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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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...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMonster 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleSafety 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...
View ArticleBeautiful 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJunior 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...
View ArticleTime 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...
View ArticleAttempted 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...
View ArticleWomen 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...
View ArticleCynthia 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleKCSM’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...
View ArticleOhio 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...
View ArticleBaba 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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