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Discover how the Left is envisioning a liberated future in today's political climate at the Socialism Conference, hosted by Haymarket Books, featuring key activists and organizers from diverse backgrounds.En el Socialismo Conferencia en Chicago, Laura Flanders y activistas discuten la abolición, descolonización e inmigración con un enfoque en estrategias más allá del ciclo electoral.This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support!Description: Abolition, decolonization, immigration, Palestine — how is the Left thinking about the future in this perilous political moment? Socialists and activists showed up in the thousands to this year's Socialism Conference, a four-day event packed with discussion of today's most pressing issues and strategies for organizing. Laura Flanders & Friends was there, in Chicago (just days after the Democratic National Convention) for a live taping with three renowned organizers: Nick Estes, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and author of “Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance” and co-founder of The Red Nation, an organization dedicated to Native liberation; Rachel Herzing, an organizer, activist, and advocate fighting the violence of surveillance, policing and imprisonment and co-author of “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment”; and Harsha Walia, co-founder of No One Is Illegal, an anti-colonial migrant justice organization and author of the books “Undoing Border Imperialism” and “Border and Rule”. As you'll hear, they're not counting on politicians to step into office and grant their wishes. They're focusing beyond the election cycle. Join us as we envision a liberated future and explore all that it takes to get there. Plus Laura's commentary.“. . . Having Deb Haaland [serve as] the Secretary of Interior, has been good in the sense that we've gotten these really amazing reports on things that we've already known, that there was this massive systematic genocide of Native children . . . But at the same time, her department has overseen more oil and gas leases on federal lands than the Trump administration, and that's not an indictment of her as a person. That's an indictment of that department . . .” - Nick Estes“. . . We know every single fall in an election season that Black women get told we're the saviors of the entire world and everything relies on us, even though the rest of the time it's very happily that we're kind of left to die, quite literally. We are given this message on a regular basis, and I don't know what to say to people about that. The policies of the so-called United States are not life-affirming policies for Black people, for imprisoned people, and for people living as women.” - Rachel Herzing“I just think that the strongest counterforce to fascism and anti-colonialism is an organized Left. It is not a candidate . . . Sometimes I think we get fixated on what candidates will or won't do, and we don't think about the conditions that the Left can create to actually make those possibilities happen . . .” - Harsha WaliaGuests:•. Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe): Author, Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, & The Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance•  Rachel Herzing: Co-Author, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment; Former Co-Director, Critical Resistance•. Harsha Walia: Author, Border and Rule & Undoing Border Imperialism; Co-Founder, No One Is Illegal Music In the Middle:  Iman Hussein remix of “Diane Charlamagne” by Lefto Early Bird, released on Brownswood Recordings.  And additional music included- "Steppin"  by Podington Bear. Additional Credits: the crew for the socialism conference included Jordan Flaherty, Jonathan Klett, Baili Martin and Brooke Guntherie.  And special thanks to Anthony Arnove and Sean Larson from Haymarket Books Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Erika Harley, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LFAndFriendsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

Personas. Lenguajes. Comprensiones. Sabemos que necesitamos categorías para entender el mundo. Así funciona la mente. ¿Y el corazón? ¿Cómo funciona? Otorgar el poder a la mente nos ha traído a la realidad que vivimos actualmente. Una realidad cada vez más polarizada, en la que vemos a otras personas dentro de una categoría.Las categorías son necesarias, también son peligrosas. Lamentablemente, nuestras mentes han aprendido a que las personas de color diferentes, que hablan otros idiomas, llevan otro pasaporte o le rezan a otro Dios, son una amenaza. ¿Y ahora qué? ¿Queremos seguir categorizando para excluir y separar? O estamos listas para ponerle una pizca de corazón a las categorías para tender puentes entre ellas. Las personas que buscan asilo en el territorio europeo crece. Y va a seguir creciendo. Las medidas de bloqueo ante las mareas de personas que huyen de guerras, el cambio climático o violaciones de los derechos humanos, no funcionan.En este episodio de Proyecto Co, exploramos las complejidades de la migración y el asilo en Europa junto a Yolanda Bassas Gimeno, abogada especializada en derecho de asilo y presidenta de la asociación No One is Illegal. Yolanda, con más de veinte años de experiencia profesional, nos guía a través de su carrera, que incluye asesorar a solicitantes de asilo y personas refugiadas, y su trabajo con la Agencia de la Unión Europea para el Asilo (EUAA).Durante la conversación, abordan cómo el endurecimiento de las políticas migratorias europeas, especialmente el blindaje de fronteras, afecta a personas que huyen de guerras y violaciones de derechos humanos. A través de su organización, Yolanda lucha por brindar apoyo legal a personas migrantes en riesgo de exclusión social, visibilizando las injusticias que enfrentan.También reflexionan sobre la importancia de tender puentes entre diferentes categorías de personas, superando los prejuicios que muchas veces perpetúan la discriminación.En este episodio puedes escuchar: (5:00 / 10:00) - Trayectoria personal y profesional de Yolanda: Impulsada por su deseo de comprender la crisis migratoria, Yolanda decidió durante dos años ayudar en diversos campos de personas desplazadas y refugiadas en Grecia, Serbia e Italia.(10:00 / 15:00) - Creación de "No One is Illegal": Tras su experiencia, Yolanda fundó una organización dedicada al asesoramiento y representación legal de personas migrantes, brindando apoyo directo a casos vulnerables.(15:00 / 20:00) - Crítica a las políticas migratorias europeas: Yolanda cuestiona las políticas restrictivas de Europa, centradas en el blindaje de fronteras y la externalización, que no priorizan los derechos humanos.(20:00 / 30:00) - Desigualdad en el trato a los refugiados: Todo es un tema político, la diferencia en el trato a refugiados ucranianos frente a otras nacionalidades refleja profundas desigualdades y el uso político de la migración.(3:00 / 45:00) - Desafíos y acciones frente a la situación migratoria en Europa: Canarias, Frontex y la fuerza ciudadana como forma de mejorar los flujos migratorios y la recepción de migrantes en todo el continente. Un episodio cargado de reflexión sobre cómo nuestras mentes y corazones deben aprender a ver más allá de las categorías que dividen, especialmente en un contexto donde la migración seguirá en aumento debido a factores como el cambio climático y los conflictos armados.EFECTO COLIBRÍ - TU SITIO DE PODCAST PARA IMPULSAR UNA REALIDAD INCLUSIVA, JUSTA Y REGENERATIVAMás en: www.efectocolibri.comConviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/proyecto-co--4842174/support.

Join Robin D.G. Kelley for the Freedom Dreams discussion series. The fifth discussion features Harsha Walia. Freedom Dreams is a classic in the study of the Black radical tradition that has just been released in a new 20th anniversary edition. In this live event series, Robin D. G. Kelley will explore the connections between radical imagination and movements for social transformation with pathbreaking artists and scholars. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule (2021). Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Robin D.G. Kelley is Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of Hammer and Hoe, Race Rebels, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, and Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, among other titles. His writing has been featured in the Journal of American History, American Historical Review, Black Music Research Journal, African Studies Review, New York Times, The Crisis, The Nation, and Voice Literary Supplement. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/wp-UBJT5DnQ Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Thanks to Sam Mcilwaine, Shamim Malekmian, Harry McEvansoneys and Lynn Boylan for joining me this week to get stuck into the events of the week. We talk Homelessness now at 11k, Mother and Baby Home Redress flaws, the ECB going full Bank of England, the UVF and UDA making very worrying statements, the State failing to act on its own laws, a Sinn Féin Cllr's divisive comments, more delays for people stuck in the asylum process and can Elon Musk make the hellsite twitter even worse. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Mother and Baby Homes link:https://www.iccl.ie/take-action/standwithsurvivors/ Shamim's piece we discussed:https://dublininquirer.com/2022/10/19/people-whose-asylum-claims-have-been-rejected-and-turn-to-the-courts-for-help-face-familiar-delays

Stacey Gomez, manager of No One Is Illegal, talks about how the extreme heat is affecting migrant workers in this province. Dartmouth Seniors Service Centre executive director Pam Vaters details the impact of hot weather on seniors. Plus, hear how you can protect yourself during a heatwave.

