4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
On today’s show we will examine how divisive rhetoric is affecting race relations in our country. We revisit a conversation featuring professor John. A Powell the author of Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build. John Powell’s ruminations for his talk are central ideas in his most recent book Racing … Continued
We speak with scholar Rickey Vincent about the legacy of Kwame Ture also known as Stokely Carmichael. Later we visit the vault to uncover various talks featuring Kwame Ture.
We talk to Melina Abdullah about the fight to make Ethnic Studies a requirement at CSU campuses. We hear an excerpt of a talk given by Ibram X Kendi and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal talks about the importance of Black August. Melina Abdullah is Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, … Continued
We hear sounds and speeches from Sunday’s action held at San Quentin prison. The organizers demanded that the state of California protect incarcerated people from the deadly covid-19 virus. The action is scheduled for August 2nd. Later we hear revolutionary icon Kwame Ture also known as Stokely Carmichael discuss the importance of Black Liberation.
We speak with community organizers Rachel Jackson and Lisa Danz about organizing essential workers to take action on August 1st. We also speak with organizers about the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin prison and the upcoming action to demand the state of California protect incarcerated people from the deadly covid-19 virus. The action is scheduled … Continued
Davey D brings us audio from today’s press conference held at The Way Christian Center in Berkeley Ca. Less than 12 hours after The Way Christian Center placed a Black Lives Matter banner, someone set fire to several trash cans positioned at the back of the church. The act of arson, damaged a portion of … Continued
We speak with Angela Woodson about the messy politics of voter suppression in Ohio and the 2020 Presidential Elections. Later we speak with local activist Layidua Salazar about Trump’s latest move around DACA and how it will impact the upcoming presidential election.
We speak with Mic Crenshaw about the standoff between Portland protesters and federal agents. And later we speak with Debbie Russell about the tragic shooting of Garret Foster in Austin Texas. Mic Crenshaw is an American recording artist, political activist, and educator living in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mic Crenshaw creates music and musical platforms that … Continued
We hear a number of people talk about the tragic shooting that took the life of Mario Woods 5 years ago in SF.
We speak with former Black Panther Ericka Huggins about the legacy of the Black Panther women, the BPP survival programs, and discuss the details of a mural going up in West Oakland to honor these women. Guests: Ericka Huggins, former Black Panther Party member; Jilchristina Vest, West Oaklander, and organizer of Women of The Black … Continued
