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211/ Organizing Against ICE w/ Nicole Bedera, Ed & Aydin The Fire These Times

Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of the state of Minnesota by ICE. What is happening? How are they resisting? What can we learn from it, here in the UK and elsewhere? Nicole also explained what 'symbolic compliance' means and why we must all be aware of it.You can support Elia's work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi.LinksNicole's article: I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.Nicole's book: On the Wrong Side – How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual ViolenceNicole's Bluesky thread on symbolic complianceCounter Vortex episode on Iran and Minneapolis and Antidotezine's transcriptAntidotezine: Between the Insurrection Act and the InsurrectionsMinnesota Star Tribune: ‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal BuildingStand With MinnesotaElia's article on Reform UK in Shado MagElia's newsletterFor more:The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, Instagram⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery is on⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠, and has a⁠ website⁠⁠Elia is on Bluesky and InstagramThe Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, From The Periphery Podcast, The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠, ⁠Politically Depressed⁠, Hidah: Jewish Counter-Colonial Thoughts and ⁠Antidote Zine⁠. If you’re not a supporter yet, please consider doing so with only $5 a month on Patreon.com/fromtheperipheryTranscriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠⁠ Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and will be published on⁠⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠⁠.Credits:Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode art), Nicole Bedera, Aydin, Ed (guests), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music),⁠ ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics)
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