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We speak with author Safiya Umoja Noble about her book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.

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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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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 continue our discussion from yesterday with activists and organizers from all over the country about January 6th, 2021 and how we need to organize against fascism. 

Guests:

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson.

Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D. is a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and past chairperson of the Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She holds affiliate appointments in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies and Sociology.

David Keith Cobb is an American political activist who was the Green Party presidential candidate for the 2004 election. Cobb later became the campaign manager for fellow Green Jill Stein for her presidential run in 2016 .

Sara Kershnar is co-founder of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, a queer mom and anti-racist, anti-Zionist, queer liberation, transformative justice, harm reduction, prisoner solidarity thinker, writer & organizer.

Mel Figueroa is a Fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, Mel co-facilitates the Movement School for Revolutionaries, a political education & strategic planning initiative providing workshops on history, political theory, and skills training for activist and community groups, radical/progressive coalitions, and political organizations across the United States. She also serves on the steering committee of the Campus Antifascist Network, a national organization representing over two thousand students, faculty, and staff on hundreds of campus communities around the country, many of whom have been targeted for virulent campaigns of harassment, stalking, and intimidation for their opposition to the escalating antagonism and recruitment activity of fascist and white supremacist groups on school campuses.

Jerome Scott is with the League of Revolutionaries for a New America

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We speak with activists and organizers from all over the country about January 6th, 2021 and how we need to organize against fascism.

Guests:

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson.

Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D. is a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and past chairperson of the Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She holds affiliate appointments in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies and Sociology.

David Keith Cobb is an American political activist who was the Green Party presidential candidate for the 2004 election. Cobb later became the campaign manager for fellow Green Jill Stein for her presidential run in 2016 .

Sara Kershnar is co-founder of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, a queer mom and anti-racist, anti-Zionist, queer liberation, transformative justice, harm reduction, prisoner solidarity thinker, writer & organizer.

Mel Figueroa is a Fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, Mel co-facilitates the Movement School for Revolutionaries, a political education & strategic planning initiative providing workshops on history, political theory, and skills training for activist and community groups, radical/progressive coalitions, and political organizations across the United States. She also serves on the steering committee of the Campus Antifascist Network, a national organization representing over two thousand students, faculty, and staff on hundreds of campus communities around the country, many of whom have been targeted for virulent campaigns of harassment, stalking, and intimidation for their opposition to the escalating antagonism and recruitment activity of fascist and white supremacist groups on school campuses.

Jerome Scott is with the League of Revolutionaries for a New America

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We speak with outgoing executive director Regina Jackson and incoming director Selena Wilson about the significance of East Oakland Youth Development Center, leadership models, and the next steps for this historic organization. 

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This is a collage of music and voices of some of the people we lost in the past year.

The list goes as follows

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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 speak with Michele E. Lee about “Working The Roots” and later we speak with A Shomari Smith about his short film “The Battle – Casual x Saafir”, the legendary mid 90s rap battle between Saafir of Hobo Junction and Casual of Hieroglyphics.

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We continue are roundtable discussion of around a look back of 2021. We assembled journalists, activists, and organizers from all over the country to have an in-depth discussion about things that transpired in 2021 and what to expect in 2022.

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