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Refuse Fascism
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The Refuse Fascism podcast is an independent and all-volunteer show that produces weekly episodes that expose, analyze, and oppose the very real danger and threat of fascism coming to power in the United States.Hosted by Sam Goldman, produced by volunteers with Refuse Fascism.
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Theocrats, Tech Lords, and the Quest for Absolute Power
Sam talks to Dr. Bradley Onishi about his new book, American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy. "Bradley Onishi has issued an alarming and urgent warning for the future of democracy. American Caesar reveals how a movement of white Christian nationalists,...
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The Rolling Coup to Lock Fascism Into Place: How Do We Stop It?
Relying on the midterms to stop fascism? They’re already moving to steal them. Leaders of Refuse Fascism break down the many-sided rolling coup already underway—from voter suppression and election subversion to the weaponization of federal power—and confront the urgent question: What will it take...
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Two Views of Trump/MAGA Fascism. Two Very Different Paths Forward.
Sam and Mark discuss the Trump regime's escalating fascist project—from moves to subvert the elections and ICE withholding detainees' locations to the normalization of Trump on the world stage. Mark provides commentary on two drastically different ways of understanding Trump and MAGA, why telling...
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Fascism, Faith and the Cost of Silence with Father David Gierlach
Sam talks with Father David Gierlach about white Christian nationalism, Trump MAGA fascism and what it means to recognize fascism as a moral reality demanding action. How can moral outrage become organized resistance? What does this moment demand of people of conscience—religious or not? And what...
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From Alarm to Action: Confronting Fascist Consolidation
The warnings are becoming more extraordinary, while the response remains remarkably ordinary. As the Trump Regime makes increasingly overt moves around the midterms, Sam talks with historian, author and Refuse Fascism leader Paul Street about where we are now: how far fascist consolidation has...
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Defending the Vote—and Defeating Fascism
As the Trump regime moves to subvert the midterms, thousands marched on Washington this week to defend voting rights. What will it take to defend those rights—and to stop the fascist regime attacking them? Sam talks with fellow Refuse Fascism leader Coco Das about the escalating assault on the...
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Opposition Puppet Master: Criminalizing the Opposition
Newly revealed government documents expose Operation Puppet Master, an expansive DHS surveillance and infiltration operation targeting people and organizations opposing ICE in Minnesota. This week, we dig into what was exposed and the escalating criminalization of dissent under the Trump fascist...
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Stealing Elections, American Style
Sam talks with David F. Walbert, renowned constitutional lawyer and author of the book, Stealing Elections, American Style, coming out this September. Walbert writes, "Applying Trump’s playbook from 2020 leads to a grim path in November. " Pre-order the book here. Follow his work at...
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American Peril with Scott Kurashige
Sam talks to scholar and activist Dr. Scott Kurashige, author of the new book American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism. "This is a must-read book to understand the multifaceted history of anti-Asian violence not only as individual attacks but through the context of war…
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From Prairieland to All of Us
Sam talks to investigative journalist Will Potter about the Prairieland case and the alarming new repressive turn this represents for everyone. Follow his work at willpotter.com and on Instagram, and read his latest book Little Red Barns: Hiding the truth, from farm to fable. Recommended Reading:...
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What Time Is It? Fascism and the 2026 Elections
Those who insist that lobbying and the midterms will stop Trump fascism are asking people to place their hopes in a future the regime is actively working to foreclose. They are not preparing people to stop fascism—they are preparing them to live with it. Sam and Mark break down why that's true,...
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Trump Fascism, Historical Erasure, and the Battle Over Truth
On the eve of July 4th, against the backdrop of Independence Hall and the Trump-censored President’s House memorial—where enslaved Africans were held in bondage as the foundations of the American republic were laid—Refuse Fascism convened an urgent outdoor public panel discussion, discussing…
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The Prairieland Model: Criminalizing Dissent
Trump’s presidential memorandum NSPM-7, designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist threat, was just deployed successfully against eight anti-ICE protesters in Texas, almost one year after a small noise demonstration outside the Prairieland ICE detention center. This is a horrifying precedent...
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The Paradox of a Weakened Trump
This week, Sam talks with Paul Street about the continuing danger that comes from an increasingly embattled Trump regime in the aftermath/continuing horror of the Iran war "operation" debacle. Follow Paul Street on Substack at paulstreet.substack.com. Mentioned in this episode: America at 250:...
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Close Delaney Hall - Close Them All
It has been six years since we started this podcast (during the height of the Covid pandemic and directly before the nationwide uprising demanding justice for George Floyd), and our mission to refuse fascism has never been more needed! Thank you to everyone who has been with us for the past few...
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Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory
Sam speaks on the events of the week including the fascist coup fund, the theocratic extravaganza on the national mall, the neo-Nazi mass murder, new green card restrictions, and how to have hope in the face of all that. Then, she speaks with acclaimed historian and author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi…
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White Power Grab: Tennessee’s Assault on Black Voting Rights with Sen. Oliver & Rep. Johnson
Sam speaks to members of the Tennessee state legislature about the state's immediate redistricting designed to disempower Black communities in response to the SCOTUS overturning of the VRA, including Sen. Charlane Oliver (who stood on her desk in the chamber with a banner reading "No Jim Crow…
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Will The People Accept The Jim Crow 2.0?
