we speak with organizers about #TheVillage in Oakland and the direct action involved in providing people shelter.
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 speak with organizers and protesters in San Francisco, protesting the Trump Inauguration. Later we speak with Alison Mata about the upcoming Women’s March happening in Oakland, California on Saturday.
President Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 federal inmates, the most in a single day by any president in U.S. history. Obama commuted the prison sentences of 153 people and pardoned 78 others, among the list of names was Oscar Lopez Rivera. He has been imprisoned since 1981. Today on Hard Knock, we speak … Continued
We speak with Makani Themba about “Surviving in the Trump Era.” She joins us from Washington DC, in preparation for the upcoming protests in DC.
We speak with Kali Akuno about the coming of Donald Trump and how to survive is fascist regime.
We listen to Dr King, direct action activist and MLK inspired music on the King Holiday.
Hard Knock Radio – January 13, 2017
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1 @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
we speak with Cat Brooks, a member of the ONYX Organizing Committee and the co-founder of the Anti Police–Terror Project (APTP) about Resist Fascism & Reclaim MLK – 120 Hours of Direct Action, in resistance to the fascist Trump agenda. This Monday, activists throughout the Bay Area will be holding a series of protests as … Continued
we speak with Reverend Harry Williams about his new book, Street Cred: A Hood Minister’s Guide To Urban Ministry and examine the effectiveness of the Black church in movement building in the 21st century. Later we speak with Sanyika Bryant, a member with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement about the push to grant Dr. Mutulu … Continued
We speak with Kyle Barry of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about Jeff Sessions Confirmation Hearings and we speak with writer Adam Mansbach about his new movie Barry, a look into the early life of U.S. President Barack Obama.