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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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16:32

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

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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...

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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”...

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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...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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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22:52

Free D.C. w/ Activist and Author Dara Baldwin

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/20

On this episode, we speak with Dara Baldwin, activist, scholar, and author with over twenty years of experience in policy and social justice work. Since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia, new attention falls onto the Free D.C. movement. D.C. residents lack full voting representation in Congress and their local laws are subject to congressional oversight. The “Free D.C.” movement advocates for D.C. statehood, granting the district full representation and autonomy

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21:17

Syria’s Missing Children w/ Journalist Shane Bauer

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/20

In the aftermath of Syria’s civil war, families have endured a desperate, over-decade-long search for loved ones forcibly separated by the Assad regime. We speak with investigative reporter Shane Bauer who reported in the New York Times that thousands of children were taken from their parents—often detained—and placed into orphanages under murky, undocumented circumstances. Shane is best known for his undercover reporting for Mother Jones magazine. He has won several awards including the Harvard’s

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25:45

Palestine Post with AROC’s Samer Araabi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/18

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Samer Araabi, member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and 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 socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post with AROC’s Samer Araabi appeared first on KPFA.

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17:14

Palestine Post with Dr. Ussama Makdisi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/18

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. He is the author of many books including Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World which was published in 2019 by the University of California —- Subscribe to

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17:30

Fed Takeover of DC w/ Michael Sainato from The Guardian

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2025/08/13

The DC National Guard deployed to the nation’s capital Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump announced he was sending in troops and taking direct federal control of the city’s police force. The move followed what he called a public safety emergency after an assault on “Big Balls” a former government employee. In this episode, we speak with Michael Sainato, a reporter for the Guardian who writes on politics and labor.—- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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27:01

Responses to Israel’s Killings of Al Jazeera Journalists

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2025/08/13

Gaza’s renowned journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed alongside four others in a targeted Israeli airstrike on Sunday, according to his network Al Jazeera. His death has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, human rights organizations, and journalism advocacy groups. In this episode, we speak with Samer Aarabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center as well as KPFA’s Frank Sterling on the station’s response. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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33:35

Resitance in Residence w/ Brian Copeland

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/11

Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is multi-hyphenated artist and storyteller Brian Copeland. Brian’s solo show The Waiting Period will play 12:00pm, Sunday, August 10, 12:00pm, Sunday, August 24, and 5:00pm, Saturday, September 20 at The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. For tickets and more information check out https://themarsh.org/performers/brian_copeland/the-waiting-period/—- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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44:24

Environmental Warfare in Gaza w/ Shourideh Molavi

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2025/08/11

On today’s show – a powerful conversation with author and activist Shourideh Molavi about her new book Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance which chronicles the legacy of land control, degradation and theft as part of the Zionist war chest. We talk perimeters, environmental warfare and crop control and the roles they all play in on going genocide. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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