KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks

The Jeffrey Epstein list scandal is rocking the MAGA base threatening support for the Trump presidency from within. We speak with Adam Mockler, who is a rising voice in political commentary and reporting, known for his work with the MeidasTouch Network and his own YouTube channel The Adam Mockler Show — which has over 1 million subscribers. Check out his channel here https://www.youtube.com/@adammockler (make sure you Like and Subscribe!!) — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/    The post Adam Mockler on The Epstein List and the MAGAsphere appeared first on KPFA.

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.” — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/    The post 5 Weeks of ICE Raids with LA Taco's Janette Villafana appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with environmental activist Amos White, who is an organizer for the Good Trouble Lives On protest. Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That's why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Good Trouble Lives On w/ Activist Amos White appeared first on KPFA.

Today we'll discuss Draft One, a new AI tool for police departments that comes with many potential problems. As investigations director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Dave Maass researches and writes about surveillance technology, government transparency, press freedoms, the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration enforcement, prisoner rights, and other digital rights issues. He leads the Atlas of Surveillance project in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he is a Reynolds Scholar in Residence. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post AI and the Future of Policing w/ Dave Maass from the Electronic Frontier Foundation appeared first on KPFA.

In today's episode, we speak with author, influencer and anti-Zionist Jewish activist Sim Kern about their book Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Genocide Bad! w/ Author Sim Kern appeared first on KPFA.

In this Palestine Post, we speak with Eliana Rubin who is an anti-Zionist organizer, somatic practitioner, full spectrum doula and author of the book Taking the State out of the Body: A Guide to Embodied Resistance to Zionism. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Palestine Post: Somatic Approach to Anti-Zionism w/ Eliana Rubin appeared first on KPFA.

Our Resistance in Residence artist this week is Pearl Ong. Pearl is a playwright and storyteller whose solo show Night Driver debuts this month at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco and runs from July 19 through August 23rd, each Saturday at 5 pm.  Find ticket information here  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence: Playwright, Performer Pearl Ong appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Melina Abdullah about the most recent Black Lives Matter conference, happening this weekend in Los Angeles  Dr. Melina  is a professor and the chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Learn more about Black Lives Matter Grassroots.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Black Lives Matter Grassroots Updates w/ Dr. Melina Abdullah appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show, we speak with Lia Russell, a reporter for the Sacramento Bee who covers CA Governor Gavin Newsom.  You can read her most recent articles for the Bee here.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Newsom News with the Sac Bee's Lia Russell appeared first on KPFA.

Roadside Theater is a professional ensemble of storytellers and theater makers hailing from the mountains of central Appalachia. In its decades since its founding in 1975, the ensemble has taken on the task of people's theater, engaging social issues and abandoning the ‘fourth wall' concept in order to bring audiences into the process of cultural production. Roadside Theater reflects Appalachian culture, but it has also worked over decades to build theater in solidarity with social struggles across social constructs, including in close connection with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and their associated theater troupes, Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions. On today's show, we're joined by editors and contributors to a new book that documents that history, called Art In A Democracy. We're joined by the book's editor, Ben Fink, who worked with Roadside Theater from 2015 until 2020, and co-founded the East Kentucky–Western Massachusetts cross-partisan dialogue project Hands Across the Hills. We're also joined by Donna Porterfield, the Managing Director of Roadside Theater from 1979 to 2019, with oversight responsibility for all of the theater's personnel and financial matters; as well as AB Spellman, a poet and essayist as well as a jazz critic and enthusiast, and a figure in the Black Arts Movement who worked for about 30 years at the National Endowment of the Arts. Learn more about Roadside Theater and Art in a Democracy: https://www.artinademocracy.org/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Appalachian Roadside Theater Tackles Democracy Without a ‘Fourth Wall' appeared first on KPFA.

