January 6th Was a Dress Rehearsal
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript We share voices from activists with Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights who traveled to Kentucky, the scene of the latest state-level showdown against abortion rights. Then: Trump is shoring up support in local legislatures in preparation for his 2024 run for the presidency while revelations […]
Fearless Activists Mobilize on the Precipice of Fascist Anti-Abortion Victory
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sunsara Taylor interviews young activists from around the country who helped organize #RiseUp4AbortionRights protests this past weekend about what fuels their determination to stand up for the right to abortion and how in fact, it’s not too late to turn the tide. Find […]
Trans Resistance in Texas + Righteous Outrage in the Streets to Keep Abortion Legal
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sam Goldman interviews Juniper Porter, an activist with Trans Resistance of Texas (TROT) – an organization that recently held a die-in on the steps of the Texas State Capitol in support of trans rights (see press coverage). Follow @TRoT on Twitter and find more actions […]
Black Women in the Crosshairs of Christian Fascist Assault on Abortion
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sunsara Taylor (The RNL Show, We Only Want the World on WPFW and WBAI) interviews feminist, novelist, playwright and director Sikivu Hutchinson about the abortion crisis and more. Follow her work at sikivuhutchinson.com and on Twitter: @sikivuhutch. If the US Supreme Court overturns […]
Paul Street: False Narratives on the War in Ukraine
Click here to listen on Youtube We share the presentation from a recent webinar held with historian and writer Paul Street, member of the Refuse Fascism editorial board. Paul’s most recent book is This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America. Follow his work at paulstreet.org and @Streetwriter17. Read his recent article On Putin, the Ukraine War, […]
Annika Brockschmidt: America’s Holy Warriors + What a “No Fly Zone” Really Means
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sam Goldman interviews Annika Brockschmidt, German freelance journalist and podcast host, author of America’s Holy Warriors: How the Religious Rights Endangers Democracy. Follow Annika on Twitter at @ardenthistorian. If you speak German you will want to check out her podcast (co-hosted with recent Refuse Fascism […]
Student Walkouts Against “Don’t Say Gay” Law + Stopping Business as Usual
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sam Goldman interviews student organizers of recent walk-outs in Florida against the new law excluding LGBTQ people from primary school curricula. Then, voices from the International Women’s Day march for abortion on demand and without apology including: Michelle Xai, Merle Hoffman, Lori Sokol, […]
War in Ukraine + Defending the Right to Abortion
Click here to listen on Youtube Sam Goldman interviews Marc Eliot Stein with World Beyond War about Russia’s attack on Ukraine and what comes next. Follow Marc on Twitter at @asheresque and listen to the World Beyond War podcast here: worldbeyondwar.org/podcast. Recommended reading: A Hellish War in Ukraine: Where the Hell Did This Come From? Then, we share voices […]
Sunsara Taylor: Forced Motherhood = Female Enslavement
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read the Transcript Sam Goldman shares thoughts and commentary on the latest fascist developments domestic and international. Then we share Sunsara Taylor’s remarks from an event Feb. 16 at Revolution Books in Harlem on the abortion rights emergency in the US and a powerful call to […]
The #FluTruxKlan + Voices from Ottawa
Click here to listen on Youtube Coco Das interviews Steven Mesaros on the fascist trucker convoys that have been harassing and terrorizing residents of Ottawa for several weeks. Mesaros is a Canadian political science Ph.D student studying emerging far-right authoritarian movements. Follow him on Twitter at @RestoreTheReal. Then, Coco talks to some of the activists who […]