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Grass is Greener – Fab 5 Freddy

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Davey D speaks with Hip Hop pioneer and filmmaker Fab 5 Freddy about the history of marijuana, the racist drug laws aimed at Jazz musicians and Blacks and his documentary Grass Is Greener


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Tent City Movie Discussion

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we talk with local activist and filmmakers about new movie in Oakland about homelessness.   guests: Brother Siswe, Sister Barshiba, Brother Adimu


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Malcolm X, Speaks!

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May 19th, marks the birthday of one of America’s most important voices, Malcolm X or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as he was known in the years prior to his death. Many years after the assassination of Malcolm X, “his voice, perspective still speaks truth to power. In many ways his analysis of America’s racial divide or … Continued


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In Conversation with Nick Estes

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NICK ESTES with ROXANNE DUNBAR ORTIZ Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock vs the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous … Continued


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In Conversation with Max Blumanthal

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KPFA Presents: MAX BLUMENTHAL WHEN: MAY 16, 2019 @ 7:30 PM WHERE: ST JOHN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2727 COLLEGE AVE, BERKELEY, CA   “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State   Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump” “Max Blumenthal has spent the last decade transforming himself into one of the most vital voices … Continued


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In Conversation with Joy DeGruy: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome

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In this episode, author Joy DeGruy is joined in conversation by CIIS Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Denise Boston to explore how trans-generational trauma and systems of oppression have influenced race relations in America today. Special thanks to CIIS, the California Institute of Integral Studies and the CIIS Public Programs Podcast for use of the Joy Degruy talk. To learn … Continued


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THE LONG SHADOW, the film.

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THE LONG SHADOW “If you want to know the true hidden history of the evil that slavery cast over America, and how it continues to this day, you must watch this movie.” Two filmmakers, both privileged Southerners haunted by their families slave-owning pasts, seek the hidden truth and the untold stories of how America-guided by … Continued


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Malcolm X Speaks!

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May 19th, marks the birthday of one of America’s most important voices, Malcolm X or Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as he was known in the years prior to his death. Many years after the assassination of Malcolm X, “his voice, perspective still speaks truth to power. In many ways his analysis of America’s racial divide or … Continued