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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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Artist Resistance in Residence: Andrea Prichett

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/02

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 singer, songwriter, and longtime East Bay justice activist Andrea Prichett. Andrea is

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53:53

Nightcrawling – Oakland Youth Laureate’s Explosive...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/29

Our guest this episode is Oakland’s young rising star author Leila Mottley, who at just 20 years old published a bestselling novel called Nightcrawling, whose story is grounded in a trafficking and rape scandal by the Oakland Police department. Just a few years ago our guest was Oakland’s youth poet laureate, and catapulting into the spotlight, she’s now become the youngest author to ever be selected for Oprah’s book club. Learn more about Leila Mottley on her website:

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39:44

Artist Resistance in Residence: Tina D’Elia

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/28

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 Tina D’Elia, a mixed-race Mexican, lesbian/queer-identified feminist artist,

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66:31

Lessons from Assata Shakur w/ Donna Murch

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2022/12/27

Black Panther and Cuban exile Assata Shakur has inspired generations of radical protest, including the contemporary movement for Black lives. Our guest in this episode is Donna Murch, author of Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives. Drawing its title from one of America’s foremost revolutionaries, this collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Panther scholar Donna Murch explores how social protest is challenging our current system of

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62:28

Confronting Violence Against Black Women and Girls w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/22

We talk with Treva B. Lindsey about violence against Black women and girls, and the reverberation of this violence on every facet of our social and community fabrics. That’s the focus of her new book America Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and The Struggle for Justice (University of California Press). Treva is a Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the co-founder of Black Feminist Night School at Zora’s House. Her research and teaching interests include

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45:56

Artist Resistance in Residence: Coco Peila

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2022/12/21

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-born and raised rapper, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and cultural

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53:08

The deception of plea bargaining w/ Dan Canon

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2022/12/20

Most Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions are the result of a plea bargain, a deal made entirely out of the public eye. Our guest today is Dan Canon, author of Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class. Dan Canon is a civil rights lawyer, teacher, writer, and educator based primarily in Indiana and Kentucky. He is a professor of

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63:54

Anti-Imperialist Struggle Makes Us Human w/ Vijay...

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2022/12/19

As the Soviet Union came crashing down, Francis Fukuyama declared what he called the end of history in 1994, imagining that capitalism had won out – socialism had failed – and that global governing formations would sit within capitalist democratic values from there on. This “end of history” theory has been challenged by many, including Fukuyama himself much more recently. Our guest today is a historian and a scholar who thinks of history – not in linear form, not in cyclical form, and certainly not

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12:46

Singing for the Sonoran Borderlands w/ Linda Ronstadt

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2022/12/12

Linda Ronstadt joins us in this exclusive conversation about her musical upbringing and dedication to her home in the Sonoran Desert. She reflects on conditions for people trying to cross the border and the hypocrisy of the border patrol, and discusses her brand new book Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands. Growing up the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and a descendant of Spanish settlers near northern Sonora, Ronstadt’s new memoir celebrates her rich musical

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10:58

CA Makes Plans to Close Prisons w/ Brian Kaneda

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2022/12/08

California has announced it will begin the process of closing Chuckwalla Prison in Riverside County, and plans are in the works for cutbacks at six more prisons – the closures and cutbacks will save the state $1.5 billion each year. We speak with Brian Kaneda, deputy director of Californians United for a Responsible Budget, or CURB, which is an organization dedicated to reducing imprisonment in our state by developing deep economic analyses about how it’s actually financially better for all of us,

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19:32

Vallejo Police Lieutenant Under Investigation w/...

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2022/12/08

We turn our attention to Vallejo where a new report about Vallejo Police Lieutenant Steve Darden – a member of what some advocates call the “Fatal 14” – uncovers brutal policing practices. We speak with Scott Morris, a journalist with the Vallejo Sun who covers policing, protest, civil rights, and far-right extremism. His article in the Vallejo Sun is ‘Out of control’: Vallejo police Lt. Steve Darden’s reputation for unchecked anger. Follow Scott Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OakMorr Read

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12:32

State Terror Round Up for the week of December 5th, 2022

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2022/12/08

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 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 do

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14:01

Artist Resistance in Residence: Rashida Chase

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/07

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 Artist Resistance in Residence West Oakland native, vocalist, and culture-education-wellness advocate Rashida Chase

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53:41

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/06

George McCalman is an artist and creative director based in San Francisco, who recently published The Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen. He joins us to discuss the process he went through to narrow his list of historical figures from 500 to 145, his artistic process, and what it meant for him to orient himself around Black history in the US as a young Grenadian immigrant. Among the figures featured in the book are James Baldwin, Madeline Anderson, Colin Kaepernick, and

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22:39

$3.5 million redistributed for Black self-determination

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/05

The Anti-Police Terror Project has redistributed $3.5 million to Black-led community organizations and families impacted by state violence – in this episode we speak with the folks that helped make it happen. Rahel Mekdim Teka and Asia Alman are community organizers and project managers of the Radical Redistribution Fund. They discuss the decision-making process around how to redistribute funds so they can be used most effectively, and without any strings attached whatsoever. —- Subscribe to this

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Opponents condemn SFPD use of killer robots ahead of...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/05

San Francisco Board of Supervisors are set for a final vote on whether to authorize SFPD to use killer robots on Tuesday. We’re joined by Dean Preston, San Francisco Supervisor for District 5 to discuss the policy that would authorize lethal force, why it would be needed, the risks to the community – especially Black and Brown residents of San Francisco – and how funding and maintenance of military weapons for SFPD could be better spent on measures for public safety. Opponents are urging the Board

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48:00

Artist Resistance in Residence: Lisbet Tellefsen

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/02

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 Artist Resistance in Residence is Lisbet Tellefsen, a Black archivist, collector and curator, who is one of the

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Angelversary of Mario Woods, killed by SFPD in 2015...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/01

Friday, December 2nd is Mario Woods Angelversary. We speak with Gwen Woods, Mario Woods mother. Mario was killed by SFPD on December 2nd, 2015 in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. He was 26 years old when he was shot by as many as 15 rounds fired by five officers. His murder ignited massive protests, including a hunger strike, and unity among police accountability activists on both sides of the Bay bridge who routinely shut down BOS, police commission meetings and engaged in direct actions

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32:30

Justice for Jahiem McMillan – police shooting of...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/01

We turn our attention to Gulfport, Mississippi where on October 6th, 2022 police murdered 15 year old Jaheim McMillan in front of his four friends in the parking lot of a Dollar Tree Store. Activists are headed to Gulfport the first weekend in December, from across the country to demand the police release the footage of the shooting. We will be joined by Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Andrew Joseph, Jr is

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15:37

State Terror Round Up for the week of November 28th,...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/12/01

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 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 do

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