Coco Das talks with Houston teacher and activist Jamilah, and a friend of Anthony Huber (Black Lives Matter protester murdered by a 17 yr old white supremacist in Kenosha, WI) talks to a Chicago activist. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing intensifies the urgent need to get in the streets to drive out the Trump/Pence regime as we speed toward an election that is being stolen. RefuseFascism.org is calling for protests on the day marking the 200,000 death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. on September 21:...
Sep 20, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Sam Goldman (@SamanthaGoldm19) talks to Joshua Shanes, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, and Director of the Center of Israel Studies, at the College of Charleston. He has published widely on modern Jewish politics, culture and religion, antisemitism and nationalism, as well as American and Israeli politics in both academic and popular outlets including Slate, Washington Post, Haaretz and Tikkun. He'll have a new article out this week on the popularity of Trump among Orthodox Jews in the on...
Sep 14, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Refuse Fascism called for people to come into the streets on September 5 for a LIVING DECLARATION to the world that we are uniting, we are organizing, we are determined, we are preparing to struggle with all we’ve got, starting now and not stopping until the Trump/Pence regime is driven from power and its fascist program brought to a halt. 25 cities participated in this day of action. With reports still coming in, follow refusefascism.org and @RefuseFascism on social media for more coverage and ...
Sep 07, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
“On September 5th we must make a LIVING DECLARATION to the world that we are uniting, we are organizing, we are determined, we are preparing to struggle with all we’ve got, starting now and not stopping until the Trump/Pence regime is driven from power and its fascist program brought to a halt. Driving out this regime is in the interest of humanity. On September 5th under the unifying demand of Trump/Pence Out Now, we should see the diversity of people who don’t want to live in a fascist America...
Aug 30, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward, writer, theologian and Vice President and Religious Committee Chair of the Transylvania County NAACP talks with Sam Goldman ( @SamanthaGoldm19 ) about activism in rural North Carolina and the recent article she co-wrote, It's Time To Resist The Rising Tide Of Fascism . Then, actor Jodie Sweetin (Full House, Fuller House) talks with Sunsara Taylor (The RNL Show) about why she's throwing in with the movement to demand Trump/Pence Out Now. Follow Jodie Sweetin on Twitter an...
Aug 23, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Refuse Fascism is calling for a nationwide day of united protests demanding Trump/Pence Out Now. This is a demand that anyone and everyone can take up and bring into the movements you’re already a part of, whether Black Lives Matter, the environmental movement or any other just cause. We all need to confront the existential threat that faces us from the White House and unite to make this demand real. Hear from Andy Zee (The RNL Show), Jodie Sweetin, Carl Dix and Paul Street about why and how pro...
Aug 16, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Amid increasingly ominous signs that the Trump/Pence regime is undermining US elections, RefuseFascism.org issues a call for nationwide protest on September 5 demanding Trump/Pence Out Now. Members of the Editorial Board ( @CocoDas @Carl_Dix @AfterDaylight ) discuss why and how these protests are being organized. Plus, attorney, writer, and self-identified "Angriest Black Man in America" Michael Coard speaks with Sam Goldman about uprooting structural racism and the urgency of the moment we're i...
Aug 09, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 12
More and more political commentators are using the F word and talking what to do about it. Andy Zee, one of the initiators of Refuse Fascism, comments on the developing situation in the US in late July 2020. Sarah Posner, author of the new book "Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump" talks about the Christian Right's unwavering support for Trump. "If NOW isn’t the time to be in the streets nonviolently demanding the immediate ouster of this regime, when IS? "Trump i...
Aug 02, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In an ominous escalation of fascism, the Trump/Pence regime sent federal agents from multiple agencies to storm the streets of Portland, Oregon and crush ongoing protests. He is now deploying them to positions across the country, targeting those who dare to defy this regime and Democratic-run cities with large populations of Black people. In the United States the federal government now commands rapid deployment forces that can be sent to suppress protest or take over as “law enforcement” for any...