Through the Portal is a podcast from the Social Justice Portal Project, a national collaborative think tank hosted by the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago. Each month, grassroots activists and radical scholars will give voice to community struggles, national strategies and sustainable alternatives for the future. The guest speakers, who are also Portal Project participants, explore what it means to walk through the portal of the current moment by centering racial and social justice issues. On Episode 3, Damon and Teresa talk with Harsha Walia. Harsha is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule (2021). Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. She breaks down how borders are central to carceral systems, the lessons to be learned from indigenous boundary protection, and what is more possible when we emerge through the portal into a borderless world. SHOW NOTES Learn more about Harsha's work - https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia Learn more about the Portal Project: https://sjiportalproject.com/

A conversation about centering internationalism in the fight for abolition with Jalil Muntaqim, Harsha Walia, and more. Study and Struggle organizes against criminalization and incarceration in Mississippi through mutual aid, political education, and community building. We provide a bilingual Spanish and English curriculum with discussion questions and reading materials, as well as financial support, to over 100 participants in radical study groups inside and outside prisons in Mississippi. These groups correspond with groups from across the country through our pen pal program. We regularly come together for online conversations hosted by Haymarket Books. The curriculum, built by a combination of currently- and formerly-incarcerated people, scholars, and community organizers, centers around the interrelationship between prison abolition and immigrant justice, with a particular attention to freedom struggles in Mississippi and the U.S. South. For our Fall 2021 four month curriculum, we have borrowed and augmented Ruth Wilson Gilmore's argument that “abolition is about presence, not absence. It has to be green, and in order to be green, it has to be red (anti-capitalist), and in order to be red, it has to be international," having added “intersectional” as a fourth analytical category that we hope moves us beyond “single-issue” organizing. Study and Struggle provides a bilingual curriculum to all our imprisoned comrades in Mississippi with the support of our friends at 1977 Books and makes it fully available online for other study groups to use as they see fit. For more on Study and Struggle: https://www.studyandstruggle.com/ Our fourth webinar theme is "International" and will be a conversation about what it means for abolition to be internationalist, centering questions about the role of nations, states, and borders in maintaining hierarchy and subjugation, as well the necessity of organizing across and beyond them for collective liberation. --------------------------------- Speakers: Jaan Laaman was a long held political prisoner, who got out of captivity earlier in 2021. Jaan is one of the Ohio-7 — United Freedom Front anti-imperialist and anti- racist underground activists who were captured in 1984. Jaan is a life long working class revolutionary, always active in anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-repression work, both as a public activist and underground fighter Jalil Muntaqim is currently on parole after being wrongfully incarcerated for half a century at Attica Correctional Facility and Southport Correctional Facility. While incarcerated Jalil faced numerous attempts of retaliation by the state—including routine denial of parole. Before he was incarcerated, he was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. He is the author of We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected Prison Writings, a collection of essays that he wrote while in prison. Felix Sitthivong is an organizer and advisor for the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Awareness Group (APICAG). Through APICAG, Sitthivong has organized immigration, social justice and youth outreach forums and has designed Asian American studies courses, an intersectional feminism 101 class and anti-domestic violence program. He was previously a GED tutor through Edmonds Community College. He has published in The Marshall Project, Inquest, the Washington State Wire, and the International Examiner. He is currently serving a 65-year sentence at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center. Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism and Border and Rule. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/A-Xi9UUNcoE Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

A discussion about the violent history and present reality of the border industrial complex, and why and how we must dismantle it. Join acclaimed writer-activists Harsha Walia, Todd Miller, and John Washington for a timely discussion about the violent origins of national borders, the money and ideology behind the border industrial complex, and why a world without borders is urgently necessary for a more just and sustainable future. Speakers: Todd Miller has researched and written about border issues for more than 20 years. He resides in Tucson, Arizona, but also has spent many years living and working in Oaxaca, Mexico. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, TomDispatch, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, and Al Jazeera English, among other places. Miller is the author of three previous books: Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (Verso, 2019), Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), which was awarded the 2018 Izzy Award for Excellence in Independent Journalism, and Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014). His newest book, published by City Lights in 2021, is Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders. He's a contributing editor on border and immigration issues for NACLA Report on the Americas and its column “Border Wars.” Follow him at @memomiller. Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. John Washington is a writer, translator, and activist. His first book, The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond, about the ancient origins and current legal regime of asylum, traces one persecuted Salvadoran man's long and arduous search for refuge. A regular contributor to The Nation magazine and The Intercept, Washington writes about immigration and border politics, as well as criminal justice, photography, and literature. Washington is an award winning translator, having translated Óscar Martinez, Anabel Hernández, and Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, among others. A long-term volunteer with No More Deaths, he has been working with activist organizations in Mexico, California, Arizona, and New York for more than a decade. Find him at @jbwashing. This event is co-sponsored by Haymarket Books and City Lights. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/1P4q1-HJ7a4 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Suchitra Vijayan and Harsha Walia discuss contested border regions and the crises of statelessness experienced by the people who live there. Scholar Hardeep Dhillon will moderate this discussion between acclaimed writers Suchitra Vijayan and Harsha Walia about contestations over borders, sovereignty, and nationalism and national identity. This discussion will reference both writers' most recent books: Suchitra Vijayan's Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India and Harsha Walia's Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Suchitra Vijayan was born and raised in Madras, India. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Hindu, and Foreign Policy, and she has appeared on NBC news. A Barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda before co-founding the Resettlement Legal Aid Project in Cairo, which gives legal aid to Iraqi refugees. She is an award-winning photographer, the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization. She lives in New York. Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Hardeep Dhillon attended U.C. Berkeley before completing her doctorate in History with a secondary in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) at Harvard University. Her dissertation examined the global development of U.S. immigration and border controls through the lens of Asian exclusion at the turn of the twentieth century. Hardeep's larger research interests include histories of law, mobility, empire, racial capitalism, and settler colonialism. In Fall 2021, Hardeep will join the American Bar Foundation (ABF) as the incoming postdoctoral fellow in the ABF/National Science Foundation Fellowship Program in Law and Inequality. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/IfJ8-2IDOiE Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Honoring my ancestors and mourning the loss of 215 indigenous children by telling their story. Reading an excerpt from Charles A. Eastman's book, The Soul of the Indian.

Harsha Walia, Gargi Bhattacharyya and Maya Goodfellow discuss the global migration crisis, racial capitalism, and the ascendant far-right. How do borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, and racist rule? Amidst a global pandemic, governments around the world have accelerated border closings, imposed more barriers to asylum seekers, and expanded immigrant detention. In Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Join Harsha Walia, Maya Goodfellow and Gargi Bhattacharyya for a discussion about this timely book. UK readers, purchase Border and Rule here: https://housmans.com/product/border-and-rule-global-migration-capitalism-and-the-rise-of-racist-nationalism/ ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Gargi Bhattacharyya is one of the UK's leading scholars on race and capitalism. She is the author of Rethinking Racial Capitalism (2018), Dangerous Brown Men (2008), Traffick (2005) and co-author of Empire's Endgame (2020). Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Maya Goodfellow is a Research Fellow at SPERI, University of Sheffield. She is also a regular broadcast commentator and writer, having written for the New York Times and the Guardian, among others. Maya is the author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats (2020). ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Housmans Bookshop and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/dSETYvreYZI Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Topics: Melinda Gates reportedly filed for divorce after discovering Bill was friendly with Jeffrey Epstein; Chiptole's rat problem; Golden Globes cancelled Guests With Time Stamps: (2:37) Congresswoman Alicia Ocasio Cortez AKA Martha Previte (11:30) David does The News (44:30) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (1:01:07) Mark Breslin, founder and president of Yuk Yuk's (2:01:00) Howie Klein, founder and treasurer Blue America PAC and author of "Down With Tyranny" (2:32:46) Dr. Harriet Fraad, "Capitalism Hits Home" and "It's Not Just In Your Head" (3:05:05) Grace Jackson talks with Roy Ngerng, Singaporean writer and activist based in Taiwan. (3:34:20) Henry Hakamaki talks with Kayla Popuchet on the latest in Latin America: Ecuador and Peru elections, and the recent violence in Colombia (4:04:00) Dave Sirus, screenwriter, SNL, "King of Staten Island," and "Let's Be Real" Thursday nights at 9:30 on Fox (4:34:30) Professor Adnan Husain talks with Harsha Walia, founder of No One Is Illegal (5:09:51) Breaking News: Fighting breaks out between Israel and Hamas (5:36:30) Professor Mary Anne Cummings, physicist and parks commissioner, Aurora, Illinois (6:16:30) Professor Mike Steinel talks about whatever he wants, then performs "I'm In Amazon Hell" and "I'm In Amazon Hell" featuring Rosana Eckert.

