Antisemitic and Racist Roots of Christian Supremacy w/ Magda Teter
Over the past handful of years, white supremacy in the US has reared its head, with vitriolic images like the tiki torch march in Charlottesville in 2017 or the January 6th, 2021, conservative attack...
View ArticleSF Civil Settlements w/ Eleni Balakrishnan
San Francisco has settled multiple of what appear to be scandalous termination lawsuits. First, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department is set to re-hire a former deputy who lost his job after being...
View ArticleHindu Nationalism and Its White Supremacist Ties w/ Safa Ahmed
A brand new report on the state of Hindu nationalism calls out the violence of the Hindu supremacist political movement both within India, but also with a stronghold among conservative Hindus in the US...
View ArticleGeorgia Bans Bail Funds w/ Fallon McClure
A bill criminalizing bail funds passed through the Georgia state legislature on Tuesday, February 6th. Joining us to discuss is Fallon McClure, Deputy Director for Policy & Advocacy with Georgia’s...
View ArticleState Terror Round Up for the week of February 5th, 2024
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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...
View ArticleRonald McDonald House Discriminates Against Incarcerated Families w/...
A federal complaint has been filed alleging that the Ronald McDonald House is discriminating against people with sick children who were convicted of certain crimes in the past. The ACLU, among other...
View ArticleGovernment Imprisons South Carolina Protester on Egregious 4-Year Prison...
In 2020 the country exploded in protest responding to the murder of George Floyd. One of those protests took place in Sumter, South Carolina in May of 2020 where Brittany Martin was a participant. She...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Cady Voge
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?...
View ArticleA New Artifact of the Palestinian Resistance w/ Danya Al-Saleh
The Palestinian Youth Movement has published the first English edition of Wisam Rafeedie’s novel, “The Trinity of Fundamentals“. The book is an artifact of Palestinian resistance, both in its content...
View ArticleAlameda County D4 Candidates Go Back to Back w/ Nate Miley and Jennifer Esteen
Elections in the Alameda County Board of Supervisor race for District 4 are taking place on March 5th. The Board of Supervisors is made up of five elected non-partisan leaders who work as a regional...
View ArticleAncestral Healing from Syria to the Sinai w/ Layla K Feghali
We’re joined on today’s show by the author of a brand new book that ties cultural survival to earth-based knowledge. In The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to...
View ArticleCenturies of Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches w/ Janet Dewart Bell
On today’s show, we’re joined by the author of a new uplifting collection of speeches by African American women called Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the...
View ArticlePro-Palestine Artists Alter Own Works at YBCA w/ Leila Weefur & Sholeh Asgary
On February 15th, a group of eight artists whose pieces were featured in a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) exhibition protested the organizations attempt to silence political conversation on...
View ArticleTracing the Trajectory of Black Movement Since #BLM w/ Christopher Paul Harris
When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag-turned rallying cry is but one...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: AeJay Mitchell
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?...
View ArticleIsrael’s Planned Desecration of Ramadan w/ Khury Petersen-Smith
Is the US culpable of the war crimes being committed by Israel against the Palestinian people? Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies says, “If the...
View ArticleThe FBI’s Double Agent and Role in the Plot to Kidnap MI Gov. Gretchen...
On today’s show, we discuss the extent to which FBI informants and agents were central in instigating the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Trevor Aaronson is a journalist and the...
View ArticleState Terror Round Up for the week of March 11th, 2024
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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...
View ArticleLA Deputy Admits to Receiving Police-Gang Tattoo w/ Cerise Castle
In this episode, we work to understand Los Angeles’ police gangs as a former LA undersheriff admits he had a deputy gang tattoo. After two years of fighting a subpoena issued by the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Reginald Edmund
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?...
View ArticlePalestine Post: Israel Attacks Al Shifa Hospital; Israel’s UNRWA Claim...
As we do each Monday, today’s show focuses on the latest from Palestine. We’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, along with Rehab...
View ArticlePHX Representatives Accused of Interfering with DOJ Probe w/ Meg O’Connor
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Phoenix Police Department for potential civil rights violations, following widespread issues in the department as well as the police killing of Jacob...
View ArticleWar on Gaza to Cause Radicalization – FBI w/ Daniel Boguslaw
Returning to our ongoing coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, we take a look now at one of the ways we may be feeling the impact of that war here in the U.S. According to FBI statements, they are...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Profiteering w/ Michael Trujillo from the East Bay...
We have a dramatic lack of affordable housing options, but for decades, federal policymakers have stripped away public resources. One problematic result is a privatized, market-driven orientation to...
View ArticleSCOTUS Unanimously Moves No-Fly List Case Forward w/ CAIR’s Justin Sadowsky
After taking a trip out of the country, leaving his home in Portland, Oregon, to visit Sudan in 2010, Yonas Fikre was approached by FBI agents who tried to recruit him as a government informant. Most...
