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Summer Fund Drive Special Programming: The History of Black Women in The US

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We dig in the vault to uncover a conversation with Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross discussing their book, A Black Women’s History of the United States. Reaching from the year 1600 to the present day, A Black Women’s History of the United States – written by renowned authors and historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole … Continued


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Summer Fund Drive Special: Pastor Mike McBride and Dr. Cornel West

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We present two in-depth interviews with noted thinkers and radical visionaries Pastor Mike McBride and Dr. Cornel West. The speech by Pastor Mike McBride was given the day the DA in Louisville Kentucky announced the Grand Jury ruling around the Breanna Taylor case.  Pastor Mike was not only speaking about the case but talking directly … Continued


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Summer Fund Drive Special: Andrew Bacevich and Edwidge Danticat

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We present two in-depth conversations with noted thinkers Andrew Bacevich and Edwidge Danticat. Author and academic Andrew Bacevich presents a bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from the New York Times’ bestselling author of The Limits of Power and … Continued


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Summer Fund Drive Special: David Talbot and New Yorker journalist Margaret Talbot

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New York Times bestselling author David Talbot and New Yorker journalist Margaret Talbot illuminate “America’s second revolutionary generation” in this gripping history of one of the most dynamic eras of the twentieth century— brought to life through seven radical episodes that offer urgent lessons for today. The political landscape of the 1960’s and ‘70’s was … Continued


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Summer Fund Drive Special: Covid-19 and The Delta Variant

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We spoke with Dr. Noha Aboelata about Covid-19 virus, the effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant and the role of capitalism in a global pandemic. Noha Aboelata, MD, is founder and CEO both of Roots Community Health Center (Roots), a 501(c)3 community health center licensed by the state of California Department of … Continued


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Summer Fund Drive Special: In Conversation with Bobby Seale and John A. Powell

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For the first part of the program, Bobby Seale explodes the myth of the armed street gang promulgated by Ronald Reagan and J. Edgar Hoover. The Panthers were a group of professional, semi-professional, and college students who formed this anti-segregation, broad-spectrum civil rights movement whose legal use of arms Bobby would substitute for video cameras … Continued


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Oakland City Council Approves Modified Term Sheet for Oakland Athletics Stadium Deal and Bayard Rustin Discussing After the March

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We speak with local activists about the Oakland City Council on Tuesday approving terms for the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal ballpark. Later we present a rare recording of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin speaking at a New York Community Church on September 25, 1963. Bayard Rustin discusses organizing after the march and nonviolent action.


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Hard Knock Radio – July 19, 2021

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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.


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Immigration and Child Detention

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We speak with organizers Linda Morris and Stan Shikuma about the No Bliss in Child Detention: End All Detention Now! Rally (El Paso, Texas) ” More than a dozen immigrant rights organizations in Texas will hold a rally to end all child detention at Fort Bliss where 2,500 children are being held in inhumane conditions … Continued