We took with Aya de Leon talks about her new book The Boss and the importance of Street Literature.
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.
We talk with local activists and farmers about food sustainability.
Liberation Theology
As the Trump administration continues to bombard US citizens with his vision of what will “Make America Great Again.” Across the nation, people of faith are attending services in search of sanctuary, solace, spiritual and political guidance from their religious leaders. Up next, we will examine the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will explore … Continued
Skyline Theater and Poor News Network
we speak with Awele Makeba and Skyline High School students about saving the arts in schools. And later Poor News Network explores America’s War on The Poor.
Davey D and Vylma V speak with Oscar Lopez Rivera in the KPFA studios. Lopez Rivera was incarcerated for 35 years for his role in fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence. President Barack Obama commuted López Rivera’s sentence and he was released from prison on May 17, 2017, after 35 years in prison. A Welcome to … Continued
we bring you a keynote address featuring Rosa Clemente speaking at Mills College, Center For Socially Responsible Business Conference, 2017. The speech is titled, “We Do Not Consent: Organizing Against Trumpism.” Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, political commentator, Hip Hop activist, and in 2008, she became the 1st Afro-Latina US Vice Presidential Candidate. image … Continued
Memorial Day Reflection
We present a musical and spoken word reflection about Memorial Day and the fight for freedom by Black people.
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America Is an eye-opening, landmark history of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Native Americans across America, from the time of the conquistadores to the Early 20th century. The Other Slavery is a key missing chapter of American history. Reséndez offers a startling contemporary … Continued
Independent journalists Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, and Michael Moore expose government lies and corporate deception, inspired by the legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone.