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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.
On today’s program we speak with Greg Palast about the illusion or democracy and mass voter suppression of communities of color. 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
California voters come Nov. 8 will have to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions imaginable. The confusing array of public policy choices includes, the future of the death penalty, a criminal sentence measure aimed at cutting the state prison population by giving inmates a chance for earlier parole, a collection of new tough … Continued
California voters come Nov. 8 will have to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions imaginable. The confusing array of public policy choices includes, the future of the death penalty, a criminal sentence measure aimed at cutting the state prison population by giving inmates a chance for earlier parole, a collection of new tough … Continued
On today’s program, we hear excerpts from the incredible town hall put together by Colin Kaepernick dealing with police terror and knowing your rights.
On today’s show we speak with water protector, Dean Loves-War about Native American resistance in North Dakota.
We examine economic violence on the poor with Poor News Network.
On today’s show we look at Black Voter Engagement and Mass Incarceration. TI “Tip” Harris Town Hall at Impact Hub 6pm WHAT: A Town Hall On Black Voter Engagement and Mass Incarceration and Police Terrorism, Hosted By Grammy-Award winning rapper, actor and entrepreneur Tip T.I. Harris in partnership with Color Of Change PAC. WHEN: Friday, … Continued
We speak with Ryan Nicole about her current projects and her emergence as a political and cultural force in Oakland. And later we speak with Refa One about his exhibit at Joyce Gordan Gallery and the Black Panther 50th anniversary.
We check out some of the sights and sounds that took place over the weekend as the Black Panthers celebrated 50 years .
House Full of Black Women: The Meaning of Canaries, a sites-specific dance theater piece addressing issues of displacement, the well-being of Black women and girls and the continuing abuse and exploitation of sex trafficking in Oakland. We speak with director/choreographer, Amara Tabor Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang the theater director of the “episodes” House is … Continued
