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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 Teresa Wierzbianska.
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Pinkwashing and purplewashing are tools of Israeli propaganda that build a narrative around the Jewish state as a haven for women and queer people. The Zionist arguments for these themes include statements like: Hamas would kill queer people or trans people, and that on the far opposite side Israel’s legal system protects those groups. It’s … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Laith who is a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement and one of the national leaders of the Mask Off Maersk Campaign. Shipping giant Maersk announced this month that it would cut ties with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Then we’ll go to Raed Jarrar who is an … Continued
We speak with The Nation’s John Nichols about the stunning victory of New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. John is the National Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times. His latest article for The Nation is called “Zohran Mamdani Proves that Power Belongs to the People.” … Continued
Today, we speak with Tim Redmond about San Francisco’s controversial new budget. Tim has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 40 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. He has won more than 40 national and local awards for journalism. We also speak with Dr. Ayodele Nzinga … Continued
We’ll speak with Dara Baldwin, author of the new book, To Be a Problem: A Black Woman’s Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement. Dara is an activist, scholar, and author with over twenty years of experience in policy and social justice work. She currently runs her own equity consulting firm DMadrina, LLC. She formerly … Continued
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. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is poet Zouhair Mussa. Zouhair is a Sudanese/Nubian-American community organizer and multi-disciplinary artist from West Oakland. His art is based on the life he has lived and … Continued
Today is the national holiday of Juneteenth, and so we’ll spend the hour in conversation with Annette Gordon Reed, an author and Harvard professor from Texas, descending from slaves who were directly impacted by the actual events of Juneteenth. We’ll be talking about her book On Juneteenth, which is both an essential account and a stark reminder … Continued
We’ll speak with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson who is a long-time activist and has worked in movements fighting for workers, reproductive justice, LGBTQUIA+ justice, environmental justice and more. She is the first Black woman to serve as Co-Executive Director of Highlander Research & Education Center and is a member of several leadership teams in the Movement … Continued
We’ll speak with Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez, editors of All This Safety Is Killing Us: Health and Justice Beyond Prisons, Police and Borders — Abolitionist Frameworks and Practices from Clinicians, Organizers and Incarcerated Activists– A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we’ll 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. Next, we go to Laila who is a Syrian-Palestinian law student and organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement: a transnational, grassroots organization … Continued
