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January 7, 2024 – On this episode of No Borders Media, we take a close look at US politics as we enter what will be a presidential election year. We explore the grassroots movements fighting for justice and dignity in the USA, and the disturbing continued normalization of far-right and fascist politics. To discuss these and other issues, No Borders Media speaks with It’s Going Down, an online community center for anarchist, anti-fascist, autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements across North America.

For more info about It’s Going Down, visit: https://itsgoingdown.org/

Some of the topics covered in this interview with It’s Going Down include
- local struggles against police militarization, including the inspiring Stop Cop City campaign
- Palestine solidarity actions and the weaponization of anti-Semitism,
- the dual cost of living and housing crises
- anti-prison and prisoner justice struggles
- queer, trans and drag defence solidarity actions
- the mainstream right-wing’s strategy to demonize migrants
- and, not surprisingly, Trump, Biden, and the upcoming US election

We start our broadcast with an appreciation of Indigenous anti-colonial warrior Klee Benally, who sadly passed on just before New Year’s Day.
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No Borders Media will be broadcasting regularly this year. Locally, in Montreal, you can hear us on the first Thursday of every month from 5-6pm, as part of Off The Hour on CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal. But, you can also listen to our own regular podcasts and broadcasts. Check out No Borders Media on soundcloud, and on our active social media, including facebook, instagram, bluesky, threads, twitter and mastodon, for links to upcoming and previous shows.

No Borders Media shares and creates content in support of the struggles of the working class and oppressed peoples, and in opposition to capitalism and colonialism.

Happy New Year, and let’s organize to make 2024 a year of resistance and revolt against the far-right and fascism.
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- Interview recorded on January 3, 2024
- Broadcast on CKUT 90.3fm, 5-6pm, in Montreal, on January 4, 2024.
- Podcast uploaded on January 7, 2024.

A Critical Engagement with Extinction Rebellion Quebec: Interview with Mei Chiu & Alex Shiraz
-> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/extinctionrebellionquebec

On the eve of the Climate Strike, No Borders Media speaks with two people of colour members of Extinction Rebellion Quebec: Mei Chiu and Alex Shiraz. This extended interview is a critical engagement with Extinction Rebellion, which has become known in the UK , and increasingly in Quebec, for their disruptive non-violent direct actions to raise awareness about the climate crisis.

The first half of the interview explores the origins, actions and organizing of Extinction Rebellion, including some reflections on intergenerational organizing and activist burnout. In the second half, we examine the left-wing critiques of Extinction Rebellion more deeply, including their seeming de-emphasis of anti-capitalism and anti-colonialism, the persistent white, liberal, middle class centering of environmentalism in the West, and the problematic tactic of pure non-violence.

-> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/extinctionrebellionquebec

This interview was recorded, in-studio, on September 25, 2019 in Montreal.
About Extinction Rebellion Quebec: https://extinctionrebellion.ca/quebec/
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NO BORDERS MEDIA

No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism.

We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months.

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Indigenous Resistance to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion:
No Borders Media feature interview with Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel
-> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk

On this episode of No Borders Media, we speak to two Indigenous warriors on the frontlines of resistance to pipelines and resource extraction: Kanahus Manuel and Mayuk Manuel of the Tiny House Warriors and the Secwepemc Women Warriors. They have actively resisted the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, which would move tar sands crude and refined oil from Alberta to the British Columbia coast.

Just outside the injunction zone around the proposed pipeline expansion at Blue River, British Columbia, north of Kamloops, Kanahus and Mayuk speak to No Borders Media by phone and address several topics including: an update about current opposition efforts against 518 km of Trans Mountain pipeline corridor on Secwepemc territory, the impact of man camps used to construct the expansion, the use of wheeled tiny houses as a tactic of resistance, a recent symposium in celebration of the life and ideas of Arthur Manuel, ongoing criminalization of Land Defenders, the various flawed consultation processes to try to force through pipeline approval, and solidarity between Indigenous land defence struggles across Turtle Island.

-> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk
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SHOW NOTES:
This interview was recorded on September 15, 2019; Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel were speaking from Blue River (Secwepemc Nation).
Music: "Wake-up Song" by George Manuel Jr, recorded live in April 2015 in Neskonlith (Secwepemc Nation).
The dog heard in the background during the interview is named Tsetse, named after character from Secwepemc stories. Her name means "little sister" and she is a Norwegian Elk Hound cross.


BACKGROUND:

Symposium: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy
August 24, 2019 (Adams Lake, Secwepemc Nation)
https://soundcloud.com/secwepemc-news

Kanahus Manuel on resistance to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline
September 1, 2018 (No Borders Media)
https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahus


DONATE:
Consider a donation to support the Indigenous resistance efforts against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion:

Tiny House Warriors Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com/f/tinyhouse2

Secwepemc Nation Youth Network
https://7genfund.abilafundraisingonline.com/donatesnyn
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NO BORDERS MEDIA

No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism.

We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months.

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contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com

You can download No Borders Media podcasts here:
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itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/no-borders-media/id1439525381
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pocketcasts: https://pca.st/J3K9

Insurgent Politics and Hong Kong's Existential Crisis, An Anti-Authoritarian Left Perspective with Edward Hon-Sing Wong

Listen, download and share -> www.soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/edwardwong

In this No Borders Media audio dispatch, we get perspective on the protest movement in Hong Kong from Edward Hon-Sing Wong, a migrant justice and labour organizer based in Toronto, part of the Hong Kong diaspora. He authored the article Insurgent Politics against the Backdrop of Hong Kong’s Existential Crisis.

