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Authors John Washington and Justin Akers Chacón discuss how to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities in a time of crisis.Get a copy of The Dispossessed: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3171-the-dispossessedGet a copy of Radicals in the Barrio: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/987-radicals-in-the-barrio For more books on resisting empire at home and abroad: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/99-haymarket-books-for-resisting-empire ------------------------------------------------------------------------As coronavirus rages on, immigrant communities are being left to fend for themselves.Barred from most financial assistance, scapegoated as harbingers of disease, and facing dire conditions in detention; the Trump administration is seizing upon a pandemic to further its nativist agenda.How can we build a movement to resist the racist attacks on immigrants and demand not only an end to ICE but justice and relief for all immigrants?John Washington writes about immigration and border politics, as well as criminal justice, photography, and literature. He is also an award winning translator, having translated Óscar Martinez, Anabel Hernández, and Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, among others. His book, The Dispossessed, on the global story of asylum, is forthcoming from Verso Books in 2020.Justin Akers Chacón, a professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies in San Diego, California, is the author of Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (Haymarket 2018) and, with Mike Davis, No One is Illegal (Haymarket Books, 2006).Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/3Z7SKGTgYqQBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.orgFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Authors John Washington and Justin Akers Chacón discuss how to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities in a time of crisis. Get a copy of The Dispossessed: <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3171-the-dispossessed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.versobooks.com/books/3171-the-dispossessed</a> Get a copy of Radicals in the Barrio: <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/987-radicals-in-the-barrio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/987-radicals-in-the-barrio</a> For more books on resisting empire at home and abroad: <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/99-haymarket-books-for-resisting-empire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/99-haymarket-books-for-resisting-empire</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As coronavirus rages on, immigrant communities are being left to fend for themselves. Barred from most financial assistance, scapegoated as harbingers of disease, and facing dire conditions in detention; the Trump administration is seizing upon a pandemic to further its nativist agenda. How can we build a movement to resist the racist attacks on immigrants and demand not only an end to ICE but justice and relief for all immigrants? John Washington writes about immigration and border politics, as well as criminal justice, photography, and literature. He is also an award winning translator, having translated Óscar Martinez, Anabel Hernández, and Sandra Rodriguez Nieto, among others. His book, The Dispossessed, on the global story of asylum, is forthcoming from Verso Books in 2020. Justin Akers Chacón, a professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies in San Diego, California, is the author of Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (Haymarket 2018) and, with Mike Davis, No One is Illegal (Haymarket Books, 2006). Watch the live event recording: <a href="https://youtu.be/3Z7SKGTgYqQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3Z7SKGTgYqQ</a> Buy books from Haymarket: <a href="http://www.haymarketbooks.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.haymarketbooks.org</a> Follow us on Soundcloud: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks</a>

Abolish ICE is Not Just a Slogan with Justin Akers Chacón and John Washington (5-19-20)

Jeremy Corbyn

This week we bring out a bonus conversation with author and immigrant justice activist Justin Akers Chacón (who talked with us about border politics in episode 18) about his new book Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class, published by Haymarket Books. Justin is a San Diego-based professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies. In addition to Radicals in the Barrio, he’s the author of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border, which he has recently updated and republished with Haymarket.  Jen was out of town for this conversation, so Lupita Romero (our Episode 4 guest) joined Danny to talk with Justin about the under-appreciated legacy of Mexican and Mexican-American socialists and anarchists in the formation of the U.S. left. Justin talked about the legacy of the Mexican Revolution on both sides of the border, and some of the inspiring victories and devastating defeats of farmworkers, miners and factory workers in the first half of the 20th century, who faced the threat not only of mass firings and police violence but also deportation.In our opener, we talk about the smear campaign and attacks on Jeremy Corbyn in Britain. Corbyn is the enormously popular leader of the Labour Party and has been responsible for bringing hundreds of thousands of young activists into Labour and helping to revitalize the left. But he is hated and feared by the British establishment and has come under sustained attack. Zionists have attacked him over accusations of anti-Semitism. This week we discuss a turning point in this campaign, one that represents a threat to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in solidarity with Palestine.Links for this week’s interview: •	Justin’s new book: Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio) •	Justin’s updated version of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal)Links for this week’s opener:•	Socialist Worker interview with Scottish socialist Neil Davidson about Confronting the lies about Jeremy Corbyn (http://bit.ly/SWDavidson)Music and Audio for this episodeThe Boy &amp; Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix)Narcicyst ft. Shadia Mansour, “Hamdulilah” (Gaza Remix) Omar Al-Abdallat, “We Shall Not Be Moved” El Teatro Campesino, "El picket sign" (Luis Valdéz) El Poder del Norte, “Carabina 30/30” La Rondalla Amerindia de Aztlan, "No nos moverán” ("We Shall Not Be Moved") Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, “Matador"

