Here’s what went down on Hard Knock Radio when we brought George Galvis, Dorsey Nunn, and Minister King X to the mic. We opened with the upcoming Oakland screening of The Alabama Solution, a searing documentary built with clandestine footage shot by people inside. George called it the most powerful prison expose he has seen, precisely because it lets those behind the walls tell the story themselves. He urged folks to pull up to Grand Lake Theater on Wednesday, November 12 at 6 pm. Tickets are free through CURYJ, with a popcorn and drink coupon to remove any barrier.
Dorsey grounded the conversation in lived history. He spoke on torture made invisible by remote prison locations, on the banning of books like George Jackson’s Blood in My Eye, and on how political education inside transformed his own life. He connected California hunger strikes, decades in solitary, and a lifetime commitment to restoring human and civil rights. The point was clear. The system thrives on punishment, not rehabilitation, and it works hard to keep the public from seeing that truth.
Minister King X carried that thread forward. As a younger organizer shaped by elders, he described solitary confinement, censorship, and the way newspapers like San Francisco Bay View helped build consciousness and unity. He linked the Free Alabama Movement’s call to end prison slavery with his own art and activism and outlined community based responses like Strategic Community Release Boards and liberation zones.
We also dug into culture and narrative. I noted how platforms monetize violent prison lore while suppressing advocacy. George answered that this is deliberate. Power fears unity and promotes division, just as Los Angeles authorities once erased “Crips, Bloods, and Essays United” graffiti and worked to break truces. The takeaway is bigger than one state. Prisons, detention centers, and even global zones of occupation are connected by a logic that prioritizes control over safety.
Info and free tickets: CURYJ dot org. See you Wednesday.
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.