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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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We start our show with Joe Rivano Barros, senior editor at Mission Local who describes the monied interests behind Proposition D and the people who stand to profit from and the November elections should San Franciscans vote in favor of Proposition D. The proposition would slash the total number of oversight commissions, give the mayor … Continued
On Monday, the UN voted unanimously to extend the security mission in Haiti for another year. Dahoud André, a Haitian community activist based in New York and a member of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti contextualizes this latest development inside of what he describes as a decades long political operation to exert … Continued
Reporter Nico Lang has been a recurring guest on this show as we continue to cover the dizzying and dangerous demagoguery and anti-trans legislation against trans youth. They join us today to share about some of the people they met in small town America, trans kids and their families directly impacted by the anti-trans policies … Continued
Human Rights Watch investigations have documented war crimes against journalists and civilians in Southern Lebanon, including Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus and other weapons supplied by the US. Israel’s use of booby trapped pagers and recent aerial bombardments targeting medical workers and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon have also raised alarm from human rights advocates … Continued
Multiple advocates and an independent journalist were arrested during a West Oakland encampment sweep last week. City workers displaced 40-50 people from a densely populated area near the intersection of West Grand Ave. Talya “Boots” Husbands-Hankin, founder of Love and Justice in the Streets says the area was home to black elders, several with disabilities … Continued
While the conflict between Israel and Lebanon intensifies, with Israeli General Herzi Halevi threatening a ground invasion, the Israeli military and its settler proxies continue to target Palestinians in the West Bank. Rehab Nazzal joins us this morning from Bethlehem. Nazzal is a Palestinian artist and author who lives as a refugee in Toronto and … Continued
We’re joined today by the author of a book that ties cultural survival to earth-based knowledge. In The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K. Feghali offers a layered history of the healing plants of Cana’an (the Levant) and … Continued
Dr. Jess Ghannam, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at UCSF is one the faculty who have accused the UC system of suppressing pro-Palestine speech on its campuses. The charge evolved from an earlier complaint filed on behalf of students and faculty at UCLA who were violently assaulted … Continued
Brian Edwards-Tiekert subs in this hour. This episode features excerpts from an interview with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of Rashid Khalidi’s Duval’s book The … Continued
Brian Edwards-Tiekert subs in this hour. This episode features excerpts from an interview with Kathleen Duval, professor of history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author most recently of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $190 and receive a copy of Kathleen Duval’s book Native Nations: A … Continued