In this conversation, we talk about Harsha Walia's new fantastic book, Border and Rule Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Haymarket, 2021), which draws an international map of the border imperialist regime in its geographic, historic, and legal complexities. We then proceed in trying to envision the various forms of internationalist solidarities that emerge in the struggle against this global regime, following in particular Indigenous and/or Black resistance. Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013). Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee.

Below the Radar invites Harsha Walia to discuss migrant justice, movement practices, and the underlying forces that govern oppressive border practices on a global scale. She is in conversation with host Am Johal about her recently released book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Fernwood Publishing, 2021). In this episode, they discuss Harsha’s interrogation of border imperialism and the violence enacted through borders. Am asks Harsha about how her organizing background around race and migration informs her writing. She speaks to a nuanced framework for thinking about borders and migrant justice globally, connecting issues of populist nationalism, racial capitalism, migrant workers, deportations and detentions, eco-fascism, the technology of border enforcement, and more. Resources: — Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Fernwood Publishing, 2021) by Harsha Walia: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/border-and-rule — Undoing Border Imperialism (AK Press, 2013) by Harsha Walia: https://www.akpress.org/undoing-border-imperialism.html — No One Is Illegal: https://noii-van.resist.ca/ — BC Civil Liberties Association: https://bccla.org/

Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism and Border & Rule. She is trained in law, and is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women’s Memorial March Committee.   In this episode we talk to her about her latest book Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, which further examines border imperialism and the features of racial capitalism and imperialism which produce the conditions necessitating migration and then criminalize and punish migrants and refugees.   Just a reminder if you are not yet a patron of the show and you have a dollar a month or more to spare, you can support us on patreon and help sustain and grow our work.

The second in a series of Critical Conversations organized by Study and Struggle discussing prison abolition and immigrant justice. ————————————————————— The Study and Struggle program is the first phase of an ongoing project to organize against incarceration and criminalization in Mississippi through four months of political education and community building. Our Critical Conversations webinar series, hosted by Haymarket Books, will cover the themes for the upcoming month. Haymarket Books is an independent, radical, non-profit publisher. The third webinar theme is Deconstructing Settler Colonialism and Borders and will be a conversation about how settler colonialism and border imperialism are foundational pillars of the US prison industrial complex. It will include reflections on how the fight for abolition can better integrate a decolonial politics into our organizing against policing, prisons, and borders of all kinds. ————————————————————— Speakers: Kelly Lytle Hernández is a professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA where she holds The Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History. She is also the Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. One of the nation's leading experts on race, immigration, and mass incarceration, she is the author of the award-winning books, Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol and City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles. Nick Estes is Kul Wicasa, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe born and raised in Chamberlain, SD next to our relative, Mni Sose, the Missouri River. His nation is the Oceti Sakowin Oyate (the Great Sioux Nation or the Nation of the Seven Council Fires). Nick is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Oak Lake Writers Society, a group of Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota writers. In 2014 he co-founded The Red Nation in Albuquerque, NM, an organization dedicated to the liberation of Native people from capitalism and colonialism. Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Lorena Quiroz is a 22-year Mississippi resident. Born in Ecuador, by way of New York, she's an organizer and mother of three amazing girls; first generation Afro Latinas born in the beautiful Delta flatlands. She is the founder of the Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity, an organization whose purpose is to amplify the voices of marginalized, multi-racial, and immigrant communities by active participation in civic engagement in deconstructing barriers that perpetuate racial, xenophobic, socio-economical, and gender identity and sexuality disparities and oppression. Christine Castro (moderator) is a former migrant student and current postdoctoral fellow, researching the intersections of industrial agriculture and police militarization. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/LlzPsVthhSo Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Join Harsha Walia and Robin D.G. Kelley for a discussion about racist border regimes, capitalism and migration, and the ascent of the far-right across the world, marking the release of Walia's Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism. In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. With her keen ability to connect the dots, Walia demonstrates how borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, ruling class, and racist nationalist rule. Ambitious in scope and internationalist in orientation, Border and Rule breaks through American exceptionalist and liberal responses to the migration crisis and cogently maps the lucrative connections between state violence, capitalism, and right-wing nationalism around the world. US readers, purchase Border and Rule 30% off here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule Canadian readers, purchase here: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/border-and-rule UK readers, purchase here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/border-and-rule-global-migration-capitalism-and-the-rise-of-racist-nationalism/9781642592696 ---------------------------------------------------- About the speakers: Harsha Walia is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and, most recently, Border and Rule. Trained in the law, she is a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee. Robin D.G. Kelley is Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA and the author of many books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class, and Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and Fernwood Publishing. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/WRZNfkgSrXo Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

This week, Nashwa chats with Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association and author of the upcoming book Border and Rule, Harsha Walia. They unpack the insidious nature of Canada being framed as “better” than America when it comes to marginalized people. The conversation highlights the faultlines of Canada's immigration system especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite precarious and dangerous working conditions for Canada's migrant workers, they have no guaranteed access to the vaccine; we hope listeners become signatories of and share the Vaccines For All campaign to ensure full access to the vaccine regardless of immigration status. Nashwa and Harsha also touch on the NDP's motion in the House of Commons to designate the Proud Boys a terrorist entity will and can actually harm marginalized communities. They also touch on one of Canada's most popular exports, its grotesque Canadian models of migration. The two wrap up with a discussion of how in our small worlds we can do the things that the government/state will not. They want to find ways to rethink how to be with each other and this episode reminds listeners that we have a collective struggle, to recenter what we all long for, and what we all owe each other. Walia helps us rethink borders and an imagined Canada—we re-imagine what could be and the radical possibilities that await us when we fight for one another in a demilitarized world.Guest Information:Guest of the week: Harsha Walia Harsha Walia is the author of the upcoming book Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism. She is also the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism, co-author of Never Home: Legislating Discrimination in Canadian Immigration as well as Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Harsha has organized in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, abolitionist, and anti-imperialist movements for the past two decades. She has been involved in grassroots movements including No One Is Illegal, Defenders of the Land, and Women's Memorial March. She is the past Project Coordinator of the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre and current Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.You can buy her first book Undoing Border Imperialism here. You can buy her highly anticipated second book Border and Rule, being released in February, here.We highly recommend people check out her 2012 article in Briarpatch entitled Decolonizing Together. You can join Harsha and D.G. Kelley for the launch of her book on February 11th for a conversation on about global migration, racial capitalism, and the ascendent far right.Additional Resources:Some readings that compliment this episode : We Must Dismantle The Security State, Not Expand It by Harsha Walia Don't Expand the War on Terror in the Name of Antiracism by Arun Kudnani and Jeanne Theoharis Whiteness as Property by Cheryl I. Harris What could a progressive alternative to the failed “war on terror” look like? by Arun Kudnani Calling the Capitol riot ‘terrorism' will only hurt communities of color by Diala Shamas and Tarek Z. IsmailBehind Closed Doors: Exposing Migrant Care Worker Exploitation During COVID-19 by The Migrant Rights Network Production Credits:Hosted by Nashwa Lina Khan Music by Johnny Zapras and postXamericaArt for Habibti Please by postXamericaProduction by Nashwa Lina Khan and Johnny ZaprasProduction Assistance by Raymond KhananoSocial Media & Support:Follow us on Twitter @habibtipleaseSupport us on PatreonSubscribe to us on Substack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe

A wall that stretches 300 miles along the US-Mexico border. The suspension of the Dreamers program that shielded 800,000 children born to undocumented immigrants from deportation. The launch of a zero-tolerance policy that separates unauthorized migrants from their children. These are some of the hallmarks of the immigration policy of President Donald Trump's administration. Tackling the growing number of unauthorized migrants was central to Trump's election in 2016 and will be key to a second term. Supporters of Trump's immigration policies argue that mass illegal migration is destabilizing the border, costing billions in social services, and driving down wages for struggling blue collar workers. Critics of President Trump's immigration policies take issue with the very concept of a migrant being “illegal.” They argue that a realistic and humane immigration policy needs to recognize that undocumented immigrants are part of the fabric of America, with more than two-thirds having lived in the U.S. for over ten years. In this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast Rev. Sam Rodriguez, who leads the world's largest Hispanic Christian organization, and Allen Orr, President Elect of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association debate the essence of these two competing arguments. Sources: KPIX, Financial Times, Fox Business, News Max TV, PBS Newshour, KPRC, Al Jazeera, Bloomber

Hey friends! We begin Hispanic Heritage month by discussing xenophobia in Tijuana, Mexico. This episode was inspired by Diego Lunas show “Pan Y Circo”. “Pan Y Circo” is a critically acclaimed show on Amazon Prime Video that touches on fundamental topics...

