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Refuse Fascism
By Refuse Fascism
Hosted by Sam Goldman, produced by volunteers with Refuse Fascism.
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Refuse FascismApr 30, 2023
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Constitutional Sheriffs, Militias, and Other Local Fascist Initiatives
Sam talks with three experts on widespread local fascist organizing around the country including the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs movement, the embrace by local governments of right wing militias and fascist efforts to modify the constitution itself.
Devin Burghart (@dburghart) is the Executive Director, at the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Carolyn Gallaher is a professor at American University. She has written about rightwing paramilitaries in the U.S. and Northern Ireland. Read more from her here. Follow her on Twitter at @C_OGallachoir or at Bluesky at @cgallaher.bsky.social. CJ Spencer (@ByCJSpencer) wrote How the Far Right-Wing Plans to Obliterate More of Our Constitutional Rights. Read more from them here.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Mentioned in this Episode:
Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University by Lara-Nour Walton (The Nation)
January 6 insurrectionists had a great day in the Supreme Court today (Most of the justices seem to want to make it harder to prosecute January 6 rioters.) by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
The Supreme Court’s confusing new anti-trans decision, explained (The Court mostly reinstates Idaho’s ban on transgender health care for children.) by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states (It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.) by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
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Choices: A Post Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto
Sam talks with Merle Hoffman, long-time abortion rights activist and founder of one of the largest abortion clinics in the country, who has just written a memoir chronicling her decades of experience fighting for abortion rights. Get the book here: Choices: A Post Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto
merlehoffman.com and choicesmedical.com or on Twitter: @MerleHoffman.
For those looking for abortion care visit abortionfinder.org and prochoice.org
For funding abortion agencies nationally visit abortionfunds.org.
About the book:
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women's healthcare offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion and women's right to choose. Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States' first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive women's medical facilities.
For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce advocate for every woman's right to choose when and whether or not to be a mother. Now, amidst the aftermath of the Dobbs Decision, Hoffman has carefully compiled her decades of analysis, research, and experience into a tour de force manifesto that sheds light on the catastrophic repercussions of overturning Roe, and what we must do moving forward to ensure the safety and legality of abortion nationally. In Choices, Hoffman expresses her views on where we are and what lies ahead. She covers topics ranging from: revamping the healthcare system to support women's rights; combatting rising authoritarianism; the weaponization of religion; fighting the antis; practicing courage; sabotage from within the movement; and activating the next generation in the fight for reproductive justice.
Upcoming Event!
Join us for our next Patron-only Virtual Event:
Sunday April 28, 5PM ET
Book Club Chat discussing Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
Rick Perlstein: The Infernal Triangle + Christian Nationalist Project 2025
Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation
Abortion, Birth Control and What’s Next with Roxy Szal + Commentary From Coco Das
Voices from Abortion Rights Frontlines in Iowa
Speedbumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed
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Fascism On Trial with Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux
Sam welcomes back onto the show Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux to discuss their latest book Fascism on Trial: Education and the Possibility of Democracy. Dr. Henry A. Giroux is a renowned educator and author of multiple books on fascism and pedagogy. He holds the Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada. Follow Dr. Giroux on Twitter at @HenryGiroux and visit his website at henryagiroux.com.
Dr. Anthony R. DiMaggio is a Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University, USA. He is the author of Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here. Read his writings at Counterpunch and Salon.
Upcoming Event!
Join us for our next Patron-only Virtual Event:
April 28, 5PM ET
Book Club Chat discussing Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
*Not a patron? Fix that here: patreon.com/refusefascism
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Previous Episodes with Henry Giroux:
The Nazification of American Education
Trump Is Not Trumpism and Trumpism Is Not Dead
Previous Episodes with Anthony DiMaggio:
The Continuing January 6 Coup
It Can, It Has, It Is Happening Here
The Evidence of Rising Neo-Fascism
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Fascism Isn't Just a German Problem
Sam speaks to the Supreme Court facilitating the further erosion of civil rights & foreboding upcoming elections outside of the U.S.
Then, frequent guest and guest host of the show, Coco Das shares reflections on SB4 (Texas' "Show Me Your Papers" law) and talks with award-winning Turkish writer and political thinker Ece Temelkuran discussing her essay in Prospect Magazine, Fascism isn’t just a German problem. Follow Ece on Twitter @ETemelkuran. She'll be speaking at Ways Forward in a Divided World, Georgetown University Global Dialogues April 22-26.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Supreme Court grants Gov. Greg Abbott's wish to turn Texas into a far-right dictatorship by Amanda Marcotte
The Fascist Attack on Medication Abortion
Upcoming Event!
Join us for our next Patron-only Virtual Event:
April 28, 5PM ET
Book Club Chat discussing Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
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Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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Genocide in Gaza, Repression in the US
Sam comments on the downward spiral of the legal cases against Trump and the further consolidation of the RNC and “conservative movement” around MAGA fascism. Then, we share two interviews with people who have been actively resisting the escalating genocide in Gaza.
First, a conversation with Dr. Nicole Erin Morse, Associate Professor of Media Studies and former Director of the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University. They are a scholar of queer and trans media production and a community organizer in South Florida with Jewish Voice for Peace and the Community Hotline for Incarcerated People. Read their op-ed I Refuse to Endorse Zionism, So I Am Resigning From My Leadership Position.
Then Sam chats with Lela Tolajian, human rights activist and Georgetown University student about the genocide in Gaza, action being taken on college campuses and beyond to stop it, and the efforts to suppress that movement. Read her op-ed We, Jewish students, must not be silent on the genocide in Gaza. Follow her on Twitter at @LTolajian.
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
Combatting Disinformation
Susan Neiman on Universalism Against Nationalism
Stop the Genocide in Gaza
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Rick Perlstein: The Infernal Triangle + Christian Nationalist Project 2025
Sam talks with historian Rick Perlstein, author of multiple books about the US conservative movement including Nixonland, about his latest work on the contemporary era and the nexus between the fascists, the media, and the Democratic Party; what he calls "the infernal triangle." Subscribe to his newsletter at prospect.org and follow him on Twitter at @rickperlstein.
Then, Sam talks to journalist Jennifer Cohn about the full Christian Nationalist theocratic program. Follow her on Twitter at @jennycohn1 and read her writings at crownewsletter.substack.com and buckscountybeacon.com.
