Episode 243

Listen to reports and excerpts from the protests demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil and against the the broader fascist repression of the student movement to free Palestine. Sam and Mark discuss the moment we’re in and the critical need to mobilize intensely for the upcoming protest on April 5 in DC (with additional gatherings in cities around the country).

Then, Sam talks with David Smith, the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief. Read The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism: From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say and his latest: ‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history and follow his work at theguardian.com.

Act:

Join the Refuse Fascism Contingent in D.C. on Saturday April 5 at the HANDS OFF Protest

Read, Sign, Spread A Call to Conscience…A Call to Act

Mentioned in this episode:

• Dumbest Fascist Timeline Ever by Chris Lehmann (The Nation)
• Attention Must Be Paid to the Migrants Disappearing Under Trump by Sasha Abramsky (The Nation)
• What Will You Do? by Kaveh Akbar (The Nation)
• “You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos” by Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias (Mother Jones)
• “Restoring Truth” or Rewriting History? by Jemar Risby, Phd (Substack)
• Trump’s Big New Propaganda Push by Thomas Lecaque (The Bulwark)
• Don’t Take the Bait — Kristi Noem and Fascism’s Sadistic Eroticization of Power⁠ by Jeff Sharlet (Religion Dispatches)⁠
• Mike Johnson Suggests Eliminating Federal Courts After Trump Rulings Blocked by Zane McNeill (Truthout)
• When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed⁠ by John Naughton (The Guardian)⁠
• Trump Moves to End Union Protections Across Broad Swath of Government by Tyler Pager (NYT)

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown