June 20, 1998 Press release: For immediate release Contact: Stephen Dunifer 510-549-0732 Carol Denney 510-548-1512 Procedure Be Damned-Free Speech is the Issue Judge Wilken's decision, based on narrow procedural grounds, is a slap in the face of free speech and amounts to prior restraint. Neither I nor the micropower broadcasting movement will be silenced by this injunction. It only encourages me to intensify my efforts in the creation of a truly democratic grass-roots broadcast media and facilitate the citizens of this country taking back what rightfully belongs to them - the airwaves. My attorneys, Luke Hiken and Alan Hopper, will be filing a motion to challenge this extremely flawed ruling which insists that one must, first, take part in an obviously futile process before constitutional standing can be established. For 64 years, the FCC has stood for the protection of corporate interests and profit, not the first amendment. To hell with the FCC, NAB, and corporate control. We are going to reclaim our rights and resources through an ever-increasing campaign of electronic civil disobedience and direct action. Free speech by any means necessary. No retreat, no surrender. By Stephen Dunifer