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 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: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
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 … Continued
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, … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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. … Continued
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 … Continued
