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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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15:11

Justice for Steven Taylor w/ Addie Kitchen

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/09/11

Addie Kitchen is the grandmother of Steven Taylor, the man fatally shot by a now-retired San Leandro police officer in a Walmart in April 2020, and she has since emerged as a leading advocate seeking justice and accountability in his case. The Anti Police-Terror Project is calling on the community to come out in support of Grandma Addie. Officer Jason Fletcher, who killed Taylor, was charged by then–District Attorney Nancy O’Malley under a new law that made it harder for police to claim they

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12:54

Stop Executions with Sister Helen Prejean

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/09/11

Sister Helen Prejean, longtime Catholic nun and death penalty abolitionist, has urged Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of all death row prisoners in the state. The appeal comes six years after Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and nearly twenty years since California last carried one out. The appeal also comes on the heels of the 25th anniversy of the opera adaptation of Dead Man Walking, based on Prejean’s book recounting her work with death row inmates, performing now at the

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16:31

20 Years After Katrina w/ Coastal Restoration Expert...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/09/10

Hurricane Katrina taught us that coastal restoration is not just an environmental issue but a matter of public safety, equity, and resilience. The storm revealed how decades of wetland loss, oil and gas canal dredging, and weakened levee systems left communitie — especially poor and Black neighborhoods — dangerously exposed. Since then, restoration efforts in Louisiana have emphasized rebuilding wetlands and barrier islands as natural buffers, integrating them with stronger levees and surge barriers

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24:39

20 years after Katrina w/ Capital B’s Adam Mahoney

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2025/09/10

The tragic story of Michelle McCullum, a young mother who killed herself and her two children a decade after Hurricane Katrina, illustrates the deep and lasting toll the storm took on New Orleans’ Black communities. McCullum, who grew up in the Treme neighborhood, faced cascading challenges in a city reshaped by demographic shifts, job losses, and a weakened social safety net. She became emblematic of how systemic disinvestment, displacement, and inadequate mental health care compounded the trauma

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50:18

What’s Happening in Chicago? w/ Chairman Fred Hampton...

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2025/09/09

Donald Trump is once again leaning into strongman tactics, sharing a social media meme over the weekend that threatened to “wage war” on Chicago. The post, part of his broader crackdown rhetoric on Democratic-led cities, is mobilizing communities to fight back. In this episode, we speak with Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., a Chicago-based community organizer, activist, and son of the Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton and Aislinn Pulley, co-executive director of the Chicago Torture Justice Center.

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15:02

Palestine Post w/ Lulu Hammad from Yalla Indivisible

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2025/09/09

On this episode of Palestine Post, we speak with Lulu Hammad, a Palestinian American lawyer, human rights activist, and community organizer. She is the co-founder of Yalla Indivisible, a grassroots organization that centers Palestinian voices and promotes civic engagement and empowerment of BIPOC communities. She is also the co-founder of SoCal Uprising, a grassroots intersectional coalition fighting against oppression and fascism.— Subscribe to this

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28:27

Palestine Post w/ Tariq Habash from A New Policy

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2025/09/09

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Tariq Habash, co-founder of A New Policy. He resigned from the U.S. Department of Education in January, 2024 due to the Biden Administration’s policy on Gaza and its unrestricted support for Israel’s aggression against Palestinians. He recently contributed an article for Newsweek – The Blueprint for ICE’s Future Is Being Drawn in the West Bank — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow

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8:27

Palestinian Activists Demand Oakland Halt Military...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/09/04

In Nothern California, Palestinian activists are calling on Oakland officials to halt military cargo shipments through the city’s airport to Israel, saying the shipments have supported Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. We’ll speak with Dina, a Bay Area native and organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement who released this report last week. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6892773634f0fe2a947a7f89/t/68af2b618b32ba25e7b347c1/1756326157524/report — Subscribe to this

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16:32

Labor 4 Palestine Rally & Teach-In: Activists, Union...

