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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.
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On today’s program we discussed the mass arrest of peaceful protesters in El Cajon, California at the site of last month’s fatal police shooting of Alfred Olango, a 38 year-old, Black, disabled man who was unarmed when shot and killed on September 27, in a confrontation with police in the parking lot of a shopping … Continued
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We speak with Yvonne Holt and Aya De Leon about Living the Next Economy Convergence, a collective of individuals, community organizations, and social entrepreneurs working to lift up socially just, ecologically sustainable economic solutions. Also we speak with Jennifer Lin, a spokesperson with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) about the push … Continued
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We talk to educator, activist Paul Flores about the Alex Nieto case. We continue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Black Panthers with a speech from Stokely Carmichael.
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A Live Radio Broadcast with D. Watkins, Hosted by Davey D.
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On today’s program we discuss the murder of Kayla Moore by Berkeley Police with Maria Moore, a member of the Justice for Kayla Moore Campaign. Later we hear from Baba Shaka about Silicon Valley’s Film Festival and his involvement in SNCC, as he looks back on the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. And … Continued
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Prisoners are on the front lines of wage slavery, where refusal to work while in prison results in inhumane retaliation and participating in slave labor contributes to the mechanisms of exploitation. Nation-wide prison pay for inmates starts at 15cents an hour. Which is $1.20 a day. Inmates throughout the country are being economically exploited for … Continued
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We hear from long-time activist Erika Huggins, a former Black Panther Party member and Cat Brooks, a key organizer with the Anti-Terror Police Project, discuss organizing, self-care, community protection, police brutality, being women in the movement and Black Lives Matter.
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We examine the contradictions of Columbus Day. Later we speak with community activist and artist Karega Bailey about his group Sol Development.
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged “by teachers, administrators, and the justice system “and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. In her new book, Morris shows how, despite obstacles, stigmas, … Continued
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The entire nation is reeling from one murder by police after another — #TerenceCrutcher #KeithScott #AlfredOlango Yet – in other jurisdictions across the country, we are seeing charges and repercussions for the murders of Black men. Meanwhile, in San Francisco – the people await and to receive justice for the murders of Góngora Pat’s, Alex … Continued
