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KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks

Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/

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Juneteenth Reflections w/ Annette Gordon Reed

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/20

Today is the national holiday of Juneteenth, and so we’ll spend the hour in conversation with Annette Gordon Reed, an author and Harvard professor from Texas, descending from slaves who were directly impacted by the actual events of Juneteenth. We’ll be talking about her book On Juneteenth, which is both an essential account and a stark reminder that the fight for equality under the law is exigent and ongoing.Explore the book

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East Bay Freedom Revival w/ Jenn Johns

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2025/06/18

Jenn Johns is an Oakland-raised, Los Angeles-based powerhouse, vocalist, songwriter, producer, activist, and entrepreneur who creates sounds, experiences, and products that are sure to stir your soul, inspire your mind and move your body. Jenn will be performing this Saturday at the upcoming East Bay Freedom Revival Weekend to Celebrate Self-Love, Justice & Collective Freedom, a four-day gathering in honor of Juneteenth, Summer Solstice & Pride in Oakland. Jenn’s latest album is called

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Fascism in America Today and Black Radical Organizing...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/18

We speak with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, a long-time activist who has worked in movements fighting for workers, reproductive justice, LGBTQUIA+ justice, environmental justice and more. She is the first Black woman to serve as Co-Executive Director of Highlander Research & Education Center and is a member of several leadership teams in the Movement for Black Lives.— Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials

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All This Safety Is Killing Us: w/ editors Ronica...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/17

We speak with Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez, editors of All This Safety Is Killing Us: Health and Justice Beyond Prisons, Police and Borders — Abolitionist Frameworks and Practices from Clinicians, Organizers and Incarcerated Activists– A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activists. The book exposes how marginalized communities are vilified by “carceral safety”

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Palestine Post: Palestinian Youth Movement Action

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2025/06/16

Laila is a Syrian-Palestinian law student and organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement: a transnational, grassroots organization of Palestinian and Arab youth in the diaspora fighting for justice and liberation. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Palestinian Youth Movement

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Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith

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2025/06/16

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith appeared first on KPFA.

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Resistance in Residence: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/15

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is author Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Check out Maggie Tokuda Halls’s website:

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George Galvis from CURYJ on Anti-ICE Action

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2025/06/12

We speak with George Galvis, Co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, about the local anti-ICE uprisings in the Bay Area and how Oakland communities are impacted by immigration enforcement and detention. __ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post George Galvis from CURYJ on

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W. Kamau Bell on Trump’s Arts Cuts

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/12

In this episode, we’ll discuss the Trump Administration’s cuts to arts funding and those cuts’ impact on communities, as well as reactions to the ongoing national uprising against ICE detentions. We’re joined by W. Kamau Bell, a stand-up comic, commentator, performer and former host of CNN’s United Shades of America. He is kicking off his Who’s With Me comedy tour at the Berkeley Rep next week. Support Kamau’s new show at the Berkeley Rep https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/who-s-with-me/ __ Subscribe

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SF’s Fight Against ICE Raids w/ Joe Rivano Barros

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2025/06/11

Joe Rivano Barros is a reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who has been covering the anti-ICE protests in San Francisco this week. Check out his reporting at Mission Local https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/video-ice-agents-arrest-people-outside-s-f-courthouse/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials

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LA Anti-ICE Uprising w/ Dr. Melina Abdullah

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2025/06/11

Dr. Melina Abdullah in conversation with Cat Brooks about the ongoing resistance in Los Angeles to the Trump Administration’s ICE raid’s this week. Dr. Abdullah is a professor and the chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Check out the BLM Grassroots website at https://blmgrassroots.org/ __ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get

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Beyond Limits: Understanding Third Trimester Abortion...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/10

As we face a government that is active in its efforts to remove people’s ability to make decisions about what happens in their own bodies, Dr. Shelley Sella challenges even the framework that imposing any limits on abortion access means that we are not truly providing the room to choose. Sella is a board certified OB GYN and the first woman to openly practice third trimester abortion care in the U.S

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New Report Shows African Displacement Crises...

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2025/06/09

Cameroon sits on top of a new list of most neglected displacement crises in the world. In this episode, we turn our attention to the annual report that accounts for this neglect, led by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). We’ll discuss what those primary crises are and how they’ve been neglected politically, economically, and by the press. We’re joined to discuss the report and its findings by Laila Matar, the Communications Director of NRC, an independent humanitarian aid organization working to

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Palestine Post: Gaza Flotilla Captured by Israeli...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/09

As Israel has continued its attacks on starving Palestinians who are seeking aid in Gaza, the humanitarian aid flotilla that had been set to arrive from its journey across the Mediterranean sea bringing a small amount of basic support was captured early this morning by Israeli state piracy forces. The 12 humanitarian activists aboard that vessel from all around the world were kidnapped and brought as hostages to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Well over 600 days, now, of the zionist war of ethnic

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Resistance in Residence Artist: Nikkolas Smith

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/08

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world.Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is children’s book creator, artivist, and Hollywood film illustrator and concept

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Sudan’s Civil War Continues as Famine and Cholera...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/05

Two years ago, a fragile but hopeful peace in Sudan was broken when the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which are both arms of the Sudanese state – went to war with each other. In the fighting since, more than 150,000 people have been killed and 13 million of a total of a 51 million person population, have been displaced. Famine is currently significant. And there are renewed reports of cholera tearing through the region, which has led to corpses rotting in the nile

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Abolition in the Classroom: Reflections on...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/06/05

In this episode, we listen to a short story from Alexandrea Henry, reflecting on how carcerality is integrated not only in schools broadly, but even within the 1st grade classroom that she taught. Law & Disorder reached out to Alexandrea to request her contribution after seeing it first published in the recent pilot issue of the renewed Abolition Journal, produced by Philadelphia’s W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction, which is a political education organization for aspiring

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Oakland’s Non-police Emergency Response Program...

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2025/06/02

Oakland’s non-police emergency response program, MACRO, is looking head-on at a budget shortfall, at the same time that it’s experiencing renewed political attacks. We’re joined this morning by Elliott Jones, the MACRO program coordinator, to discuss the state of the program, how it’s been performing, and the challenges ahead. To seek support from MACRO, call 510-44-MACRO (510-446-2276). For more info, check out their website:

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Palestine Post: Israel Publicly & Intentionally...

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2025/06/02

As Israel flexed it’s ability to publicly intentionally starve Palestinians in Gaza, this past week marked more than 600 days of the zionist war of ethnic cleansing. Joining us to discuss the latest news and analysis of that violence, is Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). Samer also co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch:

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5 Years Since George Floyd w/ Mary Moriarty, Melina...

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2025/05/27

On today’s show, we spend the hour looking back at the five years of abolitionist and community organizing since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020.First, we speak with Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney. Hennepin County’s most known city is Minneapolis. Then, we’re joined by Melina Abdullah, a professor and the chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of

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