Whistle Blowers and ICE Detention Centers
We speak with two women including whistle blower Dawn Wooten about the horrors experienced by immigrant women in detention centers and what steps we can take to correct things.
Hard Knock Radio
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.
For almost two weeks, young people in Nigeria have been protesting police violence after a video showing a brutal police shooting went viral. The protesters are demanding an end to the corrupt anti-robbery police squad known as SARS. In response to growing street protests and the targeting of police stations by demonstrators. On Tuesday, the … Continued
Presidential Debate; US Census; and Resist Police Brutality
We speak with Rev. Yearwood about the election season, the presidential debates and the census. Later we speak with George Galvis and Uncle Bobby about reopening the Oscar Grant case and the national day against police brutality.
This year has been one for the record books. A global pandemic and an epidemic of unwarranted mass killings of Black and Brown people by law enforcement. These two major “health crises” also exist on the heels of an upcoming election, with major stakes in the criminal justice system, gig worker economy, housing and more. Considering … Continued
We speak with Bakari Kitwana about politics and Hip-Hop. We also discuss the recent Political Education Summit. Later we hear from Michael Eric Dyson. PHOTO: Gabriel Barletta
Jared Ball Explores Ice Cube and Flaws in Our Political System
We speak with professor Jared Ball about the political backlash over Ice Cube’s decision to speak with the Trump administration about policy plans. We explore why the outrage is directed at Ice Cube and not the Democratic Party.
From the Facebook event description: Passed on from a long lineage of Oakland’s Black Radical Tradition, today’s movement leaders continue to reclaim power. Just as the Black Panther Party asserted bold demands focused on creating economic, social, and political power fifty years ago, we find ourselves in a pivotal moment for radical transformation, policy change … Continued
We speak with George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd about George’s legacy and the importance of voting. We also explore felon disenfranchisement and the political battle to restore the voting rights of 6 million people not eligible to vote because of laws that restrict people convicted of felonies from voting. We’ll meet criminal justice activists in … Continued
Intv w/ DJ Free Leonard on Indigenous People’s Day
We talk about the meaning of indigenous peoples day and the plight of political prisoner Leonard Peltier.
Co-founder of Black Lives Matter and political activist Alicia Garza discusses her latest book, The Purpose of Power. We also examine the Pence-Harris VP debate and the targeting of BLM by the US government.