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Refuse Fascism — 298 episodes

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Trump Fascism, Historical Erasure, and the Battle Over Truth

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The Prairieland Model: Criminalizing Dissent

3

The Paradox of a Weakened Trump

4

Close Delaney Hall - Close Them All

5

Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory

6

White Power Grab: Tennessee’s Assault on Black Voting Rights with Sen. Oliver & Rep. Johnson

7

Will The People Accept The Jim Crow 2.0?

8

Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America with Omer Aziz

9

“Conversion Therapy,” Free Speech, & Rising Aggression

10

All Out for May Day: Trump Must Go Now!

11

The Dangerous Precedent of the Prairieland “Antifa” Trial

12

A Short History of American Fascism: From the KKK to the Trump Era

13

Get Ready for No Kings: What Will It Take to Stop Trump?

14

From Minab to Armageddon

15

Christian Nationalism, War on Iran, and Trump’s Concentration Camps

16

The State of Fascism and The New War of Aggression Against Iran

17

Trump’s New International Law: Might Makes Right

18

Dispatch From Minnesota: Power in Defiance

19

ICE Out of Everywhere, Trump Must Go Now

20

Murder is the Message: Trump’s Gestapo in Minnesota

21

One Year of Trump 2.0 — A Year of Lawless Murder and Boundless Terror

22

Emergency! Trump’s ICE Gestapo Commits Cold Blooded Murder

23

Stop the Illegal Invasion of Venezuela — Trump Must Go NOW!

24

2025: Live With Fascism — or Stop It

25

Trump’s Fascism and the Drive Toward War in Venezuela

26

What Does a Fascist Military Look Like?

27

United for the Removal of the Regime

28

Sounds from Surrounding The White House

29

How We Build Momentum to Drive Out The Trump Fascist Regime

30

The Countdown to Nov 5 and Unrelenting Nonviolent Protest

31

What's Next After No Kings?

32

The Freedom to Silence You — Dr. Mary Anne Franks on Trump’s War on Dissent

33

Defeating Trump/MAGA Fascism CAN Be Done… But We Have to Do It

34

Kimmel Stays — Trump Must Go Now!

35

The Danger Grows — So Must the Movement to Drive Trump Out

36

Against the Mass Deportation Machine in the Sky

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Nov 5: Drive the Trump Regime from Power

38

Trump’s DC Takeover - Straight Out of the Fascist Playbook

39

Time For the Fall of the Trump Regime

40

Shut Down ICE, Shut Down the Trump Regime

41

No More Business As Usual

42

A Breathtaking Disregard for Human Rights With Michele Goodwin

43

Gerrymandering the Law for the GOP + Declaring Independence from Trump’s Fascist America

44

All Out for July 4 to Declare Independence from Trump Fascism

45

From War on Iran to Trans Bans: Trump's Escalating War on Us All

46

The Fascist Military Spectacle, Genocidal Ideology + The Movement We Need

47

Raids, resistance, and believing what’s in front of our eyes

48

June 14: Trump’s Military Parade Must Be Opposed

49

“We Are Responsible for Each Other” — Building Solidarity to Defeat Fascism Together

50

Intent and Atrocity: Dr. Raz Segal on Gaza, Genocide and the Machinery of Fascism

51

The Danger Is Real. So Is Our Power to Stop It.

52

Academics Speak out Against Fascism

53

We’re In It Now: Trump Defies the Courts, Targets Us All

54

Artists Refusing Fascism

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All Out For April 5: Silence = Collaboration

56

How Young Men are Recruited into Fascism - And How to Stop It With Craig Johnson

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Mahmoud Khalil Must Be Freed - Trump Must Go

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Decorum Vs. Determined Resistance with A.R. Moxon

59

Stop the War on Women and LGBTQ People

60

Purges in the Military and Growing Resistance in the Streets

61

Unprecedented: Sasha Abramsky & Thomas Zimmer on the Crisis We Face

62

Watering The Seeds of Resistance

63

The First Two Weeks: Fascism is a Package Deal

64

Week One of Trump Regime 2.0 with Chrissy Stroop

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Sheriffs As Trump’s Shock Troops w/ Jessica Pishko

66

The Most Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Bill Yet + An Announcement

67

Resistance on Hold: The Crisis of Inaction in Perilous Times

68

2024: Year in Review

69

How Trump’s Leveraging “Unitary Executive” Theory to Harness Supreme Power

70

Gender Liberation, Radical Defiance & The Power of Street Art

71

Refusing Trump’s Orders: Military Resistance to Mass Deportation

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"Day One" Dictator & Trump's Monstrous Mass Deportation Plans

73

Trump’s Opening Salvo, Dems Roll Out The Welcome Mat + Christians Against Christian Nationalism

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No Election Can Legitimize Fascism! We REFUSE to Accept a MAGA Fascist USA

75

What you Need to Know Before the Election For Whatever Comes Next

76

The 2024 Election: The Future Hangs In The Balance

77

A Word From The Folks Calling Trump Fascist Since 2016

78

Preparing for a Coup: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t

79

Lessons of Kristallnacht, “Civil War,” and Mass Deportation

80

Late Fascism with Alberto Toscano

81

How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

82

Chaos Comes Calling with Sasha Abramsky

83

Dispatch on American Political Dystopia

84

Who’s Afraid Of (Talking About) The Christian Right?

85

The Young Person's Illustrated Guide to American Fascism + DNC Vibes

86

Fascist Riots in the UK, Fascist Plots in the US

87

The GOP, Netanyahu & Jewish Safety

88

The Fascist Spectacle at the RNC + Resistance We Need

89

The War on Women & the Genocide in Gaza

90

The Fascist Führer Decision + Schedule F

91

The “Debate,” SCOTUS & the Constitutional Bind

92

The Originalism Trap With Madiba K. Dennie

93

Constructing MAGA Lore: Trump's Convictions, January 6 and American Political Violence

94

Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy

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The Convicted Felon & “Day One” Dictator

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The Freedom to Dominate with Jefferson Cowie

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Perspectives on Stopping Fascism in the US in 2024

98

The Wannabe Fascist

99

This American Fascism: A Retrospective

100

"White Rural Rage" with Tom Schaller

101

Constitutional Sheriffs, Militias, and Other Local Fascist Initiatives

102

Choices: A Post Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto

103

Fascism On Trial with Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux

104

Fascism Isn't Just a German Problem

105

Genocide in Gaza, Repression in the US

106

Rick Perlstein: The Infernal Triangle + Christian Nationalist Project 2025

107

The Cataclysm of a Second Trump Term

108

Combatting Disinformation

109

The Fascist Fringe + Fascist Mainstream

110

The Institutions Still Won't Save Us

111

Civil War Historians: Trump Is Disqualified + Report from Eagle Pass, Texas

112

The White Power Movement in 2024

113

The Year Ahead and the New Fascism Syllabus

114

The Nightmare Immigrants Face At the Texas Border

115

Ian Millhiser on Trump’s Trials + Paul Street on Jan 6 Anniversary

116

2023: The Year In Review

117

Q&A With The Refuse Fascism Editorial Board

118

The Evangelical Prophets Anointing Trump

119

Susan Neiman on Universalism Against Nationalism

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Project 2025: Roadmap for Fascist Consolidation

121

Censored Classrooms & The Freedom to Read

122

The Nightmare That Is House Speaker Mike Johnson

123

Stop the Genocide in Gaza

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Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick

125

The Bloody Promises of the Orange-Hued Malignancy

126

Abortion, Birth Control and What’s Next with Roxy Szal + Commentary From Coco Das

127

Fascism in America: Past and Present

128

Stop Cop City

129

Fascists In the U.S. Military with Will Carless

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Teach Truth Not Lies with Dr. Marvin Dunn

131

Centuries-Old Conspiracy Theories That Fuel Fascism Today

132

The Court is Wrong; Color-Blindness Serving White Supremacy

133

Fascist "Operation Lone Star" + Trump Indictment

134

We Must Name It, In Order to Deal with It

135

Voices from Abortion Rights Frontlines in Iowa

136

The GOP Embrace of Fascist "Moms for Liberty"

137

SCOTUS Openly Advances Fascism

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Moms for "Liberty" aka Moms for Fascism

