Law & Disorder

08.31.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s show, we start in conversation about the tragic racist mass shooting in Florida that happened over the weekend. We’re in conversation with Jonel Edwards Mickles is a co-executive director of Dream Defenders, a Florida organization created after the racist killing of Trayvon Martin. Check out the Dream Defenders website: https://www.dreamdefenders.org/ Then, we look … Continued

08.30.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s show, we share Part 2 of Diamonds and Bullets, an all vocal theatrical experience produced by Oakland-based arts and consulting company Edutainment for Equity, to provoke greater understanding and empathy for the statement “Black Lives Matter”.  It features music of Bay Area Hip Hop Vocal Ensemble Antique Naked Soul, headed by songwriter and … Continued

08.29.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s feature, we share Part 1 of Diamonds and Bullets, an all vocal theatrical experience produced by Oakland-based arts and consulting company Edutainment for Equity, to provoke greater understanding and empathy for the statement “Black Lives Matter”.  It features music of Bay Area Hip Hop Vocal Ensemble Antique Naked Soul, headed by songwriter and … Continued

08.28.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s show we focus on the local environmental impact of West Oakland’s Schnitzer Steel Factory, which has poured chemicals into the areas airways for many years. Earlier in August, the factory experienced a significant toxic fire. Joining us to discuss is Ms. Margaret Gordon, co-founder and co-director of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project … Continued

08.24.23 - 8:00am

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On August 29th, the Palestinian Youth Movement is organizing a protest against technological development and support that aidds Israel’s colonial violence. We are joined by two organizers with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Saif and Rami, who work with student activists in the Bay Area to raise political consciousness around the colonization of Palestine. Learn more … Continued

08.23.23 - 8:00am

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Every year nearly 5.3 million incidents of intimate partner violence occurs in the United States among women 18 years and older. Intimate partner violence results in nearly 1,300 death and two million injuries every single year. If we are ever going to end or even reduce this epidemic, we have got to do something different. … Continued

08.22.23 - 8:00am

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On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and multiple children at the bottom of a cliff along the California coastline. The crash was a murder-suicide: a white lesbian couple had adopted six Black children, with a paper-trail of child abuse and neglect that had been ignored … Continued

08.21.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s show, we start with Antioch councilmember Tamisha Torres-Walker in conversation about a federal raid and arrest of numerous Antioch police officers that occurred last week. Then, we dive deep into a recall effort against Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, in conversation with Darrell Owens, a housing activist, transit know-it-all, and Data Analyst … Continued

08.17.23 - 8:00am

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We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, we’re in conversation with Danielle Bernstein, a public defender and writer in New York City with a background in innocence work, who is uncovering some of the gendered challenges in exonerating wrongly incarcerated women in this country. The challenges include outdated stereotypes, and convictions … Continued

08.16.23 - 8:00am

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Today we continue to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Law & Disorder on KPFA’s airwaves. Today, we celebrate by taking a look back at some of the programming that Law & Disorder has brought in our first year. Thank you for listening! This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is writer, singer, and organizer for Black … Continued