Sam and Coco discuss the recent SCOTUS ruling that essentially overturned the Voting Rights Act and re-disenfranchised Black voters, the latest step in nailing together a form of fascist rule in this country. Then they chat about the right way to respond to this crisis. Is it by somehow "voting...
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Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America with Omer Aziz
Sam speaks with Omer Aziz, journalist, lawyer, and former foreign policy advisor. His latest book (published April 28) is Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good. Stephen King wrote, "Omer Aziz has written a book that should be an alarm bell...
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“Conversion Therapy,” Free Speech, & Rising Aggression
This week Sam speaks with Wayne Besen, longtime activist with Truth Wins Out, the pioneering LGBTQ rights organization that has led the fight against so-called "conversion therapy." They talk about the recent (terrible) Supreme Court ruling on this cruel and anti-scientific quackery and the...
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All Out for May Day: Trump Must Go Now!
This week we're sharing the recording of the organizing webinar held April 19, hosted by Sam Goldman featuring Refuse Fascism leaders Coco Das and Andy Zee. From the statement posted to refusefascism.org on April 19: This May Day must be a day of no business as usual—walking out of work and…
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The Dangerous Precedent of the Prairieland “Antifa” Trial
Sam recaps the moral challenge before all of us living in a country led by a president who just this week explicitly threatened to unleash genocide against a whole people, saying he would "end the whole [Iranian] civilization" unless they bow to his demands. Join the Refuse Fascism webinar next...
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A Short History of American Fascism: From the KKK to the Trump Era
Dr. John Donoghue discusses how the Trump regime’s fascism is rooted in deep white supremacist historical currents running from colonial North America through the present. Confronting this history is essential if we are going to determine what it will take to defeat MAGA fascism, which poses a...
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Get Ready for No Kings: What Will It Take to Stop Trump?
Trump’s war on Iran is illegal, illegitimate and immoral. It has already killed thousands. It is threatening to spiral into a far wider catastrophe. At home: ICE terror continues. New camps are being built. More people are dying in detention. Trans rights are being erased. Voices and media that...
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From Minab to Armageddon
To better understand the impact of the US/Israel War on Iran this week, Sam talks with Sussan Tahmasebi, Executive Director and the Co-founder of Femena, the support organization for women human rights defenders in MENA/Asia. Then, she talks with journalist Jonathan Larsen about the influence of...
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Christian Nationalism, War on Iran, and Trump’s Concentration Camps
This week, Sam speaks with Matthew D. Taylor, about the religious undercurrents underpinning this incredibly dangerous new war against Iran. Dr. Taylor is a visiting scholar at Georgetown University's Center on Faith and Justice. His latest book The Violent Take It by Force offers a history of…
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The State of Fascism and The New War of Aggression Against Iran
"Donald Trump, in conjunction with Israel, has launched a murderous, illegitimate, and illegal war against the sovereign country of Iran—openly aimed at regime change. This is an unprovoked war of aggression, the supreme war crime, and it must be stopped now." -from the new statement posted to...
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Trump’s New International Law: Might Makes Right
Stephen Miller, Trump’s Goebbels, has openly declared that the new “international law” is “might makes right.” To discuss how that is playing out with the attacks on small boats off the coasts of South America, the kidnapping of President Maduro of Venezuela, the attempt to squeeze the country of...
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Dispatch From Minnesota: Power in Defiance
Sam recaps the latest developments as the regime continues to signal their plan to undermine midterm elections and anything that will impede their goal of ethnic cleansing. Then, she speaks with Cliff Willmeng, Minneapolis resident, nurse and activist, about the crisis facing the Twin Cities: the...
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ICE Out of Everywhere, Trump Must Go Now
All eyes are on Minnesota's Twin Cities, where the people there are showing the world how to unite as a community to reject fascist oppression. Coast to coast, the demand is ICE Out Now. But for ICE to go, Trump has to go. This past week, Sam talked to Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld, author of...
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Murder is the Message: Trump’s Gestapo in Minnesota
Sam and Mark discuss the recent events in the Twin Cities including the murder of peaceful observer Alex Pretti that came one day after a historic Day of Truth and Freedom that shut down the city and brought tens of thousands into the streets in sub zero temperatures, and the response that is...
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One Year of Trump 2.0 — A Year of Lawless Murder and Boundless Terror
One year into Trump 2.0: what we face in the Trump regime is fascism. Sam talks to human rights lawyer and writer Qasim Rashid (follow his work on Substack at qasimrashid.com), and we share analysis and orientation for activists and everyone newly inspired to act for humanity from Coco Das…
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Emergency! Trump’s ICE Gestapo Commits Cold Blooded Murder
It's critical that the protests that have erupted in response to an ICE agent's cold blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good continue to grow in size and determination. This whole fascist regime must be driven from power. Renee was the fifth person killed by ICE since the Trump regime's escalated...
