Hard Knock Radio

MLK special w/ Marecus Goodloe

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We speak with author, scholar minister Marecus Goodloe about the influence and strategy Dr. King had used when engaging athletes and entertainers. To listen to the full interview click, HERE.


Womens Magazine

Womens Magazine – August 6, 2018

Kate Raphael talks with Leslie Cagan about the contribution of her long-time lover, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, to Jewish feminist and anti-racist scholarship and activism. Melanie, a founder and director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, professor and author of My Jewish Face and Other Stories, The Colors of Jews, and co-editor of The Tribe of … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with Medea Benjamin

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MEDEA BENJAMIN Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Medea Benjamin, one of America’s best-known and most effective  activists,co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, is the author of Drone Warfare and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S—Saudi Connection. In 2012 she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize,  and in … Continued


On today’s program we feature the voices of Patrisse Cullors and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. We offer the Hard Knock Liberation and Resistance pack that features Patrisse Cullors and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Van Jones, Rosa Clemente, and Ibram X. Kendi.   PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she … Continued


PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, public speaker, and an NAACP History Maker. In​ 2016, Patrisse received the Defender of the Dream Award from the AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee on Civil and Human Rights, the Revolution … Continued


Cognitive Disabilities

An informative program about the distinct disabilities of autism and cognitive disorders with two disability advocates. Austin Tam will discuss his observations and insights about cognitive disorders and disability in the Asian/Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community.  Tam attended the California Renters Power Assembly and helped organize the “Making the Invisible Visible” Disability Summit in Alameda … Continued


Womens Magazine

Storytelling as Activism

On November 30, three Oakland women were surprised with billboards celebrating their leadership in the movement to bring 100% renewable energy to 100% of people. The honorees are Jing Jing He, community organizer with Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Jodi Pincus, Executive Director of Rising Sun Energy Center, and Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO of … Continued