News & Views
Juju’s Burlesque Show is coming to Oakland
by JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information
The glamor of the 1920s and 1930s is being brought back for a night with Juju's Burlesque...
Oakland Carnival is Saturday, June 6, at Mosswood Park
Every summer, thousands gather to celebrate culture, community and resistance through music, dance, food and pageantry at Oakland Carnaval. More than a festival, organizers say Carnaval is a living expression of African cultural survival across the Americas, tracing its roots from ancient Africa to the Caribbean, Brazil and beyond. In this conversation, longtime Carnaval leader Theo Aytchan Williams reflects on the history of the celebration, Oakland’s unique contribution to the tradition, and why creating spaces for Black joy, wellness and cultural pride remains a revolutionary act in the Town.
Lies, economic strangulation and genocide: The US vs. Cuba
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.
Do Oakland Councilman Houston’s proposed sweeping changes wreck police accountability?
The Oakland Police Department has been receiving federal oversight since the conclusion of the Oakland Riders trial in 2003 because of its accountability issues and the fact that it has been run like a mafia that is above the law.
Congressional Black Caucus demands Trump administration end the oil blockades on...
“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
Hold Ella Hill Hutch in community: Why City Hall must back...
As San Francisco leaders move to hand control of Ella Hill Hutch Community Center programming to Shakirah Simley through a 13-month lease pushed by Bilal Mahmood and Daniel Lurie, many longtime Fillmore residents say the process has ignored the very community the center was built to serve. Against the backdrop of youth violence, public corruption scandals and growing distrust of City Hall, residents and neighborhood leaders are calling not just for summer programming, but for transparency, accountability and a genuine community voice in deciding the future of one of the Fillmore’s most historic institutions.
Belly of the Beast: Reporting from inside the US government-imposed genocidal...
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.
Behind Enemy Lines
Who are the real experts on prisons?
After spending nearly 31 years behind prison walls, including time in solitary confinement, Uhuru Rowe argues that the people best equipped to explain the realities of incarceration are not academics or policy experts, but those who survived it firsthand. In this powerful reflection, Rowe challenges readers to reconsider who gets recognized as an authority on the prison industrial complex, drawing on decades of lived experience to expose the violence, isolation and dehumanization that statistics alone can never fully capture. His message is simple: if society is serious about prison abolition and justice, it must center the voices of those who have endured the system from the inside.
The 20-year battle to free Jeff ‘Ace’ Walker from wrongful conviction
Jeffery “Ace” Walker is representing himself in court, during this phase of his 20 year battle. Navigating the legal system while being captive within the legal system, is a daunting and complex task. Ace is grateful for the continued support of community members being present during the many phases of his journey.
Kwame Beans Shakur: Contradictions on organizing in post-neo-colonial north amerikkka
We are not in an underdeveloped third world nation whose people are born keenly aware of Our oppression and captive status. Our colonial experience is unique and has been altered and mastered over 400+ years into its own slave science.
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Innocent and framed! Free Mumia, NOW!
The injustice to Mumia Abu-Jamal is not the action of one rogue cop or prosecutor or judge, but a concerted effort to silence an unbending, outspoken political opponent of this racist, repressive, exploitive, murderous capitalist system.
The Free Mumia Tour hits Cuba
The Free Mumia Tour visits Cuba, forging media ties and spotlighting Mumia Abu Jamal’s case.
Culture Currents
Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ is the must-see film of the...
The film centers around humanizing the lives of boosters, people who steal clothes from corporate stores to resell at a discount on the streets, in contrast to US media's normalization of humanizing corporate and government war criminals and environmental and ecological terrorists.
The corporate vanilla ‘Michael’ biopic is terrible!
The white record execs are so “helpful” to Mike in the movie, we do not get to see that Mike was a shrewd businessman. The movie has no soul or Blackness in it, when at one time MJ was the epitome of Black music and dance.
You are invited to join national Black leaders for the National...
As Salaam Alaikum! Revolutionary Greetings!
We are Jalil Muntaqim and Ashaki Binta, national co-coordinators of the National Mobilization Against Genocides, July 4, 2026, in Atlanta,...
Malik Seneferu shares his artistic creation called The Ancestral Constitution Before...
Malik Seneferu's artistic creation called The Ancestral Constitution Before Juneteenth to Black August pays homage to Black history in the Bay Area.
Red, Gold and Green: Reggae Legends Live concert at the Ruth...
The historic Ruth Williams Opera House in San Francisco is the venue for a powerful night of reggae, roots and conscious sound as ReggaeTownMusic.com brings together an extraordinary lineup of artists rooted in culture, community and creative expression.
Bay View Archives
Welcome to the Bay View Archives! With a $20,000 grant from The San Francisco Foundation, we can finally formalize and publicize our trove of Black journalism from 1976 to 2008.
July 2019 marks 11 years from the date of the final weekly print edition of the Bay View News July 2, 2008. For our first archival series, we will be pulling articles focused on historical examples of Bay Area communities’ activism toward self-preservation and against the inaction of a rapidly gentrifying city. July 2008 was a perfect example of such movements. From the Quesada Kids Community Fruit Stand to the protests against the illegal eviction from Oakland’s California Hotel, Black activist communities in the Bay worked to create alternative modes of living and acting, forming environments centered around mutual empowerment and advocacy.
Air district votes to fine Lennar
“How can you trust a criminal to preside over their own trial? We already know that the people who are supposed to be watching out for the health and safety of the community are paid contractors with the Lennar Corp."
‘Master Developer’ is plantation mentality
We won’t stir up toxic dust as Lennar has that measurably poisons our children. We know the Shipyard is still not fit for human habitation. We’re not stupid.
Big victory for California Hotel tenants
“The tenants prevailed. There was no one from Oakland Community Housing appearing in court today to oppose the tenants’ needs or Judge Richard Keller’s ruling. This is a big victory for the people.”