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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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17:17

Alameda County Supervisor-Elect Nikki Fortunato-Bas

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/12/04

On today’s show we speak with Nikki Fortunato-Bas, the Alameda County District 5 Supervisor-Elect, and outgoing Oakland City Council president representing District 2. As outgoing Oakland City Council member, Fortunato-Bas will become interim Oakland mayor after the recall of Sheng Thao, however, that interim position will only last until Fortunado-Bas transitions to the new Supervisor position.—- Subscribe to our podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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Lateefah Simon Replaces Rep Barbara Lee

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/12/04

On today’s show we’re joined by Congresswoman-elect Lateefah Simon, our newest house representative, on her way to being inaugurated for California’s 12th District, which includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda, Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro. The congresswoman-elect will be replacing long-time rep Barbara Lee next month. —- Subscribe to our podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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Palestine Post: Oakland Teacher Fired for “Free...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/12/02

In this recurring Palestine Post segment, we discuss the firing by Oakland high school Bishop O’Dowd of a teacher for wearing a pin that read “Free Palestine”. Joining us to discuss is Erin Donevan, the high school teacher fired for wearing that pin.— 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: Oakland Teacher

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Palestine Post: Lebanon/Israel Ceasefire w/ Khury...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/12/02

On today’s recurring Palestine Post segment, we explore the Israel/Lebanon Ceasefire agreement. We start the conversation with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Then, we speak with Rami is an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, a transnational, grassroots independent movement of Arab and Palestinian youth struggling for the liberation of their

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56:41

Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving & Undoing...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/26

On today’s show we hear audio from Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving, an annual event at La Peña cultural center which took place on Sunday, November 24th, 2024, whose purpose is to challenge the colonial narrative of the Thanksgiving holiday and to honor indigenous artists, activists, organizers and cultural workers. We’ll hear the voices of Morning Star Gali, Xiomara Chingara, Chris Wanis, Desirae Harp, Vick Montana and Deja Gould.— Subscribe to this podcast:

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56:10

Palestine Post: ‘Terrorism’ Labels and their Impact...

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2024/11/25

On today’s recurring Palestine Post segment, we explore the potential impacts of government labelling pro-Palestine organizations and organizers as associates to terrorism. We start in conversation with Shane Kadidal, a Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he has worked on several significant cases arising in the wake of 9/11, and has been counsel in major Center for Constitutional Rights cases challenging the material support statute. Then, we continue with Samer

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34:25

Resistance in Residence Artist: 67 Sueños

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/24

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 a duo from the youth organizing group 67 Sueños. Follow 67 Sueños on Instagram:

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State Terror Round Up for the Week of November 18th,...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/11/22

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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Challenging Prison Slavery in Alabama w/ CJ Sandley

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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

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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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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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Resistance in Residence Artist: L. Peter Callender

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

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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