Mentioned in this episode:
Democracy Now: “American Fascism”: Historian Rick Perlstein on Trump’s Grip on the GOP & Chances of a Second Jan. 6
Shocking Online Manifesto Reveals Project 2025’s Link To A Coordinated ‘Christian Nationalism Project’ by Jennifer Cohn
The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism Project 2025 by Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Five Four Pod on Trump v Anderson (SCOTUS CO ballot case)
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
The Cataclysm of a Second Trump Term
The Institutions Still Won't Save Us
Civil War Historians: Trump Is Disqualified + Report from Eagle Pass, TX
The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump
Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation
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The Cataclysm of a Second Trump Term
Sam comments on SCOTUS hearing Trump's presidential immunity claim and Trump and Biden visits to the Texas-Mexico border.
Then, she talks with Dr. Clarence Lusane to discuss the catastrophe for humanity of a second Trump presidency & lessons from the international rise of fascism.
Dr. Lusane is a professor and Director of the International Affairs program at Howard University. He is an independent expert to the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. His latest book is Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy. Read more from him here.
Plus: journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17), who was banned from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) joins us to provide insight on the neo-Nazis and other far-right figures she witnessed waltz unimpeded into CPAC. You can follow her work here.
Mentioned In the Episode:
The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency by Clarence Lusane
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t by Amanda Moore
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
Fascist Fringe and Fascist Mainstream
The Institutions Still Won't Save Us
Civil War Historians: Trump is Disqualified + Report From Eagle Pass Texas
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Combatting Disinformation
Sam talks with Dr. Lee McIntyre, philosopher and author of numerous books including How to Talk to A Science Denier and his latest, On Disinformation:
"Drawing on his twenty years of experience as a scholar of science denial, McIntyre explains how autocrats wield disinformation to manipulate a populace and deny obvious realities, why the best way to combat disinformation is to disrupt its spread, and most importantly, how we can win the war on truth."
Follow his work at leemcintyrebooks.com and @leecmcintyre and get involved with The Mental Immunity Project.
Mentioned in this episode:
Alabama's targeting of IVF is the Christian right's attempt to control motherhood by Amanda Marcotte
Alabama’s IVF Ruling Is Christian Theology Masquerading as Law by Elie Mystal
Alabama’s embryos ruling is a terrifying preview of another Trump presidency by Sarah Posner
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump
Teach Truth Not Lies with Dr. Marvin Dunn
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The Fascist Fringe + Fascist Mainstream
Sam speaks to developments in Trump's trials, the "pendulum swing" of political power, Gaza and the 2024 election, and more. Then, she talks with Jared Holt, Senior Research Analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. His writing can be found in various outlets including: The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Columbia Journalism Review, HuffPost and GEN Magazine and his Substack is postthroughit.substack.com. Read his recent piece Election 2024: A rematch for the fate of US democracy
Mentioned in this episode:
From “Man Bites Dog” and “Oh My God” to “Dog Bites Man” and “Oh Well” On the Trivialization and Normalization of Fascism and Other Evils
Earth to Media: Try to Get It—Nice, Ordinary People Can Be Fascists by Brynn Tannehill
Project 2025: How Trump Loyalists and Right-Wing Leaders Are Paving a Fast Road to Fascism
Trump and the GOP’s Fascist Rhetoric Has Broad Appeal: Poll by Tim Dickinson
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus, Sam is on TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican
Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation
The White Power Movement in 2024
The GOP: Fascist, Nothing Semi- About It
Danielle Moodie: How to Stand Up to Fascist Bullies
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The Institutions Still Won't Save Us
Sam talks with historian, activist and RefuseFascism.org editorial board member Paul Street about the coming year and his take on all the wild things happening as well as to come. Follow Paul's work on Substack at paulstreet.substack.com.
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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Civil War Historians: Trump Is Disqualified + Report from Eagle Pass, Texas
Sam talks with Dr. Manisha Sinha, historian of the US Civil War and Reconstruction and one of 25 historians who signed onto the amicus brief supporting Colorado's decision to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot according to the 14th amendment (which bars insurrectionists from public office).
Read the brief here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-719/298895/20240126151819211_23-719%20Brief.pdf
Learn more about Dr. Sinha's work at manishasinha.com and read her book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. Follow her on Twitter at @ProfMSinha.
Then, we share a bit of a report from Coco Das, who has gone to Eagle Pass, Texas (epicenter of the conflict at the border between Abbott-controlled National Guard troops and federally controlled Border Patrol) as part of an effort to investigate the situation and bring the message "we don't have an immigration problem, we have an imperialism problem!" The full interview with Coco from The RNL Show can be viewed here. Coco is a member of the Refuse Fascism editorial board, however this trip was not on behalf of Refuse Fascism. Follow Coco on Twitter at @coco_das.
Mentioned in the episode:
Texas Is Spoiling for a Civil War by Elie Mystal
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
The White Power Movement in 2024
The Year Ahead and the New Fascism Syllabus
The Nightmare Immigrants Face At The Texas Border
Ian Millhiser on Trump’s Trials + Paul Street on Jan 6 Anniversary
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The White Power Movement in 2024
It's been quite the week! Sam recaps some of the stories we're watching most closely: the Texas + other fascist controlled states v. federal government confrontation in the wake of a SCOTUS decision the fascists actually don't like (shockingly, Roberts and Coney Barrett agreed that the federal government has the authority to remove the murder wire that the state of Texas is strewing all over the border and in the Rio Grande), the latest on Trump's legal troubles (which, spoiler alert: do not portend a solution to our fascism troubles), and the ICJ ruling on the escalating genocide in Gaza.
Then, Sam talks with Kathleen Belew, historian and author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America about her work and her evaluation of that movement as it's developed in 2024. Follow her at kathleenbelew.com, Twitter: @kathleen_belew, and TikTok: kathleen.belew.
Mentioned in this episode:
Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab recommended by Kathleen Belew
Eagle Pass Republi-Fascist Neo-Nullificaton v. Federal State Authoity at the Southern Texas Border by Paul Street
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border by David Gilbert
Right-Wing Talk Of An ‘Invasion’ And ‘Civil War’ Risks Rise In Vigilantism, Experts Say by Chris Mathias
Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’ by Tess Owen
Research Letter: Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans
Enforcing the Law to Disqualify a Violent Insurrectionist Is Good, Actually by Michael Liroff
Recommended Reading/Watching:
“Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot.” Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond
American Fascism by Rick Perlstein (sign up for his newsletter!)
