The battle for migrant rights in Minnesota is not over yet. On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance writer Jac Kovarik on how communities in the Twin Cities are protecting migrants from detentions and how the fight against ICE continues long after the media spotlight has faded.
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August 15th, 2025: Africa’s Last Colony
The forgotten colony. The other Palestine. Africa’s last colony. In this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Jacob Mundy and Stephen Zunes to compare and contrast the Sahrawi struggle for independence in occupied Western Sahara under the Moroccan monarchy and its growing police apparatus.
Jacob Mundy is an Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University in New York.
Stephen Zunes is an Professor of Politics & Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies @ the University of San Francisco.
April 18th, 2025: The Politics of Wearing Black
On this special episode merging fashion with politics, the LMC spends the hour with writer Edward Salazar Celis on the political history of Latinos wearing black from the Zoot suit Chicanos from the 1930s to the west coast Chicanas in the 90s and everything in between from a working-class point of view.
Edward Salazar Celis is a writer, cultural critic and educator, specializing in Latin(x) American arts, fashion and visual cultures.
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