Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:48:15 -0500 From: Furuhashi.1-AT-osu.edu (Yoshie Furuhashi) Subject: M-I: Black Liberation Radio > BLACK LIBERATION RADIO BUSTED! > > > This morning, the FCC raided Black Liberation Radio in Decatur, >Illinois and seized all the equipment. BLR, an unlicensed radio >station operated by Napolean and Mildred Williams, has been a growing >thorn in the side of the local power structure. BLR has brought >together the predominantly white workers who have undergone bitter >strikes in the 90s (Caterpillar, etc.) with unemployed blacks and >whites. It has given them all a voice, not just locally but to a >degree nationally (Napolean was the keynote speaker at the recent >Micro Broadcasters Convention in Oakland). > This pioneering station must go back on the air. Napoleon requests >donations to help them fight this. Please send what you can to: Napoleon >Williams, 637 E Center St., Decatur IL 63526. In the face of a growing >police state, Napoleon and Mildred are fighting back. They need your >help. > >*PLEASE* call to issue protests: > >State Attorney General >Jim Ryan >217-782-1090 > >Macon County States Attorney >Lawrence "Larry" Fichter >217-424-1400 >101 South Main, Decatur,Il 62523. > > > > >------------ >Makani Themba >mthemba-AT-igc.apc.org >3780 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94609 >(510) 655-3112 (voice) (510) 658-5122 (fax) > >"Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our >perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news >shapes our destiny." > > - George Clinton > >Stop the execution of Mumia Abu Jamal! --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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