Michael tagged a photo of you in the album “LUVeR stuff”.
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The Facebook Team
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Jon wrote on your Wall:
“i ran across you on berkeley public access and instantly became a fan. keep
flying your freak flag high frank; you are an inspiration!”
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we get this kind of response to our b-tv shows all the time! It is amazing
how many people watch b-tv. Judging from when this came in, he was watching
BEST OF UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES which runs late nights.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Dear Frankie,
Not just A club…public access from what you indicate is indeed becoming a Private Club.
Unbelievably believable.
Will do my best in the next couple of weeks to see if I can hunt down a copy of
“America From Freedom to Fascism:” by Arron Russo.
Heaps of hugs to everyone,
xo Pablo
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exactly! The organization has a vested interest in the studio model rather than the community model. They get money from running the studio, training people to use the expensive equipment, etc., rather than providing Berkeley residents easy access to the community channel. I think what freaks them out about me /us [one of the things] is we produce hours of new programs each and every week year in and year out, including a wide range of voices of the community.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Hey Frank,
Money talks I guess, and personal interest prevail: it’s not new anyways, has allways been since the beginning of time I believe ( at least for the personal interest : from masters to kings and aristocrates to the rich or powerfull govermental nomenklaturas, and I won’t talk about blessed representants of God, mafias and sects… ).
Something JFK said that as allways caught my attention is:
We have the means to nourish the entire world, and the power to destroy it ( I can’t remember how it exact phrase…).
Which means human consciousness is a double edge sword: we are conscious of suffering as well as for the more beautifull things in life; And being conscious, we have the possibility to act upon what’s happening around us ( saving the ill, assisting birth, but also murder, rape and stealing ).
I believe “good” is human and part animal, and “evil” is animal, but part human.
So past these philosopical thoughts, what can we do if it’s not to continue to try through generations, every one of them leaving a testimony for the new one to try again and harder, even if we will allways be outnumberd by the wronged intentionned ?
This is why I said that you would never die Frank: you’ve tried and you’re continuing to fight, and many will remember Frank Moore as a kind of warrior who showed them that the will could triomph over adversity.
At least I will, as for your friends , close or far fetched, and I will teach my children and my blood about you 🙂
Thank you Frank: in the end, knowing you, even if we have a virtual and mind to mind bounding, gives me strenght.
D’idéaliste à idéaliste,
Rafael
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ah, shucks, Rafael… That means a lot to me. As Ozzie Davis, the black actor /activist said shortly before he died in his eighties, the trick of this phase of life is don’t make a fool of yourself before you exit… Meaning don’t take back [undermine] what you did in your life to be comfortable. That is being responsible! But I just found out that my life expectancy is thirty more years! Ain’t that a bitch?!
For years I have been saying it was a crime that I can be on the Berkeley public access channel up to six hours a night every night to fill empty air. I would be happy to have my air time slots cut for new local shows. But they don’t have new local shows to fill empty air when they force my shows off the air!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
(from Rafael-alexandre Ramos:)
“American from Freedom to Fascism” by Aarron Russo ; Barack Obama as President ( but the movie is dated from the W. Bush era ( 2005-06)…
How Ironic though… ( but do they really shut you up like you guys are chatting about ? Under Obama’s presidency ? Is it a federal thing or a state thing ? ).
You know Frank, I wonder especially if when a new administration comes in, they change the bureaucrates at the same time ( or key players in the apparatus ) in Washington….
Now who said the States aren’t the land of contrast, hein ? Là tu parles !
Ouais, faudrait que j’r’garde c’te film là j’imagine
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well, it is a more complex thing than that. What I face is at the local /city level going back several years, several well publicized battles with city hall to get my shows off the public access channel in Berkeley. but there is a much bigger battle to shut down public access in general. Los Angeles Weekly had a front page expose on the subject. It is a very dark and twisted tale of how the big corporations [starting with the phone company] searched the states for politicians willing to pass a cookie-cutter bill that effectively will shut public access down. Many of the states did not go for it. But California did [and it was a Democrat who pushed it through]! And Los Angeles was the first to pull the plug.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Hi Frank and friends — One of the photos that I snapped of you on
Sunday turned out pretty well, so I’m enclosing it here in case you want it. You all were a nice presence at the celebration. Some other photos from Sunday are here: http://bapd.org/park40.html
— Ken Cheetham
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ken, what a beautiful photo! It captured the feeling of the day… As do your other photos.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Dear Frankie,
Oh no…more ‘channels’ of personal expression.