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Stop the Illegal Invasion of Venezuela — Trump Must Go NOW!
Sam, Mark and Paul Street (The Paul Street Report and Refuse Fascism's leadership group) talk about the brazen and criminal attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife, the Trump regime's goals for the hemisphere, and what people of conscience must do in response....
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2025: Live With Fascism — or Stop It
Fascism is no longer aspirational — it’s operational. What 2025 revealed, and what 2026 demands. Featuring voices from the past year: Thomas Zimmer (237) Sunsara Taylor (269) David Smith (243) Judith Levine (252) Mary Anne Franks (266) Moustafa Bayoumi (260) Nicholas Grossman (272) Michele…
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Trump’s Fascism and the Drive Toward War in Venezuela
We share some of the voices from the December 13 action delivering the People's Indictment of Donald Trump at the White House. Read and share here: The People’s Indictment of Donald Trump: A Unified Declaration of Illegitimacy - Refuse Fascism. Then, Sam speaks with Matthew Hoh, former U.S.…
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What Does a Fascist Military Look Like?
Join us next Saturday, Dec. 13 at the White House to deliver the People's Indictment of Donald Trump. 3,000 people are needed to completely surround the White House. Sign up to be one here. Donate towards buses to bring people to DC. Today we share comments from Sunsara Taylor, co-initiator of...
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United for the Removal of the Regime
Solidarity to all those under attack by ICE this week and mobilizing to defend their communities in North Carolina.! The continuing protests in D.C. have taken on even more urgency with Trump's call for members of Congress to be put to death (for upholding the constitution, of course). The Remove...
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Sounds from Surrounding The White House
This week we're sharing some of the voices from the action yesterday that featured crime scene tape, wrapped around the White House. *You can watch The Neighborhood Kids musical contribution to the protest here. From now until Trump is out of power – Everyday in the DC area going out to the…
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How We Build Momentum to Drive Out The Trump Fascist Regime
On Wednesday November 5, thousands of determined, beautiful people from across the country came together in the nation’s Capital—on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s election—to raise a call to millions: Join us! Trump Must Go! Trump Must Go Now! People felt the urgent historic mission and…
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The Countdown to Nov 5 and Unrelenting Nonviolent Protest
As we countdown to November 5, we're sharing some critical analysis and testimony from participants in this movement and beyond. First, Sam provides a recap on plans in DC right now and how you can help. It's not too late to get involved - go to refusefascism.org and sign up. Then we share…
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What's Next After No Kings?
October 18, the No Kings protests around the country mobilized 7 million people into the streets "denouncing Trump" as the New York Times put it. Now it's time to bring that strength to the seat of power in DC. The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5…
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The Freedom to Silence You — Dr. Mary Anne Franks on Trump’s War on Dissent
Sam recaps some of the developments from the past week including the escalating attacks on cities (such as the Black Hawk helicopter raid on an apartment building in South Shore Chicago), the Trump/Hegseth meeting to direct generals to get ready to wage war crimes and train troops against the US...
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Defeating Trump/MAGA Fascism CAN Be Done… But We Have to Do It
This week we're sharing the presentation Sunsara Taylor gave at the mass organizing meeting in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, plus a brief recap of just some of the developments over the past week, both positive (Jimmy Kimmel was reinstated after groundswell of outrage) and ominous (the regime's...
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Kimmel Stays — Trump Must Go Now!
We’ve reached the stage of fascist consolidation where the regime directly censors the media (either “the hard way or the easy way” in FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s words). We’re sharing clips from the emergency demonstrations Refuse Fascism organized in response to ABC/Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.…
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The Danger Grows — So Must the Movement to Drive Trump Out
Sam speaks with Baltazar Enriquez from the Little Village Community Council in Chicago, which has been the center of Trump's threats in recent weeks. Then, we share excerpts from the organizers' webinar with Andy Zee, Sunsara Taylor and Coco Das held on Friday September 19, discussing how the...
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Against the Mass Deportation Machine in the Sky
Trump and Hegseth have declared that with the renamed Dept. of War, the U.S. is "going on offense." Sam digests this, along with the news that unknown people have been murdered by this "most lethal" military through random strikes on boats recently near Venezuela and during Trump 1.0 just off the...
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Nov 5: Drive the Trump Regime from Power
This week we're sharing highlights from the organizing webinar last week that kicked off the push towards the Nov 5 mobilization. Watch the full August 28 Organizing Webinar: The time has come for the fall of the Trump Fascist Regime Call for the 5th & organizing resources Commit to be in DC New...
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Trump’s DC Takeover - Straight Out of the Fascist Playbook
Sam recaps the latest ways that fascism is ratcheting forward including Trump’s latest threats to sic the military on other cities besides LA and DC. Then she speaks to Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi, author of Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook (The Guardian). Follow…
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Time For the Fall of the Trump Regime
Yesterday Refuse Fascism led marchers to the White House demanding Trump Must Go NOW, as Trump took federal control of the DC police and deployed national guard and other federal agencies onto the streets of the city to terrorize residents. Visit refusefascism.org for videos and coverage. We…
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