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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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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
Hawaii: A US History of Occupation Guests: Camille Kalama is the Executive Director of Koʻihonua and a longtime advocate for Native Hawaiian rights and self-determination in Hawaiʻi. Kyle Kajihiro is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research focuses on U.S. imperial formations, Militarization, and Indigenous and decolonial social movements … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks talks to Dr. Ussama Makdisi about the war in the Middle East and the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley and Faculty Director of the Program in Palestinian & Arab Studies. He is the author … Continued
Host Cat Brooks recounts the case of unhoused man Shaquille Coleman who was assaulted by the San Leandro Police. ICE Presence in Vallejo Guest: Gretchen Smail is a fellow with the California Local News Fellowship program and Staff Reporter at The Vallejo Sun. She wrote “ICE was in Vallejo at least 21 times in 2025, … Continued
Iran: Trump threatening ‘a whole civilization” and a last minute ceasefire. Cat Brooks talks to Phyllis Bennis about Trump threatening ‘a whole civilization” and a last minute ceasefire with Iran. Guest: Phyllis Bennis is a Middle East analyst and directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the author of … Continued
Cat Brooks talks to Nana Gyamfi about Birthright Citizenship, the 14th Amendment and the implications of the Trump administration trying to reverse these rights. Nana Gyamfi is the Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration or BAJI. Anniversary of Murder of Bobby Hutton with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. is a … Continued