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An interview with Craig Fortier, who is an organizer and academic based in Toronto. Among other things, Craig is involved with No One Is Illegal and helps coordinate the Field of Dreamers Cooperative Softball Association, which was featured on a recent episode of Talking Radical Radio. Craig is the author of the short book Unsettling The Commons: Social Movements Within, Against and Beyond Settler Colonialism which was published in 2017 by Arbeiter Ring. In it, Craig draws on more than 50 interviews with organizers within what he calls the “anti-authoritarian current” across Canada and the United States, and discusses what it means to “struggle for the commons” in the context of settler colonialism. Craig’s book recommendations include Undoing Border Imperialism, Red Skin White Masks & Mohawk Interruptus. Music is by LAL and Test Their Logik.

2 Samuel 6.1-5, 12b-19, Psalm 24, Ephesians 1.3-14, Mark 6.14-29; Should we try worshiping with more than one congregation? What makes a church multiracial? What is heaven really like? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with guest Kenneth Tanner.

2 Samuel 6.1-5, 12b-19, Psalm 24, Ephesians 1.3-14, Mark 6.14-29; Should we try worshiping with more than one congregation? What makes a church multiracial? What is heaven really like? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with guest Kenneth Tanner.

In consideration of recent events, cities across Canada have examined ways to signal that they are open to refugees and migrants. Some municipalities, like Montreal and London, Ontario have passed motions in their city councils proclaiming that their city is now a Sanctuary City. Cities that have already voted on these motions have heard stories of continued police checks, lack of proper funding from the municipality, and the ineffectiveness of the motions themselves. This episode of Rabble Radio explores the sanctuary city movement and how symbolic motions could lead to an effective approach to migrants. Nigel Bariffe is an educator in the Toronto District School Board and a long-time advocate for marginalized and racialized communities. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors for the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. Jaggi Singh  is a writer and community organizer based in Montreal . He has worked with Solidarity Across Borders, No One Is Illegal, and other migrant rights groups. Image: Jonathan Malboeuf – Flickr.com Like this podcast? rabble is reader/listener supported journalism.

This week we spoke with an autonomous participant in CrimethInc. about the work of that collective around elections, about their views on the recent election of Donald J. Trump as president of the U.S.A., voter turnout, anarchist perspectives on elections, democracy, and about building on-the-ground resistance to not only this new administration but the autonomous far right that's attempting to emerge more and more these days. More from CrimethInc., including their recent audio-zines and the ex-worker podcast can be found at http://crimethinc.com The call-out to resist the 2017 Presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump can be found here: http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2016/11/11/no-peaceful-transition/ Former Political Prisoner Panel 2016 pt1 The Final Straw recently released the first half of the Former Political Prisoners Panel discussion from the 2016 North American Anarchist Black Cross conference in Denver as a podcast. That included introductions by former Black Liberation Army and Black Panther member Sekou Kombui who served 47 years in prison, former United Freedom Front militant Kazi Toure, former Earth Liberation Front member Daniel McGowan and anti-fascist activist John Tucker who was imprisoned as one of the Tinley Park 5. Check it out by visiting https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2016/11/13/naabc-former-political-prisoners-panel-2016-pt-1/ The Presidential Election As of today, Sunday November 13th, it seems like there has been one thing on our minds since Tuesday. People have been expressing their rage at this election in many different ways around the US, the first four days saw protests ranging from less militant rallies to night marches, burning effigies, and highway shutdowns. Here in Asheville there were four days worth of protests, one of which rallied 150 people who blocked a major intersection in downtown for a good while and held its ground by the Vance Monument, built for the slaveowning KKK member Zebulon Vance who was one of Asheville's so called white founders. Moving forward will look like a lot of different things, already we have seen at least three autonomously called for general strikes to occur around and on the inauguration on January 20th, and the amount of assemblies and strategy building infrastructure on the anarchist left is growing by leaps and bounds! If you are part of organizing and you do not see yourself represented elsewhere, please feel free to write to us at thefinalstrawradio( at)riseup.net or to William personally at stormwater( at)riseup.net with what you are doing, how it's going, what you hope to see come out of it, all that jazz. We will be happy to broadcast it, or not if you would prefer. Also, stay tuned to this and other audio projects for more ideas on how to engage. Crushing Intolerance music this episode In the last portion of the episode, we'll be hearing two tracks from the newest Crushing Intolerance compilation by The Black Metal Alliance, which is a collection of metal artists promoting equal rights for all life. This is comp #4. First off, here's Arete with Beneath The Pond. Arête is Melancholic Mountain Black Metal from the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Black Hills. Finally, this is Seeds In Barren Fields with The Epitaph of the Vain and the Forgotten. SIBF is a Swedish metal band. Money from the compilation Crushing Intolerance IV goes to Canadian and Swedish chapters of No One Is Illegal a migrant justice movement rooted in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, ecological justice, Indigenous self-determination, anti-occupation & anti-oppressive communities. More on the comp at https://blackmetalalliance.bandcamp.com/

The speaker will be discussing the current global refugee crisis and its implications for Canada. What are the root causes of the refugee crisis and how are governments responding? What are the limitations of the current government's announcement to welcome Syrian refugees? What are the systemic barriers to inclusion, access, permanent residency and full rights and dignity for all migrants, refugees, and migrant workers in Canada?  How can we oppose all forms of displacement and affirm the inherent human right to stay, freedom to move, and right to return. Speaker: Harsha Walia Harsha Walia is a South Asian author and activist, currently residing in Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish territories. Harsha is a cofounder of the migrant justice group, No One Is Illegal and the progressive South Asian network Radical Desis. She attended law school at UBC and currently works at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre. Haesha is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism, which is currently in its second print run and she has won the CCPA Power of Youth Award, the Westender's Best of the City in Activism and been called "one of Canada's most brilliant and effective organizers" by Naomi Klein. Moderator:   Sage Strobel Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea)

The speaker will be discussing the current global refugee crisis and its implications for Canada. What are the root causes of the refugee crisis and how are governments responding? What are the limitations of the current government's announcement to welcome Syrian refugees? What are the systemic barriers to inclusion, access, permanent residency and full rights and dignity for all migrants, refugees, and migrant workers in Canada?  How can we oppose all forms of displacement and affirm the inherent human right to stay, freedom to move, and right to return. Speaker: Harsha Walia Harsha Walia is a South Asian author and activist, currently residing in Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish territories. Harsha is a cofounder of the migrant justice group, No One Is Illegal and the progressive South Asian network Radical Desis. She attended law school at UBC and currently works at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre. Haesha is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism, which is currently in its second print run and she has won the CCPA Power of Youth Award, the Westender's Best of the City in Activism and been called "one of Canada's most brilliant and effective organizers" by Naomi Klein. Moderator:   Sage Strobel Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea)

The speaker will be discussing the current global refugee crisis and its implications for Canada. What are the root causes of the refugee crisis and how are governments responding? What are the limitations of the current government's announcement to welcome Syrian refugees? What are the systemic barriers to inclusion, access, permanent residency and full rights and dignity for all migrants, refugees, and migrant workers in Canada?  How can we oppose all forms of displacement and affirm the inherent human right to stay, freedom to move, and right to return. Speaker: Harsha Walia Harsha Walia is a South Asian author and activist, currently residing in Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish territories. Harsha is a cofounder of the migrant justice group, No One Is Illegal and the progressive South Asian network Radical Desis. She attended law school at UBC and currently works at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre. Haesha is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism, which is currently in its second print run and she has won the CCPA Power of Youth Award, the Westender's Best of the City in Activism and been called "one of Canada's most brilliant and effective organizers" by Naomi Klein. Moderator:   Sage Strobel Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea)

In this episode we play an interview we recorded with Harsha Walia, an activist with the Vancouver chapter of No One Is Illegal and the author Undoing Border Imperialism. Due to technical difficulties we weren’t able to use the interview when it was originally recorded in October, but seen as the issues discussed such as refugees, islamophobia and colonialism are still relevant we’ve decided it’s better to be late than never.  This episode originally aired Jan 3rd, 2016 on CKUW 95.9 FM.  

