Move to Amend Reports

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Executive director for Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), Christina Fiahlo, discusses the struggle of migrant families detained indefinitely in US immigration detention centers and shares the experience of CIVIC community organizer Carlos Hidalgo, who spent more than six months in immigration detention at the for-profit Adelanto Detention Center.

For more information about CIVIC and the immigration detention system, email [email protected] or visit http://www.endisolation.org.

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Executive director for Community to Community Development, or Comunidad a Comunidad (C2C), Rosalinda Guillen, to talk about the struggle against corporate agribusiness controlling our food systems and the need for food sovereignty in communities seeking to produce their own food, on their own land. 

For more information about Community to Community Development, visit foodjustice.org or send an email to [email protected].

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Genderqueer activist and writer Jacob Tobia talks with us about his work for justice in LGBTQ policy issues and youth activism in building the grassroots movement for LGBTQ rights and equality.

You can read more about LGBTQ issues from Jacob Tobia at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-tobia/ and http://mic.com/profiles/30957/jacob-tobia

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Tikkun Editor-At-Large Dr. Peter Gabel, a co-founder of the Critical Legal Studies movement in legal scholarship, talks with us about the role of law in shaping popular consciousness and how best to use it to bring about progressive social change.

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We conclude our series highlighting the Detroit community in its struggle against corporate rule with a conversation about black "nation-building." We talk with local organizer and cultural activist Will Copeland about organizing Detroit's black community to build a self-determining, self-sustaining community.

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We continue with Part 3 in our series highlighting the Detroit community in its struggle against corporate rule talking about the struggle for environmental justice amid the ongoing water shutoffs for Detroit residents started by corporate financial managers appointed under Michigan's "Emergency Manager Law." This week we talk with Ahmina Maxey of Zero Waste Detroit, William Copeland and Tawana Petty of the East Michigan Environmental Action Council about resisting corporate industrial polluters and fighting for water sovereignty in Detroit.

To learn the struggle for environmental justice in Detroit, visit https://michiganenvironmentaljusticecoalition.wordpress.com/.

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We continue with Part 2 in our four-part series highlighting the Detroit community in its struggle against corporate rule with a conversation about the system of patriarchy reinforced by corporate-owned media. This week features local artist-organizers Piper Carter and poet Tawana “Honeycomb” Petty talking with us about how women are uplifting their voices and resisting sexism through Hip Hop.

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We kickstart a 4-part series highlighting the community of Detroit, starting with its struggle over cultural ownership against corporate rule of media and entertainment. We receive an introduction to "entertainment justice" with local artists and organizers Piper Carter, Bryce Detroit, and Greg "GMAC" Mckenzie.

Move to Amend brings you voices from the movement to amend the Constitution through our internet radio program. This week we celebrate America’s Independence Day with acclaimed author and historian Ray Raphael to talk with us about the myths surrounding our nation’s founding and the original intent of the Constitution.

Move To Amend brings you the voices from the movement to amend the Constitution and end corporate rule. This week we will be broadcasting LIVE from the US Social Forum in San Jose and Philadelphia, where we will talk with Move to Amend National Board members David Cobb, George Friday, and Jerome Scott!