An interview with Donna Mae, a longtime resident of Minneapolis and registered nurse speaking about the community resistance to ICE / CBP in their city, the legacy of the George Floyd Uprising and mutual aid
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At every step of the process in which communities are policed and punished, states, localities and other public entities benefit financially, along with their partners in the private sectors. Scholars Joe Soss and Joshua Page describe the multitude of ways in which the poorest people — not just individuals, but the communities around them — … Continued
Conventional wisdom holds that the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and early 60s neglected the question of police violence, only to be remedied by the Black Panther Party and decades later by the Movement for Black Lives. But historian Joshua Clark Davis argues that that assumption is inaccurate. He also discusses the extensive involvement … Continued
NLG Director of Mass Defense, Xavier de Janon, and members of the DFW Support Committee speak about the Prairieland Case and the Trump administrations ongoing threats against the left and “Antifa”
Ed, co-founder of SASSI (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broadly in United States)
Shannon of Remora House DC talks about supporting houseless neighbors and strengthening alliances against ICE sweeps in Washington DC under Trumps federal police and national guard surges the city. Then Paria of Athens speaks to Research Critique about media distraction from the Tempi train disaster to manufacture consent for more police on University campuses
An interview with two southern Californian anarchists about the recent protests against ICE raids alongside military and national guard, as well as resistance to recent anti-homeless sweeps
Moira Meltzer-Cohen, a lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild, addresses questions of changes in peoples rights and risks in the USA with the police, searches, borders and other topics
Technologist and designer Kate Bertash talks about Flock cameras, automatic license plate readers, the ubiquity of ai-driven surveillance, databasing and storage of real-time info of people and vehicle movements in public and privacy fears being raised
It’s an open secret that there’s an affinity between members of law enforcement and far right. White supremacist and fascist groups count police in their ranks, and many in law enforcement — from the federal down to the local level — turn a blind eye to the activities of the far right, while targeting anti-fascist … Continued