139

SCOTUS, The Shadow Docket, & The Fascist Assault on the Environment

140

Trump Indicted + Media Complicity in the Rise of Fascism

141

Teaching Anti-Fascism

142

Tucker Carlson and Stochastic Terrorism

143

Beyond Fake Opposition And Honeyed Words

144

The Sweeping and Intensifying Fascist Attack on Trans People

145

The Fantasy of the Reasonable Republican with Fred Wellman

146

Speed Bumps on the Highway to Christian Fascism and the Resistance Still Needed

147

The Fascist Attack On Medication Abortion

148

The Post-Dobbs Human Rights Emergency

149

Jeff Sharlet - The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

150

Your Questions Answered

151

Katelyn Burns: The True Aims of the Anti-Trans Movement

152

The Fascist State of Florida & Student Resistance

153

Carrie Baker: Looming Decision That Could Ban Abortion Medication

154

Foundation 451: Defying DeSantis' Book Bans

155

The Fascist "Freedom" Caucus

156

The Insurrectionist House of Representatives

157

On the 50th Anniversary of Roe

158

The Continuing January 6 Coup

159

2022: The Year in Review

160

Drag Vs. Fascism

161

Proud Boys and a New Era of American Fascism

162

The Flag and the Cross and the Little Blue Bird

163

Christian Dominionism and Fascist Momentum

164

The Aftermath of the Midterms

165

Bradley Onishi: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next

166

Sarah Posner: The GOP's Christian Supremacy Problem

167

Teddy Wilson: Fascist Violence Accelerated

168

Andrew Seidel: American Crusades & the Supreme Court

169

Women, Life, Freedom

170

"Trump of the Tropics" + 100 Days Post-Roe

171

It Can, It Has, It Is Happening Here

172

If One Of Us Is Not Free, None Of Us Are

173

Teddy Wilson on the Metastasizing Fascist Base

174

The GOP: Fascist, Nothing Semi- About It

175

Talking Forced-Birth in Victorian Times and Now With Kate Manning

176

Leah Litman: SCOTUS Recap and Forecast

177

The Nazification of American Education

178

Danielle Moodie: How to Stand Up to Fascist Bullies

179

Highland Park Mass Shooter Crimo Wasn’t A Lone Wolf

180

Post-Roe Reality Check & January 6 Hearing Update

181

Christian Theocracy, the Crusades, & Modern-Day America

182

Overturning Roe: A Watershed Moment for U.S. Fascism

183

SCOTUS, The Big Lie, Fascism: All Illegitimate

184

The Looming Abortion Rights Disaster & Even Worse To Come From The Supreme Court

185

Federico Finchelstein: "White Replacement Theory" & Fascism

186

Confronting & Rejecting a Culture of Fascist Violence

187

Acting Now to Defend Roe + Abortion Rights

188

Thousands Rise Up to Say: Overturn Roe? Hell No!

189

Susana Chiarotti: Overturning Roe, A Brutal Lesson for Feminists on Resistance

190

Marcela García: Lessons from the Green Wave Abortion Rights Victories in Latin America

191

January 6th Was a Dress Rehearsal

192

Fearless Activists Mobilize on the Precipice of Fascist Anti-Abortion Victory

193

Trans Resistance in Texas + Righteous Outrage in the Streets to Keep Abortion Legal

194

Black Women in the Crosshairs of Christian Fascist Assault on Abortion

195

Paul Street: False Narratives on the War in Ukraine

196

Annika Brockschmidt: America's Holy Warriors + What a "No Fly Zone" Really Means

197

Student Walkouts Against "Don't Say Gay" Law + Stopping Business as Usual

198

War in Ukraine + Defending the Right to Abortion

199

Sunsara Taylor: Forced Motherhood = Female Enslavement

200

The #FluTruxKlan + Voices from Ottawa

201

Anne Nelson: Media, Money & the Secret Hub of the Radical Right

202

Tony Wolf: Art and Pushing Back Against Fascism

203

The Evidence of Rising Neo-Fascism

204

Kathryn Joyce: The Ideology Behind a "Benevolent" US Theocracy

205

Rise Up for Abortion Rights!

206

Samuel Perry: Christian Nationalist Violence Post January 6

207

The GOP: Entrenching White Christian Domination

208

2021: The Refuse Fascism Year in Review

209

Male Supremacy: Common Ground for the Fascists

210

No Capitulation on Abortion Rights!

211

The State of Fascism Denial + The Fight for Abortion Rights

212

Carol Anderson: White Supremacy & the Second Amendment

213

Educational Gag Orders + Fascist Verdict in Kenosha

214

A Beautiful Rising Or Rising Fascism? The Rittenhouse Trial

215

Elie Honig: The January 6th Insurrection Isn’t Over

216

Gregg Gonsalves: COVID, Public Health & U.S. Mythology

217

When Is It Time To Break The Law?

218

Classroom Censorship in Texas

219

No Laughing Matter with Walter Masterson and Andy Zee

220

Rafia Zakaria: Against White Feminism

221

Town Hall on Abortion Rights Emergency

222

Fascist Mobs: 1850 to Today

223

Nazia Kazi: What We Forget (On 9/11 & Year-Round)

224

Time To Mess With Texas: Abortion On Demand & Without Apology

225

Khaled Beydoun: Islamophobia As Ideological Virus

226

Matthew Hoh: Afghanistan and the End of an Unjust War + Teach Truth Days of Action

227

Paul Mason: History, Ideology & Resistance to Fascism

228

Wajahat Ali: The Death March of White Supremacy

229

Tim Wise: White Supremacy, the Right and their War on Pluralism

230

Teri Kanefield: Democracy & Oligarchy + Derenda Hancock: Roe v. Wade on the Line

231

Mia Bloom: Inside the Mind of Qanon

232

David Atkins: What Happens When Republicans Simply Refuse to Certify Democratic Wins?

