THE STRUGGLES FOR CONTROL OF DISNEY AND PACIFICA

        The Struggles For Control Of Disney and Pacifica 

               by Bill McGinnis, Public Domain

     
A very important issue is being played out before us now, and that is the 
question, "Who Controls The Media?" This issue has particular importance 
for us in the USA, because it has been seriously charged that the present 
government of Israel, acting through its powerful proxies in high-level 
mass media ownership and management, was an instrumental force in pushing 
the USA into this idiot war in Irag, and now keeping us there instead of 
letting us withdraw immediately. 

This issue also permeates the questions of Media Ownership, and how much 
influence should any one owner be allowed to have in the Public airwaves. 

Two specific stories are now unfolding in this issue, and those are 
"Control Of Disney" and "Control Of Pacifica." "Disney" is the well-known 
Disney media empire, a major force in American and world culture (for 
better or for worse.) "Pacifica" is The Pacifica Foundation, owner of five 
radio stations in the USA, and a clear and forceful opponent of the War in 
Iraq. 

Disney is presently under the leadership of Michael Eisner, but that 
leadership is being challenged. Please see Stanley Gold's letter of Dec. 
1, 2003, calling for Eisner's resignation. 
http://PracticalDemocracy.org/disneyletter.txt . 

Pacifica is presently under the leadership of a court-ordered Interim 
Pacifica National Board, following an intense and successful struggle to 
overthrow the previous Pacifica National Board. Under its new bylaws, 
Pacifica will be totally controlled by its members, with one vote per 
member. Anyone who joins a local Pacifica radio station automatically 
becomes a member of The Pacifica Foundation. All Pacifica stations are 
also broadcast on the Internet, so listening is not limited only to those 
who live in the five local areas. Elections are now underway for Pacifica 
members to select Delegates to each of the five Local Station Boards, 
which will ultimately control the Pacifica National Board, and thus 
Pacifica Radio. 

For details of Pacifica governance and the elections, please see 
http://pacifica.org/governance/ . For general information about The 
Pacifica Foundation, please see http://pacifica.org.

For information about Disney, you can try http://disney.com. Good luck. 

Blessings to all who read these words.

Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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