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
Berkeley-raised, Julliard-trained pianist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes has designed and curated an exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts entitled The Healing Project. Fundamentally an abolitionist project, The Healing Project explores particularly the prison industrial complex through music, visual arts, film, a digital library of audio interviews. The works are rooted in interviews and relationships … Continued
In this episode, we dive into the legacy of the Freedom Rides with David Dennis Jr, son of legendary civil rights activist and organizer David Dennis Sr. Together, they’ve collaborated on a book called The Movement Made Us – looking not only at the life of David Dennis Sr, chronicling everything from his first freedom … Continued
He’s a comedian, a television host, a political pundit, an advocate, a husband, a daddy and Cat Brooks gets to call him her friend. Today’s show is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell about his new book which he co-authored with Kate Schatz: Do the Work! An Anti-Racist Activity Book. We also talk about his … Continued
Reports from inside Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) – a women’s jail in Virginia – show that the food prisoners are receiving is spoiled and moldy, leading to calls from elected officials for a deeper investigation and change. We are joined by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, senior reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. … Continued
On September 26, 2014, students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, were disappeared by state actors and police. Forty-three students completely vanished, igniting years of national protest. Now, the country’s former Attorney General – long thought complicit in the coverup – has been arrested, reopening wounds … Continued
A grassroots movement has pushed to the surface that law enforcement should not be the first or primary response to mental health crisis — and the movement is winning the public debate. On this episode, a dive into Oakland’s Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Program — a community response program for non-violent, non-emergency … 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
We encourage our brothers and sisters on the other side of the wall to write in to our show. Occasionally we read those letters on the air. This is our first segment of Letters from the Inside. This letter comes from Corcoran State Prison. This episode features music by Michael Louis: https://www.instagram.com/tigers_view —- Subscribe to … Continued
John Albers of Overland Park Kansas was just 17 years old when he announced on social media that he was suicidal. Concerned friends called the police. But instead of receiving help, Albers was shot 17 times by Officer Clayton Jenison. The Washington Post conducted a deep dive investigation of his murder and provided it to … Continued