One of the major news stories of 2015 has been the flow of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Syria and beyond into Europe, and the social and political crises this has precipitated. In this episode, we'll take a look at Europe's so-called refugee crisis from an anarchist perspective. To do that, we adopt a "mix tape" format, pasting together excerpts from a variety of sources to offer an impressionistic look at how and why people move across the world, the barriers thrown up by states to impede and control them, and popular resistance against the system of national borders. We begin with reflections on borders from the CrimethInc. Contradictionary, To Change Everything, and past Ex-Worker episodes, and continue with excerpts from interviews with No One Is Illegal activist Harsha Walia, author Vijay Prashad, and a Swiss anarchist active in migrant solidarity struggles in Europe, as well as essays from an activist convergence against climate change, Calais Migrant Solidarity, and Mask Magazine; and conclude with reflections on the Islamic State attacks in Paris from the CrimethInc. blog. You'll also hear updates on anti-anarchist repression in Spain and anti-government demonstrations in South Korea, a report-back from the Rebel! Rebuild! Rewild! action camp in eastern Canada, and an announcement for a new prisoner publication, plus news, upcoming events, and more.

On this episode: we discuss the institutional Jewish community's response to the ongoing migration crisis, talk about the fight against BDS on Canadian campuses, and try to be more clear about when we're being sarcastic. We reflect on the Jewish left's response to recent repression of BDS Quebec, and debate the ethics of not feeding pets on Yom Kippur. We're then joined by Sozan Savehilaghi to talk about No One Is Illegal's new multimedia project Never Home, as well as Canada's role in the global crisis of migration. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/10/07/on-this-episode-we-discuss-the-institutional/

Lots of people are not welcome in Canada anymore. People can no longer count on finding refuge in Canada. It's like our country now has big signs on our borders saying Go Away. We don't want you here. rabble radio 158 is about the lives that undocumented migrants face, those who are incarcerated because they are undocumented, and also about people trying to help them make sense of it all and live their lives. No One is Illegal – On September 17, Victoria Fenner, rabble radio's executive producer, went down to the Immigration and Refugee Headquarters on Victoria Avenue in Toronto. In front of the building was an event to recognize the one-year anniversary of a significant day. On September 17, 2013, 191 immigration detainees held in the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay Ontario, began a non-cooperation protest. Since then, people across the country have joined the call to end immigration detention. Tings Chack is with the Toronto Chapter of No One Is Illegal, the organizers of the protest. Imagine what it would be like to always be looking over your shoulder and wondering who knows you're in the country without proper documentation. Your kids' teachers? Your employer? Are they going to turn you in? Our next guest knows a lot of people who live with that fear. Suzanne Narain is a Jane Finch community resident, a neighbourhood in Toronto where a lot of undocumented workers live. She spoke to John Bonner of the rabble.ca podcast John Bonner Audio Blog, about what life is like to live in fear of arrest, detention or deportation.  If you're born in Canada, you're automatically a Canadian citizen, right? Well, maybe not. Deepan Budlakoti was born in Canada. He has been issued a passport by the federal government. Twice. The government of Ontario gave him an Ontario birth certificate. But … the federal government now says he's not a Canadian citizen and he needs to go home. Except India, which the government says is his home, says no. He's not an Indian citizen. He was born in Canada, so he's Canadian. Deepan is still in Canada but has been stripped of his Canadian citizenship. He is now stateless. He is under house arrest in his parent's home and can only go out between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. He doesn't have health insurance anymore. He's living in limbo. Earlier this month, he lost his appeal of the government's decision to revoke his citizenship. The case hinges on the question: Were his parents employees of India High Commission when he was born? Deepan and his lawyers say no. Dan Kellar of the rabble podcast AWOL spoke to Deepan Budlakoti a few days after he received the news of his lost appeal earlier this month. When one of our podcasters celebrates, so do we. This year is a milestone year for one of our longest-running podcasts. It's the 10th anniversary of the program “Living on Purpose.” It hasn't been on the rabble podcast network for all that time. Lynn Thompson's podcast began on the radio in Nanaimo in 2004 and migrated to the rabble podcast network in 2007. Happy anniversary, Living on Purpose!

CKUT 90.3 FM, QPIRG Concordia, No One Is Illegal, The Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective, Climate Justice Montreal, and Submedia.tv present The 7th Edition of Under The Weather Defending the Land: Indigenous Resistance to Extraction featuring MEL BAZIL, indigenous Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en organizer, sovereigntist, and anarchist of the Unist'ot'en Action Camp http://unistotencamp.com/ With an introduction by Clifton Nicholas and a special opening by the Buffalo Hat Singers

Against and Beyond Police Brutality Featuring: -Interview with Lalit Clarkson from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (NYC) -Audio from March 15 Demonstration Against Police Brutality (Toronto) -Interview with Bridget Tolley (Kitigan Zibi Algonquin First Nation in Quebec) ***** A report released to Congress states that the New York Police Department stop and frisk tactics - arbitrary stops by police that do not require a warrant- have increased by 21 per cent in the last year. The report also shows that 88 percent of those stopped were Black and Latino. Lalit Clarkson of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement - a black radical formation that organizes in new york and throughout the united states- believes that the increased targeting of people of colour by stop and frisk is due to increased gentrification and racial profiling saying that “there is no, sort of, separation, for us, between high stop and frisk and high rates of gentrification or rates of moving people out of our communities. So, for us…we equate stop and frisk to illegal racial profiling.” A law prohibiting the storing of information- data-banking- of those stopped and frisked but not charged was recently signed in New York. The NYPD immediately issued an internal memo - leaked to the public- that suggested officers store the data on paper instead so as to work around the new law. Community organizers are not surprised by the NYPD reaction. They say they will continue working until the comprehensive social and institutional reforms needed to stop the discriminatory polices of the NYPD are in place. Luam, a member of both No One is Illegal and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, recently spoke with Lalit about the proactive work the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is doing to eliminate police brutality. ***** Bridget Tolley is a grandmother of five from the Kitigan Zibi Algonquin First Nation in Quebec. Her mother was struck and killed by a Quebec Police cruiser on their reserve on October 6th 2001. Since then Bridget has been calling for an independent investigation into the police killing of her mother. She has also worked on the Sisters In Spirit campaign, a project of the Native Women’s Association of Canada that was defunded by the Federal government in 2010. The project was designed to build a database for all missing and murdered Indigenous women across the country. Tolley and others assert that the government has cut the project because, as she says, “they are trying to forget.”

For our first show of the new year, members of No One Is Illegal - Toronto share stories of resistance from 2010 and discuss how our movements will continue to build in 2011. Featuring: "Angels with Dirty Faces" Homeboy Sandman

For our first show of the new year, members of No One Is Illegal - Toronto share stories of resistance from 2010 and discuss how our movements will continue to build in 2011. Featuring: "Angels with Dirty Faces" Homeboy Sandman

Today’s show focuses on the growing campaign in defense of human smuggling and features an interview with Karin Baqi, staff lawyer with the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO). No One Is Illegal Toronto statement: In defense of human smuggling, for the free movement of people http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/507 Featuring: "Baghdad (Remix)" by Ahmed Habib

Today’s show focuses on the growing campaign in defense of human smuggling and features an interview with Karin Baqi, staff lawyer with the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO). No One Is Illegal Toronto statement: In defense of human smuggling, for the free movement of people http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/507 Featuring: "Baghdad (Remix)" by Ahmed Habib

This jam-packed show features audio from the Dec. 1 Rob Ford Counter-Inaugural demonstration held outside of Toronto City Hall, courtesy of John Bonnar. Hear speakers from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Jane Finch Action Against Poverty, and the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly. Also on this show, we debut our new theme song and play a preview from an exciting collaboration between SPIN and MC E-Legal. Featuring: "Soy Ilegal" by SPIN and MC E-Legal http://www.reverbnation.com/spinelpoeta "Rob Ford Song" Ben Bergen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9RHasobfQ

