(HKR 04-24-25) On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Professor Tina Bell Wright. She is the author of 360 Degrees: A Blueprint to Black Self-Determination. The conversation provides a timely and urgent breakdown. It explains how communities can resist growing authoritarianism. Communities can do this by building power through cooperative […]
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Who Speaks for Oakland? Community Leaders Call Out MAGA Influence in Local Race
(HKR-04-14-25) As Oakland heads into a critical special election, Hard Knock Radio gathered a powerhouse panel of community voices—organizer and political strategist Pamela Drake, housing advocate Needa Bee, journalist Eric K. Arnold, and Pecolia Manigo of Oakland Rising Action—for a no-holds-barred breakdown of the city’s political crossroads. The Stakes: More Than Just a Mayoral Seat […]
Zahra Billoo on the Politics Behind Student Visa Revocations and Political Retaliation
By Davey D, Hard Knock Radio April 8 2025 In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, civil rights attorney and CAIR Bay Area Executive Director Zahra Billoo joined Davey D to address the alarming revocation of student visas across California and Nevada. The issue appears to target international students connected to pro-Palestinian advocacy. 53 […]
Tef Poe’s Political Songs Shakes Up St. Louis Mayoral Race
By Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook (HKR-April 7 2025)Tef Poe, the Ferguson activist and emcee, is under fire. His crime? Not violence. Not threats. Just verses. The controversy surrounds two songs released during a tense St. Louis mayoral race. In them, Tef criticized Cara Spencer, a corporate-backed challenger seeking to unseat the city’s first Black woman […]
Is the Green Party’s Butch Ware Destined to be Cali’s Next Governor?
(HKR-04-01-25) On a powerful episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Professor Butch Ware—hip hop artist, Green Party vice presidential candidate, human rights organizer, and gubernatorial hopeful—for a deep and wide-ranging conversation about culture, politics, resistance, and the dangerous crossroads we find ourselves in as a society. “The War Is in […]
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