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.

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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

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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/

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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.

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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/

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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. 

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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.

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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/

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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. 

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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/

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