This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and Biverso Books,

which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is violent borders, refugees and the right to move by Reese Jones.

40,000 people have died trying to cross between countries in the past decade and yet

international borders only continue to harden. The United Kingdom has voted to

leave the European Union. The United States elected a president who campaigned on building a wall.

While elsewhere, the popularity of right-wing anti-immigrant nationalist parties is surging. We may live in an era of

globalization, he writes. But much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people.

In violent borders, which I've read and found very useful in my own book research,

Jones crosses the migrant trails of the world, documenting the billions spent on border security projects and the dire consequences for countless millions.

While the poor are restricted by the lottery of birth to slum dwellings in the ailing decolonized world,

the wealthy travel without constraint, exploiting pools of cheap labor and lacks environmental regulations.

Violent borders, refugees and the right to move.

By Reese Jones, out now from Verso Books.

Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jackman magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Central American migrants, often fleeing for their lives, have arrived at the U.S. border in

huge numbers in recent years.

A tragic reality exploited by right-wing nativists spreading

the fear of a third world invasion that helped make Trump president. And as

president, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have made stoking fears over

gangs like Marasavattrucha a favorite topic for their most vicious demagoguery.

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