Hard Knock Radio – May 9, 2007
Pacifica’s Jerry Quickly reported from Iraq in the first days of the US invasion and the result was his film "Beats For Baghdad".

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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.
Pacifica’s Jerry Quickly reported from Iraq in the first days of the US invasion and the result was his film "Beats For Baghdad".
Weyland speaks with a panel of young people to discuss youth violence and solutions in dealing with it. Later in the show, we celebrate the 74th Birthday of the late, great, Godfather of Soul James Brown with a special Hard Knock Megamix.
Weland speaks with Eddy Zheng and Helen Zia, here to talk about the book "Other: An Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners’ Anthology".
Political commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal on “Viva May Day”. Coverage from today’s May Day protests in Oakland and Seattle.
We get a jump on Asian Pacific Islander Month which kicks off May 1st, as Weyland speaks with Film maker Justin Lin about his new movie "Finishing The Game". Later in the show, Anita Johnson speaks with an organizer for the International Workers Day Coalition, Organize the BAY and Wash-Tec to talk about the upcoming … Continued
Anita Johnson speaks with a member of the Malcolm X grassroots movement, Oakland Chapter, about the April 27th rally to protest the incarceration of the San Francisco 8. Also, some folks from the Youth Theatre Group, "Carmalized Talent" stop by to talk about their upcoming multimedia play "Decrypting the System".