordings produced by the Prison Radio Project, along with all Pacifica programming, pulled from Pennsylvania radio stations. Moments before their scheduled airing, Temple University's WRTI-Jazz FM radio station, along with twelve affliates in the state of Pennsylvania, cancelled new commentaries by renowned death row journalists Mumia Abu-Jamal, and all Pacifica programming. The recordings were to be aired on Pacifica's cutting-edge daily public affairs program Democracy Now! starting today, February 24, and running for the next two weeks. The latest censorship of Abul-Jamal echoes that of 1994, when then-senator Robert Dole and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) forced National Public Radio to cancel airing of Abu-Jamal's radio commentaries, also produced by the Prison Radio Project, on All Things Considered. The FOP has continually blocked any attempts to bring Abu-Jamal's voice or face to the public, and have been actively advocating his execution. "Pacifica Radio believes that these actions violate the First Admendment of the U.S. Constitution," said Patricia Scott, executive director of Pacifica National News. "The ban on radio journalists is a clear attempt to draw an iron curtain around Mumia and silence his poignant criticism of conditions inside prison walls." Julie Drizen, executive producer of Democracy Now!, stated: "It's politically motivated censorship, pure and simple. The American public has a right to hear these commentaries and make their own decisions. That's what it means to live in a democracy." Noelle Hanrahan of the of the Prison Radio Project added, "Pensylvania would not be able to kill with impunity if Abu-Jamal's voice was heard". This action is only the latest effort to silence the internationally-known death row journalist. Abu-Jamal was disciplined in 1995 for the publication of his book, Live From Death Row. Recently, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has instituted a rule, popularly known as the "Mumia Rule", that effectively bars media recording visits. Call Julie Drizen at Democracy Now! Pacifica (202) 588-0988x315 to find out whose playing Mumias commentaries in your area. EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE ABOUT WRTI'S CENSORSHIP BY CONTACTING (flood them by fax, phone and e-mails) Peter j. Liacouras, President Phone: 215-204-7405 Temple Univeristy Fax: 215-204-5799 Berk St. at PArk, Sullivan Hall, Suite 200 E-mail: pjl@eop.temple.edu Philadelphia, PA 19122 If you would like to be updated, please send us your name, e-mail and snailmail address to: Equal Justice West USA c/o Noelle Hanrahan 558 Capp St. SF, CA 94110 ejuswest@sirius.com -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de