The Republican budget bill passed last week, which some are calling the largest wealth distribution to the wealthy in history. We speak with Congresswoman Lateefah Simon who is currently serving her first term in Congress as the Representative of the 12th district of California representing the East Bay. Congresswoman Simon is a vocal supporter against the Republican so-called Big Beautiful Bill that she says will cause upwards of 40,000 people in her district to lose access to healthcare. We also hear from the Nation's John Nichols. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post The Big, Ugly Bill. US Rep. Lateefah Simon Gives Hope; and the Nation's John Nichols appeared first on KPFA.

The Republican budget bill passed last week, which some are calling the largest wealth distribution to the wealthy in history.  We'll speak with W. Kamaul Bell who is a stand-up comic, commentator, performer and former host of CNN's United Shades of America. He's in the middle of his national Who's With Me? comedy tour which premiered at the Berkeley Rep last month. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post W. Kamau Bell on Fighting Back (Even if you're NOT READY!) appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post, we speak with Samer, an organizer with the Arab Resource and Organizing Network (AROC). AROC envisions powerful and liberated Arab communities living with freedom and self-determination — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post w/ Samer from the Arab Resource and Organizing Network (AROC) appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post, we speak with Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor's Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. He is the author of many books including Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World  which was published in 2019 by the University of California Press. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Palestine Post w/ UCB's Dr. Ussama Makdisi appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with Jennifer Leong, the older sister of Laudemer Arboleda, un unarmed Contra Costa man who was killed by police in 2018.  The former Contra Costa officer who was responsible for his death and also another county resident is petitioning for early parole. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Justice for Laudemer Arboleda w/ Jennifer Leong appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with Melissa Nold who is a civil rights attorney in Vallejo, CA and  attorney-owner of Nold Law. She is focused on police reform at the state and local level and advocates for victims of police brutality in and outside of the courtroom.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Vallejo PD Shenanigans w/ Melissa Nold Civil Rights Attorney appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with , Ashley Overhouse, the Water Policy Advisor for Defenders of Wildlife and Kim Delfino, the President and Founder of Earth Advocacy who are working to safeguard the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The recent California state budget includes significant CEQA  reforms aimed at streamlining housing development and other projects.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post California Budget and Environmental Rollbacks w/ Defenders of Wildlife's Ashley Overhouse and Kim Delfino appeared first on KPFA.

Over 500,000 Haitian nationals currently have Temporary Protected Status in the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement last week revoking their protections.  We'll speak with Nana Gyamfi who is the Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration or BAJI. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post What's Next for Black Immigrants with TPS w/ Nana Gyamfi from BAJI appeared first on KPFA.

Pinkwashing and purplewashing are tools of Israeli propaganda that build a narrative around the Jewish state as a haven for women and queer people. The Zionist arguments for these themes include statements like: Hamas would kill queer people or trans people, and that on the far opposite side Israel's legal system protects those groups. It's a framework that pits queer folks and women against Palestine, and in support of Israel. But activists say pink- and purple-washing are part of a false propaganda machine. Joining us to discuss Israel's pinkwashing and purplewashing campaigns, is Yaffa A.S., the Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity. Yaffa is a trans Muslim and displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Check out the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity's website: https://www.themasgd.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Pink and Purple Washing as Tools of Zionism w/ Yaffa AS- Resistance in Residence Artists are Sarah and Ian Hoffman appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post we speak with Raed Jarrar who is an Arab-American political advocate based in Washington, DC. He is currently the advocacy director for the organization Democracy in the Arab World Now – or DAWN. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Raed Jarrar of DAWN to Advocate for Democracy Across the Middle East and North Africa appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post,  we speak with Laith who is a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement and one of the national leaders of the Mask Off Maersk Campaign. Shipping giant Maersk announced this month that it would cut ties with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Mask off Maersk Campaign Successes w/ the Palestinian Youth Movement appeared first on KPFA.

