We speak with Rev Brittany Caine-Conley of Congregate C’ville about the organizing they did on the ground in Charlottesville, Va.. and the role white people should play moving forward
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.
Charlottesville Riots, Mistah Fab and Erk The Jerk
We speak w/ activist Neo-Nazi hunter Daryl Lamont Jenkins about what went down in Charlottesville, Va. We later talk w/ Bay Area artists Mistah Fab and Erk the KJerk about their new documentary.
Davey D speaks with Dr. Angelo Williams about the California Black Health Network. Description The California Black Health Network is hosting a series of town hall meeting to document the concerns of African Americans in this new era and political upheaval. Your contribution will result in a legislative guide that will promote issues that improve … Continued
We speak with historian Jamon Jordan about Detroit, the Rebellion of 1967 and the economic/political conditions that led up to the rebellion. Later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor. image courtesy of Blac Detroit @copyright Blac Detroit
Detroit and the Rebellion of 1967
We speak with historian Jamon Jordan about Detroit, the Rebellion of 1967 and the economic/political conditions that led up to the rebellion. image courtesy of BLAC Detroit @copyright BLAC Detroit
we speak with author, professor, musicologist Rickey Vincent about the intersection of music and politics and his upcoming conversation at MOAD.
We look back at a speech from Kwame Toure and a speech he gave about lessons learned from the 60’s.
today on Hard Knock we discuss Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” by Paul Hawken. Drawdown maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, … Continued
Policing is in crisis. The last decade has witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. It is not just noticeable in African American and other minority communities—where there have been a series of high-profile tragedies—but in towns and cities across the country. Racism—from … Continued
“Whistleblower at the CIA offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes world of U.S. intelligence. Melvin Goodman’s first-person account of the systematic manipulation of intelligence at the CIA underscores why whistleblowing is so important, and why the institutional obstacles to it are so intense. . . . At its core it’s an invaluable historical … Continued