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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 Diana Martinez.
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On today’s show, host Cat Brooks speaks to Rami Khouri about the latest developments in the US/Israeli war on Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran. And, as a major development on Sunday 5/3, Trump announced naval operation “Project Freedom,” a US military campaign to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iran issued … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks explores the expansion of county jails, the fastest-growing sector of the US carceral state. Nearly every county and major city in the United States has a jail, the short-term detention center controlled by local sheriffs that funnels people into prisons and long-term incarceration. While the growing movement against incarceration … Continued
On today’s show, we talk about the CA governors race, who is rising to the top? Could California be headed for a Republican win? Can Tom Steyer buy his way to the top, and how it took so long for the open secret of Eric Swalwell predatory behavior to come to light? Guest: David Dayen … Continued
On today’s show host Cat Brooks speaks to Rayan El-Amine about the latest developments in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and the current status of the ceasefires. Rayan El-Amine is a community organizer and member leader with Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). He teaches in the Labor and Community Studies Department at the City College … Continued
April is National poetry month, so we are featuring two poets today who are using their voices as a catalyst for social change. Aya de León teaches creative writing in the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley. She was the 2024-25 poet laureate of the City of Berkeley and is the author of 11 … Continued
Sheila Bates is Policy Coordinator at Black Lives Matter Grassroots discussing the dropped charges against Torrance officers in killing of Christopher Deandre Mitchell. Tiny Gray Garcia is the co-founder of POOR Magazine The Homefulness Project – a landless peoples, self-determined land liberation movement in the Ohlone/Lisjan/Huchuin territory known as Deep East Oakland. We also speak … Continued
Guest: Raj Jayadev is the co-founder of Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organizing, advocacy, and multimedia storytelling organization. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Time, the San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, on PBS, the BBC, and other media outlets across the country. He is the author of Protect Your People and is a 2018 MacArthur “genius” fellow. Our … Continued
On Today’s show, host Cat Brooks talks to Rehab Nazzal about the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and the effects of the US-Israeli wars (on Iran and Lebanon) on the Palestinian struggle. Rehab Nazzal is a Palestinian-born multidisciplinary artist based in Bethlehem, Palestine and Montreal, Canada. Her work explores the effects of settler colonial … Continued
Host Cat Brooks talks to interfaith minister, educator, and activist Dr. Liza Rankow about integrative paths toward healing and social transformation, rooted in our kinship with one another, the Earth, and all of life. Dr Liza J. Rankow is the founder and former executive director of OneLife Institute, which for almost 20 years supported the … Continued
Today, KPFA is celebrating its 77th anniversary to honor it, host Cat Brooks is in conversation about the war in the Middle East with guests: Khury Petersen-Smith is Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Samer Araabi is the Associate Director of Political … Continued