This week we bring out a bonus conversation with author and immigrant justice activist Justin Akers Chacón (who talked with us about border politics in episode 18) about his new book Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class, published by Haymarket Books. Justin is a San Diego-based professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies. In addition to Radicals in the Barrio, he’s the author of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border, which he has recently updated and republished with Haymarket. Jen was out of town for this conversation, so Lupita Romero (our Episode 4 guest) joined Danny to talk with Justin about the under-appreciated legacy of Mexican and Mexican-American socialists and anarchists in the formation of the U.S. left. Justin talked about the legacy of the Mexican Revolution on both sides of the border, and some of the inspiring victories and devastating defeats of farmworkers, miners and factory workers in the first half of the 20th century, who faced the threat not only of mass firings and police violence but also deportation. In our opener, we talk about the smear campaign and attacks on Jeremy Corbyn in Britain. Corbyn is the enormously popular leader of the Labour Party and has been responsible for bringing hundreds of thousands of young activists into Labour and helping to revitalize the left. But he is hated and feared by the British establishment and has come under sustained attack. Zionists have attacked him over accusations of anti-Semitism. This week we discuss a turning point in this campaign, one that represents a threat to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in solidarity with Palestine. Links for this week’s interview: •	Justin’s new book: Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (<a href="http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio</a>) •	Justin’s updated version of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (<a href="http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal</a>) Links for this week’s opener: •	Socialist Worker interview with Scottish socialist Neil Davidson about Confronting the lies about Jeremy Corbyn (<a href="http://bit.ly/SWDavidson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SWDavidson</a>) Music and Audio for this episode The Boy &amp; Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix) Narcicyst ft. Shadia Mansour, “Hamdulilah” (Gaza Remix) Omar Al-Abdallat, “We Shall Not Be Moved” El Teatro Campesino, "El picket sign" (Luis Valdéz) El Poder del Norte, “Carabina 30/30” La Rondalla Amerindia de Aztlan, "No nos moverán” ("We Shall Not Be Moved") Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, “Matador"

25: Attack on Jeremy Corbyn; Justin Akers Chacón on Radicals in the Barrio

18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of bordersWith Jen out of town, Episode 3 guest Lupita Romero steps in to join Danny in a conversation with Justin Akers Chacón, a San Diego-based professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies, and author of two new books: Radicals in the Barrio, about the history of Mexican and Mexican American working class revolutionaries; and an updated version of No One is Illegal, Justin’s important 2006 book with Mike Davis about fighting oppression in the American Southwest. On top of all that, Justin is a longtime organizer of cross-border solidarity efforts for workers in both Mexico and the U.S., so we ended up having not one but two conversations. We’ll release our discussion of Radicals in the Barrio in the coming weeks. This week, you’ll hear our conversation about the U.S.-Mexico border, which Justin describes to us as both “political theater” and an increasingly deadly reality. We also talk about immigration politics, and how the enforcement-heavy debates in Washington have generally taken place several steps to the right of where public sentiment actually stands—except in those moments like the enormous marches in 2006, when immigrants and their supporters forced themselves onto the public stage. Justin argues that today we might be seeing the rise of another such moment with the rapid spread of calls to abolish ICE and move past the dead-end negotiations for bipartisan “immigration reform.”In our opening segment, our producer Eric joins Lupita and Danny for a conversation about socialism: the concept and the conference. Since the primary victory of democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (which Jen and Eric discussed in Episode 17), a surge of people have gone online to look up definitions of socialism. We discuss what’s wrong with the definition they find in the dictionary, and how the recent Socialism 2018 conference showed signs of a U.S. left that’s taking steps toward becoming a force than help a new generation give socialism a better name.  Links for this episode: •	Justin’s new book: Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio) •	Justin’s updated version of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal)•	Justin’s article written at the beginning of the Trump campaign, “Capitalism and the new brown scare” (http://bit.ly/NewBrownScare)•	“Life and death on the border” (http://bit.ly/LifeDeathBorder), a series of Socialist Worker articles written in 2011 by Justin, our producer Eric Ruder and Nohelia Ramos as they travelled the border from California to Texas. •	“The new abolitionism” (http://bit.ly/AbolichICEDemand), Danny’s article on the importance of demand to abolish ICE. From our opening segment, here are a few audio and video links to sessions from the Socialism 2018 conference: •	Video from the evening plenary, “Workers Strike Back: Lessons of the Teachers’ Rebellion” (http://bit.ly/TeachersStrikePlenary)•	Audio from “Future of the Socialist Left”, a discussion between Jen and Ella Mahony of DSA, moderated by Jason Farbman (http://bit.ly/FutureSocialistLeft)•	Audio from Eva Maria’s talk: “Did Socialism Fail in Venezuela?” (http://bit.ly/SocialismVenezuela)Music and Audio for this episodeThe Boy &amp; Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix)Las Cafeteras, "Trabajador Trabajadora" La Santa Cecilia, “El Hielo (ICE)” Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land” Los Jornaleros Del Norte, "Serenata A Un Indocumentado" Los Tigres Del Norte, "Tres Veces Mojado"