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2025/09/04

We speak with actor and activist Casey Adler, John Parker, co-founder of the Harriet Tubman Center, and Lulu Hammond, co-founder of SoCal Uprising. Together, they are organizing Labor 4 Palestine: An Arms Embargo Rally and Teach-In Series, happening Saturday, September 6 at 11:00 a.m. at Downtown Los Angeles City Hall. The event will bring together workers, activists, and community members to demand an end to U.S. support for the war on Gaza. Featured speakers include Chris Smalls, the Amazon Labor

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24:41

Resistence in Residence w/ Alie Jones

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2025/09/02

Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Alie Jones. Alie Jones is a writer, artist, and Creole mermaid. She is the author of Saltwater Moonshine, a poetry collection that honors her matrilineal Creole heritage through poetry, music, and reflections of love. Alie is passionate about centering our breath work as sacred and hopes to build a legacy of awareness and expression.She is the Director and Co-founder of Black Freighter Press, a revolutionary press committed to the exploration of

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17:08

Split-Jury Verdicts: A Life Sentence of Injustice w/...

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2025/08/28

We also speak with Louisiana-based investgative journalist Richard Webster, senior reporter for Verite news, previously with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. His most recent article is “An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There” which sheds light on split-jury convictions in the state of Louisiana. You can read his article here https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-prison-split-jury-landry-law-lloyd-gray— Subscribe to this

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18:07

2,123 lives: Inside the stats and stories of those...

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2025/08/28

Since May 27, 2025, Mission Local has reported on dozens of ICE arrests in San Francisco. Yet federal data shows the number of detentions is much higher across the broader “San Francisco Area of Responsibility,” which includes Northern California, Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The vast majority—about 87 percent—of those arrests occurred in California. We speak with two Mission Local reporters, data reporter Kelly Waldron and investigative reporter Frankie Solinsky Duryea

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19:00

Oakland’s Community Response and Readiness Plan for...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/27

After Trump’s federal takeover of D.C., Oakland is preparing and responding to threats of federal invasion. We speak with Oakland-based organizer George Galvis, the co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ).— 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 Oakland’s Community

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22:56

LA Times’ Gustavo Arellano on California and Texas...

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2025/08/27

As the redistricting battles in California and Texas move forward, we speak with Los Angeles-based journalist Gustavo Arellano. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County’s alternative weekly OC Weekly. You can read his most recent column In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the key. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-25/in-texas-and-california-redistricting-battles-latinos-hold-the-key — Subscribe to this

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36:29

Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/26

On today’s episode, we speak with former Black Panther newspaper editor JoNina Abron-Ervin about her book Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, a moving account of the often overlooked contributions of local and regional African-American social justice activists of the late 1960’s. Learn more about the book here https://www.akpress.org/driven-by-the-movement.html— Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us

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27:47

Resistance in Residence w/ Dr Ayodele “Wordslanger”...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/25

Our Resistance in Residence artist is Dr. Ayodele “Wordslanger” Nzinga. Ayodele is a multi-hyphenated artist, actress, producing director, playwright, poet, dramaturg, performance consultant, educator, and community advocate. Ayodele was Oakland’s first poet laureate and recently released a spoken word poetry album called Ghetto Grimoire available for streaming and download https://open.spotify.com/album/7bysGXTOSHKxdaoOWHaU3B?si=eTk2_duVSgC_M2NymS3C0A — Subscribe to this

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12:40

Palestine Post: Solidarity Strike for Gaza with Annie...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/25

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, we speak with activists participating in a Solidarity Fast for Gaza. Joining us is Annie Banks, parent and organizer in Oakland, member of East Bay Families for Ceasefire and a participant in the Parents Solidarity Fast for Gaza and Brooke El-Amine, mom and organizes with Alameda Families and Friends for Collective Liberation. Sign up here to join the Solidarity fast https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548AFAC2DAAF8C61-57741178-parents#/ — Subscribe to this

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30:50

Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith and Zahra Billoo

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2025/08/25

On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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16:47

Palantir and the Surveillance State w/ Alice Hu from...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/21

We speak with Alice Hu, Executive Director of Planet Over Profit and a core organizer of the Stop Billionaires Summer campaign against the Palantir corporation. The company provides data analytics technology used by government agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to conduct surveillance and facilitate deportations. The group says its tools contribute to human rights violations, mass surveillance, and the militarization of policing. Learn more about the movement here

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27:24

Remembrance and Resistance: Black August w/ Kalonji...

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2025/08/21

Black August is a month of remembrance and resistance observed each August to honor Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and the ongoing struggle against racial oppression. It began in the 1970s among incarcerated people in California’s prisons.The month pays tribute to those who have resisted slavery, colonialism, and mass incarceration, while also serving as a time for study, reflection, and solidarity with liberation movements worldwide. We speak today with Kalonji Changa, author of the

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