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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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32:26

The FBI’s Double Agent and Role in the Plot to Kidnap...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/13

On today’s show, we discuss the extent to which FBI informants and agents were central in instigating the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Trevor Aaronson is a journalist and the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. He is also a contributing writer for The Intercept and the host of a podcast called Alphabet Boys – which reveals secret investigations of the FBI, DEA, ATF, and other agencies, and includes secret undercover recordings that the

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57:16

Israel’s Planned Desecration of Ramadan w/ Khury...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/11

Is the US culpable of the war crimes being committed by Israel against the Palestinian people? Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies says, “If the US actually said, ‘We’re going to stop the flow of weapons to Israel,’ that is the one thing that I think could lead to an Israeli deescalation across the board—in Gaza, in Lebanon and in Jerusalem. Short of that, I think that they essentially have the green light in Washington to do whatever they

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41:07

Resistance in Residence Artist: AeJay Mitchell

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/03/11

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 multi-hyphenate performance artist, scholar, educator, and activist whose work

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67:42

Tracing the Trajectory of Black Movement Since #BLM...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/27

When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag-turned rallying cry is but one expression of a radical reorientation toward Black politics, protest, and political thought. We’re joined today by the author of a book about the past 10 years of political movement, Christopher Paul Harris. His book To Build a Black Future examines the spirit and significance of this insurgency, offering a

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20:11

Pro-Palestine Artists Alter Own Works at YBCA w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/26

On February 15th, a group of eight artists whose pieces were featured in a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) exhibition protested the organizations attempt to silence political conversation on Palestine by altering their own exhibited works, adding pro-Palestine messages to their pieces. Since the protest, the YBCA gallery has remained closed. Eight artists participated in the protest, and we have two of them joining us in conversation. Leila Weefur is an artist, writer, and independent curator

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56:26

Centuries of Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/22

On today’s show, we’re joined by the author of a new uplifting collection of speeches by African American women called Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-first Century. Our guest and the book’s curator is civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. Gathering an array of recognized names as well as new discoveries, our guest discusses the speeches and legacies of two centuries of stirring public addresses by Black women,

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56:11

Ancestral Healing from Syria to the Sinai w/ Layla K...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/21

We’re joined on today’s show by the author of a brand new book that ties cultural survival to earth-based knowledge. In The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K Feghali offers a layered history of the healing plants of Cana’an (the Levant) and the Crossroads (“Middle East”) and explores ways we become free from the wounds of colonization and displacement. Recounting vivid

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66:04

Alameda County D4 Candidates Go Back to Back w/ Nate...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/13

Elections in the Alameda County Board of Supervisor race for District 4 are taking place on March 5th. The Board of Supervisors is made up of five elected non-partisan leaders who work as a regional governing body. The board’s work includes appointing county officials, adopting an annual budget and awarding all public works contracts, among other duties. The District 4 supervisor will represent portions of Pleasanton, Oakland, Castro Valley and various unincorporated areas of the county. We hear

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40:16

A New Artifact of the Palestinian Resistance w/ Danya...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/12

The Palestinian Youth Movement has published the first English edition of Wisam Rafeedie’s novel, “The Trinity of Fundamentals“. The book is an artifact of Palestinian resistance, both in its content and the story of how it came to be. Wisam Rafeedie was a Palestinian political prisoner held in an Israeli prison after being captured by the Israeli Occupation Forces in 1991. In 1993, he wrote the novel during his imprisonment in 1993, by secretly hand-writing and distributing excerpts of it through a

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42:33

Resistance in Residence Artist: Cady Voge

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/11

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 character-driven vérité storyteller, documentary filmmaker and journalist Cady

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18:22

Government Imprisons South Carolina Protester on...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/09

In 2020 the country exploded in protest responding to the murder of George Floyd. One of those protests took place in Sumter, South Carolina in May of 2020 where Brittany Martin was a participant. She joined in chanting, harmed no one, and destroyed no property. Now she’s serving a four year prison sentence. Joining us to discuss is her husband Eric Kennedy. —- 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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13:02

Ronald McDonald House Discriminates Against...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/09

A federal complaint has been filed alleging that the Ronald McDonald House is discriminating against people with sick children who were convicted of certain crimes in the past. The ACLU, among other groups, alleges the rule violates the federal Fair Housing Act. Joining us to discuss is Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, senior reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. She writes on prison and jail conditions, and wrongful convictions. Read Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg’s coverage:

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18:46

State Terror Round Up for the week of February 5th, 2024

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/08

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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22:00

Georgia Bans Bail Funds w/ Fallon McClure

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/07

A bill criminalizing bail funds passed through the Georgia state legislature on Tuesday, February 6th. Joining us to discuss is Fallon McClure, Deputy Director for Policy & Advocacy with Georgia’s ACLU. Read Fallon McClure’s op-ed about Georgia’s SB63: https://newsone.com/4981507/georgia-cash-bail-bill/ —- 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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17:49

Hindu Nationalism and Its White Supremacist Ties w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/07

A brand new report on the state of Hindu nationalism calls out the violence of the Hindu supremacist political movement both within India, but also with a stronghold among conservative Hindus in the US who have built close allied relationships with famed white supremacists like, for example, Steve Bannon, who is an honorary chairman of the Republican Hindu Coalition. That report is called The Global VHP’s Trail of Violence, published by Savera, which is a multiracial, interfaith, anti-caste

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17:54

SF Civil Settlements w/ Eleni Balakrishnan

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/07

San Francisco has settled multiple of what appear to be scandalous termination lawsuits. First, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department is set to re-hire a former deputy who lost his job after being found to have forced prisoners into a fight club, who also cost the city $280,000 in settlements. Then, we’ll talk through an $835,000 settlement for a former prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney’s office who was fired in 2020. Joining us to discuss is Eleni Balakrishnan, a San Francisco

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65:20

Antisemitic and Racist Roots of Christian Supremacy...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/06

Over the past handful of years, white supremacy in the US has reared its head, with vitriolic images like the tiki torch march in Charlottesville in 2017 or the January 6th, 2021, conservative attack on the US capitol. In this episode, we’re in conversation with a professor and n author whose new book places modern white supremacy and American racialization, in a long-term historical context of Christian values and morals. We’re going to go back more than a thousand years to explore how European

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12:25

Federal Judge Rules Against Palestinians w/ Maria LaHood

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/05

As usual on Mondays, we focus the entirety of our show on the latest developments in Israel’s war on Palestine, and people’s resistance to that aggression. Today, we follow up on the Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden court case, where a federal judge dismissed the case but with language that agreed that Israel’s violence seems to equate to a genocide, and urges the government to stop its “unflagging support” of Israel’s war machine. We’re in conversation with Maria LaHood, one

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39:57

Latest on Palestine Truce Deal and US Cuts UNWRA...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/05

As usual on Mondays, we focus the entirety of our show on the latest developments in Israel’s war on Palestine, and people’s resistance to that aggression. Discussing the latest figures, the status of an in-progress truce deal, and the cutting of UNWRA funding by the US and other wealthy countries, we are joined by Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches US empire, borders, and migration. Follow Khury Peterson-Smith on Twitter:

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41:47

Resistance in Residence Artist: Aya De Leon

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2024/02/04

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 editor, educator, activist, author, mom, and Berkeley’s poet laureate, Aya de

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