Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Dahlia Lithwick about how the SCOTUS and this term fit into the growing fascist threat and the stakes of the cases they will potentially be hearing and deciding this year. Dahlia Lithwick writes about the courts and the law for Slate and […]
The Bloody Promises of the Orange-Hued Malignancy
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with writer and historian Paul Street (also on the RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board) about recent events including the fascist attempts to shut down the government, the ouster of Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker of the House, and the increasingly violent threats […]
Fascism in America: Past and Present
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward, the two editors of a new book titled Fascism in America. Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is President of the Center for Jewish History and Professor of History at Fairfield University. He is the author or […]
Stop Cop City
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Keyanna Michelle Jones, an organizer with Community Movement Builders. They discuss the ominous and illegitimate RICO indictments “Cop City” opponents face and the fascist assault on the right to protest there. Follow her at @kmichelle_atl and learn more about […]
Fascists In the U.S. Military with Will Carless
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Will Carless, national correspondent for USA Today on extremism, about his recent investigation: The military ordered big steps to stop extremism. Two years later, it shows no results. Follow him on Twitter @WillCarless and read his work at USA Today. […]
Teach Truth Not Lies with Dr. Marvin Dunn
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Dr. Marvin Dunn, historian and activist with The Miami Center for Racial Justice about their educational tours of Florida covering sites of lynchings and other oppression (prime example: Rosewood) — the knowledge of which is being suppressed by the […]
Centuries-Old Conspiracy Theories That Fuel Fascism Today
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with Mike Rothschild, author of the forthcoming book Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (preorder now!). From Terry Matalas: “Like Mike Rothschild’s incredible deconstruction of QAnon in The Storm Is Upon Us, Jewish Space Lasers […]
The Court Is Wrong; Color-Blindness Serving White Supremacy
Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Sam talks with attorney and writer Madiba Dennie about the SCOTUS ruling from this June which eliminated race conscious education admissions. Follow her work at madibadennie.com and @AudreLawdAMercy. Plus more commentary on the brewing crisis escalated by the most recent indictments of Trump. Refuse Fascism is […]
Fascist “Operation Lone Star” + Trump Indictment
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read Transcript Sam talks with Faisal Al-Juburi from RAICES Texas about the continuing brutal mistreatment of immigrants and asylum seekers in Texas, which has now placed razor wire barriers in the Rio Grande. RAICES first came to national attention during the family separation crisis under […]
We Must Name It, In Order to Deal with It
Click here to listen on Youtube Click here to read Transcript Sam talks with Dale Anderson, an organizer with Choose Democracy Now about what’s happening at the ground level in Sarasota, Florida as a case study of the spreading fascism in the US. Find out more about their work at choosedemocracynow.org. Plus commentary from […]