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf. The January 2024 survey will be closing soon, send your comments; https://bit.ly/rf-pod-survey.
You can also send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Related Episodes:
The Year Ahead and The New Fascism Syllabus
The Nightmare Immigrants Face at the Texas Border
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The Year Ahead and the New Fascism Syllabus
We want to hear from listeners! What are some of your most urgent questions keeping you up at night as 2024 begins? Let us know via this survey: https://bit.ly/rf-pod-survey
On this episode, we share Jessica Valenti’s testimony before Senate Democrats on the state of abortion rights ahead of the Roe v. Wade anniversary.
Sam provides commentary highlighting the Supreme Court's efforts to expand their power & destroy the "administrative state" (aka upend functioning federal government), Trump taking Iowa, the state-federal standoff in Texas, what fascism is, why we can’t turn away and more.
Then, Sam talks with Jennifer Evans and Brian Griffith, co-editors of The New Fascism Syllabus, a collection of writings on the history of fascist, authoritarian, and populist movements and governments during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Mentioned in this episode:
Abortion On Demand and Without Apology Placard
Why Right-Wing Activists Have Strong Opinions About the Supreme Court’s Big Fishing Regulations Case by Madiba Dennie
Trump Just Keeps Doing Appalling Things, and the Ranks of the Disengaged Are Growing by Michelle Goldberg
The Law Alone Cannot Curb Donald Trump’s Lawlessness by Dahlia Lithwick
Metaphors Journalists Live By written by Rick Perlstein
On the Erudite Idiocy of the Liberal-Centrist Intelligentsia by Paul Street
The Supreme Court Is About to Seize Way More Power From Democratic Presidents by Mark Joseph Stern
The GOP Doesn’t Want to Punish Trans People—It Wants to Eradicate Them by Brynn Tannehill
My Prepared Remarks to Senate Dems by Jessica Valenti
Related episodes:
Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick
The Nightmare Immigrants Face At The Texas Border with Faisal Al Juburi
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
Send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
· paypal.me/refusefascism
· donate.refusefascism.org
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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The Nightmare Immigrants Face At the Texas Border
Sam talks with Faisal Al-Juburi from RAICES Texas to get an update on what has changed (and what hasn't) for our siblings seeking refuge as of January 2024 at the deadly US border. Follow their work and get involved at https://www.raicestexas.org/.
We want to hear from listeners! What are some of your most urgent questions keeping you up at night as 2024 begins? Let us know via this survey: https://bit.ly/rf-pod-survey
Related listening:
Fascist “Operation Lone Star” + Trump Indictment
Mentioned in this episode:
Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life?
Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
Send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Record a voice message for the show here. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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Ian Millhiser on Trump’s Trials + Paul Street on Jan 6 Anniversary
Paul Street, member of the RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board shares reflections on January 6, three years later. Read his reflections: On January 6 Three Years Later: The Trump Republi-Fascist Menace is Alive and Well. Subscribe to the Paul Street Report to read and hear more from Paul.
Then, Sam talks with Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent at Vox, about just some of the Trump trials, some attempts for accountability through the legal system and Trump's strategy to dodge it. He is the author of two books on the Supreme Court: Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted and The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America. Follow Ian on Threads at Ian.millhiser and read his articles on Vox here.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Deja Coup: Donald Trump and the Slow Civil War (Dahlia Lithwick interviews Jeff Sharlet on the latest episode of Amicus)
A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6, Post-UMD poll finds
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(Just Some) Related Episodes on the attempted Trump Coup:
The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican With Fred Wellman
Jeff Sharlet- The Undertow: Scenes From a Slow Civil War
Proud Boys and The New Era of American Fascism
Bradley Onishi: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next
Elie Honig: The January 6th Insurrection Isn’t Over
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: The GOP is Now the Party of Autocracy
Henry Giroux: Trump is not Trumpism and Trumpism is not Dead
Why Is Accountability Important?
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2023: The Year In Review
As we close out 2023 and head into 2024 many of us are feeling a sense of deja vu - but with higher stakes. Take a trip through the events of 2023 with an eye to the future with some guests from this past year.
THANK YOU to all the patrons and supporters who help make this show possible in 2023. Find out more about Refuse Fascism and get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky. Plus! Sam recently joined TikTok, check out @samgoldmanrf.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Guests featured on this episode:
Wendy Via Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation
Coco Das Q&A With The Refuse Fascism Editorial Board
Jeff Sharlet The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Paul Street Your Questions Answered
Thomas Zimmer The Insurrectionist House of Representatives
Fred Wellman The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican with Fred Wellman
Sarah Posner The Nightmare That Is House Speaker Mike Johnson
Brynn Tannehill The Sweeping and Intensifying Fascist Attack on Trans People
David Gilbert The GOP Embrace of Fascist “Moms for Liberty”
Dr. Marvin Dunn Teach Truth Not Lies
Faisal Al-Juburi Fascist “Operation Lone Star” + Trump Indictment
Keyanna Jones Stop Cop City
Susan Neiman On Universalism Against Nationalism
Mark Joseph Stern The Fascist Attack On Medication Abortion
Dahlia Lithwick Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes
Madiba Dennie The Court Is Wrong; Color-Blindness Serving White Supremacy
Mark Jacob Trump Indicted + Media Complicity in the Rise of Fascism
Janet Ward Fascism in America: Past and Present
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Q&A With The Refuse Fascism Editorial Board
As we close out the year and look towards 2024, members of the RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board answer questions submitted by supporters of the pod. You can become one of those supporters at patreon.com/refusefascism.
Follow Coco Das at @Coco_Das, Paul Street at paulstreet.substack.com and Sam at @SamBGoldman on Twitter or @samgoldmanrf on TikTok.
Mentioned in the Episode:
The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.
