Author Malik Wade discusses his new book, Pressure: From Fbi Fugitive to Freedom. Later Poor News Network discusses America’s War on the Poor.
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.
In Conversation with Yusef Salaam about the Central Park 5
Davey D speaks with Yusef Salaam of the Central Park 5
In Conversation with Christopher Mathias and Roger Guenveur Smith
Today on Hard Knock we talk with journalist Christopher Mathias about his recent Huffington Post article regarding white supremacists running for public office in coming elections around the country. We also speak with award winning actor and playwright Roger Guenveur Smith about his one man play “Frederick Douglas Now”.
Black Solidarity and The Alt Right
We speak with Field Marshall Tu’Hur Ak of the POCC about Black solidarity week and local police working w/ Noe Nazis and the Alt right.
Up next on Hard Knock, we present a conversation featuring Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson discussing his new book, Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi. The conversation took place this past Sunday and was organized and hosted by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) and Center for Political Education … Continued
On today’s show we speak with Verbena Lea, a volunteer with the Prisoner Hunger Strike Committee to End Sleep Deprivation in California Prisons. Today lawyers for two prisoners, Christopher Lipsey and Maher Suarez, argued against an attempt by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to dismiss civil rights cases brought on behalf of … Continued
we speak with professor A.D. Carson about Hip-Hop and how his thesis was a rap album. image credit @ aydeethegreat.com
We speak with long-time activist Nancy Pili Hernandez about the city of San Francisco’s political landscape and the ousting of London Breed. Later we speak with organizer Elisha Greenwell about the Black Joy Parade. photo credit @ Green Peace USA – image of nancy hernandez
We speak with local activists and advocates who are pushing to make sure local people in Oakland have a seat at the table for downtown development. Guests: Michael Low, organizer Eric K Arnold, spent 20 years as a music journalist and documentarian before expanding his repertoire to include community-based reportage on topical issues, from energy to environment … Continued
In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. Through deep reporting with key activists and thinkers, passionately personal writing, and distinguished cultural criticism, We Gon’ Be Alright links #BlackLivesMatter … Continued