Pam The Funkstress and Activist Naima Shalhoub
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We speak with Chris Rachel about this weekend’s benefit for Pam The Funkstress. Later Davey D speaks with musician and activist Naima Shalhoub.

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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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We speak with Chris Rachel about this weekend’s benefit for Pam The Funkstress. Later Davey D speaks with musician and activist Naima Shalhoub.
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Davey D speaks with Refa 1 and Duane Deterville of the Oakland Maroons about the new Black Panther mural they just completed in West Oakland. And later Davey we speak with Oakland City Council member Desley Brooks about the Oakland Police Department’s involvement with a recent ICE raid
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Journalist P Frank Williams speaks about new 2pac investigation.
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On today’s show we look at the genius and activism of author James Baldwin through the lens of Master filmmaker Raoul Peck via the film, I Am Not Your Negro. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It … Continued
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ThanksTaking Special: Exploring the origins of Thanksgiving and Poor News Network on America’s War on the Poor. photo credit by Thanksgiving Painting – Thanks Taking 2 by Tony B Conscious copyright @ Tony B Conscious
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We speak with long time Oakland activist Ed Howard about West Oakland’s rich history and his his new movie that chronicles it.
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author Paul Kivel talks about unlearning racism, white fragility and useful strategies for white people committed to racial justice. photo credit @youtube image
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We speak with Tommy Sheppard and Katlin Mcgaw about their new album for kids, we hear a throwback poem from Amiri Baraka and commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal about Roy Moore.
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We speak with pioneer Hip Hop dancers Faisal and Micaya about this weekend’s International Hip-Hop Dance Festival. Later we speak with Ren of True Skool about events happening in the Bay Area. image courtesy of SF International Hip Hop DanceFest copyright@ SF International Hip Hop DanceFest
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We speak with Pierre Labossiere, one of the most respected progressive voices on Haitian politics about the state of Haiti today, the possible termination of Temporary Protective Status, UN occupying forces, cholera epidemic and mass murders in Haiti. Pierre Labossiere has dedicated his entire adult life advocating for the working poor in Haiti. Through the Haiti … Continued