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ClearChannel urging violence against bicyclists

Clear Channel Communications radio stations in three cities (Cleveland, Houston, and Raleigh, NC) have recently broadcasted talk show hosts and listeners encouraging violence against bicyclists. Last week, Raleigh station G105 advocated violence against cyclists, with suggestions of how to run cyclists off the road, and urged listeners to call in with stories of harassing them.
One DJ joked of pelting cyclists with empty Yoo-Hoo bottles and said he would "love to be on a motorcycle and driving it down a bike lane. Because he didn't think bikers should be allowed on the road. He said they should ride on the sidewalk," according to a listener quoted in the Raleigh News Observer.
Tell Clear Channel to stop promoting violence against bicyclists.

Bizzare Pattern Forming

Bob Lonsberry's story in Rochester is replicated in Boston, same story, different actors.

Kodak's dirty legacy

After Kodak has ravaged the Rochester community with its disregard for safe disposal of toxic materials it continues to take jobs out of Rochester, replacing local workers with underpaid labor from China and Mexico. Listen to the details on Unwelcome guests radio show. For more cool radio programs check out: http://www.radio4all.org/

The Lynching of Lonsberry

The Lynching of Lonsberry
Thought I disagreed with much of what Lonsberry had to say, there is something more disturbing about his forced exit. There is an obvious contradiction here that, in the current hot air over Lonsberry's racist flap, liberals should be uncomfortable with. Let me state ahead of time that the definition of "what is a liberal" is not clean just as the term "conservative" has different shades of meaning.
What we should be uncomfortable with is the firing of someone based on his/her speech or opinion.

Michael Klare Speech

Listen to Michael Klare's speech given last Wednesday at the First Unitarian Church.

Julieta's Story (A Freedom Rider's personal account)

Julieta Bolivar is a mother of three children, who lost her own parents at the age of five. She told her story Monday night, September 29, 2003, to around 350 people assembled at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School auditorium to support the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride. She is one of those 135 freedom riders.

Bill Johnson speaks to the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Rochester's Mayor Bill Johnson spoke to approximately 350 in attendance
at the Crozier Theological Seminary Auditorium Monday night, September
29, 2003.

Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride: Summary of Facts

Rochester is a Host City for the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride, a national
demonstration to call for the legalization of all undocumented immigrants
currently working in the United States.

Susan John speaks to the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Susan John, State Assemblywoman, spoke to a full house at the Colgate
Rochester Divinity School Auditorium Monday night, as the National
Immigrant Freedom Ride came to Rochester.

A daughter's letter

Good afternoon/Morning, my name is Miriam O. Bolivar and I am 13 years old. I am citizen of the
United States, I was born in Missouri.

Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride position

The Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride is calling attention to the failure of U.S. immigration policy.

Reasons for opposition to the H2A guest worker program

The H2A guest worker program can be seen as modern day slavery, in many ways.

"In front of my children, they arrested me like a criminal!"

Monday night, the Immigrant
Worker Freedom Ride came to Rochester, in support of href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/1067.php">a
number of changes to various policies and href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/1066.php">programs.

There were speeches by Bill Johnson and Susan John and you can read a summary of facts about the local visit if you choose.

It was an invigorating night, with speakers, dancers,
much spontaneous chanting (¡SÍ SE PUEDE! ¡SÍ SE PUEDE!) and more,
and most of the 350 in attendance left feeling charged.
Perhaps the most powerful part of the night however, was when href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/1072.php">one
woman shared a personal account of her life
leading up to the Freedom Ride and later read href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/1068.php">a letter
her daughter had written.


Morning Demonstration Targets Racism on the Public Airwaves

Morning Demonstration Targets Racism on the Public Airwaves;
WHAM announces Lonsberry has been fired

Listen to David Rovics Live @ the Friends Quaker House

Listen to the Full-Length David Rovics concert, performed at the Friends Quaker meeting house in Rochester on June 17th, 2003. It's a great concert, and some of the songs performed are still unreleased by David. For more David Rovics music and upcomming tour dates check out the awesome site http://www.davidrovics.com



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Morning Demonstration Targets Racism on the Public Airwaves, WHAM Announces Lonsberry has been Fired

(September 29, 2003) Demonstrators held a rally late Monday morning at Midtown plaza, downtown Rochester, NY to protest WHAM 1180’s statement that it would allow Bob Lonsberry to continue his radio talk show, despite racist remarks he made referring to African American mayor Bill Johnson as a Orangutan. Shortly after the demonstration, WHAM announced that Lonsberry had been fired.

Entire story

D&C coverage

Story about Clear Channel, owner of WHAM 1180

Beyond Protest: Lecture Series Syracuse, New York

A wonderful line of Activists/Academics

BOB LONSBERRY PROTEST

IN RESPONSE TO BOB LONSBERRY'S INCENDIARY, RACIST REMARKS AND WHAM RADIO'S DECISION TO REINSTATE HIM TO THE AIRWAVES, THE ROCHESTER COMMUNITY IS HOLDING A GRASSROOTS RALLY ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29 AT 11:00 A.M. BEHIND MIDTOWN PLAZA (BY THE BUS TERMINAL) PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT US!

David Rovics Concert (audio)

David Rovics Full Length Concert (30 mins)

City Council Hears Citizens Against the Transit Center

CItizens spoke out against the proposed transit center plan

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