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Francesca Albanese told the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress that Palestine has exposed the failures of international law, democracy and the global political order. She urged civil society to turn solidarity into sustained legal, economic and political action.

The United States just banned the best soccer referee in Africa from entering the U.S. for the World Cup ... simply because he is from Somalia

Afro-Play is creating a joyful, culturally affirming space where Black children ages 0–5 and their families can learn, play and build community together in Oakland. Co-founders Ellen Hamilton and Ajhana DeRamous share how a grassroots playgroup grew into an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to nurturing Black joy, early childhood development and stronger family support networks.

As the Black Arts Movement District marks its 10th anniversary, master artist and Oakland Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga reflects on the enduring legacy of the Black Arts Movement and why theater remains a vital tool for liberation, healing and community building. In this conversation with JR Valrey, she previews BAMAVERSARY, a four-day celebration of Black art and culture, while tracing the movement’s living influence from the 1960s to today’s artists, activists and youth.

by Tabari Morris Proposed city policy would gut privacy protections and open the door to federal data sharing San Francisco’s controversial citywide employee drone policy is...

As Cuba faces an eighth month of a U.S.-imposed oil blockade on top of a 67-year economic embargo, Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Gabriela Castillo speaks with SF Bay View Editor-in-Chief JR Valrey about the humanitarian impact, Cuba’s sweeping new economic reforms, U.S.-Cuba relations, and why Havana says diplomacy—not sanctions—is the only path toward peace and stability.

Kotelemela Bolingo brings together revolutionary artists from around the world to honor Assata Shakur and Pauline Lumumba while amplifying struggles from Cuba to the Congo. In this exclusive interview, Obi Egbuna Jr. explains why music is cultural warfare—and why artists still have a critical role to play in movements for liberation.

In a moving international tribute, Obi Egbuna Jr. of the Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association honors the life and revolutionary legacy of Assata Olugbala Shakur. Framing her as a symbol of African resistance, liberation and international solidarity, the statement calls on future generations to carry forward her commitment to justice, while celebrating the enduring bonds between Africa, Cuba and freedom movements around the world.

From Haiti to Cuba, U.S. intervention is reshaping the Caribbean. As Haiti descends further into crisis, activists argue the struggle for sovereignty and self-determination has never been more urgent.

For 50 years, the San Francisco Bay View has stood as a voice for Black liberation, telling the stories too often ignored or silenced. Through financial hardship, political pressure, and decades of frontline reporting on police violence, political prisoners, and struggles for justice, the paper has never stopped publishing. Now, as it enters its next chapter, the Bay View is asking the community to help ensure that independent Black journalism not only survives, but grows. Through the 50 x 50 Campaign, every contribution helps strengthen a platform dedicated to informing, organizing, and amplifying the voices of Black communities for generations to come.

A woman flees death squad violence in Haiti. For Haitians, this is an all-too-familiar scenario in 2026.

Cuba has always defended the need for international relations based on sovereign equality, dialogue and cooperation, rather than hegemonic doctrines or threats of force. The peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean have the right to freely determine their own destiny, without external interference.

“Enough is enough. The Congressional Black Caucus will not stand by and allow this administration to continue this barbaric policy that generates unimaginable human suffering in Cuba. We are demanding that you end the oil blockade and lift the sanctions on Cuba.” - CBC Chair Yvette Clarke

For more than 60 years, the U.S. government has economically targeted Cuba while mainstream corporate media often repeats official narratives without fully examining the human cost of sanctions and blockades on everyday Cuban people. In this conversation, Havana-based journalist Liz Oliva Fernández offers a perspective rarely heard in U.S. media — one rooted not in politics from afar, but in the lived reality of surviving, reporting and resisting from inside Cuba itself.

With the economic strangulation of Cuba by the United States, African progressive organizations and movements are calling for broader continental solidarity.

To be against Cuba is to be against humanity. Time and time again Cuba has offered support wherever it is needed most. They have even offered medical aid to the United States because, for them, people and lives come before politics and ideologies.

The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether socialism has failed, but rather: What country in the world, regardless of its political system, would survive a siege of this magnitude for seven decades?

In the first hours of the war by the U.S. and Israel against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026, this girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, was bombed. At least 108 were killed, most of them school girls ages 7 to 12 in their morning classes – one a 9-year-old who had memorized the Quran and was preparing for a competition in two months. – Photo: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, X

Jeffrey Epstein – What is going on now? What really happened? Why the delay in releasing the information? What is being hidden?

Maria Mirabel's children and niece are some of the innocent bystanders threatened with starvation because of the US government's 65-year blockade as well as Trump and Rubio's complete ban on oil to the island since January. End the US taxpayer sponsored blockade on Cuba!