233

The Abortion Rights Emergency

234

Dahlia Lithwick: The Price of No Consequences for Trump

235

Chanelle Wilson: Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racist Education

236

Anthea Butler: White Evangelical Racism

237

Caroline Duble: Texas's War on Abortion

238

Walden Bello: The Global Spread of Fascism

239

American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy, with Brynn Tannehill

240

Priya Satia: Fascism, Imperialism & the Value of Historical Analogies

241

Steve Hofstetter: Comedy and Standing Up Against Fascism

242

Brynn Tannehill: The Republi-fascist Tsunami of Anti-Trans Laws

243

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: The GOP is Now the Party of Autocracy

244

Matthew Rozsa: The Parallels Between Trump's "Big Lie" and Hitler's

245

The Fascist Triad of White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

246

Bishop Talbert Swan: White Supremacists Lash Out with Voter Suppression Laws

247

The Trauma of Trumpism

248

Andy Zee: The Relationship between Fascism and Capitalism-Imperialism

249

Susan Neiman & Daryle Lamont Jenkins: Learning from the Past to Chart the Future

250

Fascist Lies with Federico Finchelstein

251

Umair Haque: "If you don't call it fascism..."

252

Dr. Bandy Lee: "The Removal of Trump Wasn't Enough"

253

Sarah Posner on Trump's Acquittal; An Unpunished Coup Attempt Becomes a Training Exercise

254

The Senate Impeachment Trial & the Need to Refuse Fascism

255

Sian Norris: The Anti-Abortion Movement Internationally

256

Paul Street: The Anatomy of Fascism Denial

257

Henry Giroux: Trump is not Trumpism and Trumpism is not Dead

258

Jo-Marie Burt: Why is Accountability Important?

259

What is the Lasting Danger of Trump's Attempt to Overturn the Election?

260

Sunsara Taylor Hosts Roundtable with Rosie O'Donnell, Jason Stanley and Andy Zee: "Trump & the Whole Fascist Cabal Must Go"

261

Holocaust Survivor: "It Could Happen Here"

262

Now Is the Time to Act: No to a Fascist Coup!

263

Eric Boehlert: Trump plots martial law from White House — the press shrugs

264

If it could happen there, it could happen here

265

COVID: A Case Study with Life & Death Stakes: Science, Epistemology, Conspiracy & Fascism

266

"Fight for Trump" = Fight for Fascism

267

Why did 74 million people vote for Trump?

268

What Just Happened?

269

Andrew Mitrovica: "Trump Will Not Concede - Americans Need to Be Vigilant"

270

Sunsara Taylor: Trump is Still Lying and Working to Sabotage and Overturn the Election

271

Fascist Trump Loses the Election And Refuses to Concede

272

Anthony DiMaggio: Our System is Not Equipped to Deal With a Bad Actor Like Trump

273

Andrea Chalupa: Taking to the Streets Challenges the Dictator's Legitimacy

274

Rose Marie Berger: The First Few Days After a Coup are Critical

275

Ashley Dawson: We need to start preparing to resist Trump's fascist coup now.

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Paul Street: A Clear Assault on The Electoral Process

277

Sunsara Taylor & Mark Joseph Stern: Amy Coney Barrett As A Key Part of Trump's Coup

278

Ejeris Dixon: Fascists Don't Pretend to Play By the Rules

279

How Fascism Works and How to Stop It

280

Protests Begin October 3 Demanding Trump/Pence Out Now

281

This Is Not A Normal Election

282

Joshua Shanes: "We Are Crossing New Thresholds"

283

25 Cities Hold Demonstrations Launching 60 Days of Struggle Before the November Elections

284

Nationwide Protests Sept 5: Trump/Pence Must Go Now!

285

Jodie Sweetin: "We're screaming fascism because that's what's happening"

286

How to Organize to Drive Out The Trump/Pence Regime

287

Michael Coard: “Fascism Doesn’t Just Show Up Out of Nowhere” | September 5: DEMAND TRUMP PENCE OUT NOW!

288

Andy Zee: Fascism Is Aggressively Advancing | Sarah Posner: White Evangelicals Worshipping Trump

289

Voices from the Portland Protests

290

Chantelle Herschberger & Michael Plaut: How to Defeat Police State Repression

291

Rev. Michael Woolf, Coco Das & Sarah Roark: Morality in the Time of Pandemic and Fascism

292

Jeff Sharlet: Trump's Rallies Are Church & He Is The Gospel

293

Jared Yates Sexton: Trump's Death Cult, American Mythology, White Supremacy and Deadly Denialism

294

Carl Dix & Coco Das: Into the Streets for Juneteenth

295

Jason Stanley: How Fascism Works

296

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "When They Don't Hide It"

297

Lucian Truscott IV: "For Trump, there is only one victim: himself"

298

Amanda Marcotte: Trump’s Refusal to Wear A Mask As A Signal of Fascism