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Attorney William Kunstler discusses his involvement in Attica prison inmate defense, and the similarities of Attica to the Wounded Knee occupation.

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We speak with pioneer dancer Will Randolph of The Black Resurgents about the history of the dance group and the 50th memorial celebration.

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We speak with Hip-Hop artist / activist Deuce Eclipse about COVID, Immigration and his new single ‘Just My Sun’ produced by El Juanio, about the emotional turmoil of many who desire to be parents, but struggle with fertility issues.

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We speak with Professor Laura Briggs PhD about her new book, Taking Children: A History of American Terror an examination of the separation of children from their families has a long history in the United States. The book argues that for four hundred years the United States has taken children for political ends. Black children, Native children, Latinx children, and the children of the poor have all been seized from their kin and caregivers. As Laura Briggs’s sweeping narrative shows, the practice played out on the auction block, in the boarding schools designed to pacify the Native American population, in the foster care system used to put down the Black freedom movement, in the US’s anti-Communist coups in Central America, and in the moral panic about “crack babies.” In chilling detail we see how Central Americans were made into a population that could be stripped of their children and how every US administration beginning with Reagan has put children of immigrants and refugees in detention camps. Yet these tactics of terror have encountered opposition from every generation, and Briggs challenges us to stand and resist in this powerful corrective to American history.

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We speak with Sunspot Jonz about his new book, The Dentist and The Fire Breathing Dragon.

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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 David Roach about the 19th Oakland International Film Festival.

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We speak with members of the NBUF (National Black United Front) and MS Move about the ongoing ground work to help survivors of Hurricane Ida.

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We speak with hip hop activist Rodstarz about the impact of Hurricane Ida in New York City.

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We speak with two long-time reproduction rights activists about the new abortion laws in Texas.

Guests:

Layidua Salazar, the Program Associate at San Francisco Foundation

Aimee Arrambide, the executive director of AVOW, an abortion rights advocacy group.

photo: Pete Alexopoulos via Unsplash

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