Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Borders uphold a global system of apartheid—and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the availability of cheap farm workers through its selective immigration system, she demonstrates how capitalism and border regimes feed off of each other.
Harsha Walia makes a compelling case for abolition: No banks, no bombs, no borders, no bosses. Or, in her own words: “Why would we fight for anything less than the freedom of all people?”
Harsha Walia is an activist and writer based in Canada. Her books include Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021) and Undoing Border Imperialism (2013). Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.
This video is part of a monthly series. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqY
Editor: Josh Akinwumi
#harshawalia #migration #refugees #immigration #abolition #borders #noborders #libya
0:00:00 Borders as systems of control
00:03:17 Borders during the pandemic
00:09:14 Migrant workers
00:13:05 Climate change and migration
00:17:30 Border externalisation, Fortress Europe and Libya
00:23:01 Why abolish borders?
00:28:36 No border activism
Harsha Walia's 2021 book Border and Rule - Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism: haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule
'There Is No “Migrant Crisis”' - Harsha Walia's article in the Boston Review: bostonreview.net/articles/there-is-no-migrant-crisis
Arun Kundnani's upcoming book What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism: kundnani.org/what-is-antiracism-and-why-it-means-anticapitalism
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Borders uphold a global system of apartheid—and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the availability of cheap farm workers through its selective immigration system, she demonstrates how capitalism and border regimes feed off of each other.
Harsha Walia makes a compelling case for abolition: No banks, no bombs, no borders, no bosses. Or, in her own words: “Why would we fight for anything less than the freedom of all people?”
Harsha Walia is an activist and writer based in Canada. Her books include Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021) and Undoing Border Imperialism (2013). Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror.
This video is part of a monthly series. Watch all videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqY
Editor: Josh Akinwumi
#harshawalia #migration #refugees #immigration #abolition #borders #noborders #libya
0:00:00 Borders as systems of control
00:03:17 Borders during the pandemic
00:09:14 Migrant workers
00:13:05 Climate change and migration
00:17:30 Border externalisation, Fortress Europe and Libya
00:23:01 Why abolish borders?
00:28:36 No border activism
Harsha Walia's 2021 book Border and Rule - Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism: haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule
'There Is No “Migrant Crisis”' - Harsha Walia's article in the Boston Review: bostonreview.net/articles/there-is-no-migrant-crisis
Arun Kundnani's upcoming book What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism: kundnani.org/what-is-antiracism-and-why-it-means-anticapitalism
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