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Silky Shah
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executive director, Detention Watch Network, author Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024), from Texas, views my own

book info/events: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/unbuild-walls
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I did! November in the Pacific Northwest is very unmotivating so there was a lot of not doing anything for the second half of it :)
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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And if you want to continue learning about the connections between #ICE and the #FamilyPolicingSystem, listen to “Unbuild Walls” with Silky Shah on The upEND Podcast. buff.ly/ebPItcb @silkys13.bsky.social
Unbuild Walls | The upEND Podcast Season 2, Episode 4 - upEND Movement
Season 2, Episode 4
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October 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
thanks for having me, Mariame! Those spaces are always so rewarding to be in.
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you for reading and sharing! I am glad to hear it was useful to you despite how much more dire things are than when I wrote it.
September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you for reading/listening/sharing! It’s a strange thing to have written a book about abolishing a system that is becoming so much worse than I could have imagined. I’m glad it’s a resource at least and that we have more resources as we mitigate the harm/build power for when there are openings
August 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM