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The Activist Files Podcast

The Activist Files is a podcast by the Center for Constitutional Rights where we feature the stories of people on the front lines fighting for social justice, including activists, lawyers, and storyte... Read more

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Episode 49: Land, Health, and History: A fight for Environmental Justice and Community Legacy

Episode 49: Land, Health, and History: A fight for Environmental Justice and Community Legacy

What happens to a predominantly Black community when its government officials prioritize profit over health and legacy? ... Read more

21 Apr 2022

44mins

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Episode 48: We've Always Been Here: The Radical Spirit of Black Abolitionist Feminisms

Episode 48: We've Always Been Here: The Radical Spirit of Black Abolitionist Feminisms

How has Black feminism ushered in our current understanding and practice of abolition? On the 48th episode of the Activi... Read more

24 Mar 2022

39mins

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Episode 47: Shelter, Safety, and Strength: Housing Justice and the Struggle for Black Liberation

Episode 47: Shelter, Safety, and Strength: Housing Justice and the Struggle for Black Liberation

On the Black History Month episode of the Activist Files, Center for Constitutional Rights board member Meena Jagannath ... Read more

24 Feb 2022

40mins

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Episode 46: Guantánamo at 20 - you asked, we answered

Episode 46: Guantánamo at 20 - you asked, we answered

Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain, Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal, and S... Read more

21 Jan 2022

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Episode 45: Cruel by Design: Enduring and Resisting the U.S. Immigration Detention System

Episode 45: Cruel by Design: Enduring and Resisting the U.S. Immigration Detention System

Joseph Thompson, a green card holder from Jamaica, came to the United States in 1985. After an encounter with police in ... Read more

23 Dec 2021

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Episode 44 - Fighting for Turtle Island: A conversation with Indigenous Water Protectors

Episode 44 - Fighting for Turtle Island: A conversation with Indigenous Water Protectors

The third Thursday in November is a National Day of Mourning, where we mourn the genocide of millions of Native people a... Read more

23 Nov 2021

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Episode 43: The Power of Art: Talking Disability Justice and Movements for Liberation

Episode 43: The Power of Art: Talking Disability Justice and Movements for Liberation

How do organizers and advocates use art to promote and demystify the struggle for disability justice and its connections... Read more

29 Oct 2021

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Episode 42: Reflecting on 20 years of the “War on Terror” at home: federal prosecutions

Episode 42: Reflecting on 20 years of the “War on Terror” at home: federal prosecutions

As we look back on the past 20 years since 9/11, certain issues come to the forefront – the toll of the war in Afghanist... Read more

24 Sep 2021

56mins

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Episode 41: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook - Exploring the legacy of inside-outside organizing

Episode 41: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook - Exploring the legacy of inside-outside organizing

As its on-going celebration of the updated sixth edition of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook, Center for Constitutional R... Read more

25 Aug 2021

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Episode 40: Radical freedom through art and activism with Nadia Ben-Youssef & BK King

Episode 40: Radical freedom through art and activism with Nadia Ben-Youssef & BK King

“The Activist Files” is excited to cross-promote our 40th episode with “The Artivists’ Room,” Donkeysaddle Projects’ pod... Read more

9 Jul 2021

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