Today’s left generates an increasingly bold and resonant criticism of contemporary capitalism and the severely compromised everyday life that it produces. From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to the escalating climate justice and gender freedom demands and the movement against mass incarceration, state sanction terrorism to the restructuring of party politics, left critique … Continued
“I am with her – the only progressive woman in the race,” said Dr. Cornel West. West, the renowned scholar and Dr. Jill Stein, American physician, activist, and the Green Party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election spoke with Hard Knock’s host, Davey D about America’s predatory economy and … Continued
Race relations in America, black lives/blue lives—a great turmoil of tragic proportions. We speak with thoughtful observer/participants. PLUS: Phyllis Bennis on the Dems party platform and Israel. PLUS: the brilliant John Leguizamo with his new one-man show, Latin History for Morons. With host Kris Welch.
Robin Bradford discusses her play, Low Hanging Fruit, about four women veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, who are living in a homeless encampment on LA’s Skid Row. It’s playing now through July 30 at Z Below in San Francisco. Production company 3Girls Theatre is partnering with North Beach Citizens, Compass Family Services, San … Continued
Today we speak with Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed, a former gang leader turned community activist about the police murder of Alton Sterling caught on tape, in Baton Rouge Louisiana. We also hear from Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile — who was shot to death during a police traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, … Continued
We speak with Pedro Julio Serrano, a prominent LGBT and human rights activist, founder of Puerto Rico para Tod@s, and Senior Advisor to New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito about the massacre in Orlando. And we speak with organizers in Oakland, California about police accountability and the recall of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we speak with protesters about police accountability in the city of Oakland, California; community organizer Tur-ha discuss government accountability in the wake of the murder of Reggina Jefferies; and reality rap artist, Beeda Weeda discusses activism and his new single, Revolution.
On today’s edition of Hard Knock, we discuss the resignation of Oakland’s Chief of Police Sean Whent with Anti Police Terror Project organizer, Cat Brooks. We also speak with Khalid El-Hakim about the mobile Black History Museum he started in Detroit. He talks about some of the unique artifacts he has in his collection.
We speak with LGBTQ activist Chaney Turner about the slayings in Orlando as we pay tribute to the victims. Later we speak with Rashida Grenage, Pamela Drake and Reggie Lyles about police reform efforts in Oakland, California.
Echo Brown discusses her long-running one-woman show, Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters, playing at the Marsh Berkeley through June 18. Humor shot through with some very serious moments, Brown’s autobiographical show looks at the intersections of racism, colorism, sexism, poverty, dating and the Ivy League. Oh, and hipsterism, of course. Also on this show, … Continued
