ELECTION 2004:
ISSUES COUNTDOWN

11 Live Town Hall Meetings, brought to you on the air, by Pacifica Radio (via satellite and Internet, for our affiliate stations; and via our airwaves and Internet for the public)

Election 2004: Issues Countdown is a series of nationally broadcasted town hall meetings focusing on election issues in major metropolitan areas and swing states, produced cooperatively between Pacifica and affiliated stations throughout the Pacifica & Affiliates Network.

• Hosted by Pacifica Radio and Pacifica affiliated Community Stations
• Public debates and discourse between national spokespeople and local grassroots activists focus on local problems of differing communities around the country in national perspective
• Recordings of the events will be edited for national distribution via Ku satellite and the Internet. The programs will be 58 minutes long, with 29-minute pared down version also available
• The 10 installment of this series will occur in 29-minute modules, to accommodate 58 minute and 29 minute broadcasts (lower quality audio is also available for individual use, and download)

THE ISSUES COUNTDOWN EVENTS

(in chronological order):

"US Internationalism"
(from the week of Sept 7)
audio stream and download available
with Arundhati Roy and David Barsamian; hosted by KPFA in Berkeley, CA

 

 

"Honor the Victims of 9/11 by Seeking the Truth"
(from the week of Sept 13)
audio stream and download available
with Verna Avery Brown, and Ambrose Lane; hosted by WPFW in Washington DC

 

 

"US Economy and Bush Administration"
(from the week of Sept 20)
audio stream and download available
with Paul Krugman, and Larry Bensky; hosted by KPFA in Berkeley, CA

 

 

"Bread and Butter - Conditions of Employment"
(from the week of Sept 27) -
audio stream and download available
with Thomas Frank, Rachel Wright, and Judy Ancel; hosted by KOPN in Columbia, MO

 

 

"Town Hall Meeting on Gay Marriage and Civil Rights"
(from the week of Oct 4) -
audio stream and download available
moderated by Amy Goodman; hosted by KGNU in Boulder, CO

 

 

"State of Emergency - Unconventional Readings"
(from the week of Oct 11) -
audio stream and download available
with Salman Rushdie, Laurie Anderson, Kurt Vonnegut, and other PEN writers; hosted by WBAI in New York, NY

 

 

"Democracy Matters "
(from the week of Oct 18) -
audio stream and download available
with Cornel West hosted by KPFK in Los Angeles, CA

 

 

"Town Hall Meeting on Environmental Racism"
(from the week of Oct 18) -
audio stream and download available
with Winona LaDuke and Arcie Chapa; hosted by KUNM in Albuquerque, NM

 

 

"Election Corruption and Electronic Voting"
(from the week of Oct 25) -
audio stream and download available
with Greg Palast and others; hosted by FSRN and WMNF in Tampa, FL

 

"Corporate Criminality in Texas"
(from the week of Oct 25) -
audio stream and download available
with TBA; hosted by KPFT in Houston, TX

regarding the 2004 Election, see also:
post Election Day Coverage (from Nov 3.)
Election Day Special Coverage (from Nov. 2)
Is the Draft Inevitable (3 part special with Link TV)
Election Polls (Pacifica online polls)
Truth For A Change (whole list of Election 2004)