Christian Theocracy, the Crusades, & Modern-Day America
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the Transcript. Sam interviews Dr. Thomas Lecaque about apocalyptic Christianity, the GOP in 2022 and the medieval roots of support for secular fascists like Trump from Christian Nationalists. Read his recent articles Patriot Front and the Next Stage of the Culture War, “Jesus, guns, babies”: […]
Overturning Roe: A Watershed Moment for U.S. Fascism
Click here to listen on YouTube.com Click here to read the Transcript Sam and Coco Das discuss Coco’s new article for The Independent: Roe has been overturned and women’s bodies are no longer their own in America. Here’s what to do now. Follow Coco at @Coco_Das. Over the past couple weeks SCOTUS has issued a series of […]
SCOTUS: The Big Lie, Fascism: All Illegitimate
Click here to listen on YouTube.com On our first post-Roe episode, we share some of the voices from the streets over the last couple days outside the Supreme Court demanding the federal government restore the fundamental right to abortion across the country NOW, including Sunsara Taylor (@sunsarataylor), Paxton Smith (@paxtonsmith) and youth organizers. Then, writer […]
The Looming Abortion Rights Disaster & Even Worse To Come From The Supreme Court
Sam Goldman takes a break from protesting outside the Supreme Court to interview writer Jill Filipovic about the looming abortion rights disaster. Follow Jill’s work at jill.substack.com and follow her on Twitter at @JillFilipovic. Then, Sunsara Taylor interviews lawyer and host of the Amicus podcast Dahlia Lithwick about the legal rationale behind overturning the right to abortion and the many […]
Federico Finchelstein: “White Replacement Theory” & Fascism
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sam Goldman interviews Dr. Federico Finchelstein on the recent Op Ed he wrote with Dr. Jason Stanley in the LA Times: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name. Follow @FinchelsteinF on Twitter and check out his newest book, Fascist Mythologies: The History and Politics of Unreason in […]
Confronting & Rejecting a Culture of Fascist Violence
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript In the aftermath of the horrific massacre of schoolchildren in Uvalde, Texas, which was close on the heels of a white supremacist killing spree in Buffalo, NY, we’re re-sharing the extremely relevant interview Sam Goldman did with Dr. Carol Anderson in November […]
Acting Now to Defend Roe + Abortion Rights
Click here to listen on Youtube Coco Das @Coco_Das and Sam Goldman @SamBGoldman have been busy rallying people in the streets with RiseUp4AbortionRights.org over the past couple weeks – we share some of those speeches today. Join in nationwide protests this Thursday May 26 to raise your voice and raise hell as SCOTUS is on the verge of overturning Roe and allowing many […]
Thousands Rise Up to Say: Overturn Roe? Hell No!
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript More than 400 cities on Saturday May 14 saw protests demanding the Supreme Court not overturn Roe. We share some of the voices from a protest in NYC including Merle Hoffman, Founder/CEO Choices Women’s Medical Center and an initiator of RiseUp4AbortionRights.org, Rosita […]
Susana Chiarotti: Overturning Roe, A Brutal Lesson for Feminists on Resistance
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript A draft version of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe on the most retrograde basis has been leaked, authored by Samuel Alito. Coco Das (@Coco_Das) interviews Susana Chiarotti, Latin American Liaison for the Sisterhood is Global Institute about the global implications of […]
Marcela García: Lessons from the Green Wave Abortion Rights Victories in Latin America
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Coco Das interviews Boston Globe columnist Marcela García about her recent piece about the “Green Wave” movements in Latin America that have decriminalized abortion in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. Read Latin America moves forward in legalizing abortion as the US rolls back access. What […]