Refuse Fascism

On Wednesday, January 6th, we saw President Trump call forth and unleash fascist mobs to storm the U.S. Capitol. This was an attempt at a coup. It did not succeed this time, but the danger from even a failed coup is to be taken seriously, setting the stage for them to come back sooner or later to re-seize power – with or without Trump. RefuseFascism.org hosted a virtual press conference on YouTube...

Sam Goldman interviews Eric Boehler (Press Run Media) about his recent article Trump plots martial law from White House — the press shrugs . Then, this week Trump and fellow fascists are attempting to stop the certification of the presidential election results this Wednesday, with 140 Republican congressmen and 12 senators challenging the results and plans for a "wild protest" at the White House t...

Sam Goldman chats with a progressive organizer in the north shore suburbs of Chicago who has been organizing Protect the Vote vigils in her area for several months. She wrote this solidarity statement that was read at the Trump: You Lost. Get the Hell Out! rally in front of the White House on December 12. This week, connect with the movement and support Refuse Fascism on Wednesday, for a virtual r...

A panel discussion presented by Refuse Fascism and The RNL – Revolution, Nothing Less! – Show, originally streamed live Wednesday, December 16. The Situation: Nearly 300,000 people in this country have died from COVID under a science-hating, genocidally racist, lunatic fascist regime, with the virus now out of control and thousands more projected to die before Trump leaves office. The Trump/Pence...

Sam Goldman recaps the last few days leading into the Electoral College vote expected to confirm Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Sam was with Refuse Fascism speaking out at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington on Saturday, when Proud Boys and other fascist Trump supporters left a trail of destruction elsewhere in the city, including burning a BLM flag ripped from a historic Black c...

What is the danger and what do we do about it? A panel discussion with Michael Coard (@michaelcoard), attorney and columnist for Philly Tribune, host of WURD’s Radio Courtroom, Chrissy Stroop (@C_Stroop), writer, scholar, ex-evangelical, co-editor of Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church, Andy Zee (host of The RNL – Revolution Nothing Less – Show; co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org; spokesp...

A panel discussion with Indi Samarajiva ( @indica , author of viral piece I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now ), Jeff Sharlet ( @jeffsharlet , author of The Family , now a Netflix documentary and This Brilliant Darkness ), Andy Zee (The RNL Show, co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org), and Coco Das ( @Coco_Das , editor of RefuseFascism.org) about the Trump coup and what's next. Th...

"The American people must not assume it is over until Trump leaves the White House," writes Andrew Mitrovica on AlJazeera.com in Americans need to remain vigilant . Sam Goldman interviews Andrew about the media's continued refusal to properly identify the nature of Trump and his regime and what to watch for in the coming days and weeks as Trump threatens war with Iran and continues to undermine th...

Sam Goldman interviews Sunsara Taylor, a co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org, about events in DC yesterday as thousands of violent white supremacist Trump supporters marched in a so-called "Million MAGA March" and what happened when Refuse Fascism counter-protested them. Then, Sunsara talks with Coco Das and Andy Zee about the Pledge to the People of the World: In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to...

World-changing events are unfolding before our eyes. All the news networks have announced that Biden is the winner of the electoral college and popular vote. The Trump/Pence regime will not give up trying to complete their coup and theft of this election, but it is very positive that the media has declared Biden the winner. Hear from organizers on the ground at protests around the country and a ne...

Sam Goldman talks with political scientist Anthony DiMaggio about Trump's fascism and what people of conscience need to do about it. Read his article Can We Call It Fascism? Trump’s Voter Suppression Project, 2020 on Counterpunch.org. Connect with the movement to oust Trump at RefuseFascism.org, and read the plans for this week here. Tune in to the @RefuseFascism livestream event Sunday night at 7...

Writer and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa ( @andreachalupa ), co-host of Gaslit Nation podcast, talks with Sam Goldman ( @SamanthaGoldm19 ) about the Trump crime family, the crucial need for mass mobilization to stop the consolidation of fascism in the United States, and the critical next few days in the countdown to Nov. 3 and the following week. Connect with the movement to oust Trump at RefuseFascism...

Sam Goldman ( @samanthagoldm19 ) talks with Rose Marie Berger about the strategy and power of non-violent resistance as we count down the days to the 2020 election and resist Trump's coup. Find further resources for non-violence trainings linked from Sojourners magazine . Then, Sam outlines some of the important plans posted on RefuseFascism.org for this weekend and the critical days next week dur...

Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the Supreme Court - appointed explicitly and illegitimately to cast a deciding vote in the expected contest over the election results. Coco Das (@Coco_Das) talks to writer, activist and professor Ashley Dawson (@ashleydawsonnyc) about his recent article for The Guardian, where he writes: " According to the civil rights activist George Lakey, planning to defe...

Trump is already stealing the election. We need to vote, but Trump will not be stopped just by voting. This is the time to be in the streets demanding Trump/Pence Out Now! Public Assemblies were held around the country yesterday to mobilize, strategize and organize to demand Trump/Pence now as we approach the election.  JOIN US Monday, October 26: 5:00pm at the Supreme Court to say: Theocracy...

On the heels of Women's Marches across the country that opposed the confirmation of nominee to the Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett, we're sharing a segment from Sunsara Taylor ( The RNL Show on YouTube , @SunsaraTaylor on Twitter) covering the hearings so far. Amy Coney Barrett is an extreme Christian fundamentalist who is expected to rubber stamp a host of fascist measures, but also a key part of...

Since October 3, daily protests have been ongoing around the country demanding Trump/Pence Out Now. Plus, this week the fascist nominee to the Supreme Court hearings are happening this week (join in protests - details at refusefascism.org). Samantha Goldman ( @SamanthaGoldm19 ) talks with organizer Ejeris Dixon ( @ejeris ), Director of Vision Change Win, about the threat that the fascist Trump/Pen...

Daily protests continue around the country demanding Trump/Pence Out Now (details at refusefascism.org). Andy Zee, co-initiator of Refuse Fascism talks with philosopher and author of "How Fascism Works" Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator) about where we're at in the development of fascism in the United States, the urgent need for protest and the rolling coup/election month (not day). This discussion wa...

We face a rolling coup barreling to a showdown on November 3rd. The Trump/Pence regime has said and shown that they will not abide by an election they lose. Now we must act. Beginning Saturday, October 3rd, gather and bring your family, friends, and community into the public squares of cities and towns across the country in non-violent protest unified by the demand: Trump/Pence OUTNOW!  And,...

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....

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 Tik...

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 da...

“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 u...

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...

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 re...