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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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6:36

Advocating for Oakland’s Unhoused Residents w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/03

On this episode, we speak with LeaJay Harper about the City of Oakland’s encampment abatement proposal that threatens unhoused residents. LeaJay is a resident of Wood Street for 10 years now living in a solution to homelessness called Homefullness using her voice to represent for her family still outside.— Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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7:46

Lawsuit Seeks to Strike Down California Penal Code...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/03

In this episode, we speak with Richard Tan, criminal defense attorney in Oakland about a lawsuit that challenges the unlawful arrest of Minister King X, a community organizer with California Prison Focus and All of Us or None (AOUON). Though the charges were dropped without a hearing, the arrest report describes him and others as “Black Identity Extremists” and “Black Supremacist Extremists” for his participation in a protest weeks before. On December 4, 2025, civil rights leaders will host a press

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24:01

International Revolutionary Day with Chairman Fred...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/03

International Revolutionary Day, marked each year on December 4th, is a day of remembrance and reflection on the radical struggle for liberation embodied by Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party. His vision of collective power, rooted in socialism and Black liberation, challenged state violence and poverty, making him a target of government surveillance and repression. On December 4, 1969, Hampton was assassinated in a police raid coordinated with the FBI, a killing that galvanized movements

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26:25

Resistance in Residence w/ Wayne Harris

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/02

Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is writer/actor Wayne Harris. He is the creator of the solo show Drapetomania, reclaiming a 19th-century pseudoscientific term once used to pathologize enslaved people’s desire for freedom. Wayne recently wrapped a run at The Marsh Theater https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/wayne-harris-drapetomania/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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19:45

Homelessness Law Center on Utah Forced Labor Camp

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/02

In this episode, we speak with Jesse Rabinowitz from the National Homelessness Law Center on the Trump Administration’s alarming plan build a massive facility in Utah that critics warn will function as an “internment camp” where the unhoused will be subject to forced labor. — 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

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23:15

Reactions to DC’s National Guard Shooting with Jamal...

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2025/12/02

In this episode, we speak with Jamal Abdi, the president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) on the Trump administration’s plans to “rigorously reexamine” the status of every green card holder from nineteen nations, including Iran, and to allow for “negative, country-specific factors to be considered when vetting” nationals of those same nations applying for adjustment of immigration status. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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20:23

Death Sentence for Palestinians in Custody: Report by...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/12/01

On today’s episode we speak with Oneg Ben-Dror, from Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) prisoners and detainees department. PHRI released a recent report that reveals over the past two years, up to August 2025, at least 94 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention facilities. Read the report here https://www.phr.org.il/en/palestinian-deaths-behind-bars-eng/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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25:38

Palestine Post w/ AROC’s Samer Araabi

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2025/12/01

On today’s Palestine Post, we are joined by Samer Araabi from the Arab Resource Organizing Council to discuss latest headlines from the ongoing genocide in Palestine. —- 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 w/ AROC’s Samer Araabi appeared first on KPFA.

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17:35

Talking about Sudan w/ Dr. Arif Gamal

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/25

On this episode, we turn to Sudan where violence is escalating as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized full control of Darfur, including el-Fasher, amid reports of mass killings, ethnically targeted atrocities, and a worsening humanitarian crisis. We’ll speak with Dr. Arif Gamal, born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan. Dr. Arif is a Nubian poet, environmental scholar, and author of Morning in Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode. After earning a doctorate in environmental science in France, he

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26:07

Remembering Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin w/ Dhoruba Bin...

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2025/11/25

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as civil rights leader H. Rap Brown, is an American Muslim cleric and former Black Power activist whose life has spanned community organizing, political leadership, and later religious guidance. He died this week at the age of 82 in a correctional medical facility. We’ll talk with Kalonji Changa and Dhoruba Bin Wahad about his legacy. Kalonji Jama Changa is an organizer, founder of the FTP Movement, and the co-chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness

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41:06

Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith

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2025/11/25

On this episode of Palestine Post, we speak with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration on the latest news headlines.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 w/ Khury Petersen-Smith appeared first on

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25:56

Resistance in Residence w/ Danjuma

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2025/11/24

On this week’s Resistance in Residence, we speak with R. Okpara Danjuma, Ph. D., writer, educator and performer. He recently performed his solo show Wounded Healer at Berkeley’s Monkey House theater, a story that chronicles his self-destructive behavior that ultimately turns to enlightenment, triumph and gratitude. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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15:38

Cuts to Permanent Housing w/ Jesse Rabinowitz from...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/24

The Trump administration is prominisng to strip funding from important permanent housing programs that will keep people off the street. On this episode, we speak with Jesse Rabinowitz, the Campaign and Communications Director at the National Homelessness Law Center. He led the communications and power-building work on the historic Johnson vs. Grants Pass Supreme Court Case. Jesse directs the Housing, Not Handcuffs Campaign, a nationwide movement to protect the rights of people who live outside and

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19:49

Remembering Alice Wong w/ Yomi S. Young

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/24

Disabillity rights advocate Alice Wong passed this month at the age of 51. On this episode, we speak with Yomi S Young, writer, disability rights advocate, and former Executive Director of the Center for Independent Living, founded in Berkeley, CA on her legacy. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Ryan Nicole —a Grammy-nominated musician, educator, playwright, and community advocate—whose work seamlessly blends art and activism. — Subscribe to this

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50:25

Get the FLOCK Out! Oakland Rejects Surveillance...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/19

On today’s show, we speak with a number of guests about the Oakland Public Safety Committee’s rejection of FLOCK surveillance technologies that threaten the privacy and safety of residents. Sarah Hamid is Director of Strategic Programming at Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reem Suleiman is the senior campaign director at the anti-surveillance nonprofit Fight for the Future and a former privacy advocacy commissioner in Oakland, Rami Ibrahim is an organizer with Palestinian Youth Movement, Tanisha

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18:24

Palestine Post w/ Dina from Palestinian Youth Movement

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2025/11/17

On this episode, we speak with Dina S., an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement on updates with the campaign to stop shipments of weapons to Israel from the Oakland International Airport. Learn more about this campaign and armsembargonow.com — 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 w/ Dina from

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23:38

Palestine Post w/ Phyllis Bennis

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2025/11/17

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and director the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the author of the book, Understanding Palestine & Israel. — 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 w/ Phyllis Bennis appeared first on

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17:30

LA Times’ Gustavo Arellano on ICE in SoCal

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/13

In this episode, guest host Thandisizwe Chimurenga chats with writer and journalist Gustavo Arellano. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County’s alternative weekly OC Weekly. His most recent column for the LA Times is called “When immigration agents picked up a 15-year-old white teen.”— Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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23:28

Sudan News w/ Alaa Suliman from SANC

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/13

Sudan’s brutal two-year war has entered a new phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seized control of the entire Darfur region, ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold. The conflict has killed over 40,000 people and displaced more than 14 million, creating a humanitarian crisis. The capture of el-Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, raises fears of Sudan splitting again, nearly 15 years after South Sudan’s independence. The RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has roots in the

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49:03

National Conference of Black Lawyers, Free Mumia and...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2025/11/13

On today’s show, guest host Kalonji Changa speaks with Mawuli Davis, renowned civil rights attorney, human rights organizer and author with over 30 years of experience in the Movement for Black Liberation and Whitley Carpenter, Senior Criminal Justice Counsel and Policy Manager for Forward Justice. She focuses on researching, developing and advocating for effective policy changes related to reducing racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Later in the show, we’ll chat with Dhoruba bin

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