Sonali Kolhatkar

Southern California has recently been plagued by a massive industrial fire at a warehouse in Boyle Heights, a historically Latino neighborhood in LA.   

In the lead up to the World Cup, organizers formed a campaign dubbed Nuestra Copa, or Our Cup, to demand ICE-free events and center fans in a game that has been traditionally seen as “the people’s game.”

An immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey called Delaney Hall has been the site of on-going protests on the outside and a hunger-strike by detainees on the inside.

This week on Rising Up for Justice, Chris Kutalik, Director of Communications for Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) joins us.

‘m so pleased to announce my new book Breaking ICE: Community Self Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism, published by Seven Stories press on August 25, 2026.

‘m so pleased to announce my new book Breaking ICE: Community Self Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism, published by Seven Stories press on August 25, 2026.