Today on the show: Trump calls off or delays his San Francisco ICE invasion, but the Trump troops show up in Alameda, where they were met with hundreds of local resisters who showed up to hold the line. And we present our weekly edition of the news from the Electronic Intifada and Nora Barrows Friedman
In this Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Davey D sits down with educator and organizer Ty-Licia Hooker, executive director of The Children’s Education Project, to unpack Oakland’s literacy crisis and what it will take to fix it. Hooker traces the problem across generations—third-generation OUSD herself—recalling a sixth-grade class told they were “illiterate” and sent back to phonics. … Continued
How Blue States Can Defend Themselves Against the Divisive Partisan Warfare Trump is Waging Against Them We begin with the most divisive American president since the Civil War deliberately waging war on blue states who did not vote for him and punishing them by canceling government projects while invading and intimidating them with ICE thugs and … Continued
Onward from No Kings! “Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy” Caroline welcomes Sam Daley-Harris, that we all expand our repertoire of effective strategies, that Sam’s effective dedication may resonate and encourage our own… dedication to participatory democracy, author of Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizens’ Guide to Transformational Advocacy Sam Daley-Harris founded … Continued
Richard Powers discusses his latest novel, “Playground,” which focuses on Big Tech and AI and has just come out in trade paperback. Bebe Moore Campbell (1950-2006) in a newly digitized interview recorded in 2001 discusses racism and minority mental health and her novel, “What You Owe Me.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, on the Zoomer tech bros • Susannah Glickman on the new arms makers who want to disrupt the legacy prime contractors (NYRB article here)
Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina, a place that called her back at a time of loss and grief. She’s now living and working in New York City, ending a self-imposed break from songwriting and performing with her new album, A Rising Tide (interviewed by David Hunt).
What if there were a mechanism –a format– that kept novelty high, provided some assurance that the information being imparted was important (at least to someone), and that might tap into things we know perhaps a bit about? Wouldn’t that seem like a pretty great curiosity vehicle? PechaKucha it is! “The foundation that PechaKucha is … Continued
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On today’s show: International Court of Justice: As Occupying Power, Israel Must Allow U.N. Aid into Gaza Ex-U.S. Diplomat Robert Malley on Gaza Ceasefire & U.S. Double Standards on Israel “Fascism or Genocide” Author Ross Barkan on NYC Mayoral Race, Mamdani’s Rise, Socialism & More Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program … Continued