I did read your email to Annie…humm.
This has yet to happen here…but you know were a little behind on things sometimes.
Did you happen to see the film “American from Freedom to Fascism” by Aarron Russo? I just watched it the other day…if you haven’t seen it I think you might want to check it out.
Heaps of hugs to all of ya,
xo Pablo
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netflix does not have that movie.
other new rules include to have a series you have to belong to the organization which runs the station FOR THE CITY [FOR US CITIZENS!] which costs $60 a year. So now it is a club! And to get first dibs on the time slots for series, you have to use their studio and their equipment. I never have. In Los Angeles to pull the plug, they just closed the studios. In reality you don’t need a studio or expensive equipment to do shows. But the management justifies getting city money by running the studio, training people to use the expensive equipment, etc. so…
Other rules include a “Host ” [that would be me!] can’t be on two shows on the same day [I don’t know why!]. Keep in mind, they are legally prohibited from having any control over the contents of shows. It is hard to see how this doesn’t cross the line! And there is more ! I am biding my time!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Celebrate the life
of
our dear friend and comrade
Steve Hamilton
Saturday, May 16, 2009
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Finnish Brotherhood Hall
1970 Chestnut Street
At University Avenue
Berkeley
of
our dear friend and comrade
Steve Hamilton
Saturday, May 16, 2009
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Finnish Brotherhood Hall
1970 Chestnut Street
At University Avenue
Berkeley
Steve Hamilton died on February 1, 2009, age 64. Steve was a radical political activist who remained committed to core progressive ideals for his entire life. Born into a working class family, Steve initially considered becoming a Christian minister, but soon got caught up in the political ferment that was Berkeley in the 1960s. He joined SLATE, the Free Speech Movement (FSM) the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and the Revolutionary Union (RU). In 1966 he was dismissed from the University of California for protesting the University’s attempt to take away the gains and protections of the Free Speech Movement. In 1968 he was indicted as one of the Oakland 7 for blocking access to the Oakland Induction Center. By the mid 70’s Steve was a member of BASOC (Bay Area Socialists of California).
In the early 1980s, after a time of personal struggle, Steve rejected the homophobic attitudes of many movement comrades and came out. He became highly regarded in the Bay Area gay community as an HIV/AIDS activist, counselor and therapist. His last job was with MHN, a mental and behavior health network, where he focused on occupational stress issues. In his final year, suffering from congestive heart failure, Steve moved to Louisville KY with his friends Tank and Roman, where he died in his sleep. He leaves behind a sister, Shirley Metcalf and hundreds of close friends and comrades who will always remember his warmth, affection, gentleness, compassion and amazing capacity to talk your ear off.
Contributions in Steve’s memory can be made to The Steve Hamilton Activist Fund for scholarships to send young activists to Wellstone Action! You can go online to www.yippiegirl.com, click on Steve Hamilton, then click the donate button. Or send your check to Steve Hamilton Activist Fund, c/o US Bank, Kaiser Center, 344 20th Street # 117, Oakland CA 94612.
Judy Gumbo
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Hi, Judy! We had a “senior moment” here. [age is a Handy excuse for being dumb!] we are performing on may 16 in Oakland. so we can not video the memorial. But please keep me in the loop! We love to cover such events.
It looks like I will have an Oscar Grant panel on a Shaman’s Den show. (Oscar Grant is the guy who was killed by BART police). it would involve members of Oscar Grant’s family, and Oscar Grant activists …I feel lucky to be in the position to do such important shows.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
(Bluehouse wrote:)
Gerald left a message today about wanting to set up an Oscar Grant panel on a Shaman’s Den show. (Oscar Grant is the guy who was killed by BART police). He said it would involve members of Oscar Grant’s family, and Oscar Grant activists …
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great… Of course! This kind of expose show is in reality why they want to shut down public access in general, and my UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES in particular!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Hi Frankie,
Well it figures.
Sounds like the combine is trying to worm it’s way into public access?
Your poem is amazing and it’s composition on the page is beautiful!
Pablo
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you got that right! See my email to Annie! In the big picture, the phone company, the cable company and politicians are actively doing away with public access, first in California, then the rest of the country. They have been successful in L. A. and in San Francisco. In Berkeley the public access people out of dumbness are making this much easier… As liberals often do!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore