KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks

On today’s show, Cat Brooks delivers a commentary on the targeting of Black youth before speaking with Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen of ProPublica about their investigation into the sharp increase in ICE detentions and deportations of unaccompanied immigrant children under the Trump administration. Then, Alicia Saddler remembers her brother, Angel Ramos, who was killed by Vallejo police in 2...

On this episode of Palestine Post, we look at Israel’s genocidal assaults on Palestine and the region, US complicity in those assaults, the people’s resistance, and the impact across the globe. We invite Khury Petersen-Smith, the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration, to unpack these questions. —- Subscribe to...

On this episode, Cat hosts a special Farce of July conversation featuring Indigenous and Black organizers reflecting on sovereignty, liberation, and the ongoing struggle for justice. Guests include Corrina Gould, Chair of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan; Indigenous leader & organizer Morning Star Gali; and organizer, author, and Black Power Media co-founder Kalonji Jama Changa. —- Subscribe to...

This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is David De La Gran. Davíd De La Gran is a dynamic multimedia artist, radio host, and educator based in Oakland, CA. Through his workshops, community programming, and performances, he offers a vibrant, hands-on approach to preserving and celebrating the ancestral sounds of the African-Indigenous Diaspora, including Cumbia, Bullerengue, and Tambora.  Beyon...

Micia Mosely is the founder and director of The Black Teacher Project, a program of The National Equity Project committed to developing a Black teaching force to transform schools into communities of liberated learning. Prior to leading this work, she was a National Training Specialist with The Posse Foundation. Mosely began her career as a high school social studies teacher before earning her Ph....

This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is  Austin Antoine. Austin Antoine is a Washington DC based performance artist who blends music and poetry, with soulful vocals and introspective lyrics.     —- 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/...

Today we speak about the latest in the Middle East with Rayan El-Amine, then a report with Greg Terry from the Sumud Flotilla. Rayan El-Amine is Community organizer and member leader with Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).  He teaches in the Labor and Community Studies Department at the City College of San Francisco. Greg Terry is a sailor from Arcata, California. He participated in the l...

State Terror Roundup:  The Federal Oversight in Oakland is coming to and end: yesterday a court in Oakland headed byJudge William Orwick, who has been overseeing the Oakland Police Department’s 23 year federal oversight program compared the Oakland Police Department reaching the completion of all 51 tasks, given to them 23 years ago – the judge compared the completion of this task to a sports mome...

We speak with Maurice Carney about the Ebola situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history of colonialism and extractivism. The World Health Organization is warning that the East of the country is at the center of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. Guest: Maurice Carney is co-founder and Executive Dir...

On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Phyllis Bennis about the latest developments and analysis of the US/Israel war on Iran, Palestine and Lebanon. Phyllis Bennis. is the co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and the US-United Nations relations.  She is the author of several books includi...

On today’s show, we talk about inflation, gas prices, and predictions for the economy with Professor Richard Wolff. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City.  Professor Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work (democracyatwork.info) and host of the weekly natio...

On Today’s show, we bring fresh analysis on the wars in the Middle East, the stalled cease fire and negotiations between the US and Iran, and the collapsing ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon.  Samer Araabi isthe Associate Director of Political Education and Research at the Center for Constitutional Rights.  He is also a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and co-founder of AROC Acti...

On today’s show, host Cat Brooks speaks to Rami Khouri about the latest developments in the US/Israeli war on Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran.  And, as a major development on Sunday 5/3, Trump announced naval operation “Project Freedom,” a US military campaign to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.  In response, Iran issued a warning saying that “any foreign armed forces, especially the...

April is National poetry month, so we are featuring two poets today who are using their voices to uplift community. Aya de León teaches creative writing in the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley. She was the 2024-25 poet laureate of the City of Berkeley and is the author of 11 novels. She is also the principal playwright for Fashion vs. Fascism, a political theater project and fash...

Tiny Gray Garcia AKA PovertySkola 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. —- 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; htt...

A Los Angeles County judge has dismissed an indictment against two Torrance police officers who had been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Christopher Deandre Mitchell.  We speak with Sheila Bates, Policy Coordinator at Black Lives Matter Grassroots. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa....

This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is Shinichi Iova-Koga.  He is a multidisciplinary performer, director, and educator, and the Artistic Director of the physical theater and dance company inkBoat. Known for his innovative approach to movement, he blends dance, theater, and visual storytelling to create deeply physical, imaginative works. His artistic practice often explores themes of ident...

On Today’s show, host Cat Brooks talks to Rehab Nazzal about the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and the effects of the war 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 violence on the bodies and minds of colonized peoples, on...

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 well-being of frontline changemakers. She has been a spi...

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 in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region. — Subscribe to this...

Anthony Jimenez is a Bay Area–based muralist, educator, and self-described “artivist” whose work centers community, identity, and social justice. Born in Morgan Hill and raised in California’s South Bay, Jimenez draws deeply from his Mexican and Chicano roots, using art to explore cultural belonging and the lived experiences of working-class families. His practice is rooted in mentorship and publi...

 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 several books including her latest, Understanding Pa...

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 Chicago-based community organizer, activist.  He...

Cat Brooks talks to Samer Araabi about the continuing siege on Gaza and the state of the war in Iran and the Middle East. Guest: Samer Araabi  is the Associate Director of Political Education and Research at the Center for Constitutional Rights.  He is also a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and co-founder of AROC Action.   Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is wr...

Reporter Nico Lang has been a recurring guest on this show as we continue to cover the dizzying and dangerous demagoguery and anti-trans legislation against trans youth. They join us today to share about some of the people they met in small town America, trans kids and their families directly impacted by the anti-trans policies enjoined by conservatives in power. Lang spent two years traveling aro...