Hard Knock Radio

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.

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Black Lives Matter Activists Go to Trial in Los Angeles and The federal civil trial, filed by Alex Nieto’s family against the four involved officers involved in his death

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The trial will begin on Monday, March 7, 2016, for seven activists, Povi-Tamu Bryant, Damon Turner, Jas Wade, Todd Harris, Rosa Clemente, Haewon Asfan, and Frederisha Dixon, who were given misdemeanor charges of obstructing a public street and refusing the lawful order of a peace officer. On the morning of November 26, 2014, a small … Continued

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Capitalism 101

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Today we bring you the six-part documentary series CAPITALISM, looks at both the history of ideas and the social forces that have shaped the capitalist world. CAPITALISM is an impressive series that makes economics accessible through an interdisciplinary approach that explores the work of great thinkers, while embedding economics in specific social, political, and historical … Continued

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In Conversation with Sharon Strand Ellison

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Today on the program we feature, Taking the War Out of Our Words With Powerful Non-Defensive Communication by Ellison, Sharon. Sharon Strand Ellison, the author of Taking the War Out of Our Words, is a pioneer in the field of eliminating defensiveness. An international communication consultant and award-winning speaker, Sharon is the Founder and Executive … Continued

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In Conversation with Lawrence Ross

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On today’s show we feature scholar Lawrence C. Ross, the author of Blackballed. Blackballed is an explosive, controversial, timely book that exposes one of America’s hidden secrets: our colleges have become hostile to African American students. The white fraternity and sorority system is described, with its deep traditions of racist parties, songs, and assaults on … Continued

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Paul Robeson

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As part of our continued acknowledgement of African Heritage during the month of February, we present to you, a portrait of excellence, Paul Robeson. Robeson was the epitome of the 20th-century Renaissance man. He was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and social activist. He starred in both stage and film versions of … Continued

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Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution

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Today Hard Knock presents the film THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION. The Black Panthers is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley … Continued

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Writing on The Wall by Mumia Abu Jamal

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Johanna Fernandez and Angela Davis discuss Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest book, Writing on The Wall. Together they explore his Black radical history and why Mumia’s voice is a threat to the state. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist, former Black Panther and one of the world’s most known political prisoners.