GLOBAL WARNING with AWKWORD

"It's a surprise to people when I don't go at them. But I think if you want to learn about people, if you want to understand where they're coming from, you have to approach it with curiosity and you have to be willing to listen." - Noelle Cook, author, The Conspiracists On GLOBAL WARNING, Episode 10, AWKWORD and Noelle Cook talk about the growth of disinformation, conspiracy theories and far-right...

“It's really all about control. If we can make people afraid, it's easier to control us. It's easier to control us if we have the fear of going bankrupt, if we have the fear of going sick, it's easy to control us." - Melanie D'Arrigo, Executive Director of Campaign for New York Health On GLOBAL WARNING, Episode 9, AWKWORD and Melanie D'Arrigo talk about fighting back against injustices in the heal...

"It's really important to try to know which groups might be active in your area... Familiarize yourself with some of the taglines, some of the most common icons. And if you see something tagged around town, you at least know what's likely there. Be willing to stand up and support your neighbors who may be targeted before you are." - Amy Cooter, Co-founder and Deputy Directory, Institute for Counte...

“When Americans were looking for some way to resist at the beginning of the second Trump administration, we kind of had to do it ourselves… What if we all went to our state capitals on the same day, protesting with the same message? And that spread rapidly." - Hunter Dunn, National Press Coordinator, 50501 On GLOBAL WARNING, Episode 7, AWKWORD and 50501's Hunter Dunn talk about the anti-Trump resi...

"The extreme right... The amount of resources behind them and the amount of power that they hold within the political establishment of their party is absolutely asymmetrical." - Melissa Ryan, 'Control Alt-Right Delete', one of the foremost experts on far-right extremism On GLOBAL WARNING, Episode 6, AWKWORD and Melissa Ryan talk about the spread of fascism, media complicity, disinformation and onl...

"It's going to be a long fight, but the first part of it always is going to be finding your people and just getting a group together to do something... See if ICE is setting up anywhere, to distribute whistles so that people can alert people, to impede, throw sand in the gears, whatever one has to do. These things take time to ramp up, but unfortunately we're in it now and we have to start slowly....

“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.” - Emily Gorcenski, anti-fascist data scientist, researcher, writer and commentator On GLOBAL WARNING, Episode 4, AWKWORD and Emily Gorcenski talk about what it’s...

"There are a lot of messages that came across election night... The pushback against Republican leadership, that's the thread that seems to be common to all of the victories from coast to coast, from north to south, be it federal, be it state, be it mayor's races, school board races, referendums, you name it, the voters came out and voted against the Republicans." - Pam Keith, who ran for federal...

“You don't have to be everything to everyone, but you can give yourself and you should give what you can to your community because you would want that back to you. That's mutual aid. I share with you what I have. You share with me what you have, whether it's skills, resources, talents… As opposed to exploiting and commodifying each other.” GLOBAL WARNING episode 2: Eric King, vegan, anarchist, ant...

“You have strength. It doesn’t come from your government. It doesn’t come from your media. It comes from you.” GLOBAL WARNING episode 1: Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Founder and Executive Director, One People’s Project — on US anti-fascism, from the 80s through 2025, and beyond — and what YOU can do to make a difference