View ArticleLA Locks Away People on Mental Health Conservatorships; Plus, Black Autistic...
A recent report by Disability Rights California reveals widespread neglect and abuse of people in Los Angeles County held under mental health conservatorship. In LA County last year, over 800 people...
View ArticleFor-Profit Police Training Teaches Unconstitutional Practices; Plus, RISE...
According to a recent investigation by the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller, law enforcement officers being trained by the for-profit training company Street Cop were “taught unconstitutional...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Brontez Purnell
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?...
View ArticlePalestine Post: UNSC Ceasefire Vote Reaction w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman & Nadya...
As we do each Monday, this episode focuses on the latest news from Palestine. Just a few minutes before recording this episode, the UN Security Council voted in support of a binding resolution for a...
View ArticleBasketball, Ascension, and Palestine w/ Hanif Abdurraqib
On today’s episode, we’ll be in conversation with the author of one of the most anticipated books of the year. The book is called There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, and it’s a...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Adi Oasis
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?...
View ArticlePalestine Post – The Latest From Israel’s Genocide in Gaza w/ Phyllis Bennis
We dedicate today’s show to covering the latest impacts and experiences of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We’re joined by Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and directs the New Internationalism Project...
View ArticleBaltimore Plans $1Bn Jail Construction w/ David Fathi
Baltimore is planning a $1bn jail construction project, the most expensive state-funded project in Maryland ever. They’re using a consent decree for terrible jail conditions as justification for...
View ArticleTrans Erasure Laws Multiply Nationally w/ Nico Lang
A new wave of legislation around the country functions to “legally erase” trans people. We’re joined by Nico Lang, an award-winning reporter, editor and author of the forthcoming book, American...
View ArticlePalestine Post – 6 Months into Israel’s War on Gaza w/ Muhannad Ayyash
This week marks six months of Israel’s genocide on Gaza. We spend most of the show today reflecting on the past half year of colonial destruction in conversation with Muhannad Ayyash, a policy analyst...
View ArticleTrans Lives Behind Bars w/ Kenna Barnes (Black & Pink) & Kelsie Chesnut (Vera...
In the midst of a national legislative and social attack on the transgender community, a new report addresses the experiences of trans people living behind bars. The report is called Advancing...
View ArticleOhlone Land Trust Rematriates West Berkeley Shellmound w/ Corrina Gould
The Sagorea Te’ Land Trust has rematriated the West Berkeley Shellmound through a long community organizing struggle, a partnership with the City of Berkeley, and a generous donation. We’re joined by...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Jessica Bird Beza
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?...
View ArticleState Terror Round Up for the week of April 8th, 2024
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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...
View ArticleMonth of Action for Housing as a Human Right w/ Talya Husbands-Hankin and...
On Wednesday, April 10th, residents from Oakland’s Wood Streets Common and their organizational allies held a press conference announcing a month of Housing is a Human Right organizing and actions....
View ArticlePlaywrights Festival Begins in SF w/ Aidaa Peerzada and Jason Tseng
The Playwrights Foundation 46th Playwrights Festival is beginning at the Magic Theater at the Fort Mason in San Francisco, from April 12th to April 21st. The centerpiece of the festival are readings...
View ArticleResistance in Residence Artist: Robin Riker
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?...
View ArticleCounty Jails in the Movement for Abolition w/ Jack Norton & Judah Schept
On today’s show we’re in conversation with the editors of a book that explores county jails as a key in the broader abolitionist movement, both in building analysis and in building our fight. Jails are...
View ArticleState Terror Round Up for the week of April 15th, 2024
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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...
View ArticleIsraeli Academia’s Complicity in Israel’s Settler-Colonial Project w/ Maya Wind
On todays show – a conversation with Maya Wind, a scholar of Israeli expertise and militarism. Her new book is Towers of Ivory & Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. As this...
View ArticleInspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-first...
Gathering an array of recognized names as well as new discoveries, our guest today Janet Dewart Bell, in her new book curates two centuries of stirring public addresses by Black women, from Harriet...
View ArticleState Terror Round Up for the week of April 22nd, 2024
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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...
View ArticleBay Area Activists Ready to Set Sail on Gaza Freedom Flotilla w/ Carlos...
Bay Area activists have joined hundreds of others from around the world to set sail on a humanitarian aid flotilla headed to Gaza. We are joined from Istanbul by Maria Lewis and Carlos Michaud, two Bay...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Prison Commissary w/ Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Anyone who has supported a loved one in prison knows that commissary prices for basic necessities and food to supplement the poor and scant provided meals inside are high. But how high? Our friends at...
View ArticleEchoes of the American War in Vietnam, Part 2 – Commentary from Rick Ayers
We invited movement elder and longtime educator Rick Ayers to contribute a commentary for Law & Disorder, originally written for his blog. It is titled, “Echoes of the American War in Vietnam, Part...
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