From Havana to Jamaica: Freedom, Survival, and Solidarity

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Hard Knock Radio opens with Jamal Ibn Mumia, son of Mumia Abu-Jamal, reporting back from journalism conferences in Havana and recent stops on the Mumia Freedom Tour. He describes global concern over U.S. imperial reach and the surprise among delegates that political prisoners like Mumia Abu-Jamal and Imam Jamil Al-Amin remain incarcerated. Jamal praises Cuban resilience under the blockade, detailing shortages of basic medicine and the mutual aid he and comrades delivered. He calls for grassroots organizing, unity across movements, and a clear defense of press freedom. Listeners are urged to support ongoing work through FreedomFromFrameUp.org and to keep the spotlight on political prisoners whose cases symbolize broader attacks on dissent.

The hour closes with activist and poet Staceyann Chin, speaking from Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. She maps the island’s west side devastation and the losses at her rural project, Kindred on the Rock, where roofs, animal pens, and livestock were destroyed. With many communities still without power, water, or cell service, Chin underscores the practice of family and diaspora remittances that keeps people alive when official help lags. Mutual aid is necessary, she says, but so is accountability from corporations and billionaires who profit while the Global South absorbs climate damage. Her poem threads Octavia Butler’s warnings through today’s inequality, urging listeners not to consume disaster as spectacle but to act.

Together the conversations draw a straight line from political repression to climate crisis. The ask is simple and serious. Learn, organize, give, and show up. Support the Freedom Tour and political prisoners. Back Jamaican recovery efforts through Kindred on the Rock and trusted local groups. Solidarity is not a slogan. It is a practice.

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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