Today on Hard Knock: Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, and Marxist intellectual, discusses Trump’s first 100 days. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, journalist, commentator and a Marxist intellectual. He is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College. In 2013–2014, he was the Edward Said … Continued


we bring you a keynote address featuring Rosa Clemente speaking at Mills College, Center For Socially Responsible Business Conference, 2017.  The speech is titled, “We Do Not Consent: Organizing Against Trumpism.” Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, political commentator, Hip Hop activist, and in 2008, she became the 1st Afro-Latina US Vice Presidential Candidate.   … Continued


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I Am Not Your Negro

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In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued


Acclaimed anti-racism author and educator Tim Wise spoke at a SURJ-sponsored benefit to raise funds for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and All of Us or None’s statewide mobilization to Sacramento on May 8th – “Quest for Democracy Advocacy Day.” Wise spoke on” The Great White Hoax: Racism, Divide-and-Conquer and the Politics of Trumpism“, … Continued


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Fist Up Film Festival and The Village Matters

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we speak with Eli and Khalil Jacobs- Fantauzzi about the Fist Up Film Festival. and we speak with Deborah Vaughn, the artistic director for Dimensions Dance Theater’s about The Village Matters, dance performance event.


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May Day

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We speak with two different community leaders about May Day and its importance for workers and immigrant communities.