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The Dig

Gaza and the US Conjuncture w/ Dylan Saba and Waleed Shahid

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Featuring Dylan Saba and Waleed Shahid on how Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the mass solidarity movement opposing it are transforming US politics. This anti-imperialist internationalist moment marks a profound turning point for the American left.

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Drawing on over 20 years of activism,

0:22.0

Silky Shah dives into US immigration policy in its

0:26.1

relationship to mass incarceration over the last 40 years.

0:30.9

Showing how the prison industrial complex and immigration enforcement are intertwined systems of repression.

0:38.0

Incorporating historical and legal analysis and strategic reflections based on Shah's experience as an organizer, as well as stories of

0:45.6

resistance to detention and deportation. Unbuild walls bridges the gaps between movements for

0:51.5

immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition.

0:55.6

As Dean Spade puts it, anyone interested in social change and in the most pressing questions

1:01.0

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1:14.0

Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jackbitt magazine. My name is Daniel

1:27.5

Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Next week we return to Thawara, our lengthy rolling series on the history of Arab and

1:37.8

Palestinian radical politics during the 20th century.

1:41.4

We have three final episodes to complete. So stay tuned. This week

1:47.3

we're taking a pause with Dylan Saba and will lead Shaheed to assess how the

1:51.8

genocide in Gaza and the mass solidarity movement

1:54.8

that's erupted in response is transforming US politics. The movement in solidarity

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