We look at the meaning of July 4th with a rendition of Frederick Douglass’ speech WHAT, TO THE SLAVE, IS THE FOURTH OF JULY? read by Ossie Davis. Later we present a sermon from Rev Jeremiah Wright titled A More Perfect Union. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ … Continued
A View From Abroad as Biden Stands Between the Survival of Global Democracy and the Rule of Law and Dictatorship We begin on the fourth of July and go to London to speak with Sarah Churchwell, a Professor of American literature and humanities at the School of Advanced Study of the University of London. She is … Continued
“Speak to the Weary – a word that will rouse them” (Isaiah) Let’s all be De-bamboozling Accomplices/Dark o Moon US birthday. So it comes to all of us- To assume cultural narrative lead… To be good Citizens, agents of accountability as sine qua non for democracy… Earth Citizens…. Caroline welcomes these dedications in the human … Continued
Two Archive Interviews from 2004: Jonathan and Faye Kellerman discuss their one collaboration, “Double Homicide,” along with their careers, recorded October 28, 2004. Walter Mosley discusses the Easy Rawlins novel “Little Scarlett,” along with his thoughts on racism in America in the 1960s and at the turn of the 21st Century. Also, a review of “Lifespan of a Fact” at Aurora Theatre through July 21, 2024. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Greg King is an award-winning journalist and activist credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. He is the author of The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
We spend the hour with Robert Jones Jr, who recently retired his well-known social media handle Son of Baldwin. He discusses his debut novel, The Prophets, which is about two men who are in love, enslaved on the same Mississippi plantation. We talk about how the relationship between colonialism, Western imperialism, and christian hegemony built up … Continued
00:08 Vincent Bevins, formerly Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and southeast Asia correspondent for the Washington Post, both of which jobs gave him a front-row seat to recent social upheavals. His new book is If We Burn: the mass protest decade and the missing revolution.
On today’s show: “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century
