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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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12:40

Palestine Post: Solidarity Strike for Gaza with Annie...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/25

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, we speak with activists participating in a Solidarity Fast for Gaza. Joining us is Annie Banks, parent and organizer in Oakland, member of East Bay Families for Ceasefire and a participant in the Parents Solidarity Fast for Gaza and Brooke El-Amine, mom and organizes with Alameda Families and Friends for Collective Liberation. Sign up here to join the Solidarity fast https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548AFAC2DAAF8C61-57741178-parents#/ — Subscribe to this

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30:50

Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith and Zahra Billoo

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/25

On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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16:47

Palantir and the Surveillance State w/ Alice Hu from...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/21

We speak with Alice Hu, Executive Director of Planet Over Profit and a core organizer of the Stop Billionaires Summer campaign against the Palantir corporation. The company provides data analytics technology used by government agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to conduct surveillance and facilitate deportations. The group says its tools contribute to human rights violations, mass surveillance, and the militarization of policing. Learn more about the movement here

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27:24

Remembrance and Resistance: Black August w/ Kalonji...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/21

Black August is a month of remembrance and resistance observed each August to honor Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and the ongoing struggle against racial oppression. It began in the 1970s among incarcerated people in California’s prisons.The month pays tribute to those who have resisted slavery, colonialism, and mass incarceration, while also serving as a time for study, reflection, and solidarity with liberation movements worldwide. We speak today with Kalonji Changa, author of the

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22:52

Free D.C. w/ Activist and Author Dara Baldwin

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/20

On this episode, we speak with Dara Baldwin, activist, scholar, and author with over twenty years of experience in policy and social justice work. Since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia, new attention falls onto the Free D.C. movement. D.C. residents lack full voting representation in Congress and their local laws are subject to congressional oversight. The “Free D.C.” movement advocates for D.C. statehood, granting the district full representation and autonomy

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21:17

Syria’s Missing Children w/ Journalist Shane Bauer

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/20

In the aftermath of Syria’s civil war, families have endured a desperate, over-decade-long search for loved ones forcibly separated by the Assad regime. We speak with investigative reporter Shane Bauer who reported in the New York Times that thousands of children were taken from their parents—often detained—and placed into orphanages under murky, undocumented circumstances. Shane is best known for his undercover reporting for Mother Jones magazine. He has won several awards including the Harvard’s

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25:45

Palestine Post with AROC’s Samer Araabi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/18

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Samer Araabi, member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon.—- 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 with AROC’s Samer Araabi appeared first on KPFA.

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17:14

Palestine Post with Dr. Ussama Makdisi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/18

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. He is the author of many books including Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World which was published in 2019 by the University of California —- Subscribe to

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17:30

Fed Takeover of DC w/ Michael Sainato from The Guardian

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2025/08/13

The DC National Guard deployed to the nation’s capital Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump announced he was sending in troops and taking direct federal control of the city’s police force. The move followed what he called a public safety emergency after an assault on “Big Balls” a former government employee. In this episode, we speak with Michael Sainato, a reporter for the Guardian who writes on politics and labor.—- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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27:01

Responses to Israel’s Killings of Al Jazeera Journalists

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2025/08/13

Gaza’s renowned journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed alongside four others in a targeted Israeli airstrike on Sunday, according to his network Al Jazeera. His death has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, human rights organizations, and journalism advocacy groups. In this episode, we speak with Samer Aarabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center as well as KPFA’s Frank Sterling on the station’s response. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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33:35

Resitance in Residence w/ Brian Copeland

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2025/08/11

Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is multi-hyphenated artist and storyteller Brian Copeland. Brian’s solo show The Waiting Period will play 12:00pm, Sunday, August 10, 12:00pm, Sunday, August 24, and 5:00pm, Saturday, September 20 at The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. For tickets and more information check out https://themarsh.org/performers/brian_copeland/the-waiting-period/—- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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44:24

Environmental Warfare in Gaza w/ Shourideh Molavi

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/11

On today’s show – a powerful conversation with author and activist Shourideh Molavi about her new book Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance which chronicles the legacy of land control, degradation and theft as part of the Zionist war chest. We talk perimeters, environmental warfare and crop control and the roles they all play in on going genocide. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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19:12

Norco Prison to Close Because of Falling Inmate...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/07

The California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, CA, once an art deco hotel turned state prison, is slated to shut down by 2026. State officials announced the closure, citing a continued decline in the state’s incarcerated population. The City of Norco has long advocated for the facility’s closure, arguing the site could be put to better use. We speak with Amber-Rose Howard, Executive Director for California United for a Responsible Budget. — Subscribe to this

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23:47

US Citizens Caught Up in ICE Raids w/ Sam Levin and...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/07

ICE has arrested and detained US citizens as part of the agency’s militarized sweeps to capture undocumented immigrants. Sam Levin, correspondent for The Guardian and Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs join today’s show. You can read Sam’s article for the Guardian here https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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34:20

Dr. Ayodele Nzinga on Black Arts

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/07

We speak with Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland’s Poet Laureate, cultural architect, and an advocate for the arts as a tool for social transformation. Known as the “wordslanger,” Dr. Nzinga has spent decades building spaces where Black creativity thrives and where the stories, struggles, and triumphs of the community are given voice. In this conversation, Dr. Nzinga will share her journey, her vision for Oakland’s cultural future, and her role in shaping BAMBDfest, the Black Arts Movement Business

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56:20

Far-Right Extremism & White Supremacy w/ Mike German

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/05

Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right’s attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups such as environmentalists and Black Lives Matter. In 2005, for example, the FBI labeled eco-terrorists as the top domestic threat, despite not a single fatal attack in

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43:23

Driving in Palestine w/ Rehab Nazzal

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/05

During the past seven decades, Palestine has been sealed from the Arab world and shattered into fragmented and coded areas: 1948 area, 1967 area, Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, and A, B and C areas within the West Bank. Each area is ruled by different laws, including different roads and permits that control the mobility of Palestinians and privilege Jewish settlers. Today we’re be in conversation with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian-born multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, whose latest book, Driving

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26:47

Resistance in Residence Artist Candace Johnson

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/08/04

Our Resistance in Residence artist this week is Candace Johnson, a multi-hyphenated artist and creator of the solo show Scat-ter Brain, The Music of ADHD, playing July 19 – September 13 at San Francisco’s Marsh Theater as part of their POC Mental Health Awareness series. You can get tickets to see Candace’s show Scat-ter Brain here https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/candace-johnson-scat-er-brain-the-music-of-adhd/ — Subscribe to this

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34:36

Chris Hedges Live in Oakland w/ Cat Brooks

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/30

On today’s show, we hear selections from Pulitzer-prize winning author Chris Hedges in celebration of the release of his most recent book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine at the First Congregational Church of Oakland on Thursday, May 29th with host Cat Brooks. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive Chris Hedges new book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. In it, the Pulitzer Prize–winning former

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43:51

A Somatic Approach to Anti-Zionism w/ Eliana Rubin

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/29

Today we speak with Eliana Rubin who is an anti-Zionist organizer, somatic practitioner, full spectrum doula and author of the book Taking the State out of the Body: A Guide to Embodied Resistance to Zionism. Fund Drive Special! For a pledge of $110 you’ll receive a copy of Taking the State out of the Body: A Guide to Embodied Resistance to Zionism by Eliana Rubin– a book that takes the reader from individual awareness to collective action. Weaving anti-imperialist orientations to historical events

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