Shackled at 30,000 Feet: What You Don’t Know About ICE Flights—and Who’s Paying for Them

This week, we feature an interview with journalist Gillian Brockell who recently wrote a story published in Mother Jones that breaks down what’s happening onboard ICE deportation flights, the private-equity airline that’s profiting off the cruelty, and more. 

Also, Chenjerai has an update on  labor struggles happening across the country and across sectors including the health care workers in NYC, the public school teachers on strike in San Francisco, and we share an excerpt of Chenjerai’s interview with Elisabeth Fay, a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU and an elected member of Contract Faculty United-UAW's bargaining committee. They discuss the stalled contract negotiations with the university, the CFU-UAW's call for a strike authorization vote this week, and why this is an issue everyone should care about (listen to the full interview on Patreon).

Chenjerai talks with singer and musician Collette “Coco” Watson about her new album “Sanctuary”. Support her work here: https://gofund.me/bdc70e100

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Further reading & sources from this episode

ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Crueler and Longer

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/

Gillian Brockell’s Website
https://gillianbrockell.ghost.io/

Why We’re Calling a Strike Authorization Vote

https://nyucontractfacultyunion.org/2026/02/04/why-were-calling-a-strike-authorization-vote/

AAUP Statement on Oklahoma’s attack on tenure at regional universities and community colleges

https://www.aaup.org/news/elimination-tenure-oklahoma-regional-universities-and-community-colleges

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