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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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 … Continued
In this episode we kick off Oakland Fashion Week in conversation with event producers Jeff Perlstein, co-director of Oakland Style Lab, a nonprofit fashion incubator connecting existing, emerging, & aspiring designers to boost their creativity, technical skills & business opportunities for success in the growing creative workforce; along with Teju Adisa-Farrar, an environmental equity consultant, researcher, … Continued
Mayor Sheng Thao gave her first state of the city address about Oakland. Joining us for reaction is George Galvis, Co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). Check out the CURYJ website: https://curyj.org/ — 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/
We continue our conversation about what is unfolding in Palestine with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian artist and author who lives as a refugee in Toronto but is currently in Bethlehem, Palestine. Her latest book is called Driving in Palestine. We’re also joined by Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, a Palestinian artist and filmmaker living between Ramallah and Ottawa on … Continued
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. On today’s show, we’ll be in conversation with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her husband died of a stab wound that was inflicted while Tracy was defending herself from a violent attack. Her story is chronicled in a new book called … Continued
On today’s episode, the latest in Palestine and the ramifications of islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the US, in conversation with Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches US empire, borders, and migration. Follow Khury Peterson-Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kpyes/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
In this episode, in light of the renewed battle for land in Palestine, we feature a poem from Bay Area Palestinian activist Lubna, called In The Absence of Homeland. — 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/
Early on Saturday Morning, Hamas led a militant raid on Israeli settlements around the outskirts of the Gaza Strip, flying over border fences In paraglides, bulldozing Israeli border fences, and assaulting Israeli colonial settlements just outside the fiercely controlled Gaza Strip. In the days since, Israel has declared war on gaza, has killed many Palestinians, … Continued
