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KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks
Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Diana Martinez. #exposeagitatebuild —- 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…
Episodes
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksBlack Panthers 60th anniversary – Celebrating Women of the Black Panther Party w/ Ericka Huggins
On today’s show we celebrate women of the Black Panther w/ Ericka Huggins. We talk about her history with the Party, the assassination of her husband and…
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Surge in ICE Arrests in Alameda County & the Community’s Response. Then, Islamophobia and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home Raid
On todays show, increased ICE activity in Alameda County has been reported and how the community is responding. We speak to Nikolas De Bremaeker and Gabriela…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Domestic Violence Epidemic & Non-Police Prevention
On today’s show, we honor Domestic Violence Awareness month discussing the many issues of this epidemic and prevention approaches that include non-police…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/ Rashid Khalidi – Palestine: A Primer [ENCORE]
On today’s show, Rashid Khalidi dicussing his lbook Palestine: A Primer. Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at Columbia University and…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksNational Day Against Police Brutality: Review of Vallejo Police Use of Flock Cameras. Then, DMV & “License to Kill.” Plus, No Charges for the Cop who Killed Baby Kohen Wiley
On today show – national protest police brutality day, we discus a review of Vallejo police use of their FLOCK camera system as well as hiccups with the new…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Student Protests in France. Plus, Legacy of the Black Panther Party -60th Anniversary
On today’s show, the student protests in France that have grown to include multiple sectors of resistance from fuel prices to wages – and the governmental…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe State of the Death Penalty Laws in the US. Then, The L.A. Mayor’s Race
On today’s show, a conversation with Professor Elisabeth Semel about the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee and what it should that say to us about…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/ Sarah Leah Whitson
On today’s show, our guest Sarah Leah Whitson update us on the situation in Gaza and the wars in the Middle East. Sarah Leah Whitson is a Human Rights Lawyer…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksDr. Ibram X. Kendi on the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Host Cat Brooks in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi debunking the origins of authoritarianisms and the “great replacement theory” and how those ideas have…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksUnderstanding the Economy w/Richard Wolff
On today’s show Professor Richard Wolff join us to discuss the state of the economy, he explains how the so called “AI bubble” could burst. Richard Wolff is…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPlantcestral Herbalism & Colonialism w/ Layla K Feghali.
On today’s show, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K Feghali talks about a history of healing plants of Cana’an (the…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksMahmoud Khalil on No Land to Stand On
Host Cat Brooks interviewed Mahmoud Khalil about his memoir No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention. Khalil talks about his life, his for exercising his…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksReflections and Analysis on the Third Anniversary of October 7th and the War on Gaza
Three years ago, today, after decades of brutal occupation by Israel, Hamas launched an attack on Israel. During that attack over 1000 Israelis were killed…
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Black Panther Party for Self Defense – 60th Anniversary
On today’s show, -October 1966 marks the birthplace of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, CA. This year, the Party is commemorating 60 years…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith on the Latest Israeli Narratives
On today’s show, Palestine post where we expose Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestine and the region, US complicity in those assaults, the peoples resistance…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine: A Primer by Rashid Khalidi
From the Balfour Declaration to Israel’s siege of the Gaza strip, Rashid Khalidi delivers a thorough portrait of the intricacies of the geopolitical conflict…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksMac Muir on Cop Cop: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing
On today’s show we talk about the limits of accountability withing the system of policing with Mac Muir. Guest: Mac Muir is the co-author with Greg Finch of…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe National Security State & the US Government Tradition of Spying on its Own Citizens.
On Today’s show, we discuss with authors Brian Hochman and Matthew Guariglia how a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of…
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Palestine Post w/ Rayan El-Amine
On today’s show, Cat Brooks talks about the genocide in Gaza, the settler’s occupation in the West Bank, and reactions to the UN The 81st session General…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Revolutionary Power of Language w/ Camonghne Felix
On today’s show, Cat Brooks talks about the power and potential of language and how the state uses it against us, our opportunities to utilize it in liberatory…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksUnderstanding the Declining of the US Economy w/ Richard Wolff
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks talks to Professor Richard Wolff about the Declining of the US Economy, the factors that are dealing to it, and what people…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksBlue Power w/ Stuart Schrader
Blue Power tells us about how police built a political movement to protect themselves. Stuart Schrader is an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Legacy of Hip Hop Legend Tupac Shakur
On todays show – September 7th 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of rapper, actor, activist, thug, poet, rebel, visionary legend Tupac Shakur. …
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ICE flights and third-country removals. Then, When Probate Goes Wrong
On today’s show, we discuss the Third-Country Removals by the Trump administration and ICE flights. Then, we talk about Zakiya Jendayi’s case, a story of…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Ebola Virus Spreading in The DR Congo w/ Maurice Carney
On today’s show, we turn our attention to the DR Congo where the Ebola virus has spread to a 7th district. The new numbers demonstrate 7200 cases, almost 4000…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/ Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch
On Today’s show, host Cat Brooks talks to Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch about the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine and the deterioration of the living conditions…
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The Messy Beautiful Work of Real Black-Brown Solidarity
On today’s show guest host Melina Abdullah speaks with Thandiwe Abdullah and Mau Trejo about the Messy Beautiful Work of Real Black-Brown Solidarity. —-…
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Defending Teacher Solidarity with Dr. Margarita Berta Avila
Guest host Dr. Melina Abdullah discusses the impending Cal State faculty strike with Dr. Margarita Berta Avila, president of the California Faculty…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksEnvironmental Warfare in Gaza w/ Shourideh Molavi
On today’s show – a powerful conversation with author and activist Shourideh Molavi about her new book Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New…
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Law & Disorder – September 3, 2026
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…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine: TPS Revocation & Third Country Deportations
On today’s show, guest-host Nana Gyamfi talks with Aarti Kohli and Ronald Claude about the Trump administration’s deportation campaign, mass detentions, TPS…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksHow Abolishing Family Court Brings Justice to Children and Families w/ Jane Spinak
When juvenile courts were first created more than 100 years ago, they were imagined as a therapeutic space where specially-trained public servants and a…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/ Nana Gyamfi & Khury Petersen-Smith
On today’s Palestine Post episode, guest-host Nana Gyamfi talks with Khury Petersen-Smith about the latest developments in the Israel’s genocidal assault on…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksResistance in Residence Artist Aimee Suzara
Our Resistance in Residence artist this week is Oakland based poet, playwright, and performer Aimee Suzara. Photo Courtesy of https://www.aimeesuzara.net/…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Case of Journalist Carlitos Ricardo Paria (Richard LA) in Adelanto Detention Center. Then, an Update on Yolanda Ramirez’s Case
Case of Journalist Richard LA in the ICE Adelanto Detention Center Adam Rose is deputy director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a board…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe Durban Declaration and the Struggle for Reparations. Plus, Urban Farming for social justice.
On today’s show, guest-host Kalonji Jama Changa talks to Roger Wareham and Dr. Lawrence “Jahi” Johnson about the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPrison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration w/ Benjamin Weber
In this episode: A four-hundred-year reckoning with the colonial workings of the carceral state and resistance against it. We talk about how the story of…
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Genocide Bad! w/ Author Sim Kern
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…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksBlack August Commemoration and the Black Resistance
On todays show, Black August explainers and commemoration continues. Dhoruba bin Wahad is a political activist and author, former leader of the New York Black…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe War on “Woke” continues. Then, the Israel’s illegal propaganda campaign. Plus, Hidden Currents spatial composition
On today’s show, the right wing is targeting the family of democratic congressional candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s family with Mother Jones reporter Alex Nguyen…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksNo Data Centers in Oakland. Then, ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves. Plus, Free Joan Little Film
On todays show, we will speak to Aditi Varshneya about AI “activation zones” and Data Centers in downtown Oakland. Then ICE wants a new toy and looks like they…
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Palestine Post August 17 2026
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KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksResistance in Residence Artist Robyn DeGuzman
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is multi-hyphenated artist Robyn DeGuzman. Robyn DeGuzman is an international solo performance artist who creates…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksSudan’s War, Humanitarian Crisis & the UAE Fueling Genocide
On todays show, Sudan, the origin of the conflict, how have drones become a tool of both sides, the devastation of infrastructure and sexual violence as a…
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Understanding the Current Economy w/ Richard Wolff
On today’s show, the economy – what’s happening, what’s around the corner, how to protect yourself? Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post (Tuesday Edition) w/ Khury Petersen-Smith
On today’s show, Palestine post the Tuesday edition, we look at Israel’s genocidal assaults on the region, US complicity, the peoples resistance and the global…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksResistance in Residence Actor Ryan Marchand
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is actor Ryan Marchand. Ryan is involved with the production of In A Memory Palace. In a Memory Palace concerns…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksPalestine Post w/Rayan El-Amine
We are barreling towards 3 full years of this iteration of the genocide by Israel on the Palestinian people. The thirst of Israel seemingly has no bounds with…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksThe 60th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement
On today show, we talk about the history and 60th anniversary of the Black Arts Movement -the cultural arm to the Black Power Movement with Ayodele Nzinga and…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksMotown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries
On today’s show, we explore the history of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working-class movements in U.S. history. A…
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The Revolutionary Power of Language
On today’s show, we talk about the power and potential of language and how the state uses it against us, our opportunities to utilize it in liberatory struggle…
- KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks
Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith
On today’s show, we look at Israel’s genocidal assaults on Palestine and the region, US complicity in those assaults, the people’s resistance, and the impact…
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Palestine Post w/ Samer Araabi
On today’s Palestine Post we look at Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestine and the region, the complicity of the united states, the resistance of the people…
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Palestine Post w/ Samer Araabi
On today’s Palestine Post we look at Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestine and the region, the complicity of the united states, the resistance of the people…
KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat BrooksWhite Supremacist Groups Marching on Capitol Hill on July 4th. Then, Oakland Expanding FLOCK Contracts. Plus, JOLLOFF Festival Celebrating African Culture
Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Groups Marching on Capitol Hill on July 4th Hundreds of masked white nationalists marched on the Capitol Hill in Washington…
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TPS Under Threat and Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis
On today’s show, Cat Brooks speaks with Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration about the Trump administration’s actions affecting Temporary…
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Alameda County Reparations, Wood Street, and Calls for Justice
On today’s show, Cat Brooks speaks with Debra Gore, Chair of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Reparations Commission, about the commission’s work and…
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Palestine Post: The Latest on Gaza, Regional Tensions, and U.S. Foreign Policy
On Today’s show, we bring fresh analysis on the ongoing war in Gaza, escalating regional tensions, and the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Israel and…
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Targeting Black Youth, ICE Deportations, and the Fight for Police Accountability in Vallejo
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…
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Palestine Post – Gaza Under Assault, Global Solidarity, and the Golden Gate 26 Verdict
On today’s show, we bring the latest edition of Palestine Post, examining Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza and the broader region, U.S. support for the war…