Don’t miss this! realcatbrooks.bsky.social' Driving the Girls is a raw, unflinching story of survival, sisterhood & sex work in 90s Vegas. 📍YBCA, SF 🗓️ May 17 | 7:30PM Make sure to get your tickets: playwrightsfoundation.org/resident-playw…

اِسْتَنْفَرَ / Istanfara Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges joins live to discuss his latest, weaving personal stories and present and historical context to highlight Palestinians’ heroic efforts 📆 05/29/25 ⏰ 7 PM 📍 First Congregational Church of Oakland 🎟️ bit.ly/chris-hedges-l…

🎧 A Preview of a Conversation with Chris Hedges👂 Stream on demand for “an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation, and violence” open.spotify.com/episode/3w1BaF…

“It’s another knee-jerk reaction, not going to make Oakland any safer,” realcatbrooks.bsky.social said. “We’re going to give them less rules to follow, more injuries, more fatal.” nbcbayarea.com/news/local/oak…

🎙️ 5 Years Since George Floyd Looking back at five years of community and abolitionist organizing since the police killing of George Floyd Featuring Alex Vitale, Chauntyll Allen (BLM- Twin Cities) and Melina Abdullah (BLM Grassroots x #BlackLivesMatter-LA) open.spotify.com/episode/6dYJ0o…

We respond to the acquittal of the killers of Tyre Nichols of Memphis

“Every time we’ve demanded transformation — from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter — the system has retaliated… “Donald Trump’s threats should terrify us. But more than that, they should galvanize us.” New from me: oaklandvoices.us/2025/06/05/opi…

Well said.

The ICE Protests LA’s anti-ICE uprising, with Melina Abdullah, co-founder, #BlackLivesMatter-LA and BLM Grassroots — only on Law & Disorder on KPFA Radio open.spotify.com/episode/01xNDl…

This is our fight too. Full 🎥 instagram.com/reel/DK_Axa0pX…

“All of the bullshit and the lies that are being told — who else is going to tell the truth, besides the artists!?” Full 🎥 instagram.com/reel/DLBzoYqu5…

Art is public safety

A community rooted in arts and culture builds true safety—far more sustainably than simply pouring more money into policing. - realcatbrooks.bsky.social via Oakland Voices oaklandvoices.us/2025/06/23/oak…

🎙️ Zohran Mamdani Proves That Power Belongs to the People Featuring John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation — only on Law & Disorder open.spotify.com/episode/7aWmha… ✍️ thenation.com/article/politi…

“Canvas neighbors and local businesses. If you can get there before the cops do, you just might retrieve what the police are trying to hide.” *The State Terror Roundup* Full video: instagram.com/reel/DLpnwGExD…

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“Anyone who is in the town, lives in the town or loves the town knows that arts and culture is our heartbeat. So if you’re interested in the heartbeat of Oakland, this position matters to you.” - realcatbrooks.bsky.social kqed.org/arts/13978209/…

“The police are why we’re broke in the first place,” said realcatbrooks.bsky.social . “We continue to funnel the money into a failed system.” localnewsmatters.org/2025/07/06/oak…

🎙️ Fighting Back (Even if You’re Not Ready!) Featuring comic and commentator W. Kamau Bell Only on Law & Disorder open.spotify.com/episode/0ElUfW…