Lil' D aka Darryl ReedThe Minister of Information JR interviewed author and former legendary Oakland hustler Lil' D aka Darryl Reed, in his first radio interview, from a federal concentration camp in Long Beach, where ... Radio | Friday, 20 August 2010 | Hits: 188 Listen |
Kambale MusavulliThe Minister of Information JR interviewed Kambale Musavulli, the spokesman for Friends of the Congo, to get an update on one of the most gruesome wars in modern history that has claimed ... Radio | Friday, 20 August 2010 | Hits: 122 Listen |
Sophia StewartThe Minister of Information JR interviews legendary science fiction writer Sophia Stewart who had the Matrix and Terminator stolen from her by Hollywood, after she wrote it. We talked about the ... Radio | Friday, 20 August 2010 | Hits: 144 Listen |
Dylcia PaganThe Minister of Information JR interviews former Puerto Rican political prisoner Dylcia Pagan about the passing of the lategreatfreedom fighter Lolita Lebron, the passing of former political prisoner Marlyn Buck,... Radio | Saturday, 14 August 2010 | Hits: 159 Listen |
Jack BrysonThe Minister of Information JR interviews Jack Bryson, who's two sons were with Oscar Grant on the night he was murdered. We talked about the recent stances taken by Officer Me... Radio | Saturday, 14 August 2010 | Hits: 193 Listen |
Leuren MoretThe Minister of Information JR interviews geobiological scientist and former whistleblower at the Lawerence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab about the BP oil volcano, and the history of big oil in ... Radio | Saturday, 14 August 2010 | Hits: 141 Listen |
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton JrThe Minister of Information JR interviews Chairman Fred Hampton Jr about the passing of Puerto Rican Independence fighter Lolita Lebron, the passing of former political prisoner Marilyn Buck, and the sentencing dates of ... Radio | Saturday, 7 August 2010 | Hits: 182 Listen |
Lynne StewartThe Minister of Information JR interviews Ralph Poynter, the legal partner and husband of warrior lawyer Lynne Stewart, who is serving a bogus 10 year sentence under laws enacted under ... Radio | Saturday, 7 August 2010 | Hits: 136 Listen |
Dave Id and George ChicarelloThe Minister of Information interviews two journalists who are heavily involved in reporting and organizing around the issue of justice for the family of Oscar Grant and victims of police ... Radio | Saturday, 7 August 2010 | Hits: 114 Listen |
Malcolm Shabazz @ The Black Dot CafeOn July 20th, 2010 Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz aka Malcolm X, made his first speech in Oakland California. He has spoken all over the world ... Radio | Monday, 2 August 2010 | Hits: 180 Listen |
Malcolm Shabaz and Mumia Abu JamalMalcolm Shabazz, the grandson of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz formally known as Malcolm X, spoke withpolitical prisoner and prolific writer Mumia Abu Jamal briefly about Oakland, the Prisoners of ConscienceCommittee, and ... Radio | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 | Hits: 249 Listen |
Reggie ColeThe Minister of Information JR interviews Reggie Cole after he was unleashed from prison after being wrongly convicted. He spent 16 years in the concentration camps, and 10 in the ho... Radio | Sunday, 4 July 2010 | Hits: 281 Listen |
Malcolm ShabazzThe Minister of Information JR interviews Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of the late great Malcolm X aka El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. He talks about the death of Betty Shabazz, the only co... Radio | Sunday, 4 July 2010 | Hits: 983 Listen |
Jennifer BrownThe Minister of Information JR interviews Jennifer Brown, a recent victim of police terrorism, about her recent run-in, in May, with OPD where they tried to pull her out of ... Radio | Sunday, 4 July 2010 | Hits: 386 Listen |
Report-Back from the Mehserle Courtroom - 6/25The Minister of Information JR is interviewed, by Anita Johnson, along with reporter Thandiswe Chimurenga about Mehserle's testimony, and 6 out of 7 Black males under 35 being kicked out... Radio | Sunday, 4 July 2010 | Hits: 337 Listen |
Report-Back from the Mehserle Courtroom - 6/18The Minister of Information JR is interviewed by Greg Bridges of Hard Knock Radio about Jack Bryson Jr's testimony, and the Mehserle murder trial ov... Radio | Sunday, 4 July 2010 | Hits: 118 Listen |
Word on the Street in the Bay"What Was Your Reaction when you saw the murder of Oscar Grant on TV?" These were reactions from a diverse group of random people in the streets of the Bay Area, ... Radio | Wednesday, 23 June 2010 | Hits: 263 Listen |
Word on the Street in the Bay"What would justice look like if you were the jury in the murder trial of Oscar Grant?" These were reactions from a diverse group of random people in the str... Radio | Wednesday, 23 June 2010 | Hits: 229 Listen |
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr -- Aztlan Media Kollective Interview
Prisoners Of Conscience Committee (POCC) Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. talks in an exclusive interview about the history and guiding principles of the POCC. He also shares how the Black Panther Party influenced the formation of the POCC. In what can be considered a revolutionary call to action, the Chairman identifies the relationship between politics and war and outlines the steps liberation struggles domestically and globally need to take to carry out resistance.
