Episode 304
The warnings are becoming more extraordinary, while the response remains remarkably ordinary.
As the Trump Regime makes increasingly overt moves around the midterms, Sam talks with historian, author and Refuse Fascism leader Paul Street about where we are now: how far fascist consolidation has advanced, how extraordinary acts become normalized even as more people recognize the danger, and why recognition alone doesn’t necessarily lead to resistance.
What accounts for the gap between widespread opposition and sustained action? And what turns recognition of the danger into people acting to stop it?
Paul Street is a historian, author, longtime contributor to CounterPunch and a leader of Refuse Fascism. Read his writing at The Paul Street Report on Substack.
*This conversation was recorded prior to the AfD victory.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Latest in the Trump Fascist Assault on Mail-in Ballots
Week of August 30: Atrocities at a Dizzying Pace
It’s the Power, Stupid: Dancing in the Dark, Part 4 by Mark Medish & Joel McCleary
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