On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with community activist and journalist Jesse Strauss and longtime civil rights attorney Walter Riley to discuss their new book, Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley. The conversation explored Riley’s decades of movement work, the importance of preserving radical history, and the lessons today’s organizers … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – May 5, 2026

On totay’d briefing: Are Putin’s Days Numbered? We begin with the possibility that Putin’s days are numbered as he is forced to scale back next Saturday’s Victory Day celebration while shutting down the internet and Telegramm as the Russian people become more aware that the war is going badly and is getting close to home … Continued


Emiliano Lemus interviews Nicole Rose of Solidarity Apothecary about herbs to resist fascism. They discuss organizing strategies for connecting with plant medicines as our communities navigate ICE and police violence, prisoner support, protests, and more. We also chat about Nicole Rose’s book, Herbalism and State Violence: Practical Herbal Medicine for Surviving State Repression, available as … Continued


On today’s show,  Host Cat Brooks is in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi debunking the origins of authoritarianisms and the “great replacement theory” and how those ideas have become dominant political ideas in our time ushering in an antidemocratic age. Dr. Ibram X Kendi is a professor of history and the founding director of … Continued