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.
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On this episode, we speak with Addie Kitchen, the grandmother of Steven Taylor, the man fatally shot by a now-retired San Leandro police officer in a Walmart in April 2020, and she has since emerged as a leading advocate seeking justice and accountability in his case. We also speak with Adanté Pointer, an Oakland‑born civil‑rights attorney … Continued
In this episode, we speak with author Niloufar Khonsari about their new book The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care. Drawing on two decades of experience in community organizing and nonprofit leadership, Khonsari guides us in transforming our workplaces by decentralizing power; implementing collective governance structures; and centering principles … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Hatem Bazian, a Palestinian-American academic and activist. He is a teaching professor in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California,Berkeley and co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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: [email protected] Follow us on … Continued
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: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