The mission of Law & Disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. After the Supreme Court recently ruled that school systems are, for now, required to offer parents an “opt-out” option allowing their children to be excused from class when the course material conflicts with their religious beliefs, our Resistance in Residence artists this week are children's book authors Sarah and Ian Hoffman. Sarah and Ian are the authors of Jacob's Missing Book, a kid-friendly story about book banning, censorship, and LGBTQ+ rights. Check out their books here: https://www.sarahandianhoffman.com/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/   The post Resistance in Residence – Authors Sarah and Ian Hoffman appeared first on KPFA.

Black migrants in the US from around the world are disappearing amidst the Trump administration's crackdowns. We'll speak with Pierre Labossiere. Pierre grew up in Haiti and co-founded the Haiti Action Committee in 1990. He lives in Oakland and is heavily involved in solidarity work with Haiti, including webinars and protests. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post The Disappearance of Black Migrants w/ Pierre Labossiere appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with The Nation's John Nichols about the stunning victory of New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. John is the National Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times. His latest article for The Nation is called “Zohran Mamdani Proves that Power Belongs to the People.” — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Zohran Mamdani and Power to be People w/ John Nichols appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with Dr. Ayodele Nzinga about the disappearance of Arts funding from Oakland's new budget –  Dr. Ayodele– also known as Wordslanger –is an arts and culture theoretician/practitioner working at the intersections of cultural production, community development, and community well being to foster transformation in marginalized communities. She is the Executive Director of the Black Arts Movement Business District Community Development Corporation, of Oakland; and founder and producer of BAMBDFEST International Biennial, a month-long arts and cultural festival animating the Black Arts Movement Business District in Oakland CA. She was also Oakland's first poet laureate in 2021. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Oakland Arts Budget Slash w/ Dr. Ayodele Nzinga appeared first on KPFA.

Today, we speak with Tim Redmond about San Francisco's controversial new budget. Tim has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 40 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. He has won more than 40 national and local awards for journalism. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post San Francisco Budget Cuts w/ Tim Redmond from 48 Hills.org appeared first on KPFA.

We'll speak with Dara Baldwin, author of the new book, To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement.  Dara is an activist, scholar, and author with over twenty years of experience in policy and social justice work. She currently runs her own equity consulting firm DMadrina, LLC. She formerly held the position of Director of National Policy for the Center for Disability Rights, Inc. (CDR). Baldwin has led multiple national and international advocacy campaigns as an expert in disability laws and policy. She works on Housing and Transportation equity, Criminal Justice, and many other issue areas. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post To Be a Problem: The Racist Disability Rights Movement w/ Dara Baldwin appeared first on KPFA.

On todays show, Palestine Post where we spend the entire hour bringing you news coverage and analysis on Israel's genocidal assault on the Palestinian people, the people's resistance to it and the impact on the region and the rest of the world. Today's guest is Chris Hedges, discussing his new book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: A Genocide Foretold w/ Chris Hedges appeared first on KPFA.

The mission of Law & Disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is poet Zouhair Mussa. Zouhair is a Sudanese/Nubian-American community organizer and multi-disciplinary artist from West Oakland. His art is based on the life he has lived and aims at addressing that which is detrimental to him and his community. He seeks to shed light on injustices that plague the places he calls home. He uses his art to remember the fallen and dreams of healing the struggle. Most importantly, he wants to uplift and inspire change with the aid of his artistic expression. Zouhair was a 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence w/ Zouhair Mussa appeared first on KPFA.

Today is the national holiday of Juneteenth, and so we'll spend the hour in conversation with Annette Gordon Reed, an author and Harvard professor from Texas, descending from slaves who were directly impacted by the actual events of Juneteenth. We'll be talking about her book On Juneteenth, which is both an essential account and a stark reminder that the fight for equality under the law is exigent and ongoing. Explore the book further: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677854/on-juneteenth-by-annette-gordon-reed/9781631498831 — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Juneteenth Reflections w/ Annette Gordon Reed appeared first on KPFA.

Jenn Johns  is an Oakland-raised, Los Angeles-based powerhouse, vocalist, songwriter, producer, activist, and entrepreneur who creates sounds, experiences, and products that are sure to stir your soul, inspire your mind and move your body. Jenn will be performing this Saturday at the upcoming East Bay Freedom Revival Weekend to Celebrate Self-Love, Justice & Collective Freedom, a four-day gathering in honor of  Juneteenth, Summer Solstice & Pride in Oakland. Jenn's latest album is called Azania.   Check out her work at https://jennjohns.com/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post East Bay Freedom Revival w/ Jenn Johns appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, a long-time activist who has worked in movements fighting for workers, reproductive justice, LGBTQUIA+ justice, environmental justice and more. She is the first Black woman to serve as Co-Executive Director of Highlander Research & Education Center and is a member of several leadership teams in the Movement for Black Lives. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Fascism in America Today and Black Radical Organizing w/ Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez, editors of All This Safety Is Killing Us:  Health and Justice Beyond Prisons, Police and Borders — Abolitionist Frameworks and Practices from Clinicians, Organizers and Incarcerated Activists– A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activists.  The book exposes how marginalized communities are vilified by “carceral safety” systems, educators and health justice advocates. Check out their book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771429/all-this-safety-is-killing-us-by-carlos-martinez-and-ronica-mukerjee/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post All This Safety Is Killing Us: w/ editors Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez appeared first on KPFA.

Laila is a Syrian-Palestinian law student and organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement: a transnational, grassroots organization of Palestinian and Arab youth in the diaspora fighting for justice and liberation.  — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Palestinian Youth Movement Action appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post, we speak with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith appeared first on KPFA.

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is author Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Check out Maggie Tokuda Halls's website: https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence: Maggie Tokuda-Hall appeared first on KPFA.

We speak with George Galvis, Co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, about the local anti-ICE uprisings in the Bay Area and how Oakland communities are impacted by immigration enforcement and detention.    __   Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post George Galvis from CURYJ on Anti-ICE Action appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, we'll discuss the Trump Administration's cuts to arts funding and those cuts' impact on communities, as well as reactions to the ongoing national uprising against ICE detentions. We're joined by W. Kamau Bell, a stand-up comic, commentator, performer and former host of CNN's United Shades of America. He is kicking off his Who's With Me comedy tour at the Berkeley Rep next week. Support Kamau's new show at the Berkeley Rep https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/who-s-with-me/ __ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post W. Kamau Bell on Trump's Arts Cuts appeared first on KPFA.

Joe Rivano Barros is a  reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who has been covering the anti-ICE protests in San Francisco this week.  Check out his reporting at Mission Local https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/video-ice-agents-arrest-people-outside-s-f-courthouse/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/    The post SF's Fight Against ICE Raids w/ Joe Rivano Barros appeared first on KPFA.

Dr. Melina Abdullah in conversation with Cat Brooks about the ongoing resistance in Los Angeles to the Trump Administration's ICE raid's this week. Dr. Abdullah is a professor and the chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Check out the BLM Grassroots website at https://blmgrassroots.org/ __ Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post LA Anti-ICE Uprising w/ Dr. Melina Abdullah appeared first on KPFA.

As ​we ​face ​a ​government ​that ​is ​active ​in ​its ​efforts ​to ​remove ​people's ​ability ​to ​make ​decisions ​about ​what ​happens ​in ​their ​own ​bodies, ​Dr. Shelley Sella ​challenges ​even ​the ​framework ​that ​imposing ​any ​limits ​on ​abortion ​access ​means ​that ​we ​are ​not ​truly ​providing ​the ​room ​to ​choose. ​​Sella ​is ​a ​board ​certified ​OB ​GYN ​and ​the ​first ​woman ​to ​openly ​practice ​third ​trimester ​abortion ​care ​in ​the ​U.S. ​She ​recently ​retired ​from ​that ​work ​and ​compiled ​some ​of ​her ​deeply ​humanizing ​experiences, ​stories, ​reflections ​and ​hopes ​into ​a ​brand ​new ​book ​called ​Beyond ​Limits ​Stories ​of ​Third ​Trimester ​Abortion ​Care. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Beyond Limits: Understanding Third Trimester Abortion Care w/ Dr. Shelley Sella appeared first on KPFA.

Cameroon sits on top of a new list of most neglected displacement crises in the world. In this episode, we turn our attention to the annual report that accounts for this neglect, led by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). We'll discuss what those primary crises are and how they've been neglected politically, economically, and by the press. We're joined to discuss the report and its findings by Laila Matar, the Communications Director of NRC, an independent humanitarian aid organization working to help people fleeing war and persecution. Check out the report here: https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/the-worlds-most-neglected-displacement-crises-in-2024 — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post New Report Shows African Displacement Crises Systematically Neglected by the West w/ Laila Matar appeared first on KPFA.

As Israel has continued its attacks on starving Palestinians who are seeking aid in Gaza, the humanitarian aid flotilla that had been set to arrive from its journey across the Mediterranean sea bringing a small amount of basic support was captured early this morning by Israeli state piracy forces. The 12 humanitarian activists aboard that vessel from all around the world were kidnapped and brought as hostages to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Well over 600 days, now, of the zionist war of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, today, we return to our recurring segment, the Palestine Post. We're joined by Nora Barrows-Friedman, editor of the Electronic Intifada and former KPFA host and producer. Check out the Electronic Intifada here: https://electronicintifada.net/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Gaza Flotilla Captured by Israeli Piracy Forces w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman appeared first on KPFA.

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is children's book creator, artivist, and Hollywood film illustrator and concept artist, Nikkolas Smith, whose newest hand-painted children's book is titled The History of We. Check out Nikkolas Smith's website: https://www.nikkolas.art — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence Artist: Nikkolas Smith appeared first on KPFA.

Two years ago, a fragile but hopeful peace in Sudan was broken when the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which are both arms of the Sudanese state – went to war with each other. In the fighting since, more than 150,000 people have been killed and 13 million of a total of a 51 million person population, have been displaced. Famine is currently significant. And there are renewed reports of cholera tearing through the region, which has led to corpses rotting in the nile river, according to an Al Jazeera report.  But during these past two years of civil war, most media that covers international affairs and violence, and this includes us at KPFA, has focused on international coverage elsewhere, failing to give proper attention to the conflict in Sudan, often writing it off because we don't have strong contacts or because the war is somehow over our heads.  We're joined in conversation about the violence in Sudan, it's causes and potential pathways out, by Vijay Prashad, a historian and writer, and the executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, which recently produced its 20th newsletter, titled “A Language of Blood Has Gripped Our World,” addressing the conflict in Sudan. Check out the Tricontinental's website: https://thetricontinental.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Sudan's Civil War Continues as Famine and Cholera Spread w/ Vijay Prashad appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, we listen to a short story from Alexandrea Henry, reflecting on how carcerality is integrated not only in schools broadly, but even within the 1st grade classroom that she taught. Law & Disorder reached out to Alexandrea to request her contribution after seeing it first published in the recent pilot issue of the renewed Abolition Journal, produced by Philadelphia's W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction, which is a political education organization for aspiring revolutionaries and movement leaders from those communities most impacted by poverty, policing, and mass incarceration. Alexandrea Henry's generously offered to share her Abolition Journal contribution, titled Relearning the Language of Care: Reflections on Disappearing a First Grader, with us at KPFA Radio. Alexandrea Henry is a current Stanford PhD student researching how our youngest learners make sense of power and belonging in the context of school discipline. She is also a former School District of Philadelphia elementary school teacher. You can check out the full piece in written form, along with other contributions to the journal, at: abolitionjournal.com — Jesse Strauss 510 – 541 – 7361 Producer – Law & Disorder 8am Weekdays KPFA.org | 94.1FM The post Abolition in the Classroom: Reflections on Disappearing a First Grader w/ Alexandrea Henry appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland's non-police emergency response program, MACRO, is looking head-on at a budget shortfall, at the same time that it's experiencing renewed political attacks. We're joined this morning by  Elliott Jones, the MACRO program coordinator, to discuss the state of the program, how it's been performing, and the challenges ahead. To seek support from MACRO, call 510-44-MACRO (510-446-2276). For more info, check out their website: https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/macro-mobile-assistance-community-responders-of-oakland — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Oakland's Non-police Emergency Response Program Updates w/ Elliott Jones appeared first on KPFA.

