HITJ has an in depth conversation with accomplished social justice and labor organizers, activists, communicators, and educators Camilo Viveiros Jr. , from the University of Massachusetts Labor Education Center, and Humberto Da Silva, a union organizer, civilian journalist, commentator and author based in Toronto. We speak about the difference between labor organization theory and practice, their experiences organizing immigrant workers, and how their upbringing in working class Portuguese immigrant communities shaped their outlook and approach.

In their opening segment, Miguel and Gil talk about their own first protests; protest culture in Portugal vs North America; the importance of joy and festa in Portuguese social activism.

Miguel and Camilo recorded at the WJFD Radio station, the oldest Portuguese radio station in New England and an important community institution. Gil and Humberto recorded from Toronto.

with Gilberto Fernandes and Miguel Moniz

Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, and beyond Portugal. Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) and historian Gil Fernandes (York University) are public scholars with expertise in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America.

Websites: miguelmoniz.com | gilbertofernandes.ca

Instagram: @home_is_the_journey | @miguelmonizlisboa | @rapaz.gil

For inquiries, email us at: homeisthejourney@gmail.com

Music by Farra Fanfarra: farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com

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