By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information Yesterday evening I woke from a nap, checked social media, and saw that another one of my brothers that I grew up with, on the Bay Area music scene over the last 20 plus years, Steve “Zumbi” Gaines … Continue readingSalute To My Brotha Zumbi of Zion I
By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information The revolutionary nature of the Cuban people has allowed the nation to successfully fight a revolution in ‘59, that the U.S. government vehemently opposed, then set up a socialist nation that has been under a US/EU sponsored embargo … Continue readingCuba’s Revolutionary Doctors Have Taken On Covid With Worldwide Medical Solidarity
By JR Valrey The Continental Club located at 1658 12th Street, in West Oakland, is one of the first places where Blues and Jazz bands, and later Soul bands got a chance to hone their craft, in front of an audience, in the Town. Musicians … Continue readingRapper DB the General Now Owns the Legendary Continental Club in West Oakland
By JR Valrey Part of the mission of Black New World Media is to expose our people to the wide array of talent that exists in our communities locally, as well as to people who’ve dedicated years of their lives, to mastering a craft. In … Continue readingFrom Political Organizing to Politically Rhyming: A Tidbit About the Life of Eseibio the Automatic
By JR Valrey Some of us can name off the leadership of the Black Panther Party, but just as important we must remember the everyday community leaders, that served the people on behalf of the Black Panther Party, and gave it their all. These were … Continue readingBlack Panther Artist M. Gayle Asali Dickson Talks About Her Life in the Black People’s Army
by JR Valrey, the People’s Minister of Information The corporate media would tell us to put our faith in Biden and Harris to save the Black community from the perennial social ills that we constantly face, the Black Panther Party has taught us to put … Continue readingNew Activity Book Celebrates the Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party
By JR Valrey Most of the United States’ population is tired of the corporate puppet show aka US Elections, and is beginning to realize that no matter who is in office, the government has, and had for centuries, an agenda to oppress low income Black … Continue readingIntimate Life With Huey P. Newton: His Widow Fredrika Newton Speaks (Part 3)
By JR Valrey With the presidential elections days away, and with the strong possibility that the former San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, supposedly from Oakland, could be the nation’s first half Black/half Indian vice president, it is very important to … Continue readingIntimate Life with Huey P. Newton: His Widow Fredrika Newton Speaks (Part 2)
By JR Valrey, the People’s Minister of Information The co-founder, Minister of Defense, and chief theoretician of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton was a very unique and complex individual, who came up in the streets of West Oakland. There have been many studies, … Continue readingIntimate Life With Huey P. Newton: his widow Fredrika Newton speaks (Part 1)