An old school relentless plantation-style colonialism governs the country currently through mostly white non-governmental organizations just as well as through armies like those of the U.S. and U.N. that control the flow of resources. – MULTIMEDIA BONUS: Listen to Davey D’s interview with Minister of Information JR immediately after his return from Haiti.
Tags:
Amy Winehouse,
Bill Withers,
Canada,
class,
constant hunger,
Fergie,
France,
Green Day,
Haiti and Latin America,
Haiti earthquake,
Haitian medics,
Italy,
Lady Gaga,
loyal house slaves,
M1,
Minister of Information JR,
missionary house,
Mos Def,
Nina Simone,
Nirvana,
occupying armies,
plantation mentality,
plantation-style colonialism,
Port au Prince,
race,
racism,
rap music,
rebellious field slaves,
the Isley Brothers,
translators,
Tupac,
U.S.,
Umi,
United Nations
I learned about the Los Angeles based singer Dasha Chadwick from Facebook. The first time I heard her music was a few months ago, after I looked her singing up on YouTube. Before she was Dasha, the woman, I knew her when she was in the first grade when I used to walk her to school.
Tags:
Aretha Franklin,
Chaka Khan,
Cypher Lounge Radio,
Dasha Chadwick,
Donny Hathaway,
Hip Hop,
Hipnott Records,
James Brown,
Jay-Z,
Jill Scott,
Kevin Nottingham,
Mahalia Jackson,
Michael Jackson,
Minister of Information JR,
Mos Def,
Nina Simone,
Nobody Famous,
Notorious BIG,
The Whispers
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. will be hitting Northern Cali Nov. 7-13 for the 40th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and Defense Captain Mark Clark. Come out to support Chairman Fred, Block Report Radio and the SF Bay View – 7 events in 7 days, in Oakland, Sonoma, Stanford, Pleasant Hill, Santa Cruz, San Francisco.
Tags:
Adolph Grimes,
Akua Njeri,
Annette Garcia,
Black Panther Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton,
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Daryl Hamiliton,
Deondre Brunston,
Donte Story,
Kathryn Johnston,
Kwan Booth,
Lovelle Mixon,
Mos Def,
Oscar Grant,
Oscar Grant III,
Sean Bell,
the Black Panthers,
the Chicago police,
the POCC,
the Prisoners of Conscious Committee
Scorpio Blues will be performing at Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero West in Oakland, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The woman who goes by the name of Scorpio Blues and I have known each other for over half our lives, and throughout that time, she has always been very intelligent, driven and never one to hold her tongue. Her artistry is definitely an extension of her persona.
Tags:
Anthony David,
Apollo Theater,
Bahamadia,
Chico DeBarge,
Chrisette Michelle,
Dozie,
D’Wayne Wiggins,
Eric Roberson,
Erykah Badu,
Felicia Rashaad,
Floetry,
Goapele,
Hot Water Cornbread,
Jaguar Wright,
Les Nubians,
Lina,
M-1 of Dead Prez,
Minister of Information JR,
Mos Def,
Mouth Off,
N’dambi,
Oakland,
Scorpio Blues,
Smokey Robinson,
spoken word,
the Last Poets,
Too Short,
“Scorpio Rising”
I had to publish more of this interview with the legendary Gil Scott Heron because a whole lot of readers personally got at me and told me that it was too short. They told me that they wanted to hear more of what he had to say. If y’all want to read interview installments 3 and 4, y’all are goin’ to have to vote and put your bid in, because I literally had to transcribe this interview that was done for radio by hand. Otherwise you can wait until the Oct. 19, when it will premiere on Greg Bridges’ show, Transitions on Traditions, which airs on 94.1FM in Northern Cali (kpfa.org) at 9 p.m. Enough on that.
Tags:
Bernard Purdie,
Carnegie Hall,
Dead Prez,
Erykah Badu,
Gil Scott Heron,
H. Rap Brown,
Hip Hop,
Imam Jamil Al-Amin,
Mos Def,
New York,
Paul Laurence Dunbar,
rap,
revolutionary cultural work,
Ron Carter,
San Francisco,
taxpayer,
the Last Poets,
the Minister of Informatiom JR,
the Regency Ballroom,
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”,
Transitions on Traditions,
“Home is Where the Hatred Is”,
“I think I’ll Call It Morning”,
“Lady Day and John Coltrane”,
“Message to the Messengers”,
“Save the Children”
Next month the most important item on my agenda is Maafa Commemoration Month to reflect on the legacy of slavery and how everyone benefited from this human rights travesty except those who did the work. We began Aug. 30 with a successful Maafa 2009: Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser and Reportback, thanks to all the poets and the visual artists who donated art for the silent auction and of course to Tess and Yeme, the proprietors of Shashamane Bar and Grill.
