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War on Libya is war on Africa
by Minister of Information JR African immigrant families working in Libya in rebel-held areas have been detained, raped and hundreds murdered and are fleeing to refugee camps on the Tunisian border. On...
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The People’s Lawyer: an interview wit’ Lynne Stewart
by The People’s Minister of Information JR This interview was recorded three years ago. Since then, Lynne Stewart has been locked up and given a 10 year sentence. Lynne Stewart, backed here by longtime...
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Prof. Johanna Fernandez on the Supreme Court ruling on Mumia
Prof. Fernandez’ acclaimed film, ‘Justice on Trial: The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal,’ will be screened Thursday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., at Twinspace, 2111 Mission St., Third Floor, San Francisco by Minister...
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Right outside this stadium, police are killing our children
Interview with Denika Chatman, mother of SFPD murder victim Kenneth Harding, broadcast on KPFA’s Morning Mix/ Block Report on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m. The Morning Mix with JR – January 18, 2012 at...
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Black sounds silenced at KPFA?
by Kevin Weston Minister of Information JR Valrey, host of Block Report Radio, broadcast on KPFA during Wednesday drive time, 8-9 a.m., is at the controls. Oakland – Just when I thought I could almost...
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Black media, Black liberation: an interview with People’s Minister of...
by Willie Ratcliff, publisher, San Francisco Bay View Several of the people who will be on stage at Black Media Appreciation Night on Nov. 26 got together this past June 16 outside San Francisco...
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Wanda’s Picks for December 2012
by Wanda Sabir It was a tribute to Black media and to the power of love and family when this mother-daughter team of Black media stars, Wanda and TaSin Sabir, told the crowd as well as each other what...
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RUMEC, fighting corporate oppression, ignorance and poverty through construction
On Dec. 31, 2011, at exactly 12 a.m., in the studio of Block Report Radio, hosted by JR Valrey on 94.1 KPFA, RUMEC was declared the new labor movement. For about 10 years before that night, RUMEC had...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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Through the looking glass: ‘The Mountaintop,’ ‘Black Power, Flower Power’ and...
Reviews by Wanda Sabir Lorraine Motel maid Camae (Simone Missick) jokes with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Adrian Roberts) in “The Mountaintop” – Photo: Tracy Martin When Martin King gave his prophetic...
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KPFA, the local White Citizens Council and Jim Crow radio
by Karen Hutton On March 6, the Bay’s “Free Speech Radio” aka KPFA suspended one of the best broadcasters and shows that they had on the air because The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey of...
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Cynthia McKinney wins hearts and minds on California tour
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Cynthia McKinney’s fundraiser tour for the SF Bay View was a huge success up and down California, hitting San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Santa Rosa. The...
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A tribute to my brotha, Young Malcolm!
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Malcolm with his famous smile and his mother take a photo right before he cut the cake at his 26th birthday party in October of 2011 in New Rochelle,...
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The 15th annual SF Black Film Fest and the 2nd annual Tupac Birthday...
Review by the People’s Minister of Information JR The 15th Annual San Francisco Black Film Festival was a huge success with hundreds in attendance. Some of the headlining films included documentaries...
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Four months after JR’s suspension, problems with racism persist at KPFA
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On June 23, the Block Report Radio crew presented a proposal to the management of KPFA for a three-hour special highlighting the historical and political...
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Pacifica board member Tracy Rosenberg weighs in on JR’s unjustifiable ban...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR My banning from the KPFA airwaves on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, after 18 years of volunteering to produce broadcast journalism informing the listening public...
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Block Report Radio: Revolutionary radio station empowers the people
by The Liberator Magazine Word reached The Liberator Magazine, based in Philadelphia and distributed in 11 countries and nine cities, that revolutionary Black independent media is about to expand, with...
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Block Report: Plots, plans and the Dan Siegel campaign
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Raheim Brown The Block Report is in a rebuilding phase after being unjustifiably banned from the Pacifica airwaves under a plan engineered by former Pacifica...
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‘The Ghosts of March 21’: an interview wit’ filmmaker Sam Stoker
by M.O.I. JR Valrey March 21, 2014, marks the fifth anniversary of the police murder of Lovelle Mixon, who was killed after he murdered four Oakland police officers and wounded a fifth, around 73rd and...
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Black Media Appreciation Night 2014 this Saturday, Sept. 13
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Every two years, Block Report Radio and the SF Bay View newspaper get together to sponsor Black Media Appreciation Night, a night when we honor the very best...
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