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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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On today’s show, remembering Oakland activist Kenzie Smith with Mistah FAB, close friend and brother of Kenzie Smith, who is an Oakland native, hip hop artist, community advocate, owner of the brand and Oakland store Dope Era, and my friend, Stanley Cox, also known as Stan Pablo, also known as Fabby Davis Jr, also known … Continued
The courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we begin in conversation with Wassim Hage about the San Francisco District Attorney’s decision to level charges against 26 Bay Area pro-Palestine protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge on April 15th of this year, charging eight of them with significant felonies including conspiracy and false imprisonment. Those protesters turned themselves … Continued
On todays show – the state terror round up and then updates on a detainee hunger strike at the Mesa Verde ICE Detention facility near Bakersfield with Oliver Ma is a legal fellow at the ACLU of Southern California working on immigrant rights. He is supporting the hunger strikers as part of the legal subcommittee. … Continued
We have been following the scandal and abuse at the now shuttered women’s federal prison in Dublin, California. The First Report by the Special Master is out, which mostly corroborates what the women have been saying for years, but also contains some additional troubling information. Joining us to discuss are Lisa Fernandez, a veteran journalist … Continued
Those targeted for incarceration do not simply submit to a monochromatic existence behind bars. Mass incarceration is a lived, sensory experience. On today’s show we speak with the authors of a new visual primer on mass incarceration. The Warehouse brings to life the histories and means of daily survival of the marginalized people ensnared in … Continued
We start our recurring Monday Palestine coverage discussing the latest news from the region with Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst who directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her book Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer was recently re-published in its 7th edition. Then, we explore the greenhouse gas emission … Continued
We start today’s show with our recurring State Terror Roundup segment. Then, acknowledging the beginning of Black August. Then we speak with Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Penny Hess from the Uhuru Movement, who face trial scheduled for September from a federal raid that occurred in July of 2022, with prosecutors accusing three Uhuru members of … Continued
On todays show, a San Francisco Supervisor has resigned from the city’s Rules Committee over the city’s budget crisis, and particularly a plan that could raise police pay for veteran cops to a half million dollars. We’re joined by that Supervisor, Hillary Ronen, who represents San Francisco’s District 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal, and … Continued
On today’s show we explore gun reform as a matter of public health. But how do we reckon with the long history of distrust of public health and the social, ideological, historical, racial, and political forces that allow mass shootings to occur on a near daily basis in America? Our guest today is Jonathan Metzl, … Continued
