Today’s episode of The Final Straw Radio is preempted by a special, live call-in show discussing the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the presidential election, and Gaza. Mitch Jeserich from Letters & Politics hosts.
Gaza
Disability in Gaza – Pushing Limits – June 21, 2024
The war in Gaza has captured the attention of much of the world, and unfortunately, it seems there is no end in sight. The Pushing Limits gang realizes that these catastrophic events occurring most heavily impact the disability community – and worse yet, are creating new disabilities with each passing hour. On today’s program, we … Continued
A REPORT BACK FROM PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE W/ JOURNALIST JESSE STRAUSS
Davey D of Hard Knock Radio recently sat down with activist Jesse, producer of the popular KPFA radio show ‘Law and Disorder,’ to discuss his trip to Detroit for the ‘People’s Conference on Palestine.’ Their conversation covered a wide range of topics, including Jesse’s firsthand experiences, the ongoing devastation in Gaza, and the broader movement … Continued
International War Crime: Israeli Attack on Rafah
On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, hosted by Davey D, spoke with Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch a member of the Middle East Children’s Alliance about Israeli attack on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. On Sunday, Israel launched an airstrike on displaced civilians sheltering in tents that killed dozens of civilians. This massacre by Israeli forces … Continued
Addameer on Palestinian Prisoners + new TTRPG “Oceania 2084”
An interview with Talla Nasser of the Palestinian prisoner human rights organization, Addameer, about conditions in prisons in Palestine and then A-Radio Berlin’s conversation with Johan Eriksson about his table top role playing game based on Orwell’s “1984” entitled “Oceania 2084”.
We present the groundbreaking documentary The Occupation of the American mind : Israel’s public relations war in the United States. Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the … Continued
Protect Palestine and Poor News Network
Davey D speaks with Nancy Mansour about her humanitarian visit to Gaza. And later Poor News Network talks about 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.
U.S. higher education is in the grips of a new McCarthyism over criticisms of Israel. Sociologist William Robinson, himself the target of an unsuccessful campaign by the Anti-Defamation League, considers reports that the Israeli state is directly intervening to stoke repression on U.S. campuses and in U.S. society. He also discusses the political economic conjuncture … Continued
We speak with Professor Hatem Bazian about the constant attacks on Gaza by Israeli military forces. 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.
Film brings to us — with unparalleled rawness — what feels like the intimate experience of war. But how true is that visceral feeling? And how do the tension and excitement of war on screen ultimately affect our sympathy toward each other and our humanity? David Thomson, one of the greatest film historians of our … Continued