Freeway Ricky Ross speaks: an interview wit’ the former drug kingpin
by Minister of Information JR Freeway Ricky Ross was one of the biggest publicly known fundraisers for the U.S. government’s proxy wars against the people of Latin America, specifically in the...
View ArticleThe trials of Rep. Maxine Waters: Ethics or payback?
by Joseph Debro Congresswoman Maxine Waters waged a more successful war on drugs than the entire U.S. government. Maxine was concerned with those who made enormous profits from this trade, such as...
View ArticleVote to right what wrongs you: YES on Prop 19
by Joe Debro Laws are made to control people who cannot afford to break them. President Reagan and Vice President George Herman Walker Bush sold dope to the people of South Central Los Angeles in order...
View ArticleToward African freedom in Libya and beyond
by Molefi Kete Asante The fundamental stimulus of the attack on Libya is greed, not the protection of the Libyan people. In fact, the people of Libya have suffered more during this bombardment by...
View ArticleYoYo teaching hip-hop with love to inner-city youth
by Michael L. Sanders Children growing up in cities like Oakland and Los Angeles dream of becoming world famous entertainers. Dreams of money, cars and success run within a young person’s mind. With...
View Article‘The Streetz Gon’ Cry’: an interview wit’ author Big Tray Deee and Anthony...
by People’s Minister of Information JR “The Streetz Gon’ Cry” is a very vivid and descriptive fictional account of life in one of the nation’s gang bang meccas: South Central Los Angeles. This...
View ArticleDecriminalizing our lives – one family at a time
by Eddie, Jacqueline M, Teresa V, Maria X, Sarbella and Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia Voices in Poverty Resist series, South LA “I have no job and need to care for my 10-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son....
View ArticleAre lesser evils progress or collateral damage?
by Jerry Elster If someone were to ask me why Proposition 34 to end the death penalty in California didn’t pass, my answer would be that 34 was authored to self-destruct. It boosts the idea of saving...
View Article8th annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair Aug. 9 in Los Angeles
by The People’s Minister of Information JR The Leimert Park Village Book Fair, based in South Central Los Angeles, is the main annual literary event for the Black community on the West Coast. A number...
View ArticleSalute to the Freeman Brothers! Last testament of Elder Freeman, a giant of a...
The Bay Area Memorial and Celebration of the Lives of Roland and Ronald “Elder” Freeman will be held Sunday, Nov. 23, 12-4 p.m., at the Oakland Masonic Center, 3903 Broadway, Oakland. Brief...
View ArticleFrom solitary confinement at Pelican Bay, Jesse Perez sues his guards for...
by Claude Marks, Freedom Archives On Friday, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded $25,000 in damages to Jesse Perez, who sued guards for trashing his cell in retaliation for his lawsuit against the...
View ArticleDA Chesa Boudin appoints David Campos chief of staff
In 2016, Bernie Sanders campaigned with David Campos, knowing he was a trusted leader in San Francisco. The following year, Campos was elected to chair the San Francisco Democratic Party, promising a...
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