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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. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
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Today on Hard Knock we discuss Facebook’s new policy that bans individuals without proper identification. Facebook, in its new policy (reported last week) which is being publicly touted as a measure to stop Russian meddling in U.S. elections via social media, requires that all U.S. residents who purchase ads have a social security # and valid state … Continued
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In today’s episode, host Davey D plays excerpts from Malcolm X’s speech on the Congo and his talk with James Baldwin regarding Muslims vs. Sit-ins. The Congo talk outlines Malcolm X’s belief on the Congo and US involvement there and the role that Blacks and Whites in the United States play in it all. The speech … Continued
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Nomi Prins talks about her latest book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World. In this searing exposé, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Central banks and international institutions like the IMF have overstepped their … Continued
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On today’s show we look at the new film, Healing Justice produced by World Trust in collaboration with Shakti Butler, Ph.D. Healing Justice, explores the causes and consequences of the current American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current … Continued
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We speak with Cannabis advocates about the need to for more diversity and equity within the Cannabis Industry. We also discuss the Cannabis Equity Summit: A Community Event to Help Right the Wrongs of the “War on Drugs” Guests Include: Chaney Turner, the founder of Social Life Productions, an event promotion and production company. And … Continued
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On today’s show, activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discusses are new book, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment.
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we discuss Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new book Murder Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, and Manifest Destiny: Dreaming of Empire. This book strives to set the record straight, to educate, to enlighten and to enliven the people against the corruptions of empire—corruptions that stretch from Columbus’s first steps on Hispaniola through yesterday’s murderous drone attack. The prevailing myth is that … Continued
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We speak with poet, playwright and activist Jessica Care Moore about Black Women Rock! and honoring women legends of the past. Greg Bridges and artist Ideeyah joined us for this insightful conversation.
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The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of thousands have been left homeless. … Continued
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Nomi Prins talks about her latest book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World. In this searing exposé, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Central banks and international institutions like the IMF have overstepped their … Continued
