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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Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is writer/actor Wayne Harris. He is the creator of the solo show Drapetomania, reclaiming a 19th-century pseudoscientific term once used to pathologize enslaved people’s desire for freedom. Wayne recently wrapped a run at The Marsh Theater https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/wayne-harris-drapetomania/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on … Continued
In this episode, we speak with Jesse Rabinowitz from the National Homelessness Law Center on the Trump Administration’s alarming plan build a massive facility in Utah that critics warn will function as an “internment camp” where the unhoused will be subject to forced labor. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: … Continued
In this episode, we speak with Jamal Abdi, the president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) on the Trump administration’s plans to “rigorously reexamine” the status of every green card holder from nineteen nations, including Iran, and to allow for “negative, country-specific factors to be considered when vetting” nationals of those same nations applying for … Continued
On today’s episode we speak with Oneg Ben-Dror, from Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) prisoners and detainees department. PHRI released a recent report that reveals over the past two years, up to August 2025, at least 94 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention facilities. Read the report here https://www.phr.org.il/en/palestinian-deaths-behind-bars-eng/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we are joined by Samer Araabi from the Arab Resource Organizing Council to discuss latest headlines from the ongoing genocide in 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/
On this episode, we turn to Sudan where violence is escalating as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized full control of Darfur, including el-Fasher, amid reports of mass killings, ethnically targeted atrocities, and a worsening humanitarian crisis. We’ll speak with Dr. Arif Gamal, born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan. Dr. Arif is a … Continued
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as civil rights leader H. Rap Brown, is an American Muslim cleric and former Black Power activist whose life has spanned community organizing, political leadership, and later religious guidance. He died this week at the age of 82 in a correctional medical facility. We’ll talk with Kalonji Changa and Dhoruba … Continued
On this episode of Palestine Post, we 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 on the latest news headlines. 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 week’s Resistance in Residence, we speak with R. Okpara Danjuma, Ph. D., writer, educator and performer. He recently performed his solo show Wounded Healer at Berkeley’s Monkey House theater, a story that chronicles his self-destructive behavior that ultimately turns to enlightenment, triumph and gratitude. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us … Continued
The Trump administration is prominisng to strip funding from important permanent housing programs that will keep people off the street. On this episode, we speak with Jesse Rabinowitz, the Campaign and Communications Director at the National Homelessness Law Center. He led the communications and power-building work on the historic Johnson vs. Grants Pass Supreme Court … Continued
