Special Motions

Recent motions adopted by the Pacifica National Board

Haiti Solidarity
LT. Ehren Watada
Journalist Subpoenas
Iraq War Withdrawal
Troy Anthony Davis
Police Brutality

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Whereas the Senate, in passing S. 3930, has given President Bush extraordinary and chilling power to indefinitely detain and try prisoners in the so-called war on terror,

And whereas the legislation strips non-citizen detainees of the habeas corpus right to challenge their own detention and permits use of coercive interrogation tactics such as stripping, hooding, hypothermia, and other objectionable techniques;

That the outgoing ED provide a thorough report and documentation on any significant pending or unfinished matters, including, but not limited to, negotiations with RFPI and FSRN.
5/05

That the PNB acknowledges the great value of the D.C. Radio Co-op.

That the PNB support and encourage the WPFW-MASC efforts to sign a memorandum of understating between WPFW and the D.C. Radio Co-op members so as to include said MOU in the reconstruction of the new News Division which is stated as being temporary and experimental until the end of the drive and national elections.
10/04 Referred to WPFW LSB

Whereas, the Federal Communications Commission has in recent weeks renewed attacks on micropower broadcasters similar to the attacks that occurred in the late 1990's, which in turn led to the mass movement that ultimately impelled the FCC to create a new class of micropower licensing, and, Whereas, the resulting licensing rules were deeply flawed and in many ways hostile to access to unused FM bandwidth by low-power broadcasters, and Whereas, the Pacifica Foundation is an historic advocate of free speech in broadcast media,

MOTION by Laforest that the PNB approve resolution protesting U.S. policy relating to Haiti Resolution on Haiti with Allen amendment:

Whereas the PNB is opposed to the kidnapping of the elected President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, and the US backed and orchestrated coup, and