Jason Stanley on "undermining propaganda" with fascism: "Trump is robbing democracy of any meaning"
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Related episodes:
Project 2025: Roadmap to Fascist Consolidation
The Fascist Attack on Medication Abortion
![The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1702247561940-8b763ac1517c.jpg)
The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump
Sam talks with scholar Matthew D. Taylor about House Speaker Mike Johnson and the significance and danger exemplified in Johnson's ascent to power. Taylor documents Johnson's links to leading voices in the Christian Charismatic movement (which were early adopters of the Trump cult, and unlike mainstream Evangelical leaders, have never split in their support for Trump). This movement also played a key role in mobilizing for the Jan 6 coup and continue to support Trump's quest for power in 2024. We explore what this tells us about the role and influence of Christian Nationalism, the New Apostolic Reformation movement, and the threat of theocracy in the United States.
Dr. Matthew D. Taylor is a Senior Scholar and the Protestant Scholar at the Institute for Islamic. Christian, Jewish Studies where he specializes in Muslim-Christian dialogue, Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, religious politics in the U.S., and American Islam. His forthcoming book The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement that Is Sabotaging Our Democracy will be released in September 2024. On a podcast series “Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation” Taylor takes on the history of the New Apostolic Reformation the leaders and ideologies that fueled the siege of the capitol. Follow him on Twitter @TaylorMatthewD. He is also on Substack.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mike Johnson, Polite Extremist, by Matthew D. Taylor (The Bulwark)
The Key to Mike Johnson’s Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office by Bradley Onishi, Matthew D. Taylor (Rolling Stone)
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Related episodes:
The Nightmare That Is House Speaker Mike Johnson
Jeff Sharlet-The Undertow: Scenes From a Slow Civil War
Christian Dominison and Fascist Momentum
The Flag and the Cross and the Little Blue Bird
Bradley Onishi: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism–and What Comes Next
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Susan Neiman on Universalism Against Nationalism
Sam talks with Dr. Susan Neiman, Director of the Einstein Forum in Germany about the US-backed war Israel is waging against Gaza. Her latest book is Left Is Not Woke. Her first work of fiction, Nine Stories: A Berlin Novel, will be published in 2024. She has written two recent thought provoking essays for the The New York Review of Books:
Historical Reckoning Gone Haywire
Germans’ efforts to confront their country's criminal history and to root out antisemitism have shifted from vigilance to a philosemitic McCarthyism that threatens their rich cultural life. (Published October 19)
Germany on Edge
In recent weeks, Germany’s reflexive defenses of Israel and suppression of its critics have assumed a fevered pitch. (Published November 3)
More recently she authored The universalist tradition has been forgotten, the Enlightenment betrayed
The Hamas attack has devastated progressive Jews who are not prepared to celebrate the carnage as an act of liberation. (Published by The Newstatesman on November 29)
Mentioned in this episode:
A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. by Robert Kagen
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza by Yuval Abraham
“The Only Democracy in the Middle East” Is a Fascist State by Paul Street
What the “Pause” in the Fighting in Gaza Has Not Paused: The Ongoing U.S.-Backed Palestinian Genocide by Israel from Revcom.us
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Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation
Sam talks with Wendy Via, Co-Founder and President at The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, about their analysis of the publicly announced plan for "day one" of the next presidential administration (presumably headed by leading Republifascist candidate Donald Trump). Their report The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism: Project 2023 states in part, "Their aims include “bringing together conservative allies with a common goal: to take back our country from the radical Left by developing a robust governing agenda and the right people to implement it.” And it has been reported, though denied, that internal Project 2025 discussions have centered around the next conservative president invoking the Insurrection Act on the first day in office to allow the military to quell civil unrest." Learn more about Wendy and the GPAHE's work at globalextremism.org and follow them at @globalextremism.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Republi-Fascist Specter Looms by Paul Street
Biden’s Camp Cheers on Trump’s CNN Town Hall: An “Opposition” Party that is Worse than Useless by Coco Das (May 13, 2023, still relevant)
Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (Axios)
Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans by Charlie Savage, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (NYT)
The “Is Donald Trump a Fascist?” Debate Has Been Ended—by Donald Trump by Chris Lehmann (The Nation)
Donald Trump Is A Fascist from Stephen Colbert
Donations have surged to groups linked to conservative Project 2025 by Katherine Doyle (NBC)
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Related Episodes:
The Nightmare That Is House Speaker Mike Johnson
Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick
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Censored Classrooms & The Freedom to Read
Sam talks with Kasey Meehan, Freedom to Read Program Director at PEN America. Their new report America's Censored Classrooms 2023 states, "Over the past three years, state legislators have launched an onslaught of educational gag orders—state legislative and policy efforts to restrict teaching about topics such as race, gender, American history, and LGBTQ+ identities in educational settings." For more, visit pen.org. Also see: Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor and Educational Intimidation.
Plus, commentary on the latest developments post-November 2023 elections and other recent news.
Mentioned in this episode:
My life has been defined by genocide of Jewish people. I look on Gaza with concern by Jason Stanley
Institute for Middle East Understanding
Thread from Sunsara Taylor about abortion rights
Recommended Reading:
Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term
Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans
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Related episodes:
Teach Truth Not Lies with Dr. Marvin Dunn
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The Nightmare That Is House Speaker Mike Johnson
Sam talks with writer Sarah Posner about Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House, third in line to the presidency and Christian Nationalist who spent around a decade as a lawyer with Alliance Defending Freedom (sic), the organization behind the recent wave of state level anti-abortion legislation, the 303 Creative SCOTUS case, and on the wrong side of many other battles.
Read Sarah's book UNHOLY: How White Christian Nationalists Powered the Trump Presidency, And the Devastating Legacy They Left Behind, get her latest commentary on MSNBC, and follow her on sarahposner.com.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mike Johnson’s Christian nationalist track record isn’t a mystery — it’s a tragedy by Sarah Posner on MSNBC
Mike Johnson, theocrat: the House speaker and a plot against America by Marci A. Hamilton in The Guardian
White Christian Nationalism, Now with a Gavel in a Tailored Suit by Robert P. Jones
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Related episodes:
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War with Jeff Sharlet
The Insurrectionist House of Representatives with Thomas Zimmer
The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism --And What Comes Next with Bradley Onishi
![Stop the Genocide in Gaza](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1698008673550-80b02f77fc267.jpg)
Stop the Genocide in Gaza
Sam talks with Mark Tinkleman, co-producer of the podcast, about the genocide in Gaza and the dangerous unity between imperialist “democracy” and fascism, plus what’s happening in the House of Representatives and more. Views expressed in this episode are the opinions of Sam and Mark themselves. Follow Mark on Instagram at @marknoodler.
