June 17, 2020

Detainees subjected to chemical exposure at ICE detention center; Plus, activists decry Facebook’s removal of their accounts; and a look at slavery in California

0:08 – Palestinian, Tunisian, and Syrian activists and journalists say Facebook is removing their accounts on the pretext of terrorism, when they are in fact documenting human rights abuses. David Kaye (@davidakaye), a law professor at UC Irvine and the current United Nations special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, discusses what these shutdowns mean for the activists implicated and what can be done to hold social media platforms accountable to protecting public debate.

0:18 – We’re joined by Lizbeth Abeln, immigrant detention coordinator at the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, and Rebekah Entralgo (@rebekahentralgo), media advocacy specialist at Freedom for Immigrants. Lizbeth and Rebekah together filed a civil rights complaint with the federal Department of Homeland Security over detainees being subject to chemical exposure at the Adelanto ICE detention center. According to detainees, chemicals are sprayed repeatedly for 15 to 30 minutes at a time, with damaging health consequences.

0:34 – California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber has proposed a task force on reparations for African Americans, shedding light on the state’s complicated history related to slavery. For a look at the history of slavery in California, we’re joined by Brenda Stevenson, the Nickoll Family Endowed Chair and a professor of history and African American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of multiple books, most recently, “What is Slavery?”

0:46 – How has lynching continued in the 20th and 21st centuries? Most recently, two Black men — Robert Fuller, 24, and Malcolm Harsch, 38 — were both found hanging from trees in Southern California. Authorities ruled them as suicides, but in both cases, their families reject these claims. Jacqueline Olive, an independent filmmaker, immersive media producer, and founder of Tell It Media, joins us for a conversation about present-day lynching. Her debut feature documentary, Always in Season, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency.

1:08 – Matt Haney (@MattHaneySF), San Francisco Supervisor for District 6, introduced a resolution Tuesday to tax executives who make a hundred times more than their company’s median employee. He joins us to explain his proposal, which is headed for the November ballot.

1:18 – SEIU USWW, a labor union that represents more than 40,000 service workers across California, will be at the Oakland Police Officers’ Association today, calling out excessive use of force in workers’ communities. Denise Solis, Vice President of SEIU USWW, discusses why they’re targeting the police association and what kind of change they’re demanding.

1:33 – Kevin Powell (@kevin_powell) is a longtime activist and author of 14 books. He joins us for a conversation about his newest book, “When We Free The World,” to be released this Sunday, Father’s Day, June 21. The book, inspired by his racist experiences in Minneapolis, is a collection of essays about the present and future of America.

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June 17, 2020

Detainees subjected to chemical exposure at ICE detention center; Plus, activists decry Facebook’s removal of their accounts; and a look at slavery in California

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