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Teaser - Political Imagination and Appeals to the Law w/ Nate Holdren

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4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148612868 Beatrice speaks with Nate Holdren about how we approach the law in political struggle, the way legal framings create the bounds of “justifiable” violence, and why deportation is wrong no matter the legal status of the person detained. Presented today with an introduction on the ICE/CBP occupation of Minneapolis. Runtime 2:08:33 We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523

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0:06.5

Welcome to the death panel.

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and abolish rent at your local bookstore, or request them at your local library and follow us

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at Death Panel underscore.

0:38.8

I'm Beatrice Soutler Bolton and I'm excited to be joined today by returning guest and dear friend

0:43.0

of the panel, Nate Holdren. Nate is a legal historian of capitalism and is a professor

0:48.1

at Drake University. He is the author of the book, Injury, Impoverished, Workplace Accidents,

0:53.6

Capitalism and Law in the

0:55.0

Progressive Era. And he's back today to talk about two recent things that he wrote. The first was

0:59.7

for Specture Journal and it was called Hands Off, Don't Fall for the Democrats or Their Legalism.

1:05.0

And the second one is in an independent Iowa-based newspaper called Little Village and is called

1:10.0

Deportation is Wrong, Period.

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Nate, welcome back to the death panel. It's so great to have you on the show again, my friend.

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Thank you for having me. It's really a delight to be here.

1:18.7

I've been looking forward to this conversation because these two pieces that you wrote, one, your letter arguing that deportation is categorically immoral, which is the piece for Little

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