Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: Free Speech: A Fable - Stephen Dunifer

Introduction: Rhizomatic Radio and the Great Stampede -- Ron Sakolsky

Part I: Moving From Corporate Enclosure to Free Radio

The Political Economy Of Radio - Robert W. McChesney

Broadcast Confidential -- Lee Ballinger

Community Radio At the Crossroads: Federal Policy and the Professionalization of a Grassroots Medium - Jon Bekken

The Canadian Alternative: A Brief History of Unlicensed and Low Power Radio -- Charles Fairchild

The American People Are Without a Voice: An Interview with Louis Hiken -- Ron Sakolsky

Frequencies of Resistance: The Rise of the Free Radio Movement -- Ron Sakolsky

 

Part II: On the Air: Voices From the Free Radio Movement

Radio Activists Speak Out! A Panel Discussion at the 1996 International Micropower Broadcasters Conference (featuring Bill Mandel, Napoleon Williams, Black Rose, Stephen Dunifer, Antonio Coello, Annie Voice and Liszet Squatter)

We're Part of the Restoration Process of Our People: An Interview with Mbanna Kantako (Human Rights Radio) -- Jerry Landay

"Ghetto Radio" Rap Song -- Mbanna, Konnadi Jr. and Ebony Kantako

A New Drum For Our People: An Interview with Napoleon Williams (Black Liberation Radio) -- Stephen Dunifer and Carol Denney (Free Radio Berkeley)

Attack on Black Liberation Radio -- Lorenzo Komboa Ervin

We Have to Make Sure the Voiceless Have a Voice: An Interview with Kiilu Nyasha (San Francisco Liberation Radio) -- Sheila Nopper

Radio Latino -- Ricardo Omar Elizalde

Community Struggle and the Sweet Mystery of Radio -- DJ Tashtego

Radiactive -- Meme Sabon

There Is No Ideal Listener: An Interview with Geov Parrish (Seattle Liberation Radio) -- Captain Fred (Radio Califa)

Refabricating Community: An Interview with Charlie Goodman (Excellent Radio) -- Stephen Dunifer

People Have No Idea How Powerful they Could Be: An Interview with Carol Denney (Free Radio Berkeley) -- Sheila Nopper

Soapboxing the Airwaves: An Interview with Internal eXile (Free Radio Berkeley) -- Salvatore Salerno

If You Can't Communicate, You Can't Organize, and If You Can't Organize, You Can't Fight Back: An Interview with Stephen Dunifer (Free Radio Berkeley) -- Ron Sakolsky

Association of Micropower Broadcasters Contact Network -- Paul Griffin

Part III: Setting the Technology Free

Micropower Broadcasting -- Stephen Dunifer

When the FCC Knocks on Your Door

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