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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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On today’s show – We start with our weekly State Terror Round Up: Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in … Continued
A prison in Susanville – a small town in one of the farthest reaches of the state, just east of the Lassen National Forest and by the Northern California-Nevada border, was signed off to be closed by early this past summer, but some locals, concerned with an economic hit to the community, were able to … Continued
On todays show – a look at the realities of newly appointed SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. She’s fulfilling her promises to arrest more people, criminalize mental health and substance abuse and be “tougher on crime” much to the devastation of San Francisco’s most vulnerable populations. She has also been outed as being paid to … Continued
Black Lives Matter is a global movement whose impact on the struggle for Black liberation cannot be overstated. Like iwth any movement, it has had its share of struggle and controversy – much of that due to state’s interference and deliberate attempts to destroy organizing in Black communities. There is a lot of misinformation and … Continued
We kick off todays show with this week’s State Terror Roundup – then going to turn our attention to both police in government in Antioch. First we speak with the family of Angelo Quinto who was murdered by police during a mental health crisis in 2020. The Contra Costa District Attorney just last week ruled … Continued
Today’s episode goes deep into the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, where water is no longer running from taps as a result of racist infrastructural failure. Our guest is Joshua Dedmond of Cooperation Jackson who is involved in coordinating emergency water response for residents. Follow Cooperation Jackson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CooperationJXN Check out Cooperation Jackson’s website: … Continued
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