Tags:
actor Danny Glover,
Aguas da Bahia,
Al Green,
Alanis Morissette,
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet,
Alvon Johnson,
ancestor remembrance,
Anna’s Jazz Island,
Art Hazelwood,
ASA Academy,
Baba Ken and the West African Highlife Band,
Barbara Attie,
BART police oversight,
Beres Hammond,
Black August 2009,
Blind Boys of Alabama,
Bradley C. Walters,
Bro. Malique Amenhotep,
budget cuts,
Casper Banjo,
Chick Corea,
Chitresh Das Dance Company,
College of Alameda Small Ensemble,
Common Ground Health Clinic,
Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry,
Dawn Logsdon,
Dr. Al Green,
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima,
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio,
East Oakland,
Eric Benet,
Erykah Badu,
Esperanza Spalding,
Evan Ziporyn,
Francisco Aguabella,
Friends of the Oakland Public Library,
Gary Graves,
George Clinton,
Hank Jones,
Hiroshima,
Hurricane Katrina,
Hurricane Katrina Memorials,
illiteracy rate,
India Irie,
Islamic jurisprudence,
James P. Anderson,
Jan Zvaifler,
Janet Goldwater,
Jason Moran,
Jay Electronica,
jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders,
John Legend,
Juan R. Fuentes,
Judy Juanita,
Julie Bridgham,
Kim Longinotto,
Leela James,
Lenny White,
Library Director Carmen Martinez,
LIFE of Mississippi,
Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir,
Litquick,
Liz Wright,
Lolis Eric Elie,
Lucie Faulknor,
Luis Arias Vera,
Maafa Commemoration Month,
Machiavelli’s “The Prince”,
Mark Morris Dance Group,
MC Hammer,
Michael Eugene Sullivan,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Navarra,
Mike Clark’s Blueprints of Jazz,
MMDG Music Ensemble,
Monaco’s Ballet Russe,
Monterey Jazz Festival,
Mos Def,
Ná Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu,
Nahid Persson,
Nubian oud master Hamza El Din,
Oakland Public Library Bookmobile,
Oscar Grant strategy organizing,
Pete Seeger,
police chases in Black neighborhoods,
police killings,
Power to the Peaceful,
Professor Herbert Mims Jr.,
Raja Rahim,
Regina Carter,
Richard Frederick,
San Francisco Fringe Festival,
San Francisco Mime Troupe,
San Francisco Presidio,
San Francisco Reads,
Sari Soldiers,
Sausalito Art Festival,
Sellasie,
Shakespeare in the Park,
Shashamane Bar and Grill,
Sixth Annual Dance-a-thon,
Sly and Robbie,
social genocide,
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend,
Soulive with Fred Wesle,
Stanley Jordan,
tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain,
Tambores Julio Remelexo Drum and Dance Ensemble,
TaSin Yasmin Sabir,
Ted Pontiflet’s James Baldwin,
the BaAka Pygmies of the Central African Republic,
The Neville Brothers and Dr. John,
the Shaolin Monks of China,
Truth Universal,
UNESCO’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition,
Vieux Farka Touré,
Vijay Iyer Trio,
Wanda Sabir,
West Oakland,
Winton Marsalis,
Winton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Orchestra,
Ziba Mir-Hosseini,
Zulu Spear,
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”,
“The Bottoms”
On July 23 the Prisoners of Conscience Committee (POCC) kicked off the “You Can Kill a Revolutionary … But You Can’t Kill the Revolution Tour” in Oakland, California, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party.
Tags:
"Uncle Bobby",
Akua Njeri,
Defense Captain Mark Clark,
Deondre Brunston,
Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton,
Dominique DiPrima,
Donte Story,
Dr. Margaret Burroughs,
Father Jean-Juste,
Haiti Action Committee,
Illinois,
Jack Bryson,
KJLH’s “Front Page”,
Lavalas,
Leimert Park,
Los Angeles,
Lovelle Mixon,
Melvin Newton,
Minister Huey P. Newton,
Mos Def,
Njumbe,
Oakland,
Oscar Grant,
Parnell Smith,
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
self-determination,
Shukura Sentwalli,
Stevie Wonder,
Texas,
the 40th anniversary,
the annual Chairman Fred Hampton birthday celebration,
the Black Dot,
the Black Panther Party,
the December 4th Committee,
the Kaos Network,
the Oakland Rebellions,
the POCC’s Code of Culture,
The Prisoners Of Conscience Committee (POCC),
West Oakland,
“Ghetto Manifesto Listening Party”,
“Massacre on Monroe”,
“Operation Small Axe”,
“The Assassination of Chairman Fred”
“Love on Both Sides of the Wall: A Two Way Struggle” plays at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek April 17-18, 6:45 p.m. The production is topnotch, the story of the forgotten Children of the Movement.
Tags:
Alfre Woodard,
Algenis Perez Soto,
Amanda Doss,
Bobby Seales,
Conscious Daughters,
Coretta Grayson,
Craig Marker,
Dwight Huntsman,
Gary Webb,
Halili Knox,
Hugh Masekela,
Jacinta Vlash,
James Brown,
Jaye Diggs,
Jonez Cain,
Kimberly and Scott Roberts,
Lyfe Jennings,
Margo Hall,
Michelle Grayson,
Mike Grayson,
Miriam Makeba,
Mos Def,
Nicole Beharie,
Oakland East Bay Symphony,
Pirkle Jones,
Rob Turner,
Ron Stallings,
Stanley Tookie Williams,
T.J. Windham,
Wanda Sabir
Recently KPFA has been making headlines for a number of reasons, most notably the Aug. 20 police beat down of Black programmer of 12 years Nadra Foster after a member of the KPFA management team called the police on her with approval from Pacifica management after Foster was accused of using a KPFA telephone for a personal call. So whose job is it to report on issues such as these in the Black community in and around KPFA or nationally? A daily or weekly Black public affairs show.
Tags:
Apollonia Jordan,
August "Fef Nitti" McCoy,
Berkeley California,
Berkeley Daily Planet,
Black public affairs show,
Block Report Radio,
Cecil Brown,
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,
Democracy Now,
Gabrielle Wilson,
KPFA,
KPFA "apartheid radio",
KPFA management,
Martina Davis,
Mos Def,
Mumia Abu Jamal's daughter Goldii,
Nadra Foster,
Paul Mooney,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
Welfare Poets
Today we had an exclusive interview with Troy Anthony Davis’ sister Martina Correia, who has been standing for justice for her brother for 19 long years. Troy Davis is scheduled once again for execution Monday, Oct. 27, by the state of Georgia if a stay is not granted.
Tags:
'rEvolution',
African American Shakespeare Company,
Archie Shepp,
August Wilson's 'Radio Golf',
August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson',
Bayview Opera House,
C Kelly Wright,
Chicago 10,
Choice of Weapons,
Dia de Los Muertos,
execute innocent man,
Jean Isaacs,
Joanna Haigood,
Katrina Clap,
Kim Epifano,
Living Word Festival,
Maafa Commemoration,
Martina Correia,
Mary Booker,
Mos Def,
Oakland Community School,
Paul Wright,
San Francisco Jazz Festival,
Seastrunk Brothers,
Trolley Dances,
Troy Anthony Davis,
Troy Davis,
UniverSoul Circus,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda's Picks,
Youth Speaks,
‘A Raisin in the Sun',
‘Do Tell',
‘Hood Games,
‘Lioness',
‘Slingshot Hip Hop'
Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Prescott Joseph Center we honored the legacy of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere artists: Berkeley resident Joy Holland and Oaklander by way of St. Louis Casper Banjo, with featured artist Keith Hopkins, another Oaklander. The exhibit is titled “Breath of Our Ancestors.”
Tags:
Allensworth,
Ankh Productions,
Avotcja,
Black Panther Party,
Black Poets with Attitudes,
Black Repertory Theater,
Breath of Our Ancestors,
Casper Banjo,
Chuck D,
Eddie Abrams,
Flavor Flav,
Joanna Haigood,
Jon Hendricks,
Joy Holland,
Keith Hopkins,
Lathan Hodge,
Living Word Project,
Mary Rudge,
Mos Def,
Museum of the African Diaspora,
Nation of Islam,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Oakland Tech,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Professor Griff,
Public Enemy,
San Francisco Trolley Dances,
Shanique S. Scott,
TheArthur Wright,
Tulare County,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company
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