On Wednesday (07-14-21) Oakland residents rallied outside the Oakland A’s headquarters in Jack London Square. They called on the As management and owner to honor the community agreements they asked folks to come up with around the building of a proposed ballpark at Howard Terminal. Folks held signs and chanted ‘Our Town Our Terms’. They […]
Culture
An Important Conversation About Abolition-Can We Achieve It and at What Cost?
We speak with a number of long-time activists and organizers including Dr Cesar Cruz, OG Rev (Harry Williams, Comrade Malik Washington of the SF Bayview, and Rogelio about the concept of Abolition. We clear up the common misconceptions held by many that abolition equals chaos and lawlessness. In fact, it’s anything but that. We dig […]
Black and Asian Solidarity in the Face of Hate…
We speak with Oakland city councilwoman Carroll Fife and long time activist Dr. Connie Wu about the recent uptick in crimes and attacks on the elderly in Chinatown. We talk about the divisive tactics used by Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf to pit Black and Asian communities against one another as she erroneously and disingenuously attributes […]
A Tribute to Baseball Legend Hank Aaron
We speak with long time sports journalist Dave Zirin of the Nation Magazine and The Edge of Sports about the sudden passing of baseball legend Hank Aaron. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player to ever take the field. Later in the show, Rosa Clemente speaks with poet Jessica CARE Moore about the […]
The Absence of Justice for Oscar Grant & The Short Film, “The Battle – Casual vs Saafir”
(HKR-01-12-21) We speak with Uncle Bobby (Cephus Johnson) who is the Uncle to Oscar Grant. We talk about the family’s attempt to get Alameda County district attorney Nancy O’Malley to charge officer, Anthony Pirone, in the murder of Oscar Grant III. During the initial trial, Pirone was spared prosecution because he promised to be a […]
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