Davey D reports on the one-year anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown from the state of Missouri. The Hard Knock Radio host speaks with Lumumba Bandele, Matt Nelson of Color of Change, hip-hop activist Jasiri X and academic/activist Jeff Chang about the ongoing state sanction violence against organizers, community members and protesters gathered in … Continued
CISA-The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is a bill that won’t die. Privacy advocates say the latest version allows for widespread surveillance but holds private companies immune from lawsuits for sharing people’s private data. Lee Tien with the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses the latest version of the mass surveillance bill. The U.S. has now garnered support from Turkey in … Continued
Political Art and “All the World’s Futures”: Okwui Enwezor, First African Curator of Venice Biennale; “Freed But Not Free”: Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.
This past Sunday marked exactly 365 days since Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown was shot, killed, and left on the road, in open view for four hours by local police. Up next on Hard Knock, Davey D reports from the city of Ferguson, Mo., where he spoke with organizers and community members in attendance … Continued
No More Torture: World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Bans Role in National Security Interrogations; Art & Protests at the Venice Biennale Highlight Labor Conditions, Climate Change and Austerity; Art and Social Change: Creative Time Summit at Venice Biennale Features Artists and Democracy.
In the first hour The Great Debate with Robert Scheer, editor of truthdig.com, author of “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy”. In the second hour Kristina Rizga author of “Mission High: One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made … Continued
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Featuring music from Los Angeles 4-piece group Talk In Tongues who just recently dropped their debut album on Fairfax. Oakland, California’s Sugar Candy Mountain with their lovely psychedelic and harmonious sound. Brooklyn’s quintet Walking Shapes signed to No Shame, also a trio based out of Toronto, Ontario who call themselves Tearjerker. Musical project out of … Continued
This weekend marks the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. We talk with Tia Oso, who interrupted NetRoots Nation to remind that black lives matter. It’s the Berkeley Barb’s 50th anniversary–we’ll talk about journalism, then and now. PLUS: David Casarett, Md and professor of medicine, makes the case for the medical … Continued
Since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, many states have pushed changes to voter laws that raise disturbing connections to the past. On this week’s show, we’ll hear about hard fought battles for voting rights and the implications of new laws. Featuring: Reverend Tyrone Edwards, civil rights historian in Plaquemines Parish … Continued
Lead the Way Out of the Interrogation Room: Will American Psychological Assoc. End Role in Torture? James Risen: In Sharp Break from Past, APA Set to Vote on Barring Psychologists from Interrogations; Gitmo is a “Rights-Free Zone”: Dissident Psychologists Speak Out on APA Role in CIA-Pentagon Torture; First Republican Debate of 2016 Presidential Race Kicks … Continued
