About this episode

The episode discusses how Minneapolis organized against ICE and Border Patrol through mass movements.

Featuring Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari on how Minneapolis achieved its fight back against ICE/Border Patrol occupation. A decade building aligned mass movements has made Minneapolis among the best organized cities in the country. Those carefully-built structures, however, had to be nimble in confronting the federal onslaught. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Listen to Unruly Subjects, a new podcast from Chenjerai Kumanyika and The Dig’s producer, Alex Lewis https://pod.link/1849696769 Check out equator.org for long-form articles, public events, and reading groups

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Denvir

Guests: Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, JaNaé Bates Imari

Topics covered

• Minneapolis
• ICE
• Border Patrol
• mass movements
• federal onslaught
• organizing

Keywords

• Minneapolis
• ICE
• Border Patrol
• mass movements
• organizing
• federal government
• community action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Border Patrol

Places: Minneapolis

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