On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with artist, musician and scholar Dani Cornejo to discuss his new album, Child of Exile, a deeply personal project shaped by family history, Indigenous identity, Oakland and the political power of Hip Hop. Created slowly over the course of a decade, the album survived multiple political eras … Continued
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.
“Sexual violence is not just an issue within the disability community — it’s a defining issue.” Margaux Sorenson “Historically the intersectionality of disability and race was overlooked by [both] the civil rights and disability movements.” Nancy Williams-Nettles What brings them to this understanding and what can we do in response? Hear presentations … Continued
Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2
First up, I sit down Kels Menchaca, an organizer with the DFW Support Committee to talk about the Prairieland case. With combined sentences of 562 years, the defendants represent the latest intensification in the US governments violent assault on free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to have zines, freedom to think, and more. We discuss … Continued
John Feffer (Foreign Policy in Focus) on international authoritarianism, Trump in Iran. grift. Khury Peterson-Smith (Institute for Policy Studies) on Gaza/Lebanon/Iran, Israeli hegemonic efforts. Bill Fletcher Jr. (stand4democracy.org) on race, capitalism, the missing anti-war movement. Devorah Major and Opal Palmer Adisa (Daughters of Yam) on up-coming performance (Thursday 30 July, 7 p.m BAM House, 1540 … Continued
More than a decade ago, residents of Oakland, California, first got wind of a plan to export coal from their city through a proposed bulk commodity export terminal. Initially, developers reassured residents that the facility wouldn’t export coal. But it soon became clear that wasn’t the case. Community members and environmental groups have been organizing … Continued
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff presents an analysis of how markets work, which parts of society they favor and serve, and which they discriminate against. He also unpacks why markets are NOT the same as capitalism, and where markets are NOT allowed to exist in the world today, including in the U.S. He … Continued
On today’s show: Headlines Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78 Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing “Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute”: Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups Christopher Nolan’s “The … Continued
00:08 — Sasha Schell, an investigative reporter who worked on a new report from UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center entitled Charting The Crackdown: the misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States 00:33 — Annie Waldman, a reporter at ProPublica covering health care, recently out with deep dive into one of … Continued
