Subhash Kateel

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Subhash Kateel is a writer, communicator and radio show host of Let's Talk About It!, a real talk radio program that talks about the real issues that affect the lives of real people. Subhash Kateel was a community organizer
in immigrant communities for over twelve years. He co-founded and co-directed Families For Freedom, a multi-ethnic network of immigrants facing and fighting deportation. Before that, he helped initiate detention and deportation work for DRUM-Desis Rising Up and Moving. In Miami, Subhash served as an organizer with the Florida Immigrant Coalition helping to develop community responses to ICE raids, detentions and deportations.
Besides facilitating some of the most sought after know your rights trainings in the South East, he helped lead the We Are Florida! campaign that successfully stopped an Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill from passing in the Florida legislature. Subhash writes extensively on issues ranging from immigration and criminal justice to mental health, economic justice and gun control. When he isn't writing or talking on the radio, Subhash is helping emerging leaders in Miami to develop their voice and leading workshops around the country to help social justice leaders communicate effectively. He has called many places home, including Saginaw, Michigan, Brooklyn, New York and now Miami, Florida.

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Why Isn't Trayvon Martin's Killer in Jail for Financial Crimes?

(22) Comments | Posted February 26, 2013 | 12:37 PM

Trayvon Martin was born 18 years ago this month and killed by George Zimmerman a year ago today. His killing unleashed massive outrage and countless protests, #hashtags and Facebook profile pics of people in hoodies demanding that Zimmerman be arrested, charged and not allowed to "stand his ground." But...

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I'll Root for the Miami Heat, But Never for Arison

(13) Comments | Posted June 12, 2012 | 5:21 PM

Yesterday, Dave Zirin, probably my favorite sports writer (and favorite radio guest), gave a thorough thesis in the Nation on why people should root for the Miami Heat in the NBA finals. As a person that grew up on the Detroit Pistons during their "Bad Boy"...

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It's Bigger Than "Bath Salts" and "Zombie Apocalypses"

(501) Comments | Posted June 1, 2012 | 2:48 PM

Mention Miami this week and the first thing people will talk about is the "zombie" attack. What they are obviously referring to is the gruesome near-killing of Ronald Poppo by Rudy Eugene, who was shot by the police after virtually devouring 75 percent of Poppo's face. The Police...

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ICE's Collateral Damage in an Ironic Sex Trafficking Raid

(0) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 7:02 PM

An article in this week's Miami Herald brought me back to November 2008, when I was an immigrant rights organizer in South Florida. It turns out that two men from Guatemala, Adolfo García and Julio Díaz, are set to be deported by...

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What the Polls Don't Ask, But the Comment Boards Answer, About Trayvon

(16) Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 4:44 PM

Online comment sections in most newspapers are rarely the best place for thoughtful dialog on controversial issues of the day. Which is why I glance at the comments under the Miami Herald articles covering Trayvon Martin's shooting with very low expectations. But last week, I saw a brief conversation that...

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First They Spied on Muslims, and Then...

(2) Comments | Posted March 6, 2012 | 5:32 PM

The biggest mistake people make when talking about intelligence in this country (military intelligence, police intelligence, etc.) is assuming that it has anything to do with being intelligent. Intelligence is only as good as the questions you ask. Intelligence in a democracy is only as good as the questions that...

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