THE U.S. PATRIOT AND CIVIL LIBERTIES (tags)
Today, Feb. 18, 2003 Patriot Act Forum @ Loyola Marymount University Jerry Quickley, Host of KPFK Beneath the Surface. Performance Poet Sonali Kolhatkar, Host/Co-Producer of KPFK Uprising. Vice President of the Afghan Women’s Mission. Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science, U.S.C. Law School. Director, Center for Communications Law and Policy. Jennifer Ruggiero, Teacher/Artist. Mother of political prisoner Sherman Martin Austin.
FCC forum in LA threatened with cancellation (tags)
My favorite line is that FCC Chair Powell doesn't think public forums are needed because citizens can file statements with the FCC. That's right - those personal visits to the FCC from corporate lobbyists are no more influential than letters from you and me.