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The deconstruction of KPFA: Apartheid radio and tokenism

by Minister of Information JR Aimee Allison, Aaron Glantz and Jon Almeleh broadcast "Winter Soldier 2008." Recently, a white KPFA supporter asked me do I really think that KPFA as a station is racist...

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Survival Radio

Poor News Network Revolutionary Radio and TV by Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, Daughter of Dee “Mama, will I ever see you again?” whispered a child in the hills of San Marcos, Guatemala. “Without child...

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Our next guest is the legendary African researcher Runoko Rashidi, from the...

by Minister of Information JR Block Report Radio interview broadcast recently on KPFA 94.1FM http://www.blockreportradio.com/images/stories/audio/runoko.mp3 M.O.I. JR: How are you? Runoko: I’m very...

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The mass incarceration of the Black community: an interview with Michelle...

by Minister of Information JR Valrey Michelle Alexander speaks to the prisoners at Washington State Reformatory’s University Beyond Bars. Professor Michelle Alexander’s new book “The New Jim Crow” is a...

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The San Francisco Black Film Festival is back!

by Minister of Information JR Summertime in the Bay Area is nothing without all of the music, food and film festivals. If you were under a rock in April, you missed the Oakland International Film...

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Monster Kody: an interview wit’ author Sanyika Shakur

by Minister of Information JR Sanyika wrote this note on the back of the photo: “I was considerably younger here, but I doubt if I’ve changed much since. Being preserved here in this can.” The first...

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ directed by Ayodele ‘Wordslanger’ Nzinga, is...

by Minister of Information JR Storytelling is one of the most ancient forms of entertainment – before radio, television, paper and cinema. Ayodele “Wordslanger” Nzinga is one of the Bay Area’s most...

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Safety First: an interview wit’ the local visual artistic sensation Safety First

by Minister of Information JR All paintings are the work of Safety First of Black Diamond Shining. Safety First is one third of the super art crew Black Diamond Shining, which also consists of Dead...

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Beautiful and deadly: an interview with Frisco boxer Raquel Miller

by Minister of Information JR Raquel Miller, champion You may recognize Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward as two major figures in today’s world of boxing, but very few have heard of Raquel Miller, a...

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The Panther party for Tupac’s birthday

by Minister of Information JR With Shock G/Humpty Hump and George Clinton on stage together, Tupac’s birthday party was thumping so hard that the walls were sweating. – Photo: Block Report Radio Tupac...

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Junior welterweight champion Karim ‘Hard Hitta’ Mayfield speaks

by JR Valrey Karim Mayfield kept his undefeated streak intact after scoring an impressive fifth round knockout over highly regarded Philadelphia native Raymond Serrano on May 13, 2012. Long before...

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Time traveling: an interview wit’ African historian Runoko Rashidi

by People’s Minister of Information JR Runoko Rashidi Back in the days of chattel slavery, it was illegal for people to teach Africans how to read, to limit the chance that they would acquire a...

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Attempted ivory tower assassination of Malcolm X: an interview wit’ Jared...

by People’s Minister of Information JR El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, aka Malcolm X El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, is one of the most internationally well known figures of the human rights...

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Women boxers rise worldwide: an interview wit’ flyweight champion Ava Knight

by People’s Minister of Information JR Flyweight champion of the world Ava Knight Boxing is viewed in the U.S. and around the world as a man’s sport, but that is quickly changing. With the rise of...

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Cynthia McKinney tours Cali wit’ her new book ‘Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom’

by The People’s Minister of Information JR Six term congresswoman, ‘08 Green Party presidential candidate and international peace activist Cynthia McKinney has been that rare voice in the halls of the...

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The ethnic cleansing of broadcasters from Pacifica continues nationally:...

by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey The ethnic cleansing of Black and Brown broadcasters off the airwaves this year claimed not only the careers of Luke Stewart, formerly of Washington,...

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KCSM’s ‘Announcer of the Year’ Greg Bridges in his own words

by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Greg Bridges is one of the Black broadcasting giants on the airwaves of the Bay Area. He was recently named “Announcer of the Year” by KCSM, yet...

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Ohio death row political prisoner Bomani Shakur (Keith LaMar) speaks

by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey The Block Report speaks wit’ Ohio death row political prisoner Bomani Shakur (Keith LaMar) about the Lucasville Rebellion, the recent hunger strike...

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Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at on his newest book, ‘Afrikans Deserve...

by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey For over 500 years, African people have been fighting enslavement and genocide against white and Arab slavery. Billions of lives later, we are still...

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