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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Filmmaker Scott Noble of Metanoia-Films has just released the 4th part in the 6-part series called Plutocracy: Political Repression in the U.S.A. Income inequality has become a key hot button issue in the modern day political spectrum. While these economic and class divides seem more pronounced than ever before, the impressive 4 DVD documentary series … Continued
In this blistering memoir and expose, Varoufakis blows the lid off the world’s deep establishment, exposing what actually goes on behind the scenes through the corridors of real power. He offers a fascinatingly candid I-was-there account of his meetings with Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, and European leaders. He exposes the hypocrisies, power plays, and frustrated … Continued
This powerful and landmark documentary “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code” is a result of the collaborative efforts by Dakota filmmaker and Director Sheldon Wolfchild and Co-Producer (Shawnee, Lenape). The film, based on Newcomb’s thirty years of research, and his book Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. copyright … Continued
On today’s show we look at the new film, Healing Justice produced by World Trust in collaboration with Shakti Butler, Ph.D. Healing Justice, explores the causes and consequences of the current American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current … Continued
Today on Hard Knock we discuss Facebook’s new policy that bans individuals without proper identification. Facebook, in its new policy (reported last week) which is being publicly touted as a measure to stop Russian meddling in U.S. elections via social media, requires that all U.S. residents who purchase ads have a social security # and valid state … Continued
In today’s episode, host Davey D plays excerpts from Malcolm X’s speech on the Congo and his talk with James Baldwin regarding Muslims vs. Sit-ins. The Congo talk outlines Malcolm X’s belief on the Congo and US involvement there and the role that Blacks and Whites in the United States play in it all. The speech … Continued
Nomi Prins talks about her latest book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World. In this searing exposé, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Central banks and international institutions like the IMF have overstepped their … Continued
On today’s show we look at the new film, Healing Justice produced by World Trust in collaboration with Shakti Butler, Ph.D. Healing Justice, explores the causes and consequences of the current American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current … Continued
We speak with Cannabis advocates about the need to for more diversity and equity within the Cannabis Industry. We also discuss the Cannabis Equity Summit: A Community Event to Help Right the Wrongs of the “War on Drugs” Guests Include: Chaney Turner, the founder of Social Life Productions, an event promotion and production company. And … Continued
On today’s show, activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discusses are new book, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment.
