"The threat to the Pacifica Radio Network will be lifted only when the current board of directors is reconstituted by removing board members like Ford," says Pacifica campaign organizer Ursula Ruedenberg. She points to a letter Edward Herman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania recently wrote to Ford: "When presented with a petition signed by hundreds of KPFA [Pacifica Radio] listeners [Ford] tore it up and threw it on the floor without reading it..."

Campaign members term their effort as an "exploding national movement to protect the country's oldest listener-sponsored, non-corporate radio network." They claim "a corporate board clique is trying to eviscerate the network's radical heritage. These campaigns have forced the resignations of board president David Acosta, treasurer Michael Palmer, and board member Karolyn Van Putten. Two of these board members were on the record supporting the sale of one of the Pacifica stations."

They also argue the NAHB is a target for protest because it "spends millions on campaign contributions and lobbying to influence public policy for the benefit of homebuilders, and lobbies against any regulation that would protect the environment or the interests of the public if that regulation conflicts with the profits of real estate developers."