Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of the state of Minnesota by ICE.

What is happening? How are they resisting? What can we learn from it, here in the UK and elsewhere?

Nicole also explained what 'symbolic compliance' means and why we must all be aware of it.

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Links

• Nicole's article: I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.

• Nicole's book: On the Wrong Side - How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

• Nicole's Bluesky thread on symbolic compliance

• Counter Vortex episode on Iran and Minneapolis and Antidotezine's transcript

• Antidotezine: Between the Insurrection Act and the Insurrections

• Minnesota Star Tribune: ‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building

• Stand With Minnesota

• Elia's article on Reform UK in Shado Mag

• Elia's newsletter

For more:

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• Elia is on Bluesky and Instagram

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Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠⁠ Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and will be published on⁠⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠⁠.

Credits:

Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode art), Nicole Bedera, Aydin, Ed (guests), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music),⁠ ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics)