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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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28:57

Oakland Interim Mayor Fires Most Staff w/ Brandon Harami

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/09

Earlier this week, Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced the firing of former Mayor Sheng Thao’s city hall staff, starting with the canning of Leigh Hanson over an allegedly problematic note-taking issue, and followed by the rest of the staff that had been hired by Sheng Thao. Joining us is Brandon Harami, one of the staffers who was fired this week, who has also experienced homophobic threats and harassment online which lead to a legal settlement, which is disregarded as null and void now

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Earth Doula w/ Queen Hollins

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/08

We spend today’s hour in conversation with elder queer Black Indigenous healer and the Founder and Director of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation (the Earthlodge), Queen Hollins, in conversation about her new book called Earth Doula. It’s an illustrated guide for Earth medicine, stewardship, and healing. At a time when so many have forgotten or been disconnected from sustaining life, Queen Hollins immerses us in Black Indigenous wisdom, practices, and rituals to grow resilience as a thriving

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Resistance in Residence Artist: Ben Noble

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/06

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 queer, disabled Australian actor, writer and creative producer Ben Noble. Ben Noble’s

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73:35

Contextualizing Angela Davis w/ Joy James

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/04/01

Black abolitionist philosopher Joy James joins us to discuss her book Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon.—- 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 Contextualizing Angela Davis w/ Joy James appeared first on KPFA.

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58:54

Venezuelan Migrants Trafficked from U.S. to El...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/27

Our return guest Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International talks about the Venezuelan migrants who are being detained by U.S. immigration enforcement and trafficked to Cecot Prison in El Salvador via Honduras.Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of the police killing of Steven Taylor. Cat Brooks chronicles that history on the State Terror Round Up. We also discuss the upcoming Walk to End All Hostilities on March 29 with organizers Minister King X Pyeface, Director of California Prison

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63:43

What’s at Stake in the Oakland Mayor’s Race?; Plus...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/26

We look at the key players influencing the Oakland Mayor’s race with Walter Riley, civil rights lawyer, activist and chair of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Then, as some cities move to restrict surveillance, law enforcement takes to the sky. Fixed wing aircraft can stay up in the air for hours at a time and are often used in tandem with high definition cameras, heat sensors and cell-site simulation technology by law enforcement agencies. Does this type of aerial surveillance pose a risk to civil

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63:38

Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith

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2025/03/24

On our weekly installment of The Palestine Post, we’re joined again by 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

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Resistance in Residence Artist: Duane Forrest

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/23

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 Toronto-based professional playwright, singer-songwriter and multimedia artist,

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26:44

Some CA Homeless Shelters Deadlier Than Jails w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/19

Non-profit newsroom CalMatters has uncovered scandals and abuses pushing California’s homeless population out of shelters, finding that some of the state’s emergency shelters are deadlier than jails. We’re joined by CalMatters journalist Lauren Hepler.Read the Lauren Hepler’s story here: https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/02/california-homeless-shelters-purgatory/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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26:47

Nine NY Prisoners Dead During Guard Wildcat Strike w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/19

In the past month, around 13,500 New York prison guards went on a wildcat strike. The New York Governor responded by sending National Guard troops to work as prison guards in the states prisons. Before prison guards ended their strike, reports of at least nine prisoners dying during the time of the strike hit the news. When the strike ended, 2,000 guards who remained on strike were fired by the state. We’re joined by Chris Gelardi, a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s

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56:20

Far-Right Extremism & White Supremacy w/ Mike German

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2025/03/18

Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right’s attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups such as environmentalists and Black Lives Matter. In 2005, for example, the FBI labeled eco-terrorists as the top domestic threat, despite not a single fatal attack in

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53:09

Palestine Post: Linda Sarsour & Samer Araabi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/17

On this week’s Palestine Post, we speak first with Linda Sarsour, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian Muslim American activist, author, and community organizer. Then, we’re joined by Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center who 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: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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28:08

Resistance in Residence Artist: Janesta Edmonds

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/16

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 Janesta Edmonds, a Black nonbinary multi-discplinary artist whose work includes

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20:36

Criminalization Not Solving SF’s Drug Dealing w/ Tim...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/14

In this episode, we go to San Francisco where the county’s Board of Supervisors are exploring three different competing responses to drug dealing in that city. We speak with the founder of 48 Hills and long-time political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years, Tim Redmond. Read Tim Redmond’s article here: https://48hills.org/2025/03/how-is-sf-going-to-approach-drug-dealing-there-are-very-different-proposals/ —- Subscribe to this

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State Terror Round Up for the Week of March 10th, 2025

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/14

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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19:58

ICE Disappears Pro-Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/13

Colombia University student Mahmoud Khalil is the first pro-Palestinain activist to be disappeared by the Trump administration; with the President making good on his promise to target people supportive of a free Palestine. Some folks in congress have piped up – but many have not. joining us to discuss is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation John Nichols. His latest article is titled, “14 House Dems Demanded Mahmoud Khalil’s Release. Where Are the Others?” Read the article here:

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Former Alameda Co DA Pamela Price Reflects Post-Recall

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/13

Pamela Prices became the first Black woman to be elected to the seat of Alameda County District Attorney, but before the ballots were even counted, a conservative block funded by billionaires and law enforcement agencies across the country, began planning a recall. That recall was successful. Joining us to discuss that recall as well as thoughts on the current sitting DA is former Alameda County District Attorney, Pamela Price. —- Subscribe to this

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Oakland Struggles with Measure C Funding w/ Clarissa...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/12

In 2020, Oakland voters voted to increase taxes in order to generate approximately $150 million annually for expanding access to early childhood education and care, but a lawsuit by the County Tax Payers Association has held up the funds. Now, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has tentatively approved the first disbursement. Joining us to discuss is Clarissa Doutherd, the Executive Director of Parent Voices Oakland. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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Carceral Apartheid w/ Brittany Friedman

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2025/03/11

What is the legacy of white supremacy and white supremacists in American prisons? How did the Black Power movement spur an evolution in the violence of the US carceral system and its agents. Those are some of the questions asked and answered by our guest today, Brittany Friedman, in her book Carceral Apartheid: How Lies & White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. Friedman is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California and the co-founder of the captive money

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44:51

Palestine Post w/ Samer Araabi & Rehab Nazzal

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/03/03

On today’s episode of our weekly Monday segment, The Palestine Post, we’re joined by Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center who co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon; as well as Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian artist and author who was born and raised in Jenin, joining live from Jenin in the occupied West Bank. She’s also the author of a book called Driving in Palestine. —- Subscribe to this podcast:

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