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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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Challenging Prison Slavery in Alabama w/ CJ Sandley

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/21

In Alabama lawyers are working with prisoners to end the practice of slavery for incarcerated people in that state. We talk with CJ Sandley, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights based in Birmingham, Alabama, who is one of the attorneys on a case challenging that state’s usage of prison slavery, which recently entered a new appeal stage. Read more about the case from the Center for Constitutional Rights here:

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21:44

Oakland Budget Potential for Bankruptcy w/ James Burch

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2024/11/21

Oakland is in a budget crisis and appears on the verge of bankruptcy. Meanwhile the police union is rejecting an idea of cuts to their staff. Oakland is faced with hard choices, and we’re joined to discuss by James Burch, Deputy Director of the Anti-Police Terror Project. — 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

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24:45

Trans Day of Remembrance in SF w/ Honey Mahogany

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2024/11/20

Today is the Trans Day of Remembrance. We’re in conversation with a founder of San Francisco’s Transgender District and co-owner of the Stud bar who currently works as the Director of the Office of Trans Initiatives in San Francisco, Honey Mahogany. Honey Mahogany is also discussing the San Francisco plans to commemorate the Trans Day of Remembrance in the late afternoon of Wednesday, November 20th. Learn more about the SF plans for Trans Day of Remembrance: http://tdorsf.org/ — Subscribe to this

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17:49

Palestine Post: Spain Refuses to Dock Ships Holding...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/19

On our weekly roundup of news from and about Palestine, a follow up conversation with the Palestinian Youth Movement’s Mask Off Maersk campaign, which recently experienced the success of Spain refusing to allow Maersk ships to dock after PYM was involved in publishing information about Maersk’s use of Spanish ports to dock US military equipment headed for Israel.We speak with Voulette Hattar, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, based in the East Bay. Read about Maersk’s use of

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14:23

Palestine Post: False Accusations of Anti-Semitism as...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/18

On our weekly roundup of news from and about Palestine, we discuss zionist street fights in Amsterdam that followed a Netherlands vs Israel soccer match. In the fallout of the fighting, a group that was defending their communities from zionist violence has been charged with false accusations of anti-semitism. We speak with Amanda Gelender, a Jewish anti-zionist organizer and writer from the Bay Area, currently based in the Netherlands. Amanda Gelender’s latest writing is called “Hamasterdam and the

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22:12

Palestine Post: Assessing the Impact of Trump on...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/18

On our weekly roundup of news from and about Palestine, we discuss the current political moment that includes Trump’s appointees in the region as well as the expiration of Biden’s 30-day red line warning to Israel which led to no consequences at all. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. —- Subscribe to our podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us

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33:21

Resistance in Residence Artist: DJ LadyRyan

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2024/11/17

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. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is Oakland-based DJ and co-founder of Soulovely, DJ LadyRyan. Find out more about DJ

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58:25

Reflections on Freedom, Abolition and Organizing w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/15

On today’s show, we’re joined by Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, professor, author, organizer and activist. He has a new book out called When Freedom is the Question – Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation – a series of essays, poems and prompts to help us chart a path to liberation. It’s a fire conversation with a movement legend. —- Subscribe to our podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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33:35

Resistance in Residence Artist: L. Peter Callender

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2024/11/14

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. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is L. Peter Callender, actor, writer, director, who for fifteen years was also the

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49:18

Oakland election rundown: the players, political...

