We speak with Kassa Overall about Hip-Hop and Jazz music and his latest projects. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor. 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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.  


Hard Knock Radio

Abortion Rights and Angela Davis

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We speak with James Taylor Ph.D about the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Mississippi’s abortion case, a major challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. And later from the archives, a conversation between Professor Angela Davis and the University of Southern California’s Dr. Michele Turner at … Continued


We speak with local journalist, organizers and activists about the Oakland A’s once again threatening to leave if the city doesn’t approve new MLB stadium. Later we’ll hear A conversation between Professor Angela Davis and the University of Southern California’s Dr. Michele Turner at an event entitled Angela Davis: A Lifetime of Revolution. On Monday, February … Continued


A two-hour special featuring voices and music of resistance and revolution from the African American experience.  Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Jayne Cortez, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and David Murray will some those featured. Produced by Art Sato


On today’s program we speak with photographic artist Sheila Pree Bright about F213 Art Exhibit. And later we heard from Alice Walker and Angela Davis about the importance of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Both Walker and Davis spoke at the Bay Area release of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s America’s Favorite Pastime Vol. II in the Trilogy Murder Inc.     F213 … Continued


How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt; Venezuelan Foreign Minister: The U.S. Interferes in Latin American Politics Every Day, Every Hour; Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis; CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce U.S. Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela; Historian: Venezuela Is … Continued


How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt; Venezuelan Foreign Minister: The U.S. Interferes in Latin American Politics Every Day, Every Hour; Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis; CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce U.S. Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela; Historian: Venezuela Is … Continued