Trump vs. Butterflies
from People's Republic Hosted by People's Republic
Donald Trump has attempted to declare a national emergency to get full funding for his border wall, but nearly unanimously, affected communities along the border say there is no crisis. In fact, the crisis at the border appears to be the environmental crisis that the Trump administration is threatening with the destruction of the National Butterfly Center to build a border wall. We are joined by Juan Mancias, chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe of southern Texas, to discuss indigenous peoples’ attempts to protect nature and native sovereignty around the artificial U.S.-Mexico border. https://www.facebook.com/CarrizoComecrudoTribeOfTexas Denver teachers won massive gains from Denver Public Schools after just three days of striking. This follows 15 months of being stonewalled by DPS during contract negotiations. During the course of the strike, Denver Public schools insisted on keeping schools open, risking the safety of students. The district additionally threatened to report immigrant teachers to ICE and suspend the licenses of school nurses, among other Trumpian tactics, but were ultimately powerless to stop teachers’ solidarity. Moira Casados Cassidy, an ELL teacher and union organizer, joins us from Denver to take us through the unfolding of this struggle. https://denverteachers.org
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