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EPISODE · Aug 31, 2020 · 1H 35M

Starving Refugees to Teach Them a Lesson feat. Vicki Spratt

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This week, it’s a star-studded cast of Riley (@raaleh), Hussein (@HKesvani), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), and Alice @AliceAvizandum discussing the recent story of asylum seeker Mercy Baguma being found dead from malnutrition in her flat in Glasgow. Why was she starving? Because asylum seekers in the UK aren’t allowed to work and are only allowed £40 a week to live on. This is of course by design -- because Baz logic runs that people won’t seek refuge in the UK if we’re just as cruel as possible to them. We also have an interview with Riley, Hussein, and I Newspaper’s housing correspondent Vicky Spratt (@Victoria_Spratt) on the topic of the looming eviction crisis, Britain’s housing shortage, and why it doesn’t have to be this way (but has only gotten worse in the last 40 years). If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture We support the London Renters Union, which helps people defeat their slumlords and avoid eviction. If you want to support them as well, you can here: https://londonrentersunion.org/donate Here's a central location to donate to bail funds across the US to help people held under America's utterly inhumane system: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project If you want one of our *fine* new shirts, designed by Matt Lubchansky, then e-mail trashfuturepodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. £15 for patrons, £20 for non-patrons, plus shipping. *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind GYDS dot com). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/

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