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2024/11/07

On today’s show, we spend the hour diving into the Oakland election cycle, the money and players that bought a new political landscape and what it means for the “most progressive city” in the country, with Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. Along with Darwin BondGraham, he’s the co-author of The Riders Come Out At Night: Brutality, Corruption and Cover-Up in Oakland (Atria Books, 2023), a history of policing in Oakland. You can read more of

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28:58

Resistance in Residence artist Leigh Rondon-Davis

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2024/10/30

This week, our Resistance in Residence artist is Leigh Rondon-Davis (they/them), a performer, dramaturg, director, and producer; in addition to their creative work, Leigh is on staff as part of the shared leadership team of the Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco, as the Leader of Artistic Curation & Marketing, where they are also a Resident Artist. Additionally, they are an Artistic Company Member at Shotgun Players, Casting Director with the Casting Collective, and Producing Director with The

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19:01

Inside the Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative with founder...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/25

Last week, the Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative convened a conference called Flashlights: Jailhouse Lawyers, Legal Empowerment and Building a Just World Together,” a historic convening of jailhouse lawyers in dialogue with justice allies that “illuminates the power and promise of legal empowerment to advance justice from the inside out.” We’re joined by Jhody Polk, the founder of the Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative which is currently housed at the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of

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15:46

New documentary ‘The Strike’ highlights historic...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/23

Tonight, Oct 23 is the Oakland premiere of the The Strike documentary about the Pelican Bay hunger strikes against solitary confinement, a historic coordinated effort and the largest hunger strike in US history, told by those who lived it. It’ll be tonight Wednesday Oct 23 at 6pm at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. For more information, visit thestrikefilm.com.We’re joined by co-directors and producers Lucas Guilkey and JoeBill Muñoz. Dolores Canales, one of the film protagonist, is founder of CA

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27:50

What Sinwar’s death reveals about war and peacemaking...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/23

On today’s show, we discuss the intensification of Israel’s siege on northern Gaza, plans for resettlement, continued backing by the US, and expansion of its assault on Lebanon. We’re joined by 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. Among many things, we discuss his latest piece in Al-Jazeera “What Sinwar’s death reveals about war and peacemaking in

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The Case for Abolition w/ Andrea J Ritchie [rebroadcast]

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/22

October 22 is National Stop Police Terror Day, and across the country Stop Cop Nation actions are taking place to resist the carceral state. We dive into the nitty gritty of Abolition with someone whose been on the frontlines of abolitionist efforts for many years. Our guest is Andrea J Ritchie, whose latest book is No More Police – the Case for Abolition, which she co-authored along with Mariame Kaba.Follow Andrea J Ritchie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreanyc123 Check out Andrea J

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70:39

Palestine Post w/ Rami Khoury + Faculty and Staff for...

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2024/10/16

We begin today’s Palestine Post with Rami Khoury, Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut, and a journalist and author with 50 years of experience covering the Middle East.Rosita, an Indigenous Mapuche woman and registered nurse of 13 years joins us to discuss the ongoing anti-genocide campaign led by faculty and staff at UCSF. Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) at UCSF have drafted an open letter to UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood alleging the

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Alexis Pauline Gumbs on the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/15

We’re joined by Queer Black Troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist and aspirational cousin to all sentient beings Alexis Pauline Gumbs. She is the author of several works of poetry and of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals, which won a Whiting Writers’ Award in 2022. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. We’re discussing her latest book, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.Alexis Pauline Gumbs is in the Bay Area this week. See the various events listed

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70:43

Residents Take Action Against Local Institutions...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/10

On today’s show, we’re joined by organizers Wassim Hage of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, and Rami Ibrahim of Palestinian Youth Movement to discuss the various direct actions locals have taken in protest of Israel’s expanding war in the Middle East. We’re also joined by Cheryl Rivera, a Brooklyn- based writer and editor of Lux Magazine who works on the New York War Crimes project. Learn more about that campaign here: https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/ Two of the three officers involved in the

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68:00

Abolishing Surveillance

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/09

Christopher Robé, professor in film and media studies at Florida Atlantic University discusses his book Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression. This week’s Resistance in Residence artists are Gabriele Christian and Chibueze Crouch who make up the performance duo OysterKnife. You can learn more about them on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_oysterknife_/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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39:13

Resistance in Residence Artist: OysterKnife

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/09

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. This week’s Resistance in Residence artists are Gabriele Christian and Chibueze Crouch who make up the performance duo

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