Migrant Detention in Libya
James is joined by Mick to talk about the horrific conditions migrants face in Libya and the EU’s funding of detention camps. Sources: https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024 https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193ef7774e6591d4f0a256fc European Commission Financial Transparency System Andrea Beck, 2024 Italian and EU Funding of the Libyan Coast Guard: How Italian External Border Immigration Policies Have Created Crimes Against Humanity, Public Ignorance, and Legal Accountability Issues Ronald Bruce. Libya: From Colony to Revolution Ship of Humanity: Witness to Rescue in the Mediterranean by Judith Sunderland Capitivity, Migration and Power in Libya. Nadia Al-Dayel, Aaron Anfinson & Graeme Anfinson 2021. Tilley: War Making and State Making as organized crimeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 Juni 46min
The LA Anti-ICE Protests
Robert and Mia discuss the recent protests in LA against ICE atrocities and the terrifying response of Trump and the LAPD. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/democrats-california-new-york-detention-facilities https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrants-at-ice-check-ins-detained-and-held-in-basement-of-federal-building-in-los-angeles/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=828415694 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/paramount-california-home-depot-protest-rcna211650 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kv1lgdpkjoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10 Juni 37min
Reportback from the West Bank
James talks with Charles McBryde about his recent trip to the West Bank, the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Fund, and the ongoing Gaza blockade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9 Juni 41min
CZM Book Club : The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón, Part Two
Margaret reads you more short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8 Juni 33min
It Could Happen Here Weekly 185
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The FDA Wants to Take Away Your Covid Vaccine, ft. Dr. Kaveh Hoda Tiananmen Remastered, Part 1 Tiananmen Remastered, Part 2 Governing Fertility: How Pronatalist Policies Kill Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #19 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sources/Links: The FDA Wants to Take Away Your Covid Vaccine, ft. Dr. Kaveh Hoda https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-panel-says-covid-vaccines-can-stay-fall-access-concerns-rcna208492 Tiananmen Remastered https://lausancollective.com/2021/communists-crushed-international-workers-movement/ https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/red-dust/sinosphere/ http://www.tsquare.tv/links/Walder.html https://chuangcn.org/2019/06/tiananmen-square-the-march-into-the-institutions/ https://www.marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/ https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/4 https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber Governing Fertility: How Pronatalist Policies Kill https://www.vscw.ca/en/node/119 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203059913-9/pronatalism-motherhood-franco-spain-mary-nash https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781438402062/html?lang=en https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15335899 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237296749_Marriage_squeeze_and_changes_in_family_formation_historical_comparative_evidence_in_Spain_France_and_the_United_States_in_the_twentieth_century https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypdy05jl9o https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/treating-infertility-the-new-frontier-reproductive-medicine https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/2/2155893/-Texas-Republican-channels-Stalin-and-Putin-to-glorify-motherhood https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-memo-funds-communities-marriage-birth-rates_n_679bf8d8e4b0e1faebeef9c8 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #19 https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000 https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-and-chinas-xi-jinping-speak-at-last-agree-to-more-talks-191201181.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/06/02/immigration-restrictions-pile-up-on-international-students/ https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697 https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697 https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7 Juni 3h 7min
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #19
The gang discuss the firebombing in Colorado, TACO Trump, ICE raids, and Elon Musk's messy White House breakup. Sources: https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000 https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-and-chinas-xi-jinping-speak-at-last-agree-to-more-talks-191201181.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/06/02/immigration-restrictions-pile-up-on-international-students/ https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697 https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697 https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6 Juni 54min
Governing Fertility: How Pronatalist Policies Kill
The gang talks about the pronatalist right in Trump's orbit, and historical examples of pronatalism from Japan, Spain, and Romania. Sources: https://www.vscw.ca/en/node/119 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203059913-9/pronatalism-motherhood-franco-spain-mary-nash https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781438402062/html?lang=en https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15335899 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237296749_Marriage_squeeze_and_changes_in_family_formation_historical_comparative_evidence_in_Spain_France_and_the_United_States_in_the_twentieth_century https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypdy05jl9ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.htmlhttps://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/treating-infertility-the-new-frontier-reproductive-medicine https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/2/2155893/-Texas-Republican-channels-Stalin-and-Putin-to-glorify-motherhood https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-memo-funds-communities-marriage-birth-rates_n_679bf8d8e4b0e1faebeef9c8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5 Juni 53min
Tiananmen Remastered, Part 2
Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources:https://lausancollective.com/2021/communists-crushed-international-workers-movement/ https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/red-dust/sinosphere/ http://www.tsquare.tv/links/Walder.html https://chuangcn.org/2019/06/tiananmen-square-the-march-into-the-institutions/ https://www.marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/ https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/4 https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4 Juni 24min
