Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:15 - Sociologist Nisha Kapoor explores the new mechanisms of security state extremism.
Nisha is author of the book Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism from Verso.
10:00 - Journalist Jaimee A. Swift connects Marielle Franco's murder to a history of gendered, racialized state violence.
Jaimee wrote the article Marielle Franco, Black Queer Women, and Police Violence in Brazil for Black Perspectives.
10:35 - Journalist Kim Baca reports on a Native American campaign towards food sovereignty.
Kim wrote the article A Native Coalition is Fighting for a Better 2018 Farm Bill for In These Times.
11:05 - Historian Annelise Orleck explains how a low-wage labor movement went global.
Annelise is author of We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages from Beacon Press.
12:05 - Policy researcher Stacy Mitchell examines the rise of Amazon's ascendant monopoly.
Stacy Mitchell wrote the article Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market for The Nation.
12:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen picks up after that lazy Dalai Lama.
Always batting cleanup on the show.