Hard Knock Radio

Honoring Ruchell “Cinque” Magee and ReImagine Fashion

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We speak with author/journalist Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Claude Marks the co-founder of Freedom Archives about the legacy of freedom fighter Ruchell “Cinque” Magee. Later we speak with Jeff Perlstein and Teju Adisa Farrar about Reimagine Fashion 2023 – the hub for fashion arts activations during Oakland Style week, an annual five-day series of events that celebrate … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

George Jackson and Black August

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we present, The Struggle Inside: The Murder of George Jackson, a program about the modern anti-prison movement, produced by The Freedom Archives. This year marks the 38th anniversary of Black August, first originated in the California prisons to honor fallen Freedom Fighters, George and Jonathan Jackson, Khatari Gaulden, James McClain, and William Christmas. Jonathan Jackson … Continued


with Bernadine Dohrn, former Professor of Law at Northwestern University Involved with the Weather Underground Organization, an American militant, radical left-wing organization founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan in 1969. The pair are life partners. In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a … Continued


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UpFront w/ Friday Host Marie Choi – ICE Detains Jo Nan Hui, Spirit of Vietnam is Stronger than US Bombs – May 1, 2015

On Tuesday, Jo Nan Hui’s supporters packed the courtroom once again for Jo’s sentencing hearing. Several weeks ago, Jo was convicted of child abduction for failing to file the correct paperwork before leaving the country with her baby five years ago. At the time, she was fleeing a domestic violence relationship and her visa had … Continued