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We talk with scholar Kwadro Deterville about the life and legacy of Nichelle Nichols, who was best known for her role as lieutenant Uhura on the sci-fi show Star Trek.

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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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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Today we present the documentary film, Theaters of War. If you’ve seen Top Gun or Transformers, you may have wondered: Does all of that military machinery on screen come with strings attached? Does the military actually get a crack at the script? Theaters of War digs deep into a vast new trove of recently released internal government documents to bring the answers to these questions into sharp focus. Traveling across America, filmmaker and media scholar Roger Stahl engages an array of other researchers, bewildered veterans, PR insiders, and industry producers willing to talk. In unsettling and riveting detail, he discovers how the military and CIA have pushed official narratives while systematically scrubbing scripts of war crimes, corruption, racism, sexual assault, coups, assassinations, and torture. From The Longest Day to Lone Survivor, Iron Man to Iron Chef, and James Bond to Jack Ryan, Theaters of War uncovers an alternative “cinematic universe” that stands as one of the great Pentagon PR coups of our time. As these activities gain new public scrutiny, new questions arise: How have they managed to fly under the radar for so long? And where do we go from here?

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Today we present the documentary film, Requiem for the American Dream. In Requiem for the American Dream Noam Chomsky, widely recognized as the most influential intellectual alive, makes plain the principles perpetuating the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few.

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We present the documentary film, Healing From Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation. Parents need to know that Healing from Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation is a documentary about the rise of the alt-right movement and Life After Hate, a group that tries to help members of White supremacy groups exit them. Many crimes and terrorist acts connected to hate groups are described, some graphically. Disturbing images include a firefighter carrying a dead, bloody child and a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers on 9/11. There’s also footage of protests, with people yelling, shoving, and hitting each other; a black-and-white photo of Black people hanging from trees in a KKK lynching; and news footage about mass shootings in Wisconsin, South Carolina, New Zealand, and more. Photography shows skinheads giving Nazi salutes, many racist tattoos, Confederate flags, swastika tattoos, and graffiti. Former hate group members are honest about their past violence and crimes but don’t describe the actions in detail — though viewers will hear a repeated story about a murderer who brags about killing an Ethiopian man, Mulugeta Seraw, with a baseball bat. They’re clearly remorseful and are trying to do better. The film underlines the connection between childhood trauma and the appeal of hate groups, as well as the role of drugs and alcohol (a man whose hands are damaged from injecting methamphetamine is shown). Cursing isn’t frequent but includes “f–k” and “s–t,” as well as some racist language. Ultimately, messages of compassion and teamwork dominate: Life After Hate works earnestly and at length to understand those who hate, and its members hope to use empathy to convince White supremacists to adopt new views.

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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, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.

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We present Building a Future of Black and Asian Coalition. The past couple years has brought to the forefront discrimination and violence against America’s Black and Asian communities. The George Floyd killing ignited a social and political upheaval that is still working through the country; and the COVID-19 pandemic spawned numerous violent attacks on Asian Americans. How can these two communities support themselves and each other? How can they deal with issues of mistrust or prejudice among their own members?  And what can they accomplish when they join forces to create a better society for all?

Panelists includes Renard Monroe, founder and executive director of Youth 1st, a year-round after-school and summer program located in San Francisco’s District 11, and president and a founding member of Invest Black, a community collaboration of Black-led organizations and supporters; Jon Osaki, who since 1996 has served as executive director of the Japanese Community Youth Council, one of San Francisco’s most successful youth organizations, annually serving more than 6,000 children and youth from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds; Shakirah Simley, a writer, seasoned organizer and community development and policy strategist with more than 15 years experience in social justice, gender and racial equity efforts who is the executive director of the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, on of San Francisco’s oldest Black-led and -serving community organizations; and Sarah Wan, executive director of the Community Youth Center and a member of Mayor London Breed’s Commission on the Environment and the co-chair for API Council.

Co-moderators will be Derick Brown, senior director for the Leo T. McCarthy Center at the University of San Francisco, where he works to continue and enhance the tradition of inspiring USF students to serve others and pursue successful careers in public service; and Michelle Meow, the longtime producer and host of “The Michelle Meow Show” and a member of The Commonwealth Club’s Board of Governors.

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We present Keith Boykin discussing The Politics of A Darkening America.

After the events that took place over the course of 2020, America remains more divided than ever. When faced with a global health crisis and widespread cries for racial justice, leadership crumbled and the Republican Party suffered defeat in the 2020 election. According to Keith Boykin, Republican leaders have responded with inciting white Americans in a last-ditch race against time to stop the rise of a new majority.

Keith Boykin, CNN political commentator and New York Times best-selling author, has been at the center of this broader conversation of race and politics for three decades. He has seen America fail time and time again from its negligence in making a long-overdue reckoning with a shameful history of racialized violence.

His new book Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America discusses what he says is the dwindling white majority’s resentment toward the emerging multiracial tide; this animosity toward change and social progress has created a political stalemate initiated by the GOP. He argues that now is the time to make substantial steps toward justice not just by making Black lives matter but by making Black lives equal.

Join Keith Boykin in a conversation about race, politics and the fight for equality at the Commonwealth Club.

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