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- 04Child in despair
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- 10Mumia interview after 3rd Circuit Court Decision.
- 11‘You’re lucky; that officer shot somebody last week’
- 12West Coast ports shut on May Day
- 13Mumia Rally in Philadelphia
- 14Sean Bell protest
- 15Halt polluting power plant project!
- 16The techno-lynching of Sen. Barack Obama
- 17Johntay Allen Mike Brown
- 18Obama Family
- 19Cynthia Mckinney at May Day
- 20Obama & Wright
- 21JR moderating panel at KPFA's listeners and Unpaid staff meeting
- 22M1 at panel discussion
- 23Alicia Keys
- 24Cynthia Mckinney at Mumia Rally
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UN holds racism hearings in USWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. Within the next
few days, the United Nations will be holding “official” hearings on
racism in the United States and will be hitting a myriad of cities to
hear directly from the community, including Chicago, LA, New Orleans,
Omaha, San Juan, Miami, D.C. and New York.
Full Story >> | Too poor to parent?Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Gaylynn Burroughs When a recurrent plumbing problem in an upstairs
unit caused raw sewage to seep into her New York City apartment,
22-year-old Lisa called social services for help. She had repeatedly
asked her landlord to fix the problem, but he had been unresponsive.
Now the smell was unbearable, and Lisa feared for the health and safety
of her two young...Full Story >> |
Cuba: If change is in the air, does prosperity lie ahead?Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Jean Damu Guanabo – While aging anti-Castroistas in Florida
and New Jersey continue to terrorize gullible U.S. politicians into
supporting their quixotic dreams of returning Cuba to the ranks of U.S.
gangster economics, this island nation has defied all rational odds
against its socialist survival.
Full Story >> | Environmental organizations and residents warn against consequences of Lennar’s ‘Prop Greed’Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |  San Francisco – Environmental organizations
hosted a press conference Tuesday to urge close reading of Lennar
Corp.’s Proposition G. With safeguards “anticipated” and “promised,”
one of North America’s largest developers hopes to buy over 700 acres
of southeast San Francisco for $1.
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Assembly Speaker Karen Bass: Our society will be judged on the way it cares for its peopleWednesday, 14 May 2008 |  Sacramento – On Tuesday, members of the
California Assembly elected by acclamation their 67th speaker – and the
first Black woman to serve as speaker, the second most powerful
position in California – Assemblymember Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles. She
says she has only three things on her to do list:
Full Story >> | City College chancellor calls for revenue increase, not budget cuts that lock out neediest studentsWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Guelda Allen City College students will experience a shortage
of student services, smaller class schedules and the prospect of higher
enrollment fees for the coming semesters in response to the recent loss
in property tax revenue if cuts in state funding are not restored.
Full Story >> |
Police Terrorism MonthWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Minister of Information JR This month we will talk about holice
terrorism, a phenomenon that has recently been getting more attention
because of the recent acquittal of the three New York holice officers,
who shot 50 bullets, unjustifiably murdering 23-year-old unarmed Black
male Sean Bell and wounding his two friends on his wedding day.
Full Story >> | Philadelphia: City of Brotherly ThugsWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Mumia Abu-Jamal This time, captured on videotape from a hovering
helicopter, a malevolent swarm of cops pull occupants from a car and
then proceed to beat the paste out of the men, kicking, punching and
slamming with a club. At least 15 cops are seen in the broadcast
beatdown – an average of 5 to 1
Full Story >> |
This Week/
Bay View Voters GuideWednesday, 14 May 2008 | 
Monday, May 19, is the last day to register to
vote in the critical June 3 election, when San Francisco voters will
determine the future of Bayview Hunters Point when they choose between
Proposition Fairness, the people’s initiative, and Proposition Greed,
Lennar’s initiative.
Full Story >> | Wanda’s PicksWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Wanda Sabir Last week, the end of the San Francisco
International Film Festival was a frenzy of last minute interviews with
the directors of “Fauberg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New
Orleans,” the director of “Ezra” and lastly the director of “Ballast,”
Lance Hammer, Wednesday.
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From Negro to New African: The evolution of the Spiritual and its role in the survival and liberatioWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Taiwo Kujichagulia-Seitu Learn all about New African Spirituals this Sunday, May 18, 3pm, Cal State East Bay, Music Building Room 1055
When I was 12 years old, I started taking voice lessons, learning how
to sing European Classical music: opera, art songs and the like.
Full Story >> | Crisis at KPFA and PacificaWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Mara Rivera Radio Station KPFA’s First Voice Apprenticeship
program recently co-sponsored an event in Fruitvale to discuss the ways
the station needs to address the current issues in its community and to
engage listeners – younger ones especially.
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In memory of Mrs. Patsy Carol TaylorWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Phillup Taylor Mrs. Patsy Carol Taylor was born in Beaumont,
Texas, on Nov. 4, 1942, to the late Albeno Sr. and Sadie Bell Bossette.
Patsy was the seventh of 14 children born to this union. She attended
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and School, where she was christened
and took her First Holy Communion while in attendance.
Full Story >> | Race in the race: Hillary Clinton throws the whole deckWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: CC Campbell-Rock Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign promise to pitch
the kitchen sink at Sen. Barack Obama scored a home run with her
comments that she appeals to a “broader coalition” and that Obama can’t
win in a general election.
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San Francisco pushing fossil fuels over green energyWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: John Rizzo The Board of Supervisors will soon vote on a
contract to build 200 MW of fossil fuel-burning power plants in a
low-income neighborhood that is already overburdened with pollution and
toxic sites.
Full Story >> | Making it plain about New OrleansWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Rafael Renteria When hip hop artist Kanye West said “George Bush
doesn’t care about Black people,” NBC cameras cut away. “They’ve given
them permission to go down and shoot us,” West said. In America,
telling simple and obvious truths is going too far. Censors for NBC
switched to a comic.
Full Story >> |
McClymonds High School basketball team honored in state capitol by Assemblyman Sandre SwansonWednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Douglas MacLean Sacramento – On Monday the California State
Assembly honored the McClymonds High School men’s basketball team on
the Assembly floor. The team won the California Interscholastic
Federation Division 1 Men’s State Championship with a perfect 32-0
season.
Full Story >> | A letter from political prisoner Zolo Agona AzaniaWednesday, 14 May 2008 | 
Dear sisters and brothers, supporters and caring people everywhere:
Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand . It never did and it never will.”
Full Story >> |
‘Hip-Hop Tried 2 Kill Me’Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Review by Sam Drew, PNN “Hip Hop Tried 2 Kill Me” is the eye-opening
title of the new book written by 20-year music veteran Fleetwood. To be
launched with a book release party at Marcus Bookstore on Friday, May
23, in honor of Malcolm X’s birthday on May 19, his book is a look at
the inside world of Hip-Hop
Full Story >> | Get ready, to get ready!Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | by: Carol McGruder Enough with stressed out people, poor health
indicators, and the ever-widening canyon of health disparities! It is
time for residents of the Southeast sector of San Francisco – Bayview,
Hunters Point, Hunters View, Sunnydale,
Full Story >> |
Haitians demand foodWednesday, 07 May 2008 |  From seemingly out of nowhere have come the headlines: “Haitians Take
to the Streets to Demand Food.” “Hungry Haitians Storm Presidential
Palace over High Cost of Living.”
Full Story >> |
