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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Nana Gyamfi is the Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration or BAJI. Get involved https://baji.org/ — 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/
It’s the 12th Annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy March & Week of Action on January 19th. On today’s show, we speak with Kalonji Jama Changa an organizer, founder of the FTP Movement, and the co-chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness Institute and is co-founder of Black Power Media. He is also author of the … Continued
This week’s Resistance in Residence is storyteller,and Moth Story Hour winner Tony Cyprien. Tony Cyprien was born and raised in Watts, California. He moved to Berkeley in 2011 where he lives with his wife and where he discovered improv, which changed his life. He’s performing with the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project Festival and the … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Walda Katz Fishman, longtime peace activist and writer whose work centers on anti-war organizing, Palestinian solidarity, and movements for global justice, and Jerome Scott, veteran Black liberation organizer and writer, and a founding member of the Black Power movement organization the League of Revolutionary Black Workers — about their … Continued
It’s been one year since Los Angeles County experienced the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires. On this episode, we speak with Nic Arnzen, an Altadena-based community organizer, town council member and writer focused on local accountability, public safety, and grassroots responses to state violence. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Dr. Arif Gamal about news from the devastating civil war in Sudan. Dr. Gamal was born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan. Dr. Arif is a Nubian poet, environmental scholar, and author of Morning in Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode. After earning a doctorate in environmental science in France, he moved … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Samer from Arab Resource Organizing Council (AROC) on news and headlines from Palestine. — 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/
Some civic watchdogs are saying the Oakland City Council is deserves criticism on issues from governance to homeless abatement policies. On this episode, we speak with Brian Hofer, the Executive Director of Secure Justice, a non-profit that advocates against state abuse of power and Chaney Turner, the Integrated Voter Engagement Director with Oakland Rising Action … Continued
On today’s show, George Galvis, co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) joins us to react to the shocking video showing the close-range shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer. — 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 this episode, we speak with Dr. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots about the murder of Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father and community activist who was shot and killed on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Porter, who lived in Compton, was a member of Black … Continued
