Desiree Hellegers hosts this episode, featuring these segments:
Deportation Nation Part 2: In the second half of a wide-ranging discussion, Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of immigration in the United States, with attention to gender and poverty. They discuss as well the debate on the left over border abolition. Daniel Kanstroom is professor of law at Boston University and has decades of experience with immigration law. He is the author of Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History and Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora. Luisa Martinez is a member of Portland DSA and the National Political Committee of DSA. Part One of their conversation aired April 21.
Urban Farming: Brush of Tryon Creek Community Farm reflects on the organizing history behind the seven-acre land project and non-profit event center, and on urban farming for climate resilience and food justice. Part of a Food Sovereignty Media Series, the segment was produced by organizers with the Municipal Eco-Resiliency Project (MERP).
Beating Back Big Coal: In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempts to revive Big Coal, we rerun a 2018 dialogue between Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement about John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan. The interview aired in the wake of the 2018 West Virginia Teachers strike, during which teachers invoked the militant union history of their State's mining industries. The film is available on DVD from the Multnomah County Library.