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Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Toronto-based professional playwright, singer-songwriter and multimedia artist, Duane Forrest. Check Duane Forrest out at the …
On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Sonali Kolhatkar about her latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible, in which the author presents a visionary outlook for a future rooted in liberation, freedom, and justice, through a collection of conversations with scholars, movement figures, and activists who are leading the movement to end … Continued
On today’s episode of our weekly Monday segment, The Palestine Post, we’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Toronto-based professional playwright, singer-songwriter and multimedia artist, Duane Forrest. Check Duane Forrest … Continued
We start today’s show with our recurring segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, as Israel unleashes renewed waves of bombings on Gaza, 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. Then, to Antioch, California, where in 2023, the FBI … Continued
In the past month, around 13,500 New York prison guards went on a wildcat strike. The New York Governor responded by sending National Guard troops to work as prison guards in the states prisons. Before prison guards ended their strike, reports of at least nine prisoners dying during the time of the strike hit the … Continued
Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right’s attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups such as environmentalists and Black … Continued
On this week’s Palestine Post, we speak first with Linda Sarsour, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian Muslim American activist, author, and community organizer. Then, we’re joined by Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center who co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is … Continued
We start today’s show with our recurring segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, Colombia University student Mahmoud Khalil is the first pro-Palestinain activist to be disappeared by the Trump administration; with the President making good on his promise to target people supportive of a free Palestine. Some folks in congress have piped up – but … Continued
Pamela Prices became the first Black woman to be elected to the seat of Alameda County District Attorney, but before the ballots were even counted, a conservative block funded by billionaires and law enforcement agencies across the country, began planning a recall. That recall was successful. Joining us to discuss that recall as well as … Continued
What is the legacy of white supremacy and white supremacists in American prisons? How did the Black Power movement spur an evolution in the violence of the US carceral system and its agents. Those are some of the questions asked and answered by our guest today, Brittany Friedman, in her book Carceral Apartheid: How Lies … Continued
On today’s episode of our weekly Monday segment, The Palestine Post, we’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration; along with Gabriella, an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement. This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist … Continued
