Hundreds marched on a JPMorgan Chase shareholders’ meeting demanding that the bank denounce Trump’s agenda of hate. (Make the Road New York)

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering what it is they can do. In this series, we’ll be talking with experienced organizers, troublemakers, and thinkers who have been doing the hard work of fighting for a long time. They’ll be sharing their insights on what works, what doesn’t, and what has changed, and what is still the same.

José Lopez: I am José Lopez, one of the co-organizing directors at Make the Road New York.

Daniel Altschuler: My name is Daniel Altschuler. I am the director civic engagement and research at Make the Road New York.

Sarah Jaffe: We are talking before an action that you at Make the Road are part of: a national day of action on Wednesday, August 2 around the involvement of particular big banks in the private prison and immigrant detention industry. Can you tell us a little bit about the campaign?

José: We launched a website and a campaign a couple of months ago called Corporate Backers of Hate. It is an attempt to name and shame a bunch of corporations like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo for being complicit and supportive of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. That has taken place in a number of ways. It could come in the form of JPMorgan donating $500,000 to Trump’s inaugural committee. It could come in the form of the CEO Jamie Dimon sitting on the Trump business council. But tomorrow’s action is focused on JPMorgan Chase financing the debt of private prison and immigrant detention centers under the corporations GEO Group and CoreCivic.

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