Obama's US Assassination Program? Part 1Sound too conspiratorial to be true? Like the cover-up ops of spy novels? Well, it's reality. And it is possibly the most bizarre, inhumane and abusive way that the White House is expanding its power over the American people.It's not an extremist belief or theory of the far right. It's a fact that has been confirmed by The New Yor... News | Thursday, 26 August 2010 | Hits: 20 Read more |
COINTELPRO dirty deeds protected by court order in Omaha Two caseEd Poindexter is denied a new trial despite new evidence after 40 years in jail Photo: Author's photo U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kopf denied Edward Poindexter a hearing on a new trial request exactly 40 years after the funeral of the Omaha, Nebraska police officer he is accused of killing. Poindexter was head of the Omaha chapter of the Black Panther ... News | Thursday, 26 August 2010 | Hits: 16 Read more |
Judge rejects Troy Davis' innocence claimA federal judge on Tuesday emphatically rejected Troy Anthony Davis' claims that he was wrongly convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989. In a 172-page order, U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. said Davis failed to prove his innocence during an extraordinary hearing in June ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court. Davis, on death row for 19 years... News | Thursday, 26 August 2010 | Hits: 80 Read more |
Star’s Candidacy in Haiti Puts Focus on CharityCROIX DES BOUQUETS, Haiti — A few months before Wyclef Jean, the hip-hop star, declared his candidacy for president of Haiti, the representative of a struggling tent camp made a pilgrimage to the new headquarters of Mr. Jean’s charity. He arrived, hat in hand, at the eight-acre compound the charity leased after a fund-raising bonanza in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake. Enlarge This I... News | Friday, 20 August 2010 | Hits: 109 Read more |
Transitions on Traditions and Black programming under fire at KPFA: An interview with KPFA programmer Greg BridgesJoin other defenders of Black radio for the screening of ‘Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Voices on the Radio’ on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m., at the Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St., West Oakland Greg Bridges, host of Transitions on Traditions, is on the air every Monday 8-10 p.m., but KPFA is considering a move that would can... News | Wednesday, 11 August 2010 | Hits: 240 Read more |
Wyclef Jean for president of Haiti? Look beyond the hypeWyclef Jean holds a Haitian flag as he considers running for president of Haiti. Beware! Wyclef is Haitian, but he is no friend of the Haitian people as a whole, who remain loyal to President Aristide. To cut to the chase, no election in Haiti, and no candidate in those elections, will be considered legitimate by the majority of Haiti’s population... News | Friday, 6 August 2010 | Hits: 447 Read more |
BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents StruggleIn the first few days after BP’s Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup workers could be seen on Louisiana beaches wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with the words "Inmate Labor" printed in large red block letters. Coastal residents, many of whom had just seen their livelihoods disappear, expressed outrage at community meet... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 296 Read more |
New York City settles Sean Bell lawsuitNew York (CNN) -- New York City will pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the estate of a man killed by police outside a Queens' nightclub in 2006 and by his two friends, who were seriously wounded, a spokeswoman for the city's Law Department said Tuesday. The estate of Sean Bell, who was killed in... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 250 Read more |
Cynthia McKinney on the oil volcano, Big Oil and Bike4PeaceCynthia McKinney, her son Coy McKinney (left) and friends Wekesa and Afiya Madzimoyo biking Stone Mountain as Cynthia trains for the Bike 4 Peace cross country tour. – Photo: David Hunter Oil has been spewing out of a crater in the Gulf of Mexico for over two months, after a blowout caused by the deep-sea drilling practices of BP Oil. To dat... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 237 Read more |
The legacy of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz lives! an interview wit’ his grandson Malcolm ShabazzMalcolm Shabazz Feb. 21, 1965, the late great El Hajj Malik El Shabazz aka Malcolm X was assassinated in front of his family by agents of the U.S. government, in front of his daughters and his pregnant wife, and in front of the world with photos of his body all over the media the next day. This was a move by... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 695 Read more |
