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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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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

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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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19:26

Palestine Post: w/ Rehab Nazzal

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/28

We also speak with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian artist and author who lives as a refugee in Toronto. Her latest book is called Driving in Palestine. Fund Drive Special — Pledge a $300 donation and receive: Driving in Palestine is a research-creation project by artist Rehab Nazzal, who explores the politics of mobility she encountered firsthand while traversing the occupied West Bank between 2010 and 2020. This photography book consists of 160 black and white photographs, hand-drawn maps, and

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17:43

Palestine Post: Raed Jarrar from Democracy for the...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/28

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Raed Jarrar. Raed is an Arab-American political advocate based in Washington, DC. He is currently the advocacy director for the organization Democracy in the Arab World Now – or DAWN — 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: Raed Jarrar from Democracy for the Arab

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51:43

Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/24

Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this hour, we’re joined by formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, discussing his book Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, reflecting on his 21 years of incarceration, what it took for him to seek release, and what it means for him to challenge the white supremacy that shows up in parole boards,

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35:39

Starvation in Gaza w/ Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch from...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/23

As the starvation and genocide in Gaza reaches an apex, we speak with Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, the executive director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is also a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee camp in the West Bank.— 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 Starvation in Gaza w/ Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch from

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20:08

Palestine Post: The Freedom Flotilla’s “Handala”...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/21

In a mission to deliver solidarity and break the Israeli humanitarian aid blockade, the Freedom Flotilla’s Handala departed southern Italy this week on its final leg to Gaza. In this episode, we speak with Huwaida Arraf, an American activist and lawyer who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led organization using non-violent protests and international pressure to support Palestinians. She is speaking to us from the ship.— Subscribe to this

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Palestine Post: Yaffa AS from the Muslim Alliance...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/21

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Yaffa AS, the executive director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity, and is a trans Muslim and displaced Indigenous Palestinian. MASGD is a Black/Indigenous Global Majority, Trans, and Muslim led organization that supports, empowers and connects LGBPQ+ and 2STGNCI+ Muslims and those racialized or perceived as Muslim. We challenge root causes of oppression, including misogyny, racism, capitalism and xenophobia. Check out their work here

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23:38

Adam Mockler on The Epstein List and the MAGAsphere

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/17

The Jeffrey Epstein list scandal is rocking the MAGA base threatening support for the Trump presidency from within. We speak with Adam Mockler, who is a rising voice in political commentary and reporting, known for his work with the MeidasTouch Network and his own YouTube channel The Adam Mockler Show — which has over 1 million subscribers.Check out his channel here https://www.youtube.com/@adammockler (make sure you Like and Subscribe!!) — Subscribe to this

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21:34

5 Weeks of ICE Raids with LA Taco’s Janette Villafana

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/17

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an

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18:12

Good Trouble Lives On w/ Activist Amos White

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/16

We speak with environmental activist Amos White, who is an organizer for the Good Trouble Lives On protest. Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take

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20:45

AI and the Future of Policing w/ Dave Maass from the...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/16

Today we’ll discuss Draft One, a new AI tool for police departments that comes with many potential problems. As investigations director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Dave Maass researches and writes about surveillance technology, government transparency, press freedoms, the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration enforcement, prisoner rights, and other digital rights issues. He leads the Atlas of Surveillance project in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of

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47:07

Genocide Bad! w/ Author Sim Kern

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/15

In today’s episode, we speak with author, influencer and anti-Zionist Jewish activist Sim Kern about their book Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation— 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 Genocide Bad! w/ Author Sim Kern appeared first on KPFA.

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43:51

Palestine Post: Somatic Approach to Anti-Zionism w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/07/14

In this Palestine Post, 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. — 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: Somatic Approach to Anti-Zionism w/

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