“in this time of siege for me and mine, mi raza”: Normalizing the In/Security State: Police and Prisons

Featuring Rachel Ida Buff, Inderpal Grewal, Arun Kundnani, and Marlene Nava Ramos. Moderated by Manu Vimalassery.

“in this time of siege for me and mine, mi raza”: Normalizing the In/Security State: Border Enforcement was recorded on February 17, 2018 at the 43rd Annual Scholar & Feminist Conference, “Subverting Surveillance: Strategies to End State Violence.” For more visit the conference page.

Title quote from Maria Melendez Kelson, “ICE Agents Storm My Porch,” Poetry (March 2014).

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