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peacebuzzard

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6. the pirate radio stations may have a comeback under this incoming president.

Reply to Ohioboy (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:24 PM

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Pirate radio stations or ham radio broadcasters worked undercover and some offshore during the Latin American /deep South American hard-right dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s. Threats from the dictatorships were real, swift, and took no prisoners. Those who could go undercover did so or escaped to more accepting nations. Many left-leaning politicians simply disappeared. The pirate stations were the voice of the silenced.
Do I think it could happen here? No. There are too many of us. But pirate stations are today's internet podcasts. They can exist anywhere and may actually be the start of a huge era .

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