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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, we talk about the power of culture in the Palestinian Resistance with Malu Halasa and Jordan Elgrably. Malu Halasa is a Literary Editor at The Markaz Review, is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor. She has edited a number of anthologies such as Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art From the … Continued
On Today’s show, we bring fresh analysis on the wars in the Middle East, the stalled cease fire and negotiations between the US and Iran, and the collapsing ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon. Samer Araabi is the Associate Director of Political Education and Research at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is also a member of the … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks explores the history of the automotive industry in Detroit, the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, the 1969 formation and history of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working-class movements in U.S. history. These workers in the Detroit automobile industry developed into working class revolutionaries who studied … Continued
Guest: Dr. Rebecca Hall is a scholar, activist, and author of the acclaimed graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, … Continued
On today’s show, Host Cat Brooks is in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi debunking the origins of authoritarianisms and the “great replacement theory” and how those ideas have become dominant political ideas in our time ushering in an antidemocratic age. Dr. Ibram X Kendi is a professor of history and the founding director of … Continued
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
