(2014/07/31) Refugees at the border (Immigration) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2014-07-31T23:00
Edition #847
Refugees at the border
Today we take a look at how our arguments over immigration policy is causing emotional flare ups around what should be an uncomplicated issue of a rich, developed nation offering help to refugees fleeing violence in their countries of origin.
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Top 6 Ways Corporations Are Bringing The Battlefield Home...And Making A Killing - @BraveNewFound - Air Date: 01-06-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Comes and Goes (In Waves) - Three Flights from Alto Nido
Ch. 4: Act 2: Obama Tackles Immigration Reform, Republicans Disagree - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-07-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Off a Cliff - Gestalt
Ch. 6: Act 3: Behind the border crisis - @onthemedia - Air Date: 7-11-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Rescue Jah Children - Police & Thieves (Remastered)
Ch. 8: Act 4: This Is Humane?: Lawmakers Push for "HUMANE" Act to Potentially Send Kids to Die - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-15-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Shame - Emotionalism (Bonus Track Version)
Ch. 10: Act 5: Sarah Palin: Impeach Obama for Following George W. Bush's Law - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-10-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Smallest Piece - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)
Ch. 12: Act 6: Brit Hume Bursts The Fox News Bubble Over The National Guard At The Border - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 07-14-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: The Smallest Piece - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture)
Ch. 14: Act 7: They're Not "Illegal" Immigrants, They're Refugees - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-15-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Escape - Light (Bonus Track Version)
Ch. 16: Act 8: Don't Mention Why The Kids Are On Our Borders - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 7-11-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Keepsake - Peace Between Nations
Ch. 18: Act 9: When Children Are the Enemy - Mumia Abu-Jamal - Air Date: 7-15-14
Ch. 19: Song 9: Cruel World - African Elephants
Ch. 20: Act 10: This Is What Refugee Immigrants Crossing the U.S. Border Are Fleeing - @majorityfm - Air Date: 07-17-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: Heartless - The Best of Aldo Nova
Ch. 22: Act 11: Support @SavetheChildren’s Border Crisis Effort - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 23: Song 11: Right to Complain - Backatown (Bonus Track Version)
Ch. 24: Act 12: Jose Antonio Vargas, Proud American - @Truthdig - Air Date 7-18-14
Ch. 25: Song 12: Proud to Be an American - Side Street Ramblers - Masterworks Series Volume 2
Ch. 26: Act 13: Fox News Scoffs At Heart-Wrenching 911 Calls Of Immigrants Dying - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-24-14
Voicemails
Ch. 21: Torn apart by looking at both sides - Nathan from Boca Raton, FL
Ch. 22: Why I support Palestine - Sarah from Boston
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 23: Final comments on David Pakman's response to the last episode's final comments
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Take Action:
TEXT “AID” to Save the Children at 20222 to donate $10
Read and watch stories from those crossing the boarder at: Save the Children’s “U.S. Border Crisis” page.
Learn exactly where your support is going at: U.S. Border Crisis: 'Save the Children’ Meeting Immediate Needs of Children
Sources/further reading:
Read and watch stories from those crossing the boarder at: Save the Children’s “U.S. Border Crisis” page.
"Border children need immediate cooperation" via Save the Children at USA Today
"To Address Honduran Refugee Crisis at the Border, US Should Stop Financing Repression in Honduras” by Laura Raymond at Truthout
"This Is What an Overcrowded Holding Center for Migrant Children Looks Like” by Steven Hsieh at The Nation
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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