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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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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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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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44:14

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

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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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87:18

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...

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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

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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

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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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61:26

The Prescription to Prison Pipeline

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/08

Michelle Smirnova, Associate Professor of Sociology and affiliate faculty member of Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas discusses her new book The Prescription to Prison Pipeline. 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

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61:42

Palestine Post: One Year Since October 7th

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/07

Today marks one year since the Hamas attack on October 7th, 2023. We are joined once 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 The U.S. continues to openly endorse Israel’s expansionist foreign policy, moving more U.S. military assets into the region as Israel escalates its attacks in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and the West Bank. The devastation in Gaza and Lebanon is incomparable to what

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46:11

SF Prop D Would Weaken the City’s Oversight Bodies;...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/03

We start our show with Joe Rivano Barros, senior editor at Mission Local who describes the monied interests behind Proposition D and the people who stand to profit from and the November elections should San Franciscans vote in favor of Proposition D. The proposition would slash the total number of oversight commissions, give the mayor more authority over those commissions and specifically weaken the police commission, giving the police chief ultimate authority to regulate officer conduct. Internal

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65:26

Haiti Continues to Reel Under U.S. Authority; Plus...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/02

On Monday, the UN voted unanimously to extend the security mission in Haiti for another year. Dahoud André, a Haitian community activist based in New York and a member of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti contextualizes this latest development inside of what he describes as a decades long political operation to exert control over over Haiti by the U.S. It is well documented that coastal black communities have historically recovered poorly after hurricanes, and FEMA announced a

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82:38

How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/10/01

Reporter Nico Lang has been a recurring guest on this show as we continue to cover the dizzying and dangerous demagoguery and anti-trans legislation against trans youth. They join us today to share about some of the people they met in small town America, trans kids and their families directly impacted by the anti-trans policies enjoined by conservatives in power. Lang spent two years traveling around the US to write their book, American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in

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63:37

Palestine Post w/ Ramzi Kaiss and Khury Petersen-Smith

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/09/30

Human Rights Watch investigations have documented war crimes against journalists and civilians in Southern Lebanon, including Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus and other weapons supplied by the US. Israel’s use of booby trapped pagers and recent aerial bombardments targeting medical workers and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon have also raised alarm from human rights advocates like Ramzi Kaiss, a researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch investigating

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50:28

Resistance in Residence Artist: Randy DeVol

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/09/30

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 multi-hyphenated Hawaii based musician, sound engineer and filmmaker Randy DeVol. Check

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54:53

Participatory Defense in the South Bay w/ Raj Jayadev

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2024/08/13

The courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of change—even though they are not lawyers or judges. Our guest is author of a new book by Silicon Valley De-bug co-founder Raj Jayadev. We talk about his story and

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34:34

Palestine Post: Linda Sarsour and Sahar Francis on...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/08/12

After more than 300 days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and following a report from Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem on treatment of Palestinian prisoners by the zionist state called “Welcome to Hell” we speak with Linda Sarsour, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian Muslim American activist, author, and community organizer. She is the author of her memoir We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. We’re also joined by Sahar Francis, is the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and

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