That and the propositions on the ballot during the Super Tuesday election coming up are the topic of disussion on this evening's edition of Subversity, a KUCI public affairs program. We'll also chat with Bao Nguyen, the UCI student behind the protest at Wednesday's visit to Little Saigon by John McCain. Nguyen is quoted in today's Washington Post -- In Little Saigon, the Past Greets John McCain -- (referring to McCain's use of an anti-Asian slur): "When you say that word, it breeds hate, no matter what he meant"... "It's insensitive to every Asian. To Americans, that gook he's talking about and me, we both look alike." We'll also air today's edition of Freespeech Radio, the newscast organized by striking Pacifica reporters.
The show airs from 5-6 p.m. on KUCI, 88.9 fm in Orange County, and is Web-cast simultaneously on kuci.org/listen.html (audio and MP3 links available). To discuss the California Primary, call (949) 824-5824 during the show.
KUCI is the only station in Orange County and surrounding areas broadcasting the Pacifica strikers' newscast.
The Freespeech Radio newscast today covers the following:
NYPD sued for brutality,
Another unarmed civilian is dead at the hands of the New York
City
police department. Last night a plain-clothed New York City police office
shot and killed paroled drug dealer Malcolm Ferguson, during a struggle
just 3 blocks from the Bronx apartment building where officers from the
NYPD's Street Crimes Unit killed African immigrant Amadou Diallo last
year.
The Center for Constitutional Rights has sued the city of New York and its police department. The suit charges that the policies and practices of the Street Crime Unit, four of whose members killed Diallo, violate the constitutional rights of New Yorkers. According to the suit, the stopping and frisking of thousands of people, mostly young Latinos and Americans, is in violation of 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable searches. Eileen Sutton reports from New York.
Fighting continues in Kosovo.
The Clinton Administration is changing course over how to keep
the
peace in Kosovo... Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a
congressional committee "respect for minority rights" might be the guiding
principle for Kosovo rather than the multiethnic society which western
leaders advocate. Albright's idea appeared to reflect the difficulty of
persuading Kosovo's Serbs and ethnic Albanians to live together in peace.
This week violence erupted along Kosovo's eastern border with Serbia.
Sputnik Kilambi reports from Pristina.
Pinochet back in Chile
Former Chilean Dictator, Augusto Pinochet is back home in Chile
today
amid jubilant applause from supporters and vehement condemnation from
Human Rights groups. Pinochet was arrested in London sixteen months ago
on charges of crimes against humanity during his 17 year rule. British
Home Secretary Jack Straw's decision to free the 84 year old general
follows a legal tug of war that spanned national boundaries and thousands
of miles of ocean. Max Pringle spoke with Jonathan Franklin , a
Santiago-based reporter for the Guardian of London to get reaction to the
General's return.
California may ban gay marriage
California voters will go the polls Tuesday to vote on a
permanent
ban on same-sex marriages. Gay marriage is already illegal in this state,
but the measure is sparking controversy anyway. Gay rights activists say
the initiative would open the flood gates to discrimination as similar
measures have in other states. Glenn Reeder reports from San Francisco.
White Collar Boeing Strike runs into 4th week.
The Boeing Corporation told its striking engineers and technical
employees this week that it considers negotiations at an impasse and said
it may attempt to impose a contract. The strike is the biggest white
collar labor action in United States history. 22,000 striking Boeing
engineers in Washington, California, and Kansas walked off their jobs
February 9th citing a lack of respect from management. Martha Baskin
reports.
Pacifica leadership changes.
After a year of crisis in the network, Pacifica's leadership is
changing. Dr. Mary Frances Berry announced at Pacifica's national board
meeting last weekend that she will leave the Board when her term expires
in September. Lynn Chadwick has stepped down as the Foundation's Executive
Director. David Landau reports.
For more information on the Pacifica reporters' strike: www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/index.html.
These newscasts are being done without the strikers being paid. Their strike fund info. is at: http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/fund.html.
Daniel C. Tsang Host, Subversity, now Fridays, 5-6 p.m. KUCI, 88.9 FM selected shows available as RealAudio files URL: go.fast.to/sv E-mail: subversity@kuci.org Subversity, KUCI, PO Box 4362, Irvine CA 92616