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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.
On today’s program we present, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media have of marginalized the public through the dissemination of information, domestically and internationally. Noam Chomsky’s film, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
NOAM CHOMSKY speaking on, “Whither Palestine?” NOAM CHOMSKY is political theorist, activist, historian, social critic, and author of more than 100 books – and is internationally recognized as one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world. An unapologetic critic of US foreign policy, mainstream media, and capitalism, Chomsky’s most recent book is “Requiem … 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
with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Discusses his latest book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course … 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
On today’s program we feature the voices of Patrisse Cullors and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. We offer the Hard Knock Liberation and Resistance pack that features Patrisse Cullors and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Van Jones, Rosa Clemente, and Ibram X. Kendi. PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she … Continued
On today’s show we look at the film, The UnAmerican Struggle. The UnAmerican Struggle is a feature-length, documentary film that offers a new perspective on a very controversial subject. In 2016, some 62 million American voters elected a presidential candidate whose views were rooted in multiple forms of bigotry — racism, misogyny, sexism, and xenophobia. … Continued
Up next on KPFA, we’ll check out the film, No Gods No Masters: A History of Anarchism, a 3-part documentary series. The documentary explores the traditional ideas of Anarchism. For Anarchy is often used as a synonym for chaos and destruction – with anarchists seen as white kids with hoodies, bandanna covered faces, fomenting violence … Continued
PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, public speaker, and an NAACP History Maker. In 2016, Patrisse received the Defender of the Dream Award from the AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Civil and Human Rights, the Revolution … Continued
Daniel Ellsberg: The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness exposé of the dangers of Americas Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that lingers to this day. Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking firsthand account … Continued
