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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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56:22

Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/24

Gathering an array of recognized names as well as new discoveries, our guest today Janet Dewart Bell, in her new book curates two centuries of stirring public addresses by Black women, from Harriet Tubman and Ella Baker to Barbara Lee and Barbara Jordan. These speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice. The book is called Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the

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60:59

Israeli Academia’s Complicity in Israel’s...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/23

On todays show – a conversation with Maya Wind, a scholar of Israeli expertise and militarism. Her new book is Towers of Ivory & Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. As this book shows, Israeli universities serve as pillars of Israel’s system of oppression against Palestinians. Towers of Ivory and Steel is a powerful exposé of Israeli academia’s ongoing and active complicity in Israel’s settler-colonial project. Check out Maya Wind’s website:

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State Terror Round Up for the week of April 15th, 2024

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/19

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, sexually 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

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59:04

County Jails in the Movement for Abolition w/ Jack...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/15

On today’s show we’re in conversation with the editors of a book that explores county jails as a key in the broader abolitionist movement, both in building analysis and in building our fight. Jails are now the fastest-growing sector of the US carceral state. As jails grow, they transform the areas around them. If jails are everywhere, resistance is too. The book is called The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration, and our guests are editors Jack Norton and Judah

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40:52

Resistance in Residence Artist: Robin Riker

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/14

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 award winning and multi-nominated, Los Angeles-based actress, playwright and author,

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22:02

Playwrights Festival Begins in SF w/ Aidaa Peerzada...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/11

The Playwrights Foundation 46th Playwrights Festival is beginning at the Magic Theater at the Fort Mason in San Francisco, from April 12th to April 21st. The centerpiece of the festival are readings from four resident playwrights with the Playwrights Foundation along with workshops, parties and a meet and greet as well as a bit of reading with the new Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright Cohort – which includes our host Cat Brooks.Joining us to discuss are Jason Tseng, a queer, non-binary

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16:50

Month of Action for Housing as a Human Right w/ Talya...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/11

On Wednesday, April 10th, residents from Oakland’s Wood Streets Common and their organizational allies held a press conference announcing a month of Housing is a Human Right organizing and actions. Joining us to discuss are Talya Husbands-Hankin, the founder of Love and Justice in the Streets along with John Janosko, former Wood street encampment resident. This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is Bay Area theater director and producer as well as the Artistic Director of the Playwrights

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18:14

State Terror Round Up for the week of April 8th, 2024

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/11

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, sexually 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

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22:53

Ohlone Land Trust Rematriates West Berkeley...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/10

The Sagorea Te’ Land Trust has rematriated the West Berkeley Shellmound through a long community organizing struggle, a partnership with the City of Berkeley, and a generous donation. We’re joined by the chair and spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan as well as co-founder and co-director of The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, Corrina Gould. Check out the Sagorea Te´Land Trust’s website: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get

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28:44

Trans Lives Behind Bars w/ Kenna Barnes (Black &...

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2024/04/10

In the midst of a national legislative and social attack on the transgender community, a new report addresses the experiences of trans people living behind bars. The report is called Advancing Transgender Justice: Illuminating Trans Lives Behind and Beyond Bars, and it was written by the Vera Institute for Justice with support from Black and Pink. Joining us to discuss are Kelsie Chesnut, a senior researcher with the Vera Institute for Justice, and a lead researcher and co-author of the new report

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50:59

Palestine Post – 6 Months into Israel’s War on Gaza...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/08

This week marks six months of Israel’s genocide on Gaza. We spend most of the show today reflecting on the past half year of colonial destruction in conversation with Muhannad Ayyash, a policy analyst for Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network and a professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He was born and raised in Palestine under Israeli occupation. Muhannad joins us from South Africa. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch:

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36:53

Resistance in Residence Artist: Jessica Bird Beza

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/07

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 Bay Area theater director and producer as well as the Artistic Director of the

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27:07

Trans Erasure Laws Multiply Nationally w/ Nico Lang

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/03

A new wave of legislation around the country functions to “legally erase” trans people. We’re joined by Nico Lang, an award-winning reporter, editor and author of the forthcoming book, American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era. They also curate a daily news roundup on Instagram – you can follow Nico there @QueerNewsDaily. Nico’s latest article, published by THEM, is called “Here’s How a New Wave of Legislation Aims to “Legally Erase” Trans People”.Read

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24:39

Baltimore Plans $1Bn Jail Construction w/ David Fathi

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2024/04/03

Baltimore is planning a $1bn jail construction project, the most expensive state-funded project in Maryland ever. They’re using a consent decree for terrible jail conditions as justification for building a “better” jail. We’re joined by David Fathi, the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, which brings challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons, jails, and other detention facilities, and works to end the policies that have given the United States the

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52:24

Palestine Post – The Latest From Israel’s Genocide in...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/04/02

We dedicate today’s show to covering the latest impacts and experiences of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We’re joined by Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her book Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer was recently re-published in its 7th edition. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials

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41:32

Resistance in Residence Artist: Adi Oasis

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/31

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 French-Caribbean, singer, bandleader, and bassist, Adi Oasis, whose music brings out

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56:19

Basketball, Ascension, and Palestine w/ Hanif Abdurraqib

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/26

On today’s episode, we’ll be in conversation with the author of one of the most anticipated books of the year. The book is called There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, and it’s a poetic love letter to basketball; also to being rooted in Columbus Ohio, where the author has lived most of his life, and to the idea and experience of enemies. It’s written by MacArthur Genius Hanif Abdurraqib, who is a poet, writer, music and cultural critic, as well as a sneakerhead and a dog parent. We

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53:56

Palestine Post: UNSC Ceasefire Vote Reaction w/ Nora...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/25

As we do each Monday, this episode focuses on the latest news from Palestine.Just a few minutes before recording this episode, the UN Security Council voted in support of a binding resolution for a “lasting and sustainable ceasefire” – note, not a permanent ceasefire – in Gaza. We spend the entire hour with immediate reactions to the vote by Nora Barrows-Friedman, an editor at The Electronic Intifada, and also a former KPFA host and producer; along with Nadya Tannous a researcher, writer and

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44:10

Resistance in Residence Artist: Brontez Purnell

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/24

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 long-time Oakland writer, punk, musician, dancer, director, and underground legend,

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33:41

For-Profit Police Training Teaches Unconstitutional...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/21

According to a recent investigation by the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller, law enforcement officers being trained by the for-profit training company Street Cop were “taught unconstitutional policing tactics, glorified violence, denigrated women and minorities, and likely violated a myriad of state laws and policies.” Street Cop does business with law enforcement agencies in 46 different states. Shirley LaVarco, an attorney at Civil Rights Corps joins us to unpack the failures of police

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