Hard Knock Radio

Voter Suppression

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We speak with long time activist and political consultant Scott Goodstein about the work they are doing to engage artists in battle ground states. Later we hear from Mumia Abu Jamal talking about Julian Assange.


Hard Knock Radio

Ohio Voter Suppression | DACA

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We speak with Angela Woodson about the messy politics of voter suppression in Ohio and the 2020 Presidential Elections. Later we speak with local activist Layidua Salazar about Trump’s latest move around DACA and how it will impact the upcoming presidential election.  


Talkies

Voting 2020

Trump is moving to deny vote-by-mail, as more and more states institute it to prevent COVID-19 spread. This is not the only GOP suppress-the-vote tactic.  The Brennan Center gives us the heads-up. Hosted by Kris Welch.


Hard Knock Radio

In Conversation with Greg Palast

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Greg Palast talks about the PG&E blackout being a blackmail tactic and ongoing voter suppression throughout the U.S. Greg Palast has been called the “most important investigative reporter of our time — up there with Woodward and Bernstein” (The Guardian). In September 2016, before US Presidential Elections, Palast released his movie, The Best Democracy Money Can … Continued


Is Georgia’s Brian Kemp Disenfranchising 53,000 Voters to Swing His Race Against Stacey Abrams? Meet Desmond Meade, a Former Felon Trying to Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million Floridians; Ari Berman: Republicans in North Dakota Are Attempting to Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Voters; Trump Won in ’16 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author … Continued


Is Georgia’s Brian Kemp Disenfranchising 53,000 Voters to Swing His Race Against Stacey Abrams? Meet Desmond Meade, a Former Felon Trying to Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million Floridians; Ari Berman: Republicans in North Dakota Are Attempting to Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Voters; Trump Won in ’16 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author … Continued