Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

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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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Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future w/ Emile Suotonye DeWeaver – Spring Fund Drive Special

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Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this hour, we’re joined by formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, discussing his book Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, reflecting on his 21 years of incarceration, what it …

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Malcolm X Birthday: Ballot or the Bullet – Fund Drive Special

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Today would be Malcolm X’s 100th birthday. We spend the day remembering Malcom’s contributions for our struggle against white supremacy by listening to selections from his famed speech that came to be known as “the Ballot or the Bullet”. He gave that speech on April 12th, 1964, in Detroit during President Lyndon Johnson’s re-election campaign. … Continued

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The Death of Israel – Chris Hedges – Spring Fund Drive Special

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On today’s show, we hear selections from a Chris Hedges talk that he titled “The Death of Israel: How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself”, given at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey in 2024. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive Chris Hedges new book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in … Continued

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Appropriating Rock n Roll from Legendary Artist Willie ‘Big Mama’ Mae Thornton – Spring Fund Drive Special

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We spend today’s show in a deep exploration of the blues. We’ll explore the racialized, gendered, sexualized, and overarchingly monetized, tension of that music, and its relationship to normative socials and economics of whiteness – and we’ll do that through the lens of one of the legendary creators and original influencers of music that became … Continued

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Schooling and the Construction of American Racism w/ Eve Ewing – Spring Fund Drive Special

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On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Eve L Ewing about her latest book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $170 and receive Eve L Ewing’s new book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of AmericanRacism. In … Continued

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Palestine Post: A Genocide Foretold w/ Chris Hedges – Spring Fund Drive Special

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On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Chris Hedges about his latest book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive Chris Hedges new book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. In it, the Pulitzer Prize–winning former Middle East Bureau Chief … Continued

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Talking About Abolition w/ Sonali Kolhatkar – Spring Fundraising Drive

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On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Sonali Kolhatkar about her latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive Sonali Kolhatkar’s new book: Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible – In Talking About Abolition, Sonali Kolhatkar presents a visionary outlook for a future rooted in … Continued

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Earth Doula w/ Queen Hollins – Spring Fund Drive Special

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We spend today’s hour in conversation with elder queer Black Indigenous healer and the Founder and Director of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation (the Earthlodge), Queen Hollins, in conversation about her new book called Earth Doula. It’s an illustrated guide for Earth medicine, stewardship, and healing. At a time when so many have forgotten or … Continued

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Contextualizing Angela Davis with Joy James – Spring Fund Drive 2025

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Black abolitionist philosopher Joy James joins us to discuss her book Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $130 and receive Joy James’ book – Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon. Angela Davis is iconic as an international figure but few recognize the educational, political … Continued

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May Day – International Workers Day – Prison Labor and the Fight to End It; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Colette Ghunim

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In recognition of International Workers Day, we are airing an interview with authors behind a book that explores forced and under-or-un-paid labor of prisoners across the United States. The book is called Abolition Labor , and it draws connections between the labor forced on prisoners who hustle to survive on the inside and our precarious economy … Continued