Recommended Signs of Hope
If Not Now
American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all.
Join the protest in DC on Wednesday October 25 calling for a ceasefire or find an event near you:
https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/upcoming-events
On Wednesday afternoon, thousands of American Jews and allies showed up to Capitol Hill to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
Hyerpallergic: Art Organizations Around the World Go on Strike in Support of Gaza
Artists, galleries, and museums are closing their doors to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli strikes have killed upwards of 4,200 Palestinian people.
Open letter to President Biden: we call for a ceasefire now
from Judith Butler, Masha Gessen, Rachel Kushner, Ben Lerner, V (formerly Eve Ensler) and others
Artists Call for Ceasefire Now
from Dua Lipa, James Schamus, Mark Ruffalo, Quinta Brunson, Rosario Dawson, Shailene Woodley and many others
An Open Letter From the Art Community to Cultural Organizations
Bassem Youssef on Piers Morgan's Show
History and Analysis
When the Devil Is Your Own: The horrifying continuity between 9/11 and 10/7
by Sarah Kendzior
Revcom.us on the history of Palestine in Israel and imperialism
The RNL — Revolution, Nothing Less! — Show episode 169:
No to Israel/U.S.! No to Hamas! Humanity Needs Revolution & the New Communism!
US right heats up inflammatory rhetoric on Palestine as Muslim groups worry
Professor Ilan Pappé: Israel Has Chosen to be a “Racist Apartheid State” with U.S. Support
As Gaza war rages, West Bank faces violent collective punishment
Gaza’s Last Stand? The Dangers of a Second Nakba
by Jamie Stern-Weiner
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No show next week - we'll be back November 5.
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Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick
Sam talks with Dahlia Lithwick about how the SCOTUS and this term fit into the growing fascist threat and the stakes of the cases they will potentially be hearing and deciding this year. Dahlia Lithwick writes about the courts and the law for Slate and hosts the podcast Amicus. She is the author of Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America.
Mentioned in this episode:
A Monumental SCOTUS Term Begins: Our Reluctant Curtain-Raiser
This Supreme Court Term’s Grimmest Cases Share One Thing in Common
5-4 Podcast 2023-2024 Term Preview with Chris Geidner
ProPublica: We Don’t Talk About Leonard Podcast
Related Episodes:
The Court is Wrong; Colorblindness Serving White Supremacy
SCOTUS Openly Advances Fascism
SCOTUS, The Shadow Docket, and The Fascist Assault on the Environment
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The Bloody Promises of the Orange-Hued Malignancy
Sam talks with writer and historian Paul Street (also on the RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board) about recent events including the fascist attempts to shut down the government, the ouster of Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker of the House, and the increasingly violent threats and promises of vengeance from current frontline candidate for president and as-yet unconvicted coup plotter Donald Trump. Follow Paul on his Substack and read his latest article, Nether the Fascist Trump Nor Imperialist Biden
Mentioned in this episode:
America needs to talk about the right’s ‘Red Caesar’ plan for U.S. dictatorship by Will Bunch
Trump’s Bloody Campaign Promises by David Remnick
Related episodes:
Fascism In America: Past and Present
Trump Indicted and Media Complicity in the Rise of Fascism
The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican
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Abortion, Birth Control and What’s Next with Roxy Szal + Commentary From Coco Das
Sam talks with Roxy Szal, Austin-based feminist writer and Digital Editor of Ms. Magazine about the state of emergency for abortion access in many parts of the U.S. and much more. For more from Roxy and Ms Magazine visit https://msmagazine.com/ and listen to the On The Issues podcast hosted by Michelle Godwin here. Check out the Fifty Years of Ms. book here.
Plus commentary from Coco Das (@Coco_Das) about GOP front-runner Donald Trump's attacks on the U.S. military, a basis for optimism for the future, and more.
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Fascism in America: Past and Present
Sam talks with Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward, the two editors of a new book titled Fascism in America. Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is President of the Center for Jewish History and Professor of History at Fairfield University. He is the author or editor of eight books on the Nazi era, including The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II (2019) and Hi Hitler! How the Nazi Past Is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture (2014). Janet Ward is an American Council on Education Fellow at Yale University, and Brammer Presidential Professor of History and Faculty Fellow for Strategic Initiatives (DFCAS) at the University of Oklahoma. Past President of the German Studies Association, she is the author or co-editor of seven books, including Post-Wall Berlin: Borders, Space and Identity (2014) and the forthcoming Sites of Holocaust Memory. Find Dr. Rosenfeld on Twitter at @gavrieldrosenfe. His website is https://www.gavrielrosenfeld.com/
Federico Finchelstein, author of From Fascism to Populism in History, writes "This book is an essential contribution to debates on the history of fascism in the US and its relationship to the present. It is a must read for all those interested in the issues facing democracy today."
Mentioned in this episode:
Fighting Fascism: A Symposium on Jewish Responses From the Interwar Period to the Present Day
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Stop Cop City
Sam talks with Keyanna Michelle Jones, an organizer with Community Movement Builders. They discuss the ominous and illegitimate RICO indictments "Cop City" opponents face and the fascist assault on the right to protest there. Follow her at @kmichelle_atl and learn more about Community Movement Builders here: https://communitymovementbuilders.org.
Note this episode was recorded on September 12. On Sunday September 17 Stacey Abrams said that she thinks Cop City should be put up for a referendum vote after the mayor put her on the spot, saying that he consulted with her before trying to obstruct the vote.
Mentioned in this episode:
Atlanta Solidarity Fund https://atlsolidarity.org
Block Cop City mass nonviolent direct action Nov 10-13 in Atlanta:
Previous episode about the uprising in Iran: Women, Life, Freedom
For more background on this topic:
Atlanta Community Press Collective: Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists
The Nation: How Georgia Indicted a Movement
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cop-city-indictment-atlanta/
Revolution: RICO Indictment Against Cop City Protesters:
An Ominous and Illegitimate Fascist Assault on Legitimate and Righteous Protest
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![Fascists In the U.S. Military with Will Carless](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1694377666440-64041d7ebfb11.jpg)
Fascists In the U.S. Military with Will Carless
Sam talks with Will Carless, national correspondent for USA Today on extremism, about his recent investigation: The military ordered big steps to stop extremism. Two years later, it shows no results. Follow him on Twitter @WillCarless and read his work at USA Today.
