The Sweeping and Intensifying Fascist Attack on Trans People
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the Transcript. Sam talks to Brynn Tannehill, former naval aviator and author of several books including American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy and her latest, My Child Told Me They’re Trans … What Do I Do?: A Q&A Guide by Parents of Thriving […]
The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican with Fred Wellman
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the Transcript. Sam interviews Fred Wellman, veteran and host of the On Democracy podcast, former executive director of the Lincoln Project about the state of the Republican Party (and its fascist base) and the lessons from recent years of the limitations of “politics as […]
Speedbumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the Transcript. Speed Bumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed Sam Goldman and Coco Das (@Coco_Das) discuss the latest developments in the plans to institute a full abortion ban (which hit a speedbump on Friday with SCOTUS deciding to maintain […]
The Fascist Attack On Medication Abortion
Click here to listen on YouTube. Click here to read the Transcript. This week we cover the fascist attack on medication abortion mifepristone that has now made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court. Sam talks to Mark Joseph Stern, Senior Writer at Slate.com, who recently wrote The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill […]
Don’t Laugh Off Fascism -Three Key Mistakes on Trumpism-Fascism
by Paul Street (reposted from The Paul Street Report) It’s easy to dismiss the fascist menace stalking the United States by focusing on the outrageous wackiness and buffoonery of national-level Republi-fascist politicos like the Republicans’ leading 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump, his US House of Representatives friends Marjorie Taylor-Greene (MTG), Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, and […]
It Is Time to Get Real. It Is Time to Fight for Abortion Rights!
In the immediate aftermath of a ruling by a federal judge revoking FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights called for protests around the country on April 8 and 9 to protest the outrageous & illegitimate violation of women’s fundamental right to abortion. The following is a speech given at […]
Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Decries Mifepristone Decision Outrageous & Illegitimate Violation of Women’s Fundamental Right to Abortion
April 8, 2023 For immediate release Press@RiseUp4AbortionRights 917 407 1286 Press@RiseUp4AbortionRights.org Video/photos of nationwide protests on Twitter & Instagram credit RiseUp4AbortionRights.org Interviews available Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights: Outrageous & Illegitimate Violation of Women’s Fundamental Right to Abortion Protests Today & Monday of Mifepristone Decision Protests of the mifepristone decision listed here and below Sunsara Taylor, Co-Initiator of RiseUp4AbortionRights.org and Co-Host […]
The Post-Dobbs Human Rights Emergency
Click here to listen on YouTube. Click here to read the Transcript. Sam talks to Dr. Christine Ryan, Legal Director at Global Justice Center about the open letter issued by 200 other human rights organizations to the UN about the human rights emergency that is occurring in the US as abortion is criminalized in many states since […]
Trump’s Indictment: A Time for Vigilance, Not Complacency
For the first time in U.S. history, a former president has been indicted. Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 4th, when the full list of charges will be unveiled. It is significant that Trump, who has always declared himself above the law and transformed the GOP and its base […]
Jeff Sharlet – The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Click here to listen on YouTube. Click here to read the Transcript. Sam talks to Jeff Sharlet, author and journalist (The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy) and now his new book The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. It’s a must-read for […]