Jul 27, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Chantelle Herschberger and attorney Michael Plaut discuss the case of the Freeway 9 in Los Angeles - activists who blocked the highway in 2017 with a banner reading “Trump/Pence Out Now.” The case was finally dismissed this spring after two mistrials. Organizers with Refuse Fascism in LA mounted a political defense, admitting that they were in fact on the highway, but that it was necessary and protected under the first amendment due to the danger posed by this regime. Over the course of the pros...
Jul 19, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We’re all asking ourselves a lot of questions right now: What does it mean to be a “good person” at this time? How can we ensure that Black lives be preserved against the forces of violent racism? And - will we accept Trump and his whole agenda of white supremacy and hate as legitimate if he stays in power? If we won’t accept it then, why would we accept it now? RefuseFascism.org co-editors Coco Das ( @coco_das ) and Sarah Roark ( @afterdaylight ) talk about the morality of living in Trump’s Ame...
Jul 12, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (now a Netflix documentary) is interviewed by Samantha Goldman, activist with RefuseFascism.org ( @SamanthaGoldm19 ). If you were horrified by Pence’s instructions to pray instead of wearing a mask, or bewildered by the seemingly unshakeable support from evangelicals for a morally bankrupt character like Trump, you need to follow Jeff Sharlet's work. Recent articles on Vanity Fair include “You Know What ...
Jul 06, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In an interview recorded May 18, writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton discusses Trump’s death cult with activist Sam Goldman. Jared Yates Sexton is an author and political analyst whose work has appeared in The New York Times , The New Republic , Politico , The Daily Beast , and elsewhere. Most recently he’s the author of American Rule: How A Nation Conquered The World But Failed Its People , forthcoming from Dutton/Penguin-Random House in Fall 2020. He can be found on Twitter @jysext...
Jun 28, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
As Trump continues with plans to hold a rally in Tulsa the day after Juneteenth (Emancipation Day), Coco Das ( @coco_das ), an editor of RefuseFascism.org , and Carl Dix ( @carl_dix ) discuss how and why the people must act urgently right now to defend Black lives, demand an end to police murder and the growing police state and most of all: demand the ouster of the Trump/Pence regime. Protests are planned around the country on Juneteenth (June 19th) and on Saturday (June 20, the day of Trump's r...
Jun 19, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Protests continue against white supremacy and police murder across the country, as more people identify Trump as a fascist and demand his resignation. Today's episode is airing on Trump's birthday, which is being "celebrated" with protests outside the White House and in multiple cities around the country. Jason Stanley ( @jasonintrator ), philosopher and author of "How Fascism Works," is interviewed by Coco Das ( @coco_das ), an editor of RefuseFascism.org . This discussion was recorded on June ...
Jun 14, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Coco Das, one of the editors of RefuseFascism.org interviews Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian of fascism, who tweeted on May 21st : "When do you know authoritarian corruption has advanced to a new stage? When they don’t hide it. Trump’s been frank: if it might lose me the election, it cannot be allowed." Since the interview, an extraordinarily broad and diverse movement against police murder has erupted across the country, with incredible repression and brutality inflicted against protesters in DC and ...
Jun 08, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 3
RefuseFascism.org volunteer Sam Goldman talks with Lucian Truscott IV, writer for Salon.com in an interview that was recorded via Facebook Live a couple weeks ago, during what was a very different moment, as anti-science fascists were mobilizing to demand states reopen. THIS WEEK Call to Action: Trump has unleashed US military police against peaceful protest and threatened to call out the military nationwide. An uprising has begun. Day after day, night after night, coast to coast, the streets fi...
Jun 04, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Coco Das, member of Refusefascism.org Editorial Board interviews Amanda Marcotte, writer for Salon.com about her recent piece Oops, they did it again: Trump's refusal to wear a mask as a signal to fascism . Read, sign, and spread the Refuse Fascism Statement of Conscience and Call to Act: bit.ly/RFOutNow Chip in to support the movement to drive out the Trump/Pence regime: Venmo @Refuse-Fascism Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown....
Jun 01, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