Mentioned in the episode:
Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists
RICO indictments for 61 people alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement
Proud Boys Didn't Just Crash An Election. They Upended The Next One Too.
Trump plans to become a dictator — denial will not save you
Related Episodes:
Proud Boys and a New Era of American Fascism
The Flag and the Cross and the Little Blue Bird
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Teach Truth Not Lies with Dr. Marvin Dunn
Sam talks with Dr. Marvin Dunn, historian and activist with The Miami Center for Racial Justice about their educational tours of Florida covering sites of lynchings and other oppression (prime example: Rosewood) — the knowledge of which is being suppressed by the Desantis fascist offensive against public education. Learn more, get involved and support Teach the Truth projects at https://miamicenterforracialjustice.org/. Follow Dr. Dunn on the site formerly known as Twitter @MarvinDunn4.
Mentioned in this episode:
It's Not Just Florida: Four New 'Don't Say Gay' Laws Passed in 2023
Check out this call to protest!
Oppose the lynch-mob celebrating Jason Aldean concert in Tinley Park, IL (suburb of Chicago) on Saturday Sept 9. Learn more from Revolution Club Chicago (revclub.chi on Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwni9h_J1WZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Related Episodes:
The GOP Embrace of Fascist "Moms for Liberty"
The Fascist State of Florida and Student Resistance
Foundation 451: Defying DeSantis' Book Bans
The Nazification of American Education
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![Centuries-Old Conspiracy Theories That Fuel Fascism Today](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1693173574160-3c7f69f5a832d.jpg)
Centuries-Old Conspiracy Theories That Fuel Fascism Today
Sam talks with Mike Rothschild, author of the forthcoming book Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (preorder now!).
From Terry Matalas:
"Like Mike Rothschild’s incredible deconstruction of QAnon in The Storm Is Upon Us, Jewish Space Lasers takes a thoroughly engrossing deep dive into the absurd conspiracy theories surrounding Judaism’s ‘royal family.’ It unpacks that age-old stereotype ‘the Jews control everything’ and brilliantly examines the mysterious dynasty credited for being at the center of it all. It’s a globe-trotting breakdown of antisemitism throughout history to the very chilling moment we are in now. Absorbing, entertaining, and exhaustively researched—a must-read.”
Find out more about the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/
Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rothschildmd
Plus: commentary on the fascist murders that took place this month from coast to coast, the GOP debate, Trump’s arraignment in the Georgia case & more!
Mentioned in this episode:
Beyond Wishful Thinking and Wrong Conviction by Paul Street
https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/beyond-wishful-thinking-and-wrong
Related episodes:
Mia Bloom: Inside the Mind of Qanon
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zY6UO57M6CtU6hIOVYACg
Fascist Lies with Federico Finchelstein
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ELkgDtqzhqzbyagTtjKKw
Teddy Wilson: Fascist Violence Accelerated
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BjVPdGlluT7zeBuHwLsQG
Carol Anderson: White Supremacy & the Second Amendment
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YFYpNanTHgCwPQS9Bpx6p
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![The Court is Wrong; Color-Blindness Serving White Supremacy](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1691952920074-9ef25c4bc958f.jpg)
The Court is Wrong; Color-Blindness Serving White Supremacy
Sam talks with attorney and writer Madiba Dennie about the SCOTUS ruling from this June which eliminated race conscious education admissions. Follow her work at madibadennie.com and @AudreLawdAMercy.
Plus more commentary on the brewing crisis escalated by the most recent indictments of Trump.
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![Fascist "Operation Lone Star" + Trump Indictment](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1691373357373-0b281874ac9da.jpg)
Fascist "Operation Lone Star" + Trump Indictment
Sam talks with Faisal Al-Juburi from RAICES Texas about the continuing brutal mistreatment of immigrants and asylum seekers in Texas, which has now placed razor wire barriers in the Rio Grande. RAICES first came to national attention during the family separation crisis under the Trump regime but has been providing services and advocacy for immigrants for decades. Follow and support their work at raicestexas.org.
Plus: commentary on the latest batch of Trump indictments which finally point out his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
Read the statement from the RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board: Trump Indicted for Attempting to Overturn Results of 2020 Election: A Time for Truth, Not Delusion; For Struggle, Not Complacency
Mentioned in this episode:
Reading the Indictment of Donald Trump (WNYC)
The Trump Jan. 6 Indictment, Annotated (NYT)
Texas DPS separates families at border in apparent policy shift (Houston Chronicle)
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![We Must Name It, In Order to Deal with It](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1690761695327-76bf9cb88964f.jpg)
We Must Name It, In Order to Deal with It
Sam talks with Dale Anderson, an organizer with Choose Democracy Now about what’s happening at the ground level in Sarasota, Florida as a case study of the spreading fascism in the US. Find out more about their work at choosedemocracynow.org.
Plus commentary from C. Clark Kissinger excerpted from the recent Q&A discussion with hosts of the show and Refuse Fascism patrons.
Mentioned in this episode:
Trump’s Attacks on the Legal System Are a Preview of How He Plans to Govern by Sasha Abramsky
The Center Cannot Hold by Paul Street
People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring by Brynn Tannehill
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![Voices from Abortion Rights Frontlines in Iowa](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1689545606872-d780ebc27877b.jpg)
Voices from Abortion Rights Frontlines in Iowa
Sam talks to women in Iowa, where a new abortion ban was just signed into law, making essentially all abortion services unobtainable.
Lyz Lenz ia a journalist based in Iowa and author of several books including Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. Find her on Twitter https://twitter.com/lyzl or her website https://lyzlenz.com/.
Allison Simpson founded We Won’t Go Back - Dubuque Area and Bridgett Kearney is active with the group (which you can join if you are nearby, details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2868970886743644/)
*No new episode next week but we are hosting a discussion for Patrons with editors of RefuseFascism.org Coco Das, Paul Street and Sam Goldman on Sunday July 23 at 4pm ET. Details / sign up for $5/month to join at https://www.patreon.com/refusefascism
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![The GOP Embrace of Fascist "Moms for Liberty"](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1688939799441-6eb368609e9ae.jpg)
The GOP Embrace of Fascist "Moms for Liberty"
Sam talks with David Gilbert, Senior Reporter with Vice.com about his recent coverage of the "Moms for Liberty" movement which just held their National Summit in Philly.
