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Holding Target Accountable. Plus: Is ICE Trump’s Secret Police?


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Ulla Nilsen who is a lead organizer at Unidos MN joins us to talk about holding Target accountable to the community it lives in. Ulla leads climate and corporate accountability campaigns focused on holding powerful institutions to their stated values and demanding action that protects workers, communities, and constitutional rights.

Then, Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke joins us to talk about ICE and whether we should consider them as his secret police. Can they be compared to Nazi SS or the East German Stasi?

Dr. Huneke is an award-winning associate professor of history at George Mason University. A historian of modern Germany, he is the author of numerous books and articles, including States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany and A Queer Theory of the State. You can buy his books and learn more about his research at his website: https://samuelcloweshuneke.com

Buy A Queer Theory of State: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9783982389462

But States of Liberation: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781487542146

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