[PAA-Discuss] Winter Soldier coverage on Pacifica

Fri Mar 14 18:37:30 EDT 2008

Wait a minute - you mean that KPFT is streaming the coverage over the
internet and not on the radio?  I was so freaking proud when I understood
the announcement to mean that all programming would be pre-empted this
weekend for this amazing event.

wendy

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Bill Crosier <paa at crosierbiomed.com> wrote:

> In case you missed the earlier announcement (see below), Pacifica is
> carrying all of the Winter Soldier investigation/testimory (today
> through Sunday) live on the Internet.
>
> You can listen live with your computer by following the links on
> http://pacifica.org/
>
> In addition, KPFT will be carrying highlights of the Winter Soldier
> testimony later.  I think it will be during the Open Journal time
> slot (12:05 - 1:00 PM), possibly for several days, maybe the week
> after next after they have time to go through it all and pick out the
> best segments.
>
> Amy Goodman discussed the Winter Soldier investigations, including
> excerpts from the original (Vietnam war) Winter Soldier documentary,
> on Democracy Now today.   You can hear it again at 6 PM this evening
> on KPFT, or listen to it in the KPFT audio archives whenever is
> convenient, at http://kpft.org -- click on the  "Programming" tab
> just below the header graphic, then click on "Archives".  Or get it
> directly from http://democracynow.org
>
> Amy also played some of Buffy St. Marie's "Universal Soldier" during
> Democracy Now today, too -- very poignent.
>
> Thanks to Tomi for pointing out how moving Amy's coverage of this,
> and Buffy St. Marie's music, was.
>
> Bil
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        KPFA/Pacifica Radio to Broadcast Historic Winter
> Soldier Event in Full
> Date:   Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:26:55 -0800
> From:   Sasha Lilley <ipd at kpfa.org>
> To:     pnb at pacifica.org, poc-whole at pacifica.org
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> March 4, 2008
>
> KPFA/ Pacifica Radio to Broadcast Historic Winter Soldier Event in Full
>
> Berkeley, CA - March 4, 2008) From March 14th to 16th, Pacifica
> Radio's KPFA will suspend regular programming to broadcast the
> historic Winter Soldier Iraq hearings in Washington, DC. The
> three-day live broadcast will be co-anchored by former Army medic and
> KPFA Morning Show host Aimee Allison and journalist Aaron Glantz.
>
> In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: "These are the times that try men's souls.
> The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink
> from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the
> love and thanks of man and woman."
>
> In 1971, a courageous group of veterans exposed the criminal nature of
> the Vietnam War in an event called Winter Soldier. This March, members
> of Iraq Veterans Against the War will give first-person accounts of what
> is really happening day in and day out, on the ground. The event will
> bring together veterans from across the country to testify about their
> experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and present video and photographic
> evidence of war crimes they have witnessed. In addition, there will be
> panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists to give
> context to the testimony. These panels will cover everything from the
> history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans' health
> benefits and support.
>
> KPFA will be streaming live audio from the Winter Soldier broadcast at
> KPFA.org and warcomeshome.org. War Comes Home will also feature bios,
> photos, and videos of the speakers. Online audio clips of the
> testimonials will be posted as the hearing progresses. In addition to
> hosting the broadcast, Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz will be blogging
> from the hearing at warcomeshome.org, where listeners will be able to
> leave their comments.
>
> Up now on KPFA's War Comes Home site are the audio testimonies of some
> Iraq veterans who will be participating in Winter Soldier (at
> warcomeshome.org/testimonials), such as the story of former US Army
> Sergeant Logan Laituri who served a tour in Iraq before filing for
> discharge as a conscientious objector, who describes how the rules of
> engagement he operated under lead to the approved killings of innocent
> civilians.
>
> To learn more about "Winter Soldier" or "The War Comes Home" go to
> www.warcomeshome.org.
>
> ###
>
> Founded by pacifists in 1949, KPFA is the United States' first
> listener-sponsored radio station and the flagship station in the
> Pacifica Radio Network. Broadcasting on 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CA, and
> 88.1 FM on KFCF in Fresno, KPFA's signal reaches one third of the state
> of California. KPFA's website, kpfa.org, serves tens of thousands of
> listeners all over the world. KPFA's innovative news, arts, public
> affairs, and music programs have won numerous awards and have helped
> redefine the boundaries of radio in America.
>
> Inquiries about "The War Comes Home" or "Winter Soldier Iraq":
>
>
> Sasha Lilley
> KPFA Interim Program Director, 510-848-6767 ext 209,
> ipd[at]kpfa.org
> --
> Bill Crosier
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