<description>On April 15th, 1949, Pacifica station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley went on the air, introducing public sponsored community radio to America, and cementing its place in history as the steadfast anchor of the Pacifica Radio Network. Founded by Lewis Hill - a Quaker, World War II conscientious objector, and former commercial radio news broadcaster - Pacifica Radio was a new concept for listeners. It was to be supported solely by listener-sponsors, owing nothing to corporate interests or advertisers, and adhere to a mission of providing an uncensored outlet for creative expression, a forum for unpopular viewpoints, and a safe haven for artistic experiments with the radio medium.

The grand experiment continues today, with five ’sister’ stations in San Francisco (KPFA 94.1 FM), Los Angeles (KPFK 90.7 FM), Houston (KPFT 90.1 FM), Washington DC (WPFW 89.3 FM), and New York (WBAI 99.5 FM), plus over 100 affiliate radio stations across the globe. From the storied depths of the Pacifica Radio Archives, which curates over 50,000 recordings representing sixty years of Pacifica’s broadcast history, From the Vault presents an audio celebration of Pacifica’s sixtieth birthday, featuring classic recordings of Dylan Thomas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis Hill, Alan Watts, Decca Treuhaft, Tennessee Williams, John Trudel, Harvey Milk, Edward Said, and Frank Zappa, and many more.</description>

On April 15th, 1949, Pacifica station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley went on the air, introducing public sponsored community radio to America, and cementing its place in history as the steadfast anchor of the Pacifica Radio Network.

On April 15th, 1949, Pacifica station KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley went on the air, introducing public sponsored community radio to America, and cementing its place in history as the steadfast anchor of the Pacifica Radio Network. Founded by Lewis Hill - a Quaker, World War II conscientious objector, and former commercial radio news broadcaster - Pacifica Radio was a new concept for listeners. It was to be supported solely by listener-sponsors, owing nothing to corporate interests or advertisers, and adhere to a mission of providing an uncensored outlet for creative expression, a forum for unpopular viewpoints, and a safe haven for artistic experiments with the radio medium.

The grand experiment continues today, with five ’sister’ stations in San Francisco (KPFA 94.1 FM), Los Angeles (KPFK 90.7 FM), Houston (KPFT 90.1 FM), Washington DC (WPFW 89.3 FM), and New York (WBAI 99.5 FM), plus over 100 affiliate radio stations across the globe. From the storied depths of the Pacifica Radio Archives, which curates over 50,000 recordings representing sixty years of Pacifica’s broadcast history, From the Vault presents an audio celebration of Pacifica’s sixtieth birthday, featuring classic recordings of Dylan Thomas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis Hill, Alan Watts, Decca Treuhaft, Tennessee Williams, John Trudel, Harvey Milk, Edward Said, and Frank Zappa, and many more.

Pacifica Radio Turns Sixty

<description>In September of 2007 the International Forum on Globalization held a Teach in Washington DC on climate change, peak oil and global resource depletion &amp; extinction. &lt;http://www.ifg.org&gt;

Several Panel meetings addressed the many false solutions to the climate crisis that may be accelerating the danger rather than alleviating it. Coal for example is now promoted as a substitute for oil and promises for the capture of the carbon are made that are not yet possible with current technologies and may never be available on a large scale. Dr. Hermann Ott is head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. He is the co-author of the book: The Kyoto Protocol International Climate Policy for the 21st Century.

From the Appalachian mountains came Mary Anne Hitt. She lives and works at the center of one of the large unreported ecological tragedies of out time. In surface mines, some the size of New York’s Manhattan, whole mountain ranges are blown off to strip mine the coal. Mary Anne Hitt is Executive Director of Appalachian Voices. Go to their web site at  &lt;http://www.appvoices.org&gt; and to a sister web site &lt;http://www.Ilovemountains.org&gt;. There you can see aerial photos of the Appalachian mines and photos of the forests, streams and mountains before they were demolished. 

Mary Anne Hitt and Dr. Hermann Ott were recorded at the Confronting the Global Triple Crisis teach in, organized by the International Forum on Globalization, in Washington DC in September 15, 2007. The teach in was recorded by Conference Recording Services in Berkeley, California.</description>

CONFRONTING THE GLOBAL TRIPLE CRISIS - False Solutions to Peak Oil and Climate Change

In September of 2007 the International Forum on Globalization held a Teach in Washington DC on climate change, peak oil and global resource depletion & extinction. <http://www.ifg.org>

Several Panel meetings addressed the many false solutions to the climate crisis that may be accelerating the danger rather than alleviating it. Coal for example is now promoted as a substitute for oil and promises for the capture of the carbon are made that are not yet possible with current technologies and may never be available on a large scale. Dr. Hermann Ott is head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. He is the co-author of the book: The Kyoto Protocol International Climate Policy for the 21st Century.

From the Appalachian mountains came Mary Anne Hitt. She lives and works at the center of one of the large unreported ecological tragedies of out time. In surface mines, some the size of New York’s Manhattan, whole mountain ranges are blown off to strip mine the coal. Mary Anne Hitt is Executive Director of Appalachian Voices. Go to their web site at  <http://www.appvoices.org> and to a sister web site <http://www.Ilovemountains.org>. There you can see aerial photos of the Appalachian mines and photos of the forests, streams and mountains before they were demolished. 

Mary Anne Hitt and Dr. Hermann Ott were recorded at the Confronting the Global Triple Crisis teach in, organized by the International Forum on Globalization, in Washington DC in September 15, 2007. The teach in was recorded by Conference Recording Services in Berkeley, California.

TUC Radio Presents Dr. Hermann Ott and Mary Anne Hitt

<description>Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz, co-anchors; Esther Manilla, producer; Jon Almeleh and Michael Yoshida, engineers; Naji Mujahid, editor; Sasha Lilley, project exec producer and highlights producer.</description>

Second day of Winter Soldier 2008 from Silver Springs, Maryland, featuring testimonials from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans about rules of engagement and war crimes. Part 1/2.

Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz, co-anchors; Esther Manilla, producer; Jon Almeleh and Michael Yoshida, engineers; Naji Mujahid, editor; Sasha Lilley, project exec producer and highlights producer.

IVAW Winter Soldier Day 2 Highlights Part I

Second day of Winter Soldier 2008 from Silver Springs, Maryland, featuring testimonials from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans about rules of engagement and war crimes. Part 2/2.

IVAW Winter Soldier Day 2 Highlights Part II

<description>Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz, co-anchors; Esther Manilla, producer; Jon Almeleh and Michael Yoshida, engineers; Sasha Lilley, project exec producer; Eric Klein, highlights producer/editor; archival audio from Pacifica Radio Archives.</description>

First day of Winter Soldier 2008 from Silver Springs, Maryland, featuring testimonials from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans about rules of engagement and war crimes.

Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz, co-anchors; Esther Manilla, producer; Jon Almeleh and Michael Yoshida, engineers; Sasha Lilley, project exec producer; Eric Klein, highlights producer/editor; archival audio from Pacifica Radio Archives.

IVAW Winter Soldier Day 1 Highlights

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