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.
Walter Turner, host of Africa today on KPFA speaks with Davey D about the legacy of Fidel Castro. Walter has been visited Cuba over 80 times bringing delegations there as a part of Global Exchange tours. Turner reflects on this moment as Fidel Castro is mourned in the streets of Cuba.
we speak with #FeedThePeople about the Homeless Crisis in America and later, activist and artist Zumbi of Zion 1 discusses displacement and the new album, Labyrinth.
Voices from Standing Rock, water protectors on the front-lines describe their commitment to protecting “Mother Earth” and the scared lands. Later Poor News Network provides looks at “UnThanksgiving” and Indigenous Resistance.
author and filmmaker Greg Palast explores the roots of voter suppression and how the GOP stole the 2016 Presidential Election.(Encore Broadcast) Greg Palast, is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative reporter for the BBC and the British newspaper, The Guardian. Like Michael Moore, he is also a documentary filmmaker. His new film, … Continued
author Tyson Amir talks about education, political activism and his new book, Black Boy Poems: An Account of Black Survival in America.
Hard Knock Radio, will broadcast live from the Impact Hub in downtown Oakland. Joining HKR’s host, Davey D will be George Galvis, the Executive Director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and other community activists. Our talk will center around NoDAPL, Standing Rock and Indigenous Resistance in the fight against corporate greed and empire. … Continued
author and filmmaker Greg Palast explores the roots of voter suppression and how the GOP stole the 2016 Presidential Election. Greg Palast, is a New York Times bestselling author and an investigative reporter for the BBC and the British newspaper, The Guardian. Like Michael Moore, he is also a documentary filmmaker. His new film, “The … Continued
with Raj Jayadev, director of Silicon Valley De-Bug, a lead organization in Santa Clara County pushing for bail reform and George Galvis, the director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice discusses standing with Standing Rock and the upcoming fundraiser to support Native Resistance in North Dakota. Raj Jayadev is the director of Silicon Valley … Continued
We speak with organizers about the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, the potential impact a Trump administration will have on various communities and organizing.
We cover protests in Oakland California, hear young people reflect on the meaning of a Trump presidency and later political prisoner “Shakaboona” Marshall examine whether the Democratic Party is to blame for a losing the 2016 election.
