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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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We start out today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, the “Brave Caves” of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s Police Department. Joining us to discuss are Amber Sherman, the Rapid Response Organizer with the In Our Names network, which is a national network of organizations, campaigns and individuals working to end police violence against Black … Continued
Our producer, Jesse Strauss, shares a reflection on the shared grief experience of learning of the death and destruction in Gaza as the bombardments continue, connecting dots between shared Jewish grief of the holocaust, lessons we can learn from abolitionist organizing in the US, and a hope that one outcome of the collective grief process will … Continued
On today’s show, we spend the hour with Palestinian author and publisher Hannah Moushabeck. She discusses her debut autobiographical children’s book called Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine, in which three young Palestinians in the diaspora love to hear their father’s stories of home. They feel love for a place they have never been, a … Continued
Mainstream media’s one-sided narrative is doing little more than fueling a unfolding genocide in Gaza. As one of our guests today told us last week – it hasn’t happened yet – and it is our voices, bodies and actions that can help stop it. To that end, we are joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner … Continued
We start out today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, we speak with Walter Riley, a Civil Rights lawyer and activist and chair of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, along with Pierre Labosiere, founder of the Haiti Action Committee, to discuss the current situation in Haiti as well as a local event this … Continued
We continue our conversation about what is unfolding in Palestine with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian artist and author who lives as a refugee in Toronto but is currently in Bethlehem, Palestine. Her latest book is called Driving in Palestine. We’re also joined by Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, a Palestinian artist and filmmaker living between Ramallah and Ottawa on … Continued
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. On today’s show, we’ll be in conversation with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her husband died of a stab wound that was inflicted while Tracy was defending herself from a violent attack. Her story is chronicled in a new book called … Continued
On today’s show, the latest in Palestine and the ramifications of islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the US, in conversation with Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches US empire, borders, and migration. Follow Khury Peterson-Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kpyes/ This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is multi-disciplinary … Continued
During the past seven decades, Palestine has been sealed from the Arab world and shattered into fragmented and coded areas: 1948 area, 1967 area, Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, and A, B and C areas within the West Bank. Each area is ruled by different laws, including different roads and permits that control the mobility of … Continued
A new campaign for traffic safety kicks off today with a legislative briefing which will gather leg staffers, reps and community groups. Its name – Cops Out of Traffic. We are joined by Haleema Baroocha, a transportation policy safety expert, working currently with the Anti Police Terror Project to champion legislation promoting equitable roads and … Continued
