Today we look at the immigration debate and ponder how conservatives may feel about the issue if those immigrants were a slightly lighter shade
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Pledge: a symbol of unity for immigration fairness - @DefineAmerican - Air Date: 12-13-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: American Land - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition)
Ch. 4: Act 2: Michele Bachmann: No Immigration Reform Because Mexicans Aren't Republican! - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-13-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Maelstrom - Sword & Sworcery LP - The Ballad of the Space Babies
Ch. 8: Act 4: Republicans Find Every Reason to Avoid Immigration Reform - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 02-11-2014
Ch. 9: Song 4: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - EP
Ch. 10: Act 5: Black Americans support immigrant rights so why is this group so opposed? - @bravenewfilms - Air Date: 10-23-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Hip Hop Eugenics - The Restoration
Ch. 12: Act 6: An Immigration Lawyer Confirms What We All Knew About Immigration Reform in This Country - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-20-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Old Fashioned - Live In Switzerland
Ch. 14: Act 7: Here comes the Border-Industrial Complex - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 8-9-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Fenced In - Soapbox Jive
Ch. 16: Act 8: Immigration Reform News: Bodies on the Border - Op-Docs - The New York Times - Air Date: 08-19-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Once There Was a Hushpuppy - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)
Ch. 18: Act 9: A Local Anchorwoman Destroys Conservative Misinformation About Multilingual Super Bowl Ad - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-04-14
Ch. 20: Act 10: Republicans Won't Like Jeb Bush Pushing Amnesty for 2016 - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 04-24-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: Hollywood Meets Bollywood (Immigration) [feat. Chamillionaire] - Carnival, Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (Deluxe Edition)
Ch. 22: Act 11: Obama To The Deported: I'll Think About It - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 04-13-14
Ch. 23: Song 11: Change Your Mind - Hot Fuss
Ch. 24: Act 12: Stop Deportations Now via @AFLCIO - @BestoftheLeft Activism
Ch. 25: Song 12: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 26: Act 13: Top 5 ways anti-immigrant hate makes its way into media and policy - @bravenewfilms - Air Date: 4-12-13
Voicemails
Ch. 27: Donald Sterling's racism and respectability politics - Dejavante from Notre Dame, IN
Ch. 28: Dissecting respectability politics - Uhuru from Sweden
Ch. 29: Following up on respectability politics - Prof. Rambo from Georgia
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 30: Final comments on respectability politics, rape culture and missing the bigger picture
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
ACTIVISM:
AFL-CIO: Stop Deportations Now, YouTube
Tweet your legislators via ContactingTheCongress.Org
Additional Activism
Sign the “Tell Cecilia to Tell the Truth petition from Presente.Org
Send Messages of Solidarity to Hunger Strikers via AFL-CIO on Twitter and Jessica Morales, AFL-CIO New MEdia Strategist
Sources/further reading:
"Unions’ Giant Video Near White House Urges Halt to Deportations" via The New York Times
AFL-CIO Recommendations on Administrative Action on Immigration
"Immigration Reform News 2014: House Speaker John Boehner Addresses Immigration Comments to GOP Lawmakers" via Latin Post
"Sen. Mike Lee: Most House Republicans want ‘step-by-step’ immigration reform” via The Washington Times
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
Thanks for listening!
Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com
Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores!
Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft
Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft
Contact me directly at Jay [at] BestOfTheLeft [dot] com