Read his recent piece The GOP Is Lining Up to Pay Homage to America's Newest Extremist Group, Moms for Liberty and follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/daithaigilbert and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidgilbertwriter/.
Mentioned in this episode:
Annika Brockschmidt: At Moms for Liberty Summit 'Mama Bears' Declare Spiritual War on the 'Radical Left'
https://religiondispatches.org/at-moms-for-liberty-summit-mama-bears-declare-spiritual-war-on-the-radical-left/
Anthea Butler: Nothing about Moms for Liberty is new. That’s why it's effective.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/moms-for-liberty-republican-politics-rcna92395
Nicole Hemmer: What history reveals about the biggest new power player in US politics
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/opinions/moms-for-liberty-conservative-women-history-hemmer
Dr. Gillian Frank: Moms Can Do Anything...Even Shape An Election
https://wearethemeteor.com/moms-for-liberty-history-white-supremacy/
ICYMI Related episode: Moms for "Liberty" aka Moms for Fascism
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/refuse-fascism/id1522364165?i=1000618282540
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![SCOTUS Openly Advances Fascism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1688339178468-7f265b77e6fac.jpg)
SCOTUS Openly Advances Fascism
Sam talks with Paul Street about the recent rulings from the Supreme Court including overturning affirmative action, legalizing discrimination against LGBTQ (and possibly other?) people, Moore v Harper (the "independent state legislature theory" case) and more. Follow Paul on Substack: https://substack.com/@paulstreet
Also listen to episode 160: SCOTUS, The Shadow Docket, & The Fascist Assault on the Environment https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nddQh2o8s3Cpka64Dmm8s
Mentioned in this episode:
Homophobic businesses in the US have a powerful ally: the US supreme court by Moira Donegan
The GOP Is Lining Up to Pay Homage to America's Newest Extremist Group, Moms for Liberty by David Gilbert
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3a3w/moms-for-liberty-summit-ron-desantis-trump
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![Moms for "Liberty" aka Moms for Fascism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1687734227442-eadf394a36887.jpg)
Moms for "Liberty" aka Moms for Fascism
Sam shares reflections on the one year anniversary of the overturn of Roe. Read the statement from Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights: https://riseup4abortionrights.org/june-24-2023-one-year-without-roe-take-your-fury-back-into-the-streets/
“Moms for Liberty” [sic] will be holding their national summit June 29 - July 2 in Philadelphia (cheers to the protestors). Producer Mark Tinkleman shares some commentary on this fascist movement.
Then, Sam interviews Karen Svoboda, CEO of Defense of Democracy about the Moms. Follow Defense of Democracy at https://defenseofdemocracy.org/.
Join Refuse Fascism in protesting in Philly - follow along on our socials (@RefuseFascism).
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![SCOTUS, The Shadow Docket, & The Fascist Assault on the Environment](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1687122761247-1865ac75a842a.jpg)
SCOTUS, The Shadow Docket, & The Fascist Assault on the Environment
Sam interviews Stephen Vladeck, law professor and author of the NY Times bestseller, The Shadow Docket, How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. Follow Steve on Twitter at @steve_vladeck and sign up for his Substack here: stevevladeck.substack.com.
Then, we talk to Julian Gonzalez, senior legislative counsel Earth Justice about the recent ruling that undermines the Clean Water Act and related attacks on the environment coming from the Supreme Court. Learn more about the work of Earth Justice at earthjustice.org.
Next weekend, join us in the streets of DC on the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision which overturned abortion rights demanding legal abortion nationwide: https://riseup4abortionrights.org/june-24-2023-one-year-without-roe-take-your-fury-back-into-the-streets/
Starting June 29 - July 2 the fascist anti-LGBTQ group "Moms for Liberty" will be holding their summit in Philly. Stay tuned for details on how to mobilize to defend people targeted for attack by this group, particularly the trans community.
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![Trump Indicted + Media Complicity in the Rise of Fascism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1686514622805-89fc287cde209.jpg)
Trump Indicted + Media Complicity in the Rise of Fascism
History was made this past week as Trump was finally federally indicted for keeping classified documents, mishandling them and obstructing all attempts to retrieve them from his bathroom and ballroom in Mar-a-Lago (among other places). Sam Goldman comments on this new situation and the calls for violence to retaliate from Trump and other Republifascist leaders.
Then, Sam interviews Mark Jacob, a former editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, about the way the media has handled and in some ways assisted the growth of the fascist movement in the US. Follow Mark on Twitter at @MarkJacob16.
Recommended Reading:
The Federal Trump Indictments and the Living Fascist Menace – Curb the Liberal Happy Dancing
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![Teaching Anti-Fascism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1685317293204-1d44aef358872.jpg)
Teaching Anti-Fascism
Sam talks to educator Michael Vavrus, professor emeritus at The Evergreen State College, about his new book Teaching Anti-Fascism: A Critical Multicultural Pedagogy for Civic Engagement.
From a review by Noah De Lissovoy (The University of Texas at Austin):
“Teaching Anti-Fascism brilliantly excavates the historical and contemporary sources of fascism in colonialism, anti-Blackness, and monopoly capitalism, and demonstrates that authoritarianism is embedded both in far-right movements and in the institutions of liberal democracy. Crucially challenging the hesitancy in education to confront fascist politics, Vavrus shows that multicultural teaching must take on an anti-fascist commitment in order to be true to its own values and vocation. For all who refuse the illusory consolation of ‘it can’t happen here,’ this book outlines a comprehensive program of critical and engaged civic education that we simply cannot do without.”
Then, Coco Das comments on the official start of the contest between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump for top dog fascist as well as the fascist persecution of the courageous Indiana abortion doctor Caitlin Bernard. Follow Coco at @Coco_Das.
