Mumia Abu Jamal, Oscar Chacon, Ex. Dir. of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities, and Angelo Falc n, president and founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy
Trump, The Politics Of Resentment: Xenophobia In U.S. Electoral Races & Government Policy
Journalist and Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamalâs radio essay, Trump, the Politics of Resentment are followed by Oscar Chacon, Ex. Dir. of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities, and Angelo Falcón, president and founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy commenting on it and the role xenophobia and racism have played historically in American electoral politics and now in the Trump candidacy. The discussion delves further into the positioning of both the Democrats as well as the Republican candidates on issues of immigration and the current U.S. policies on deportations, as well as the civil and economic rights of immigrant labor. The discussants then tackle what progressive immigration reform should look like.
produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
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