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IMMIGRANT NATION OR DIVIDED NATIONThursday, April 26, 2007
Produced by: Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash, of WBAI in New York, NY
Hosts and producers of "Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report"
This edition of Sprouts exposes the repression and exploitation of immigrant workers, historically and presently by employers and the U.S. government. But, we don't stop there, nor do these workers, whose blood, sweat and tears helped build this country and whose perseverance and organizing efforts are in the forefront of the workers' rights and democratization movements in this country.
Voices featured include:
- Daniel Kanstroom, Director of the International Human Rights Program at Boston College Law School, and author of "Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History";
- Mary Bauer, Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project and author of "Close To Slavery: Guest Worker Programs in the U.S.";
- Josephine Lee, Justice Will Be Served, Campaign Coordinator, & Raquel, fired Food Bizarre worker demanding “pay back our sweat-earned money and end slave labor”;
- Nahar Alam, a Bangladeshi, ex-domestic worker, and domestic violence survivor, organizes South Asian immigrant workers.
Music includes "Life and Death" by Mutabaruka, "Life and Death" by Sheila Gathwright, and more.
For more information about this program, contact Ken Nash at knash@igc.org.
Sprouts is a weekly program produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers across the country that features local radio production from many radio stations and local media groups. The program is offered free of charge to all radio stations. For information, or if you would like to feature your work on Sprouts, contact Ursula Ruedenberg at ursula@pacifica.org.
Left KU Channel
Thursday, April 26, 2007 3PM EST
Total Running Time: 28:59Listen here |
