On today’s edition of Hard Knock Radio, we speak with community leaders Chriaq and Edwin Lindo about mysterious fires in the Mission District of San Francisco in the wake of gentrification plaguing the city.
gentrification
We speak with activist Donald Lacy about the 5 to 3 vote on Tuesday to adopt a new city motto of “Love Life.” We also have sound/ testimony about Oakland City Council Freeze Rents for 90-Days and David Roach talks about the Oakland Int’l Film Festival happening this week.
Political commentator Mumia Abu-Jamal discusses the passing of political prisoner Mondo we Langa (formerly known as David Rice); we speak with Raw G about Natalia Lafourcade and their upcoming performance; and later we look at the E12th Council Shutdown protesting gentrification in Oakland.
Hard Knock caught up with the talented singer song writer, Daley who most defiantly has a bright future. He spoke with us about his look & his sound, moving from Manchester to London to peruse his career, & more. And later we examine the impacts of gentrification in Oakland Ca.
Forced Displacement in Oakland and Organizers disrupt the Super Bowl Dinner
We talk with folks at Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts about gentrification and the latest decision to remove mural, to make way for new development. Later we head to San Francisco, the scene of last night’s demonstrations protesting police brutality and the police murder of Mario Woods, a 26 year-old Bayview resident on Dec. … Continued
La Raza Chronicles – October 27, 2015
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Tonight’s program includes a conversation focused on restorative justice with a formerly incarcerated prisoner; the newest poem by Jorge Argueta about keeping the culture of Mission district alive in the face of evictions and gentrification, and he also discusses his newest children’s bilingual book, “Olita y Manyula, The Big Birthday/ El gran cumpleanos”; and a chance to win … Continued
Womens Magazine – June 29, 2015
Gentrification, policing and the creation of gay place-based communities: a conversation with Christina Hanhardt. Hanhardt is professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the author of Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence. Also: Women’s Empowerment Day at Hip Hop For Change’s Second Annual Independent Hip Hop Festival on … Continued
Womens Magazine – June 8, 2015
Host Lisa Dettmer talks to feminists Katha Pollitt and Meghan Murphy about the recent vote in Ireland to legalize same sex marriage. How is it that Ireland is now touted as in the vanguard of progressive politics after legalizing same sex marriage while abortion is still illegal in Ireland except when a women’s life is … Continued