This jam-packed show features audio from the Dec. 1 Rob Ford Counter-Inaugural demonstration held outside of Toronto City Hall, courtesy of John Bonnar. Hear speakers from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Jane Finch Action Against Poverty, and the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly. Also on this show, we debut our new theme song and play a preview from an exciting collaboration between SPIN and MC E-Legal. Featuring: "Soy Ilegal" by SPIN and MC E-Legal http://www.reverbnation.com/spinelpoeta "Rob Ford Song" Ben Bergen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9RHasobfQ

This jam-packed show features audio from the Dec. 1 Rob Ford Counter-Inaugural demonstration held outside of Toronto City Hall, courtesy of John Bonnar. Hear speakers from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Jane Finch Action Against Poverty, and the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly. Also on this show, we debut our new theme song and play a preview from an exciting collaboration between SPIN and MC E-Legal. Featuring: "Soy Ilegal" by SPIN and MC E-Legal http://www.reverbnation.com/spinelpoeta "Rob Ford Song" Ben Bergen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9RHasobfQ

This week's show features an interview with Nandita Sharma, author of 'Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of "Migrant Workers" in Canada', on Bill C49. The proposed Bill C49 is yet another measure to restrict people's ability to move, in this case by dramatically remaking rules around refugee status in cases deemed to be "human smuggling incidents" by the government. For more info: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/495 Featuring: “Life Vest” by Unknown Mizery from the new album Empty Handed Warrior with producer Aneeway

This week's show features an interview with Nandita Sharma, author of 'Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of "Migrant Workers" in Canada', on Bill C49. The proposed Bill C49 is yet another measure to restrict people's ability to move, in this case by dramatically remaking rules around refugee status in cases deemed to be "human smuggling incidents" by the government. For more info: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/495 Featuring: “Life Vest” by Unknown Mizery from the new album Empty Handed Warrior with producer Aneeway

Today we will be talking to community media activist Rebecca Granovsky-Larsen and artist/community organizer Rosina Kazi from the band LAL. As part of CKLN's annual FundFest, this show focuses on the importance of community radio and the need to support through listening and by making donations. You can still pledge your support for community-controlled radio by calling: 416-595-1478.

Chris Ramsaroop from Justicia 4 Migrant Workers is interviewed about how farm workers are organizing in response to the recent workplace deaths of two workers on September 10th: Ralston White and Paul Roach. A Pilgrimage to Freedom is being held on October 10th, Thanksgiving Weekend, and is the first march of this kind to focus on the conditions of people the government calls "temporary foreign workers". http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/

Chris Ramsaroop from Justicia 4 Migrant Workers is interviewed about how farm workers are organizing in response to the recent workplace deaths of two workers on September 10th: Ralston White and Paul Roach. A Pilgrimage to Freedom is being held on October 10th, Thanksgiving Weekend, and is the first march of this kind to focus on the conditions of people the government calls "temporary foreign workers". http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/

Chris Ramsaroop from Justicia 4 Migrant Workers is interviewed about how farm workers are organizing in response to the recent workplace deaths of two workers on September 10th: Ralston White and Paul Roach. A Pilgrimage to Freedom is being held on October 10th, Thanksgiving Weekend, and is the first march of this kind to focus on the conditions of people the government calls "temporary foreign workers". http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/

We spoke with G20 defendant and community organizer Alex Hundert a day before he was arrested for speaking at a panel at Ryerson University. Police alleged that he was in violation of his bail condition to not participate in any protests. You can get updates here: http://g20.torontomobilize.org/ Alex, along with Harsha Walia from No One Is Illegal - Vancouver, break down the post-G20 situation, including charges, upcoming court dates, dealing with the reality of fear and ongoing state repression, and strengthening our resolve.

This week we spoke with hip hop artist Peter Bones about the G20 and migrant justice. Bones recently released a track entitled "G20 Anthem" about his experiences with the G20 in Toronto, which included being featured in the police's highly sensationalized "most wanted" list of G20 suspects. We discuss how his name was cleared and extend our solidarity to everyone still facing charges following the G20 mobilizations. "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncMd6HFLiM Featuring: "No One Is Illegal" Peter Bones "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

This week we spoke with hip hop artist Peter Bones about the G20 and migrant justice. Bones recently released a track entitled "G20 Anthem" about his experiences with the G20 in Toronto, which included being featured in the police's highly sensationalized "most wanted" list of G20 suspects. We discuss how his name was cleared and extend our solidarity to everyone still facing charges following the G20 mobilizations. "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncMd6HFLiM Featuring: "No One Is Illegal" Peter Bones "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

This week we spoke with hip hop artist Peter Bones about the G20 and migrant justice. Bones recently released a track entitled "G20 Anthem" about his experiences with the G20 in Toronto, which included being featured in the police's highly sensationalized "most wanted" list of G20 suspects. We discuss how his name was cleared and extend our solidarity to everyone still facing charges following the G20 mobilizations. "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncMd6HFLiM Featuring: "No One Is Illegal" Peter Bones "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

This week we spoke with hip hop artist Peter Bones about the G20 and migrant justice. Bones recently released a track entitled "G20 Anthem" about his experiences with the G20 in Toronto, which included being featured in the police's highly sensationalized "most wanted" list of G20 suspects. We discuss how his name was cleared and extend our solidarity to everyone still facing charges following the G20 mobilizations. "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncMd6HFLiM Featuring: "No One Is Illegal" Peter Bones "G20 Anthem" Peter Bones http://g20.torontomobilize.org/

Today we speak with Sheila Hewlett from No One Is Illegal - Toronto about art and social movements, including the recently organized day of creative actions against Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney in Toronto. People vs. Kenney (Toronto) video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5ntADWBFg Featuring: "Shapeshifters" Invincible

Today we speak with Sheila Hewlett from No One Is Illegal - Toronto about art and social movements, including the recently organized day of creative actions against Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney in Toronto. People vs. Kenney (Toronto) video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5ntADWBFg Featuring: "Shapeshifters" Invincible

On today's show we speak with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) about post-G20 organizing in Toronto and the parallels between the criminalization of community organizers during the G20 and OCAP's June 15, 2000 demonstration at Queen's Park. Featuring: "No Borders No Fences" Harsha Walia, Jaggi Singh and SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge Support the legal defense efforts: http://www.g20.torontomobilize.org/ STOP THE SPECIAL DIET CUT – RAISE WELFARE/ODSP RATES NOW! Meal, Rally and Action Wednesday, July 21 @ 12 noon Ministry of Community and Social Services, 900 Bay St @ Wellesley Poster here: http://update.ocap.ca/node/896

On today's show we speak with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) about post-G20 organizing in Toronto and the parallels between the criminalization of community organizers during the G20 and OCAP's June 15, 2000 demonstration at Queen's Park. Featuring: "No Borders No Fences" Harsha Walia, Jaggi Singh and SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge Support the legal defense efforts: http://www.g20.torontomobilize.org/ STOP THE SPECIAL DIET CUT – RAISE WELFARE/ODSP RATES NOW! Meal, Rally and Action Wednesday, July 21 @ 12 noon Ministry of Community and Social Services, 900 Bay St @ Wellesley Poster here: http://update.ocap.ca/node/896

On today's show we speak with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) about post-G20 organizing in Toronto and the parallels between the criminalization of community organizers during the G20 and OCAP's June 15, 2000 demonstration at Queen's Park. Featuring: "No Borders No Fences" Harsha Walia, Jaggi Singh and SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge Support the legal defense efforts: http://www.g20.torontomobilize.org/ STOP THE SPECIAL DIET CUT – RAISE WELFARE/ODSP RATES NOW! Meal, Rally and Action Wednesday, July 21 @ 12 noon Ministry of Community and Social Services, 900 Bay St @ Wellesley Poster here: http://update.ocap.ca/node/896

On today's show we speak with Corvin Russell from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) about Pride, politics, Palestinian solidarity and Israel's pink-washing campaign. Featuring: "At the Fence" SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge No Justice No Peace Love and Rage Mix (partial) http://soundcloud.com/loveandrage/no-justice-no-peace-nique-la-police-love-and-rage-mash-up

On today's show we speak with Corvin Russell from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) about Pride, politics, Palestinian solidarity and Israel's pink-washing campaign. Featuring: "At the Fence" SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge No Justice No Peace Love and Rage Mix (partial) http://soundcloud.com/loveandrage/no-justice-no-peace-nique-la-police-love-and-rage-mash-up

On today's show we speak with Corvin Russell from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) about Pride, politics, Palestinian solidarity and Israel's pink-washing campaign. Featuring: "At the Fence" SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge No Justice No Peace Love and Rage Mix (partial) http://soundcloud.com/loveandrage/no-justice-no-peace-nique-la-police-love-and-rage-mash-up

On today's show we speak with Corvin Russell from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) about Pride, politics, Palestinian solidarity and Israel's pink-washing campaign. Featuring: "At the Fence" SK Hussan + Sikh Knowledge No Justice No Peace Love and Rage Mix (partial) http://soundcloud.com/loveandrage/no-justice-no-peace-nique-la-police-love-and-rage-mash-up

Queer honourees give their awards back to Pride Toronto over the banning of the term Israeli-apartheid, pre-G20 African activists speak out on celebrity activism, and coming out in Uganda where Pride is no party. Queer activists should be able to stand up for human rights. James Loney talks about why he is giving back his Fearless Award to Pride Toronto. Pride is political and Pride Toronto should not dictate what politics are not allowed. Jane Farrow talks about why she is refusing the title of Honoured Dyke in the 2010 Toronto Pride March. Last year we spoke to gay and lesbian activist Frank Mugisha, who was speaking against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill. In this podcast, we'll hear how one Ugandan gay activist accepted his own sexuality. Bob Geldof and Bono are celebrity editors who helped the Globe write about Africa. But African activists have some critiques of the work they do. In this interview, produced by No One Is Illegal, Makoma  Lekalakala of Johannesburg's Earthlife Africa speaks about what African activists think would help the G20. June 23 update: Pride Toronto announced they will not ban the term Israeli-apartheid from use during Pride. More to follow in the next episode of rabble radio.

Today’s show is titled Arizona to Toronto: Stop Racial Profiling! We speak with Dave Zirin, sports columnist, activist and author of People’s History of Sports in the United States. He has supported the No 2010 Olympics campaign and is an active supporter of protests against Arizona’s SB 1070. As the racist laws in Arizona are being challenged throughout the United States, activists here in Toronto have stepped up resistance to increased immigration enforcement on our streets. Joining us by phone is Mohan Mishra, an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto. Featuring: “Tear down that Wall” Chuck D

Today’s show is titled Arizona to Toronto: Stop Racial Profiling! We speak with Dave Zirin, sports columnist, activist and author of People’s History of Sports in the United States. He has supported the No 2010 Olympics campaign and is an active supporter of protests against Arizona’s SB 1070. As the racist laws in Arizona are being challenged throughout the United States, activists here in Toronto have stepped up resistance to increased immigration enforcement on our streets. Joining us by phone is Mohan Mishra, an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto. Featuring: “Tear down that Wall” Chuck D

For the last five years, No One Is Illegal has held a demonstration for immigration reform on May Day. This year, one item up for discussion was on the difference between what immigrants are told to expect in Canada and the reality faced by the people who migrate to this country. The rabble podcast network's John Bonnar joined in on the march and recorded an interview while he was there. Here is part of his conversation with Nanky Rai. The chants of workers reverberated across the world this weekend, so what better time to check in with the Reverb Syndicate? The band guest-hosted the rabble podcast network's music program The Ruckus this month bringing us their top picks. Here is one of those songs. This is The Havocs with It's Gotta Have Soul. Coming together to fight for rights. Shared concerns about multinational corporations have led workers, democratic unions and NGO campaigners across the Asia Pacific Region to publicly shame corporations like NIKE over their labour practices. Now a new project called the Asian Transnational Company Monitoring Network is moving beyond media campaigning. They're mobilizing workers across borders to fight company exploitation. Doris Lea is a coordinator with the organization, and she spoke to the rabble podcast network's Asia Pacific Currents podcast about the challenges of trying to work across borders. The International Workers of the World formed in 1904 with the goal of creating one big union across borders and boundaries. The rabble podcast network's Red Eye podcast checked in for some history of the IWW, otherwise known as the wobblies with Michel S. Beaulieu, who is an assistant professor at Lakehead University and the author of Socialism and the Politics of Labour at the Canadian Lakehead. Here's part of that conversation. South Korean labour activists face strong opposition from corporate and government interests in that country. Nonetheless, their battle continues. Pier Moro has been checking in with labor activists in South Korea. Here's his report to the rabble podcast network's Asia Pacific Currents.

This is a two part special on May Day and migrant resistance in Toronto. In the first half, organizers with No One Is Illegal - Toronto discuss the upcoming May 1 2010 Status for All Day of Action and the history of May Day organizing for migrant justice in the city. In the second half we have the radio documentary "On May Day, We March for Justice" by Susy Alvarez, featuring voices from the 2009 May Day of Action in Toronto. In the past 6 years the struggle for justice for immigrants and refugees has grown immensely. Inspired by the individual and collective strength of Mohamed Cherfi, Kimberley Lizano-Sossa, Fahim Kayani, Shamim Akhtar, Isabel Garcia, Wendy Maxwell, the many others that we have known, and the countless others that have had to fight alone, the Migrant Justice movement has forefronted struggles of people of color, women, disAbled and queer migrants, particularly those without full status. From the 2005 No One Is Illegal march from Montreal to Ottawa, to the first Toronto May Day of Action in 2006, to the take over of Yonge and Dundas square on May Day in 2009, we have worked tirelessly to create real meaningful change – stopping deportations, winning access to schools, and changing federal immigration policy.

This is a two part special on May Day and migrant resistance in Toronto. In the first half, organizers with No One Is Illegal - Toronto discuss the upcoming May 1 2010 Status for All Day of Action and the history of May Day organizing for migrant justice in the city. In the second half we have the radio documentary "On May Day, We March for Justice" by Susy Alvarez, featuring voices from the 2009 May Day of Action in Toronto. In the past 6 years the struggle for justice for immigrants and refugees has grown immensely. Inspired by the individual and collective strength of Mohamed Cherfi, Kimberley Lizano-Sossa, Fahim Kayani, Shamim Akhtar, Isabel Garcia, Wendy Maxwell, the many others that we have known, and the countless others that have had to fight alone, the Migrant Justice movement has forefronted struggles of people of color, women, disAbled and queer migrants, particularly those without full status. From the 2005 No One Is Illegal march from Montreal to Ottawa, to the first Toronto May Day of Action in 2006, to the take over of Yonge and Dundas square on May Day in 2009, we have worked tirelessly to create real meaningful change – stopping deportations, winning access to schools, and changing federal immigration policy.

This is a two part special on May Day and migrant resistance in Toronto. In the first half, organizers with No One Is Illegal - Toronto discuss the upcoming May 1 2010 Status for All Day of Action and the history of May Day organizing for migrant justice in the city. In the second half we have the radio documentary "On May Day, We March for Justice" by Susy Alvarez, featuring voices from the 2009 May Day of Action in Toronto. In the past 6 years the struggle for justice for immigrants and refugees has grown immensely. Inspired by the individual and collective strength of Mohamed Cherfi, Kimberley Lizano-Sossa, Fahim Kayani, Shamim Akhtar, Isabel Garcia, Wendy Maxwell, the many others that we have known, and the countless others that have had to fight alone, the Migrant Justice movement has forefronted struggles of people of color, women, disAbled and queer migrants, particularly those without full status. From the 2005 No One Is Illegal march from Montreal to Ottawa, to the first Toronto May Day of Action in 2006, to the take over of Yonge and Dundas square on May Day in 2009, we have worked tirelessly to create real meaningful change – stopping deportations, winning access to schools, and changing federal immigration policy.

This week we went to Teesdale and met with the South Asian Women's Rights Organization (SAWRO). Members of SAWRO put together a panel discussion on low-income, migrant women organizing for childcare. SAWRO is calling out for grassroots organizations and low-income women to participate in a forum they are holding this summer about mobilizing for universal childcare. You can get in contact with SAWRO through their website at http://www.sawro.com/.

