Novara Media Novara FM: ICE Is Ramping Up. LA Fought Back w/ Harsha Walia
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Jul 4, 2025 
In this discussion, Harsha Walia, co-founder of 'No One is Illegal' and author of *Border and Rule*, dives deep into the escalating funding for ICE and the community's fightback against harsh migration laws. She emphasizes the interconnectedness of borders, capitalism, and systemic racism, arguing for a radical reassessment of labor and human rights. Walia also explores the complexities of migration in relation to indigenous rights and advocates for movements that promote solidarity and transformative justice against oppressive systems.
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Radical Internationalism Beyond Borders
- Liberal globalization serves capital, not people, while right-wing nationalism fosters exclusion and regression.
- Radical internationalism offers solidarity by recognizing shared planetary limits and historical entanglements beyond citizenship.
War Abroad Boomerangs Domestically
- Anti-terror laws increasingly criminalize dissent and pro-Palestinian organizing, merging war abroad with domestic policing.
- Militarization abroad boomerangs into intensified domestic repression and surveillance.
Prisons and Border Enforcement Link
- The prison industrial complex and border enforcement expand together globally, with detention centers often doubling as jails.
- Migration increasingly criminalized, producing normalization of incarceration and detainment for migrants.
