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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 pay tribute to political prisoner Hugo “Yogi” Pinell. On August 12th, Hugo Pinell, 71, was killed and 11 inmates were treated for stab wounds when fighting broke out at California State Prison-Sacramento. Pinell, in jail since 1965, had been serving three life sentences. And later Poor News Network explores the war … Continued
Former political prisoner and Black Panther/ BLA member Dhoruba Bin Wahad talks about the rise of police state.. Speech was given in August 2008 at National Hip Hop Political Convention
Davey D speaks with Aaron Harvey, a young man charged with unlawful gang involvement, using a provision in state law to charge purported gang members in conspiracy related to over a dozen murders by Lincoln Park gang members in 2013. Among them, Aaron Harvey and Brandon “Tiny Doo” Duncan — who have no criminal record … Continued
Davey D speaks to Ricky L. Jones, Chair, Pan-African Studies Department at the University of Louisville about the life of Julian Bond
Davey D speaks with organizer Cat Brooks and Talib Kweli.
On Wednesday, Hugo Pinell, 71, was killed and 11 inmates were treated for stab wounds when fighting broke out at California State Prison-Sacramento. Pinell, in jail since 1965, had been serving three life sentences. On today’s program we speak with long-time activist, journalist and former Black Panther member Kiilu Nyasha about the life and death … Continued
We discuss with Pastor Michael McBride the death of Mario Michael Martinez, a young man that died while in police custody. On July 15, less than 30 minutes after asking for help, Martinez suffered an asthma attack in his pod at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail. The failure of Santa Rita’s staff and officers to … Continued
Davey D reports on the one-year anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown from the state of Missouri. The Hard Knock Radio host speaks with Lumumba Bandele, Matt Nelson of Color of Change, hip-hop activist Jasiri X and academic/activist Jeff Chang about the ongoing state sanction violence against organizers, community members and protesters gathered in … Continued
This past Sunday marked exactly 365 days since Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown was shot, killed, and left on the road, in open view for four hours by local police. Up next on Hard Knock, Davey D reports from the city of Ferguson, Mo., where he spoke with organizers and community members in attendance … Continued
Davey D speak with American civil rights leader and the executive director of Color of Change, Rashad Robinson and Will Randolph a member of The Black Resurgents. Below watch a video of Will Randolph of the Black Resurgents
