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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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50:21

Palestine Post: Understanding Hamas w/ Rami Khouri

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/28

On this week’s Palestine Post, we speak with Rami Khouri, a Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut and a journalist and author with 50 years of experience covering the Middle East. He is also co-author of a brand new book called Understanding Hamas and why that Matters.— 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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Resistance in Residence Artist: Colette Ghunim

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/27

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 Mexican-Palestinian-American filmmaker Colette Ghunim, whose upcoming film titled

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Trump’s ‘War on Children’ w/ Eli Fowler

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/24

The impact of the second Trump Administration on our most marginalized communities is significant. Today, we explore the Trump Administration’s impact on children. We are joined by Eli Hager, a journalist who focuses on threats to federal social safety net programs as well as systems that lower-income families interact with at the state and local levels. Eli’s latest article for Pro Prublica is titled, “The Trump Administration’s War on Children.” Read that article here:

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29:51

Violence and Threats Against Abortion Providers w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/24

Today we discuss violent attacks and threats on reproductive freedom rights and how that shows up as violence in our communities, at clinics, and in the lives of abortion providers. We are joined by Melissa Fowler, the Chief Program Officer with the National Abortion Federation. Melissa also oversees the organization’s security team, and was involved in the National Abortion Federation’s 2024 Violence & Disruption Report report published this week. Read the report here:

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30:01

SCOTUS Poised to Rule Against LGBTQ Books in...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/23

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday, April 21st, in the case of Mahmoud v Taylor, a case in which a group of Maryland parents are using religious justifications to advocate that their children not be exposed to books that portray LGBTQ families in schools. We’ll speak with Sarah S. Brannen, the author and/or illustrator of two dozen children’s books, including “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding”, which is one of the books listed in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. We also speak with Sarah &

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23:02

DOGE Attacks Non-profits and Tries to Control Vera...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/23

The Trump Administration’s Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) has attacked the Vera Institute of Justice by cutting $5 million in federal funding and then to directly intervene in the work of that non-profit organization. We speak with Insha Rahman, the Vice President of Advocacy and Partnerships at the Vera Institute of Justice, which is an organization whose purpose is to research, test, and scale innovative solutions to end mass incarceration. — Subscribe to this podcast:

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54:34

‘Copaganda’: Police & Media Manipulate Perceptions of...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/22

‘Copaganda’ is propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment bureaucracy. Our guest today is Alec Karakatsanis, founder of Civil Rights Corps and author of the new book: Copaganda: How Police and

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Palestine Post: PYM’s Ongoing Organizing and Analysis...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/21

In this Palestine Post segment, we speak with Dina from the Palestinian Youth Movement about the latest news and developments on the ground in Palestine and in the global pro-Palestine movement.— 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: PYM’s Ongoing Organizing and Analysis w/ Dina appeared first on

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Palestine Post: Harvard in Trump Admin’s Crosshairs...

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2025/04/21

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Harvard law student and KPFA correspondent Ariel Boone as well as Dr Lara Jirmanus, a Palestinian-Lebanese-American physician and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School about Harvard’s targeting by the Trump Administration as well as its broader commitment to zionism — 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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Resistance in Residence Artist: Martin Lynch

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/20

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 playwright and theatre director as well as a leading advocate for the community arts

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42:02

Oakland Mayor, Council, and Measure A Election...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/17

Oakland had a special election this week. We spend today’s hour speaking about the results of the three items on the ballot: A new mayor, a new District 2 City Councilmember, and Measure A. We’ll speak with Nikki Fortunato-Bas, the Alameda County District 5 Supervisor and a former District 2 Oakland City Councilmember, as well as Chaney Turner, the Integrated Voter Engagement Director with Oakland Rising Action, and Saabir Lockett, the Deputy Director of Civic Engagement at EBASE and East Bay

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State Terror Round Up for the Week of April 14th, 2025

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2025/04/17

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don’t know its happening – then we can’t fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder we do a

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Jury Hung in FCI Dublin Prison Guard Sexual Assault...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/16

We turn our attention to the rape scandal and subsequent trials related to the closure of the federal women’s prison FCI Dublin. A number of guards at the prison have been charged and convicted for involvement in sexual assault against prisoners, and the last and final of those trials went to jury last week. The case has resulted in a surprising hung jury. Joining us to discuss is Lisa Fernandez, a veteran journalist working at KTVU Channel 2 in the Bay Area, who has been covering the sexual abuse

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37:21

Border Patrol Sued Over Violating Bakersfield...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/16

In January – just one day after Trump was certified as the next president by Congress, a massive Border Patrol raid took place in Bakersfiled, California. Seventy-eight migrant workers were detained under the guise of a crack down on criminals, but when the dust settled the data revealed that only one out of the 78 people detained had any criminal record. Joining us to discuss are Bree Bernwanger, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California and lead attorney on United Farm Workers

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Palestine Post w/ Phyllis Bennis & Samer Araabi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/14

On today’s episode of our weekly Monday segment, The Palestine Post, we’re joined by Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the author of a brand new book, Understanding Palestine & Israel. We’re also joined by Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center who also co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon.—- Subscribe to this podcast:

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Resistance in Residence Artist: Shaun Blaney

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/13

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 Northern Irish actor Shaun Blaney. Shaun portrays Gerry Conlan in the production of

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New Exhibit on Border and Immigration at Angel Island...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/10

A new exhibit at the Angel Island Immigration Station encourages visitors to consider the past and present of US border policy and border technology. The exhibit was curated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). We speak with Dave Maass, the Director of Investigations at the EFF.You can plan your visit to the exhibit here: https://www.aiisf.org/planyourvisit —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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Cops Use Artificial Panic to Buy Gear w/ Joey Scott

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2025/04/10

Police around the country have been using the panic around inflamed and artificial shoplifting fears to buy new equipment. We’re joined by Joey Scott, an LA-based investigative journalist and documentary photographer covering policing, surveillance, protests, prisons, and inequality, whose latest article on The Appeal is titled “Cops Used the Shoplifting Panic to Buy Tons of New Equipment.” Read his article here:

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ICE Uses Private Charter Jets for Deportations w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/10

In this episode we explore Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s contracts with private charter airlines used for deportations. We speak with McKenzie Funk, a journalist with ProPublica who focuses on the business of immigration enforcement. His latest piece is titled ‘Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time.”’ Read that piece here: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights —- Subscribe to this

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26:52

Oakland’s ‘Astroturf Network’ w/ Pecolia Manigo,...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/09

We turn our attention to what has been dubbed the ‘Oakland Astroturf Network’ and the billionaires funding Oakland’s more conservative political campaigns and recalls. Joining us to discuss are Pecolia Manigo, Executive Director of Oakland Rising Action; Jeremy Mack, the Executive Director of the Phoenix Project; and Chaney Turner, the Integrated Voter Engagement Director with Oakland Rising Action. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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