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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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KPFA: 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...

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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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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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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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