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Protest for independent broadcasters: demonstrate for free radios!
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C hristian Specht, born in 1969, is politically active and advocates for more opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in the media. Since 2017 he has been the first person with a disability on the board of Lebenshilfe Berlin. If he wants, he will draw us the “woodpecker of the week”.
Here I painted an orange car with speakers and radios. At a demo. There should be a demo for free radios. I would go there. Everyone should go there. Because you never know when there will be no more free radios. That would be a shame.
Many of them simply disappear at some point. They have little money. And sometimes they run out of money completely. Support from politicians is needed.
The free radios are always struggling. A lot of people work there on a voluntary basis. But if they no longer receive any support, things look bad.
But free radios are important. They can decide for themselves what they want to send. Nobody tells them to do that. And they cannot be removed as easily as with public broadcasting. Like Cosmo. Or the AfD's strange plans for Saxony-Anhalt. What would happen then?
We need free radios. And they need a demo so people know they exist. Everyone should bring radios to the demo. For example a portable radio.
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