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Fund Drive: Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter

On today’s program we hear from Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter. Last month she spoke at United Nations’ Confronting the Silence: Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against People of African Descent Worldwide convening. The event is organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the … Continued


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Race In The Post-Obama Era: The Politics and Aesthetics of Disruption and Change

For today’s fund drive program we’ll feature a talk recorded last month at Stanford University, titled Race In The Post Obama Era: The Politics and Aesthetics of Disruption and Change. Through the emergence of new social movements, race has vaulted back into the center of U.S. discourse, renewing questions about equality, freedom and culture. “Thinking … Continued


While the last stretch of negotiations talks continue in Paris over the draft text of the COP21 agreement to stop dangerous global warming. We decided here at Hard Knock to present to you the listening community of KPFA the new documentary film, This Changes Everything. An unsettling but ultimately encouraging documentary about global warming and … Continued


On today’s program, journalist, author and media entrepreneur David Talbot expores Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government. DAVID TALBOT, is the founder and former CEO of Salon.com, and was senior editor at Mother Jones magazine, plus features editor at the San Francisco Examiner. He has written for the New Yorker, … Continued