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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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We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the … Continued
On today’s show, a dive into the US blockade against Cuba, as the United Nations prepares for a November 3rd vote. On Thursday, November 3rd at 4:30 pm a broad coalition of Bay Area groups will rally at the SF Federal Building (7th St. near Mission) to call on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “Let Cuba … Continued
Protests in Iran continued over the weekend sparked by the murder of 22 year old Mahsa Amini who was arrested a few weeks ago by the Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran’s government who arrested Amini for not wearing the hijab. The most recent protests were met with a brutal response from the … Continued
We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup featuring music by Kofy Brown (follow Kofy Brown on instagram: instagram.com/kofybrown) Then, we move to Minneapolis: On October 8th, 2021 Alex Mingus was driving his wife to work when he saw a man that was bleeding and needed help. The aid provided by Alex saved … Continued
We start today’s show with our ongoing segment: Letters From The Inside, featuring words from a prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, mailed to this show to be read on air. Then, we dive into the legacy of the Freedom Rides with David Dennis Jr, son of legendary civil rights activist and organizer David Dennis … Continued
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we’re going to spend some time exploring community responses to domestic or interpersonal violence. Every year nearly 5.3 million incidents of intimate partner violence occurs in the United States among women 18 years and older. Intimate partner violence results in nearly 1,300 death and two million injuries every … Continued
Haiti is in ever-increasing crisis with fuel ports blocked by local gang leaders, escalating levels of violence including the sexual assault of girls, women and, elders and a widespread cholera outbreak. In this episode we discuss the state of things as well as the path forward and why the potential UN/US intervention may not be … Continued
On today’s show, we begin with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then we transition to a conversation of the Oakland Police Departments brief consideration of acquiring robots that could shoot shotgun rounds. We are joined by the reporter who exposed this news in an article at The Intercept. Sam Biddle is a reporter focusing on … Continued
We spend this hour talking Los Angeles politics with Dr Melina Abdullah, professor and chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, and founder and director of BLM Grassroots – not to be confused with the BLM Global Foundation. They are dealing with the fallout from racist comments made by sitting city council members, … Continued
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we’re going to spend some time throughout the rest of the month exploring community responses to domestic or interpersonal violence. On today’s show we talk with Mimi Kim, founder of Creative Interventions and co-founder of INCITE! She has been a long-time activist, advocate and researcher challenging gender-based violence … Continued
