Free Speech Radio News headlines on turmoil in Nepal, negotiations over the Boston Globe’s bankruptcy, Iraq, and more… [
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Hundreds of Immigrant Detainees On Hunger Strike at Port Isabel Detention Center
We spoke with Anayanse Garza, an organizer with the Southwest Workers Union, about a group of immigrant prisoners at the Port Isabel Detention Center near Brownsville who are hunger striking in protest of poor conditions, including inadequate medical care and violations of their due process rights. See also an interview with Raul McCarty, one of the immigrants on strike, at the Texas Observer blog. [mp3]
Podcast On May Day Rally for Immigrants’ Rights
Image by Galen Herz
We wrapped up the show with an audio report on last Friday’s May Day immigration march. Listen (and see pictures) at Mediahacker.org.
Join us next week from 8-8:30pm – we’ll be talking about an explosion of anti-war activism, including a new G.I. coffee shop, outside Fort Hood.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
[...] see my extended interview with Anayanse Garza on this week’s On the Fringe radio show here. Also see Garza’s post at Houston Indymedia. And look for a forthcoming report on [...]