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...
View ArticleKPFA: Playing Russian roulette with all the chambers loaded
Understanding KPFA Issues: Part II by Carol Spooner When Hard Knock Radio, Flashpoints and Full Circle, produced by the KPFA apprenticeship program, were the KPFA shows on the chopping block, young...
View ArticleBring 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...
View ArticleKPFA, 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFour 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...
View ArticlePacifica 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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