4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
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.
we speak with Cat Brooks, a member of the ONYX Organizing Committee and the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) about the 96 Hours of Direct Action, Non-Compliance Over King Day Weekend. The direct action, is an act of resistance in the face of domestic terrorism waged on America’s most marginalized communities.
Rosa Clemente speaks about the Golden Globes and the Me Too Movement. She also speaks on Puerto Rico. Later REN THE VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST, the curator of True Skool stops by to discuss upcoming events in the bay area. Image Credit @ RosaClemente.net
Iconic Speeches. We play an array of speeches from iconic figures, Immortal Technique, Fannie Lou Hammer and Sister Souljah. image credit @ Odyssey
On today’s show we discuss young people transforming the world through poetry. And later we discuss the new art exhibit, Game Recognize Game.
Kali Akuno speaks on technology and the 3rd Wave Technology
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We speak with Chris Chatmon, the Executive Director of the African American Male Achievement about African-American male achievement and state of education. And later we speak with singer Lizz Wright about her 5th studio album, Freedom & Surrender. Wright has re-emerged, after a long hiatus, with a renewed creative spark and a new kind of perspective … Continued
On today’s program we discuss the long-terms impacts of Temporary Protected Status or TPS for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been granted visas, living in the United States. Later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor. photo credit @ Center for American Progress
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we speak with artist Martin Grizzell about the historic coded messages behind his series of Quilts and Kimono’s titled LUSAKA. photo credit @ Hopkins Street Center | by Connecticut State Library.
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Iconic Speeches. We play an array of speeches from iconic figures, Immortal Technique, Fannie Lou Hammer and Sister Souljah. image credit @ Odyssey
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As the Trump administration continues to bombard US citizens with his vision of what will “Make America Great Again.” Across the nation, people of faith ARE ATTENDING services in search of sanctuary, solace, spiritual AND political guidance from their religious leaders. Up next, we will examine the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will explore … Continued