This week we went to Teesdale and met with the South Asian Women's Rights Organization (SAWRO). Members of SAWRO put together a panel discussion on low-income, migrant women organizing for childcare. SAWRO is calling out for grassroots organizations and low-income women to participate in a forum they are holding this summer about mobilizing for universal childcare. You can get in contact with SAWRO through their website at http://www.sawro.com/.

This week we went to Teesdale and met with the South Asian Women's Rights Organization (SAWRO). Members of SAWRO put together a panel discussion on low-income, migrant women organizing for childcare. SAWRO is calling out for grassroots organizations and low-income women to participate in a forum they are holding this summer about mobilizing for universal childcare. You can get in contact with SAWRO through their website at http://www.sawro.com/.

Today we’re talking with Salma Al Atassi from Students Against Israeli Apartheid about the 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week. We discuss the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign; Palestinian refugees and the Right of Return; and Canada as a site of Palestinian struggle. IAW is an international series of events held in campuses and cities across the globe that educates people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and responds to the call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Started here in Toronto, IAW took place last year in more than 40 cities.

Today we’re talking with Salma Al Atassi from Students Against Israeli Apartheid about the 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week. We discuss the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign; Palestinian refugees and the Right of Return; and Canada as a site of Palestinian struggle. IAW is an international series of events held in campuses and cities across the globe that educates people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and responds to the call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Started here in Toronto, IAW took place last year in more than 40 cities.

Today is a special show we programmed for African Liberation Month. We will be sharing (1) news stories, including an audio clip from a recent OCAP action at a $950 per plate Liberal fundraiser, (2) a feature interview with Natercia Coehlo – who is married to political prisoner Gary Freeman – and (3) a special segment on Hip Hop Culture and Migrant Justice. Coelho-Freeman Family Re-unification Petition: http://freemandrum.org/

On Today’s show we focus on the resistance to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. We have collected information, articles, audio from organizers in Vancouver to tell the Olympic story that the corporate media, particularly CTV - which has 30 million dollars invested in them - attempts to erase.

On Today’s show we focus on the resistance to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. We have collected information, articles, audio from organizers in Vancouver to tell the Olympic story that the corporate media, particularly CTV - which has 30 million dollars invested in them - attempts to erase.

Today is a special show we programmed for African Liberation Month. We will be sharing (1) news stories, including an audio clip from a recent OCAP action at a $950 per plate Liberal fundraiser, (2) a feature interview with Natercia Coehlo – who is married to political prisoner Gary Freeman – and (3) a special segment on Hip Hop Culture and Migrant Justice. Coelho-Freeman Family Re-unification Petition: http://freemandrum.org/

Today is a special show we programmed for African Liberation Month. We will be sharing (1) news stories, including an audio clip from a recent OCAP action at a $950 per plate Liberal fundraiser, (2) a feature interview with Natercia Coehlo – who is married to political prisoner Gary Freeman – and (3) a special segment on Hip Hop Culture and Migrant Justice. Coelho-Freeman Family Re-unification Petition: http://freemandrum.org/

In this podcast: Why protest the Olympics, Aboriginal activists speak out, talking diversity of tactics, and all about Vancouver's Red Tent campaign for housing. The Olympic torch was intended to sail through the city on a sea of goodwill. But the celebrations hit rough water in a rising tide of protest. Protestors and celebrants alike lined the route, but in the end, Olympic organizers changed the torch relay's intended course up Vancouver's Commercial Drive. Here are some of the voices from the protest as the torch approached the Drive. Thousands of protesters also convened at the Vancouver Art Gallery just before the start of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, to kick off a march through Vancouver's downtown. One group with a significant presence there was No Olympics on Stolen Native Land. Meagan talked with a spokesperson from the group. Here's what she had to say about why it has been necessary to protest the Olympics. Not everyone was in favor of protesting the Olympics. As the square at the Vancouver Art Gallery filled up with banners and the speeches began, spectators gathered as well. Here is what one of them had to say: If you remember, last episode we told you that the first caller would win an ipod nano. Well, the calls streamed in from as far away as Tokyo, but the person who was quickest on the draw was someone a little closer to home… well, my home anyway. Here's what our nano winner had to say. We'd love to hear your comments too. The number is 360-566-2214. On February 13th, a planned demonstration protesting the corporate interests of the Olympics led to a broken window at the Hudson's Bay Company which many activist link with Canada's historical corporate oppression of First Nations people and other Canadians. The event got a great deal of publicity from mainstream media outlets. It also sparked a debate about the effectiveness of using a Diversity of Tactics, including direct action, within the broad spectrum of activists protesting the Olympics in Vancouver. To create a space where Diversity of Tactics could be discussed in greater detail, rabble.ca along with Working TV broadcast a discussion between Harsha Walia of No One Is Illegal, and Derrick O'Keefe, former rabble editor and member of stopwar.ca. For just over an hour and a half, panelists Walia and O'Keefe responded to questions from the live audience and online participants. The full discussion is available at rabble.ca/rabbletv. Walia spoke to the question of whether direct action is an effective method of protest, and how other types of protest do not engender the same kinds of questioning. That discussion on Diversity of Tactics was held at the W2, which is an exciting new development in Vancouver. It's a media arts centre that brings together independent media outlets like ours, media artists, and social innovators into a space where ideas can be exchanged and new plans can be hatched. The centre opened just days before the Olympics, and has become a media hub for the activism and independent reporting during the games. From the launch event for the W2, this is Irwin Oostindie speaking about his vision for the centre. Following on similar actions in Europe the Pivot Society has created a space for homeless people to sleep during the Olympics by providing them with red tents, each one housing one or two people. Am Johal is Chair of the Impact of the Olympics on Communities Committee. Here he is, speaking to the rabble podcast network's Pivot podcast. If you have comments about the show, an idea for us, or a documentary that you whipped up at home, tell us about it. You can email me at Meagan@rabble.ca, or you can call us too at 360-566-2214.

Today in studio, we speak with Leonardo Zuniga, a queer activist and member of No One Is Illegal who recently won his case for permanent residency in Canada. We discuss his case, the struggle of queer migrants, and the need to continue organizing for Status for All.

Today in studio, we speak with Leonardo Zuniga, a queer activist and member of No One Is Illegal who recently won his case for permanent residency in Canada. We discuss his case, the struggle of queer migrants, and the need to continue organizing for Status for All.

As struggles for indigenous sovereignty intensify, as resistance mounts to the 2010 Olympics being held on Coast Salish land in Vancouver, as labour struggles become more militant and as poor people and migrants mobilize throughout our communities and set to disrupt the façade being played out by the leaders of the G8 and G20 nations, we introduce the topic of today’s show: Resistance 2010. Interview clips with Ward Churchill and Lee Maracle.

As struggles for indigenous sovereignty intensify, as resistance mounts to the 2010 Olympics being held on Coast Salish land in Vancouver, as labour struggles become more militant and as poor people and migrants mobilize throughout our communities and set to disrupt the façade being played out by the leaders of the G8 and G20 nations, we introduce the topic of today’s show: Resistance 2010. Interview clips with Ward Churchill and Lee Maracle.

In today’s show we discuss how the struggle for migrant justice is inextricably connected to all of our struggles for dignity and respect. We talk to Jim Nugent about the recent deaths of four construction workers with precarious immigration in Toronto on Christmas Eve. Jim is an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto, a board member with the South Asian Women’s Rights Organization, and has been a construction worker for 30 years.

In today’s show we discuss how the struggle for migrant justice is inextricably connected to all of our struggles for dignity and respect. We talk to Jim Nugent about the recent deaths of four construction workers with precarious immigration in Toronto on Christmas Eve. Jim is an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto, a board member with the South Asian Women’s Rights Organization, and has been a construction worker for 30 years.

In today’s show we focus on environmental justice, what it means and how it relates issues of migrant justice and indigenous sovereignty. We discuss these issues today with our guest Marika Heinrichs. Marika is a graduate student at York University and an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto. Among other issues, her work focuses on the need for de-colonization, and dismantling racism within the environmental movement.

In today’s show we focus on environmental justice, what it means and how it relates issues of migrant justice and indigenous sovereignty. We discuss these issues today with our guest Marika Heinrichs. Marika is a graduate student at York University and an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto. Among other issues, her work focuses on the need for de-colonization, and dismantling racism within the environmental movement.