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![Tucker Carlson and Stochastic Terrorism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1684782252797-8ba1c00288a3a.jpg)
Tucker Carlson and Stochastic Terrorism
Sam talks to Wajahat Ali about Tucker Carlson’s white supremacist legacy and anticipated next steps in the aftermath of his firing from FOX News. If you’re on Twitter you probably already follow Wajahat @WajahatAli. You can also read his latest book Go Back to Where You Came From And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American or listen to the podcast he co-hosts, Democracy-Ish.
Then, Coco Das talks to open source researcher Aric Toler who uncovered the details of the Allen Texas mass shooter’s fascist ideology. Read Tracing the Odnoklassniki Profile of the Texas Mall Shooter on Bellingcat and follow Aric at @AricToler.
Recommended Reading for this week:
What the Debt Limit Fight Is Actually About: It’s not about debt at all. It’s about turning back the political clock 100 years. by Jon Schwarz
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![Beyond Fake Opposition And Honeyed Words](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1684096880475-181e4a1f588e4.jpg)
Beyond Fake Opposition And Honeyed Words
Coco Das comments on the recent CNN-hosted Trump Town Hall (aka Klan rally) and Democratic reactions. Read her commentary here: Biden’s Camp Cheers on Trump’s CNN Town Hall: An “Opposition” Party that is Worse than Useless. Follow her on Twitter at @Coco_Das.
Plus: Sam interviews Akin Olla, National Press Secretary for the Dream Defenders, and contributing opinion writer for The Guardian, about the Dream Defenders' recent mobilization against Florida Governor Ron Desantis. Follow @Dreamdefenders on Twitter and learn more about their work at dreamdefenders.org. Follow Akin on Twitter at @thisisrevshow.
From RiseUp4AbortionRights.org:
Do not wait to see what plays out in the courts, act now!
In the Philadelphia area? Join host of the pod Sam Goldman at a Teach-In at Drexel University:
Hands off the Abortion Pill: the Christian Fascist Plan for a Federal Abortion Ban
Wednesday, May 17 6PM
Disque Hall Room 108
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![The Sweeping and Intensifying Fascist Attack on Trans People](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1683499925095-70bb3160f407a.jpg)
The Sweeping and Intensifying Fascist Attack on Trans People
Sam talks to Brynn Tannehill, former naval aviator and author of several books including American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy and her latest, My Child Told Me They're Trans ... What Do I Do?: A Q&A Guide by Parents of Thriving Trans Children.
A wave of legislation targeting trans people is sweeping the country. Read a roundup of some of these laws here (from HRC). Follow Brynn on Twitter at @BrynnTannehill and read her recent article for New Republic, "The End of Trans America Comes Into Focus."
Listen to the previous episode with Andy Campbell, author of We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism.
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![The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican with Fred Wellman](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1682886727140-d9f0095937dbf.jpg)
The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican with Fred Wellman
Sam interviews Fred Wellman, veteran and host of the On Democracy podcast, former executive director of the Lincoln Project about the state of the Republican Party (and its fascist base) and the lessons from recent years of the limitations of “politics as usual.” Follow Fred at @FPWellman and read his writings at fpwellman.substack.com.
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![Speed Bumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/5985298/5985298-1682287661007-ce898009fee3a.jpg)
Speed Bumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed
Sam Goldman and Coco Das (@Coco_Das) discuss the latest developments in the plans to institute a full abortion ban (which hit a speedbump on Friday with SCOTUS deciding to maintain the status quo access for mifepristone while the Kacsmaryk ruling works its way through appeals) as well as other developments in the past week.
Recommended reading:
Male Supremacy Is at the Core of the Hard Right’s Agenda
Weekly Roundup of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Advancing In States Across the Country
Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights action in Austin Texas April 22
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The Fascist Attack On Medication Abortion
This week we cover the fascist attack on medication abortion that has now made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court. Sam talks to Mark Joseph Stern, Senior Writer at Slate.com, who recently wrote The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill Has Already Prompted a Constitutional Crisis. Next, Sam shares an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Newhall, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist who participated in the effort to gain FDA approval of mifepristone.
Follow Mark on Twitter @mjs_DC
Mentioned in this episode:
It Is Time to Get Real. It Is Time to Fight for Abortion Rights! by Coco Das
American women, let this be your wake-up call: it won’t end with mifepristone by Moira Donegan
Listen to this recent episode if you haven’t already:
The Post-Dobbs Human Rights Emergency
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The Post-Dobbs Human Rights Emergency
Sam talks to Dr. Christine Ryan, Legal Director at Global Justice Center about the open letter issued by 200 other human rights organizations to the UN about the human rights emergency that is occurring in the US as abortion is criminalized in many states since Roe was overturned (read here). Follow Dr. Ryan on Twitter at @christinegjc.
Recommended Reading:
Trump’s Indictment: A Time for Vigilance, Not Complacency: https://refusefascism.org/2023/04/01/trumps-indictment-a-time-for-vigilance-not-complacency/
Join a Protest! Find Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Same Day/Next Day Protests if there is a negative decision in the mifepristone (abortion medication) case pending in Texas: https://riseup4abortionrights.org/find-a-protest/
Listen to these recent episodes if you haven't already:
Jeff Sharlet - The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Carrie Baker: Looming Decision That Could Ban Abortion Medication
Refuse Fascism is more than a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including the newest addition: mastodon.world/@refusefascism
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Jeff Sharlet - The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Sam talks to Jeff Sharlet, author and journalist (The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy) and now his new book The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. It's a must-read for understanding the moment we're in from someone who has closely followed the American fascist movement. Follow Jeff on Twitter at @JeffSharlet and Instagram: jeffsharlet.
Refuse Fascism is more than a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including the newest addition: mastodon.world/@refusefascism
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Your Questions Answered
Coco Das (@Coco_Das) and Paul Street (@Streetwriter17) in conversation with Sam Goldman (@SamBGoldman) answer listener questions on fascism and recent events.
Find or organize a protest at Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights: Fascist Judges: Keep Your Hands Off Abortion Medication!
Mentioned in this episode:
Christian Fascist Matthew Kacsmaryk’s Coming Ruling and the Need to Abandon Liberal Surrender and Complicity by Paul Street
Trump Might Face Criminal Charges—But He’s Unlikely to Face Justice by Elie Mystal
Refuse Fascism is more than a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. We're still on Twitter (@RefuseFascism) and other social platforms including the newest addition: mastodon.world/@refusefascism
Send your comments to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown