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On January 16, Coco Das was a guest on the Radio Free Labor show on WEFT in Champaign Illinois, hosted by Gus Wood, Bob Paleczny and Stephanie Fortado, discussing the implications of the attempted fascist coup on January 6, and the dangers and challenges posed by what what the Trump/Pence regime leaves behind.
“[Fascism] didn’t start with Trump. He cohered a certain coalition that rose to power and was very effective and actually advanced, as you pointed out, through every institution in society including the courts, the military the police and it’s not going away… it’s leaving behind this whole block of elected officials who have power, who really believe or are peddling this conspiracy that this election was stolen from Trump. And there’s this whole fascist base that we saw mobilized and energized to go and storm the Capitol. That still is going to require the mass of the people being mobilized and organized and activated to refuse to accept that…”