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The Dig

Border Patrol with Kelly Lytle Hernández

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Dan interviews Kelly Lytle Hernández on MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. Dan's 2017 interview with Lytle Hernández on City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965: thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-human-caging-with-kelly-lytle-hernandez Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

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0:00.0

If you like the dig, another podcast you might like is Belabird, a descent magazine

0:05.5

podcast hosted by Michelle Chen and Sarah Jaffey. Belabird has been bringing you fresh

0:12.2

and original labor reporting for today's working class since 2013.

0:17.0

Featuring labor leaders like Karen Lewis of the Chicago Teachers Union, Sarah Nelson of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, labor historians

0:26.5

and scholars like Cal Winslow, Eileen Boris, Bill Fletcher Jr, and Raj Patel, and Rank-and-file workers from around the world.

0:37.0

Sarah and Michelle provide context, history, and strategic insights for people navigating the workplace and

0:44.8

organizing for power. One recent episode you might like is Belabored number 200

0:50.6

with Stacy Davis Gates of the Chicago Teachers Union.

0:55.0

Stacey discusses the ongoing struggles to fight racism in the school system and in the labor movement,

1:01.0

the thorny issue of police unions, and lays out a compelling argument for why bargaining

1:06.6

for the common good is not just a nice idea but a necessity.

1:11.5

Stacey argues, quote, our classrooms are being used as a shelter, our cafeterias are being used as

1:18.4

supermarkets. So to not center that when you are negotiating a contract is not just a missed opportunity.

1:26.0

It's malpractice.

1:28.0

The episode also features a look at the dock workers shutting down the West Coast ports as part of the movement for black lives,

1:34.4

the Supreme Court's ruling on working while queer or trans, and the ongoing realities of work during

1:40.0

a pandemic.

1:41.6

It is a central listening for everyone who works for a living and that is probably

1:46.3

almost all of you. Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and

2:01.7

I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

2:05.0

A place from which, according to our neighboring states, I am suddenly not allowed to leave without a negative COVID test or a two-week quarantine,

2:16.0

thinking through this reality.

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