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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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From the 70s or 80s into the earlier 2000s, we saw the numbers of people locked up in prisons and jails increase, around the country. But since the first decade of the 2000s, the numbers of people being locked up have actually decreased nationally and also locally. One of the results is that prisons themselves … Continued
We spend the hour with Robert Jones Jr, who recently retired his well-known social media handle Son of Baldwin. He discusses his debut novel, The Prophets, which is about two men who are in love, enslaved on the same Mississippi plantation. We talk about how the relationship between colonialism, Western imperialism, and christian hegemony built up … Continued
We start today with the latest in state violence with our weekly State Terror Roundup. On July 29th, our guest Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party, was targeted in a multi-city FBI raid on several homes and offices of the Uhuru Movement. On September 13th, Yeshitela will return to the Uhuru House … Continued
On today’s show: We dive into the legacy of the Freedom Rides with David Dennis Jr, son of legendary civil rights activist and organizer David Dennis Sr. Together, they’ve collaborated on a book called The Movement Made Us – looking not only at the life of David Dennis Sr, chronicling everything from his first freedom … Continued
He’s a comedian, a television host, a political pundit, an advocate, a husband, a daddy and Cat Brooks gets to call him her friend. Today’s show is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell about his new book which he co-authored with Kate Schatz: Do the Work! An Anti-racist Activity Book. We also talk about his … Continued
On September 26, 2014, students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, were disappeared by state actors and police. Forty-three students completely vanished, igniting years of national protest. Now, the country’s former Attorney General – long thought complicit in the coverup – has been arrested, reopening wounds … Continued
Today’s packed show starts by staying on top of the latest in state violence with our weekly State Terror Roundup. We go deep into the Antioch Police Department, where 10% of the city’s police force were suspended in scandal earlier this week, with KPFA’s Frank Sterling. Then we speak with Pulitzer Prize-wining journalist Tom Jackman, … Continued
On todays show, musical prodigy Christopher Lavell Jones was just 17 years old when he was gunned down on his mothers porch on New Years Eve, 2010, in a tragic episode of street violence. Since that time his mother, Brenda Grisham, has been fighting for justice for her son and peace on Oaklands streets. We’re … Continued
On today’s show – two bills are currently moving through the California state legislature that could impact quality of life for folks inside prisons. Senate Bill 300 would address circumstances under which someone can be sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP). We speak with Candace Chavez Wilson, a member of FUEL: Families United to End … Continued
A grassroots movement has pushed to the surface that law enforcement should not be the first or primary response to mental health crisis — and the movement is winning the public debate. But states and municipalities are responding with legislation and shifts in pattern and practice — is more harm than good being done? On … Continued
