EP 5 - A Practice of Hope: The Arts in Migrant Justice, in discussion with author and organizer Mostafa Henaway

Koby Rogers Hall speaks with author and activist Mostafa Henaway about his book Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class. The conversation centers on migrant labour, capitalism, and class struggle, drawing on Henaway’s decades of organizing with the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal and his collaboration with Koby through arts-based campaigns. About the Guest: Mostafa Henaway is an author, activist, and PhD candidate at Concordia University. He is a long-time organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal and has spent decades working alongside immigrant and migrant workers on struggles around labour, status, and class. About the Host: Koby Rogers Hall is a Humanities research-creation PhD candidate whose work engages migrant justice through social arts practice, anticolonial art histories, and emergent practices in social movements. Podcast Theme Music: Many thanks to Moneka Arabic Jazz and Lulaworld Records for allowing us to use the song Mail Shougle as our podcast theme music. Share your comments: We’d love to hear from you! Share your comments, ideas, or proposals at ⁠[email protected]⁠ Special thanks to Concordia University and the IRMS: Special thanks to the Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) for hosting the podcast, and to the Concordia University Faculty Research Development Program (FRDP) for funding this project.