In this feature interview, Edward provides background to the current protest movement, as well as an analysis of the dynamics of the insurgent politics and contested terrain of struggle withing the immense and disruptive protests. We also get a sense of the politics of the Hong Kong and Chinese diaspora in relation to the current insurgency, including the challenges organizing within Chinese communities, and countering "yellow peril" tropes.

Background:

- Insurgent Politics against the Backdrop of Hong Kong’s Existential Crisis (Edward Hon-Sing Wong)
https://uppingtheanti.org/blog/entry/insurgent-politics-against-the-backdrop-of-hong-kongs-existential-crisis

- Hong Kong protests: Imagining the end of the police
https://popula.com/2019/08/13/hong-kong-protests-imagining-the-end-of-the-police/

- Lausan: Sharing decolonial left perspectives on Hong Kong


Music: Hong Kong working class anthem "Half a Catty, Eight Taels" by Sam Hui.
Photo by Deacon Lui (https://www.instagram.com/lsb.co/)
Interview recorded on September 5, 2019.
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NO BORDERS MEDIA

No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism.

We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months.

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Feature interview with Ellen Gabriel about continued land fraud by Canada on the Homelands of the Iroquois Confederacy

Listen, download and share -> www.soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/ellengabrielaugust2019

In this No Borders Media audio dispatch (recorded on August 30, 2019), we speak with artist and activist Ellen Gabriel of the Turtle Clan from Kanehsatà:ke. She speaks out about continued land fraud  by Canada on the Homelands of the Iroquois Confederacy. We get perspective and insight from Ellen about the recent land conflicts in Kanehsatà:ke, and the demands being made by the People of The Longhouse on Justin Trudeau and the federal government.

For background on the demands made to the federal government by the People of the Longhouse, visit: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork/photos/a.419441598463208/601840143556685/

(Music: "Yuck-Sue-Yaach" by the Snotty Nose Rez Kids)
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Here are some other recent No Borders Media podcasts of interest:

- Feature interview with Gord Hill, author of THE ANTIFA COMIC BOOK (October 18, 2018)
https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/gordhillantifacomicbook

- Exclusive: Kanahus Manuel on resistance to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline (September 1, 2018)
https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahus

- #MacdonaldMustFall: Interview with Krista and Natasha of Idle No More Kingston (January 4, 2018)
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NO BORDERS MEDIA

No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism.

We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months.

No Borders Media
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twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia
contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com  

You can download No Borders Media podcasts here:
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itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/no-borders-media/id1439525381
stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/no-borders-media
pocketcasts:  https://pca.st/J3K9

Solidarity with the Migrant Caravan from Honduras to the USA; denouncing Canadian complicity.
A feature No Borders Media interview with migrant justice organizers Stacey Gomez and Yurissa Varela

-> Listen, download and share here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/migrantcaravansolidarity

On this edition of No Borders Media, we explore in more detail the recent migrant caravan that courageously traveled from Honduras, through Guatemala, to the US-Mexico border. We speak with two migrant justice organizers - Stacey Gomez and Yurissa Varela - who are based in Halifax and Ottawa respectively, but also with strong links to Central America.

Together, Stacey and Yurissa provide basic background about the caravan, including an eye-witness account from Veracruz, Mexico by Yurissa. They break down the lies and myths about the caravan perpetuated by the Trump administration, the far-right, and much of the mainstream media.

Stacey and Yurissa describe the mutual aid between migrants, and solidarity expressed by supporters of the caravan during its journey. There is a focus on the situation of LGBTQ+ migrants, as well as the current women-led hunger strike in Tijuana by caravan participants.

Importantly, we together breakdown Canadian state and corporate complicity in creating the displacement of Central Americans, such as the role of destructive mining companies like Goldcorp and Aura Minerals in Honduras and Guatemala. We also focus on debunking Canada's role as some sort of state that welcomes migrants, in the context of the continued imposition of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the USA, as well as the deportation of migrants who reside in Canada, such as Lucy Francineth Granados who was forcibly deported to Guatemala in April.

This interview was recorded on December 3, 2018, by Jaggi Singh of No Borders Media. The interview ends with the track Pa'l Norte by Calle 13.

-> Listen, download and share here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/migrantcaravansolidarity
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Here are some other recent No Borders Media podcasts of interest:

- Grassroots Black Canada & Opposing the Deportation of Abdoul Abdi (interview with El Jones)
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/grassrootsblackcanada

- Mina Ramos (End Immigration Detention Network) on deaths in CBSA custody
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/minaramoscbsaresistance

- #OccupyICE and #AbolishICE actions in the USA; interview with Mapache from Occupy ICE San Antonio
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/mapachesatx

- No Borders Media News Roundup Podcast #1 (Prison Strike, Trump Resistance, Opposing the Far-Right, and more!)
with El Jones (Halifax), Jaggi Singh (Montreal), Syed Hussan (Toronto) & Harjap Grewal (Vancouver)
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup090918
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NO BORDERS MEDIA

No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. You can find our podcasts at google play, itunes, stitcher and pocketcasts. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months.

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