Episode 227This week we re-run two interviews featuring contributors to the June issue of The New Republic titled “What American Fascism Would Look Like.” Emmanuel Guerisoli discusses his essay The “Day One” Dictatorship (co-authored by Federico Finchelstein). Emmanuel is a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School. He can be followed at @emmaGuerisoli. Then, Francisco Goldman discusses his essay From Texas to Massachusetts: On the border in a fascist America. Francisco is a novelist and journalist. His most recent novel is Monkey Boy, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He can be followed on ex-Twitter at @PacoGoldman or on Instagram @franciscogoldman.
Mentioned in this episode:
- “Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda by Molly Redden and Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented
- Ep 213: Fascist Riots in the UK, Fascist Plots in the US
- Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans by Tess Owen
- American Families United Act by Andrew Moriarity
- Trump 2.0 Poses an Even Bigger Threat to Migrants. Here’s How We Fight Back. by Silky Shah
- Trump’s border czar pick supports using Texas ranch for mass deportations by Alejandro Serrano
- How millions of US children would be hurt by Trump’s mass deportation plan: ‘Deep harm is intentional’ by Robin Buller
- Trump’s Cabinet: Forging a Fascist Machine (revcom.us)
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown