Feb 27 2009
KPFK Fund Drive Day 22 – An Adam Curtis Special
Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.org.
Today is my last chance to ask you to support KPFK and Uprising will end this fund drive with our most popular thank you gift, The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? by BBC film maker Adam Curtis. Through his 3 hour film, The Trap, we will explore the …
Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.org.
Today is my last chance to ask you to support KPFK and Uprising will end this fund drive with our most popular thank you gift, The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? by BBC film maker Adam Curtis. Through his 3 hour film, The Trap, we will explore the …
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