As Israel flexed it's ability to publicly intentionally starve Palestinians in Gaza, this past week marked more than 600 days of the zionist war of ethnic cleansing. Joining us to discuss the latest news and analysis of that violence, is Samer Araabi, a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). Samer also co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Israel Publicly & Intentionally Starves Gazans w/ Samer Araabi appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show, we spend the hour looking back at the five years of abolitionist and community organizing since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020. First, we speak with Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County Attorney. Hennepin County's most known city is Minneapolis. Then, we're joined by Melina Abdullah, a professor and the chair of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Alongside Melina Abdullah, we speak with Chauntyll Allen, a longtime front-line community organizer and educator who leads Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, founded Love First Community Engagement, and works as the Director of Criminal Justice and Activism at the Wayfinder Foundation — among many other community leadership roles.  Then, we're joined by ​Alex Vitale, a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has spent the last 30 years writing about policing and consults community-based movements, human and civil rights organizations, and governments internationally. He is also the author of The End of Policing. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post 5 Years Since George Floyd w/ Mary Moriarty, Melina Abdullah, Chauntyll Allen & Alex Vitale appeared first on KPFA.

Regular listeners of this show know that we frequently explore interpretations and nuances of abolition. When we think of abolition, we often conjure Angela Davis' articulation, that prisons are a way of disappearing people and the social problems that are associated with those people. From that framing, abolition tells us to rethink the social problems being disappeared by prisons, in order to address those problems, as a space from which to grow, where no one person, regardless of how exceptional or not, they are, is disposable. Where the social problems people have engaged with, or experienced, or been structured by, have social solutions, as opposed to locking them away, while making no real changes. On today's show, we add more layers: How embedded are these social issues, in the United States? How were they not only created, but institutionalized and maintained in just about every one of our, life, if not day to day, experiences? Our guest today draws clear and direct lines between the civilizing project that was the conquest of the land that the United States is on, the genocide of indigenous peoples of this land, the institutional formation of enslavement of Black people in its both economic and social functions, and the creation and reinforcment of the idea of citizenship, embedded in every one of our institutions – starting, with schools and schooling, where our young folks learn about their roles, their access, and a false idea of American exceptionalism that still now binds a colonial nexus of success with whiteness and christianity, and embeds economic accumulation as the primary priority of not only our working lives, but our very identities. We're joined now by award-winning author, scholar, cultural organizer, and poet Eve L Ewing, who is from Chicago, now working as a professor at University of Chicago, and a former middle school teacher in that city. Today, we'll be talking about her latest book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Schooling and the Construction of American Racism w/ Eve L Ewing appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show, we're in conversation with Chris Hedges about his latest book, A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine. In it, the Pulitzer Prize–winning former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, explores zionist settler colonialism in Gaza with a powerful emotional depth. A Genocide Foretold confronts the stark realities of life under siege in Gaza and the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are waging to resist and survive. Weaving together personal stories, historical context, and unflinching journalism, Chris Hedges provides an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation, and violence. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: A Genocide Foretold w/ Chris Hedges appeared first on KPFA.