18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of borders With Jen out of town, Episode 3 guest Lupita Romero steps in to join Danny in a conversation with Justin Akers Chacón, a San Diego-based professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies, and author of two new books: Radicals in the Barrio, about the history of Mexican and Mexican American working class revolutionaries; and an updated version of No One is Illegal, Justin’s important 2006 book with Mike Davis about fighting oppression in the American Southwest. On top of all that, Justin is a longtime organizer of cross-border solidarity efforts for workers in both Mexico and the U.S., so we ended up having not one but two conversations. We’ll release our discussion of Radicals in the Barrio in the coming weeks. This week, you’ll hear our conversation about the U.S.-Mexico border, which Justin describes to us as both “political theater” and an increasingly deadly reality. We also talk about immigration politics, and how the enforcement-heavy debates in Washington have generally taken place several steps to the right of where public sentiment actually stands—except in those moments like the enormous marches in 2006, when immigrants and their supporters forced themselves onto the public stage. Justin argues that today we might be seeing the rise of another such moment with the rapid spread of calls to abolish ICE and move past the dead-end negotiations for bipartisan “immigration reform.” In our opening segment, our producer Eric joins Lupita and Danny for a conversation about socialism: the concept and the conference. Since the primary victory of democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (which Jen and Eric discussed in Episode 17), a surge of people have gone online to look up definitions of socialism. We discuss what’s wrong with the definition they find in the dictionary, and how the recent Socialism 2018 conference showed signs of a U.S. left that’s taking steps toward becoming a force than help a new generation give socialism a better name. Links for this episode: •	Justin’s new book: Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican-American Working Class (<a href="http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/RadicalsBarrio</a>) •	Justin’s updated version of No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (<a href="http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NoOneIllegal</a>) •	Justin’s article written at the beginning of the Trump campaign, “Capitalism and the new brown scare” (<a href="http://bit.ly/NewBrownScare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NewBrownScare</a>) •	“Life and death on the border” (<a href="http://bit.ly/LifeDeathBorder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/LifeDeathBorder</a>), a series of Socialist Worker articles written in 2011 by Justin, our producer Eric Ruder and Nohelia Ramos as they travelled the border from California to Texas. •	“The new abolitionism” (<a href="http://bit.ly/AbolichICEDemand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/AbolichICEDemand</a>), Danny’s article on the importance of demand to abolish ICE. From our opening segment, here are a few audio and video links to sessions from the Socialism 2018 conference: •	Video from the evening plenary, “Workers Strike Back: Lessons of the Teachers’ Rebellion” (<a href="http://bit.ly/TeachersStrikePlenary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TeachersStrikePlenary</a>) •	Audio from “Future of the Socialist Left”, a discussion between Jen and Ella Mahony of DSA, moderated by Jason Farbman (<a href="http://bit.ly/FutureSocialistLeft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/FutureSocialistLeft</a>) •	Audio from Eva Maria’s talk: “Did Socialism Fail in Venezuela?” (<a href="http://bit.ly/SocialismVenezuela" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SocialismVenezuela</a>) Music and Audio for this episode The Boy &amp; Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix) Las Cafeteras, "Trabajador Trabajadora" La Santa Cecilia, “El Hielo (ICE)” Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land” Los Jornaleros Del Norte, "Serenata A Un Indocumentado" Los Tigres Del Norte, "Tres Veces Mojado"

18: Justin Akers Chacón on the violence of borders