Historical Patterns: Religion and Authoritarianism

ICE is on the loose in our cities, acting with seeming impunity. They've repelled from Black Hawk helicopters, thrown journalists and protestors to the ground, and belligerently refused to unmask, provide identification, or present warrants for the people they're kidnapping.

Among the social media videos documenting this despicable stormtrooper behavior came the image of a priest being hit in the head and knocked to the ground by a pepper ball shot from an ICE building rooftop.

We've homed in on this disturbing moment to ask if what we'd seen so far had not crossed a red line for the American public, what does it mean to shoot at a priest protesting injustice in prayer?

Show Notes

Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated

Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online

DC Churches to Trump: Stay Out of Our Parking Lots

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago 

In LA, faith leaders protest to stand up for the detained and keep the peace

Chicago Pastor Sues Trump Admin After Allegedly Being Shot by ICE Agents

Federal lawsuit brought by Black et al against Noem and DHS 

Evangelical Pastor Doug Pagitt on Christian Nationalism 

Exclusive: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE 

Religious leaders offering communion to detainees turned away at Broadview ICE facility

Bishop Rojas on rise in ICE raids: ‘It is not of the Gospel of Jesus Christ'

Religious leaders offering communion to detainees turned away at Broadview ICE facility

Signs of Faith Against Fascism: An Interview with Eric Martin
Paul Elie: Daniel Berrigan was a fierce critic of the United States. He was also a great American.

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