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Oakland police stop renowned attorney Adante Pointer, point their guns, force...
Renowned human rights attorneys John Burris and Adante Pointer hold a press conference. “What happened to me happens far too often and gets NO headlines,” observes Adante. by People’s Minister of...
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The battle to free San Francisco Bayview Editor Malik Washington
On June 17, The Intercept published an article titled “GEO Group’s Blundering Response to the Pandemic Helped Spread Coronavirus in Halfway Houses.” Immediately, GEO Group’s share price dropped 7...
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Regarding rioting
by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor In the summer of 1966, I was part of that crowd of angry young African-Americans that exploded into rioting starting on the corner of 82nd and East 14th Street (now...
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Karmic justice
by Joseph Anderson This perspective might be very hard for many sociopolitically naive white people to read. But it’s very important to understand the sheer depth of negative feelings that many people...
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Ted Pontiflet says farewell to Oakland
by Wanda Sabir Ted Pontiflet is an Oakland icon. He is East Coast swing meets West Coast bop. Classy. The man is too smooth to be close to 80. In his trademark cowry shell crown and custom made slacks,...
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Stand up, Hunters Point!
What the Kenneth Harding Movement can learn from the Oscar Grant Movement by Minister of Information JR “The police in our community occupy our area, our community, as a foreign troop occupies...
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‘Fruitvale’: an interview with screenwriter Ryan Coogler
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey “Fruitvale,” the award-winning movie about the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, is one of the most anticipated films of the year and is set to...
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‘The Ghosts of March 21’: an interview wit’ filmmaker Sam Stoker
by M.O.I. JR Valrey March 21, 2014, marks the fifth anniversary of the police murder of Lovelle Mixon, who was killed after he murdered four Oakland police officers and wounded a fifth, around 73rd and...
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Remembering Oakland rebel Lovelle Mixon
The People’s Minister of Information JR reads his commentary, “Police 2, Oakland residents 4,” in the aftermath of the killing of Lovell Mixon and him murdering four Oakland police officers. The...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2016
by Wanda Sabir To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Hunters Point Uprising, Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin (in the colorful dress), chair of the African American Studies Department at City College, who was...
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