Trump threated to send National Guard troops to San Francisco last week.  Organizers in the city say they won’t take it lying down.  In this episode, we hear from Bay Rising’s Jane Martin. Bay Rising is a regional coalition of grassroots organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that works to build political power among … Continued

As ICE crackdowns and federal troop deployments continue to affect Blue cities nationwide, we hear from Portland’s Anna Wilcox.  Anna is a multimedia journalist with Portland’s KBOO who has been covering the protests at Portland’s ICE facility. __ 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/

As ICE crackdowns and federal troop deployments continue to affect Blue cities nationwide, we check in with Damon Williams from Chicago.  Damon is a movement builder, organizer, performing artist, educator, media creator and co-director of #LetUsBreathe Collective, an artistic activist organization birthed out of the Ferguson uprising. __ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow … Continued

On today’s Palestine Post, we’ll 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.  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 episode, we speak with historian and author LaShawn Harris about the life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever—and sparked the ongoing movement against racist policing and brutality. LaShawn’s new book Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City highlights the impact of … Continued

After Donald Trump took credit for negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli occupation forces killed several Palestinian civilians in Gaza on Tuesday of this week, violating a ceasefire as Israel’s government vowed to keep restricting aid to the devastated enclave until Hamas returns the bodies of hostages taken two years ago. On today’s … Continued

In this episode, we speak with Alec Karakatsanis, lawyer and author of the book Usual Cruelty The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System, a profoundly radical reconsideration of the American “injustice system” by someone who is actively, wildly successfully, challenging it. Learn more about Alec’s book here https://thenewpress.org/books/usual-cruelty/?v=eb65bcceaa5f — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get … Continued