Oliver Stone: Jewish control of the media is preventing free Holocaust debateOutspoken Hollywood director says new film aims to put Adolf Hitler, who he has called an 'easy scapegoat' in the past, in his due historical context. Jewish control of the media is preventing an open discussion of the Holocaust, prominent Hollywood director Oliver Stone told the Sunday Times, adding that the U.S. Jewish lobby was controlling Washington's foreign policy for years. In the Sunday in... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 113 Read more |
Trial of police torturer Jon Burge: POCC Minister of Information JR interviews POCC Chairman Fred HamptonChairman Fred Jr. on Lt. Jon Burge, Dr. Conrad Worril and race/class contradictions At a rally outside Chicago City Hall during the trial of former police commander Jon Burge for perjury – lying about the torture he ordered for at least 110 prisoners – Dardy Tillis calls for jailing Burge. – Photo: AP/WideWorldPhotos JR: You are listening to another editio... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 103 Read more |
Cynthia McKinney's Bike 4 Peace UpdateBike 4 Peace is still in need of hosts for potlucks and warm showers, and also sag vehicles by state because I'm the one who's sagging behind the rest of the bikers--yesterday, by one hour and a half!!! We're available for radio interviews--especially me--because I'm definitely a better talker!!! Malik Rahim, who is riding up solo from New Orleans to mee... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 62 Read more |
Punishing LynneLynne Stewart, the activist lawyer, was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison.This outstanding lawyer, a 70 year old grandmother, who is facing the serious threat of breast cancer, was originally sentenced to 2 years and 4 months, but the federal appeals court apparently felt that wasn't enough. The same appeals courts that traditionally reveres the convictions of cops who ... News | Saturday, 31 July 2010 | Hits: 62 Read more |
PANAMA 2002 Black Population: App. 600,000Panama was the first place in the Western region`s mainland that had a Black settlement. Formerly, a part of Colombia until its independence in 1903, Panama is not always considered a Central American nation, historically at least. The first Blacks arrived around 1513 as explorers who built vessels, the next batch arrived a few years later as slaves who transported go... News | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 | Hits: 110 Read more |
The Incarceration of Carlos Alberto TorresAfter 30 Years in Prison, the Puerto Rican Political Prison Will Be Freed Today, Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres will walk out of prison after 30 years behind bars. He was convicted of seditious conspiracy - conspiring to use force against the lawful authority of the United States over Puerto Rico. Torres was punished for being a member of an armed clande... News | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 | Hits: 112 Read more |
The Mehserle TrialThe manslaughter verdict returned against former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cop, Johannes Mehserle, for the videotaped murder of Oscar Grant, sent hundreds of protesters back into the hot streets of Oakland, California, Grant's hometown. The corporate media scratched its collective head, essentially asking 'Why protest when the guy was convicted?" The protesters knew, however, that the court sys... News | Friday, 23 July 2010 | Hits: 163 Read more |
The people’s lawyer, political prisoner Lynne Stewart: an interview wit’ her daughter, Brenna StewartThree critical events July 8, 14 and 15 need your support – details below Lynne Stewart has been a real people’s lawyer for over four decades, representing some of the most politically polarizing cases in this nation’s history. She has been of legal service to people like Black political prisoner Sekou Odinga of the Black Panther Party and Black ... News | Thursday, 15 July 2010 | Hits: 308 Read more |

"Operation Small Axe" takes a raw and unflinching look at life under police terrorism in Oakland. Through the stories of Oscar Grant ,Lovelle Mixon and POCC Minister of information JR Valrey, the film focuses on the occupation of Oakland's
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The Block Report is one of the most valuable apparatuses of the POCC. POCC is an acronym for the Prisoners of Conscience Committee, known throughout the community as the Panther Cubs.
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