Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced a massive setbacks before he even departed for the Middle East when an explosion in a Gaza hospital killed hundreds … Continued


Today on the show: Officials at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, and UN sources say Israel carried out a deadly bombing that killed over 500 people, including many children. Israel opens a full court press to blame “Arabs.” Also Why is the Anti-defamation league, a self-proclaimed civil rights group, seem to show  a repeated bias against Arabs … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Israel Bombing Gaza

Davey speaks with Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, the executive director of the Middle East Children Alliance, about Israel bombing Gaza. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.


Join Renée Camila in conversation with Asian American herbalist, acupuncturist, and educator Erin Masako Wilkins about identity herbalism, traditional Asian energetics, and her personal story in weaving her Japanese heritage into her practice. During their discussion Erin draws from 13 years experience as a practitioner and shares formative plant stories from childhood. Erin is also the author of Asian American Herbalism: Traditional and Modern Healing … Continued


Against the Grain

The Technological and Ideological Tools of Occupation

Israel’s military power has been on display following Hamas’s attack and Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza. Israel is one of the world’s most important producers of military hardware and surveillance technology, honed in its occupation of Palestine, and exported around the globe to various brutal regimes. Antony Loewenstein traces the history of Israel’s military tech … Continued