Refuse Fascism

Sam Goldman interviews Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right (get your paperback copy, updated after January 6th) and Research Scholar at Columbia University. Find more of her work at anne-nelson.com and follow her on Twitter at @anelsona . Her work investigating the Council for National Policy (CNP), which includes many well-known and not-so-...

Sam Goldman interviews Tony Wolf, actor and artist (view his diverse resume at tonywolfactor.com ) about fascism, culture, and cultivating a variety of forms of pushback against the fascists. His comic essay “Where is Evil?” can be seen at brokenfrontier.com where he writes, “I sought to share my personal reflections as I grappled with how to process the acts of the Trump administration and the GO...

Coco Das interviews Dr. Anthony DiMaggio, author of the new book, Rising Fascism in America ( o rder from Routledge here ). Dr. DiMaggio is Associate Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. His research emphasizes the interactions between politics, social movements, the news media, and the American right. He is the author of 9 books, including Political Power in America (2019), Rebell...

Refuse Fascism helped kick off Rise Up For Abortion Rights ( riseup4abortionrights.org ) yesterday in Washington, D.C. ( Common Dreams coverage ). Get involved in this initiative and help plan protests around the country starting immediately and growing into this spring - register for the Zoom organizing conference January 30, 2 - 4pm Eastern here . This week, Sam interviews author and investigati...

Mark interviews Sam Goldman about the new project aiming to mobilize and actually defeat the assault on abortion rights, riseup4abortionrights.org . Read and sign the new statement to Rise Up for Abortion Rights here . Share it on social media. Join us at noon on Jan 22, at the Supreme Court in DC, and going forward nationwide — fighting to WIN! Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can...

Sam Goldman talks to Samuel Perry, associate professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma, about his research into the American Christian Nationalist movement. Follow him on Twitter at @socofthesacred . Read his two recent articles in Time magazine: January 6th May Have Been Only the First Wave of Christian Nationalist Violence and How Trump Stole Christmas—And Why Evangelicals Rally to Th...

Coco Das ( @Coco_Das ) interviews historian Thomas Zimmer ( @tzimmer_history ) about “polarization” in American politics and the shared agenda of white Christian domination across a spectrum of right-wing political forces.  At this time last year, January 6th was on the horizon. Trump’s big lie was already taking hold among millions of people. And for months, Refuse Fascism had been sounding...

Refuse Fascism exposes, analyzes, and stands against the very real danger and threat of fascism coming to power in this country. Through this show Refuse Fascism has engaged, dialogued, and debated with a broad array of writers, scholars, legal experts, and people from different walks of life on the roots, nature, and trajectory of fascism in this country. Through our engagement and networking wit...

Two interviews this week about the fascist assault on the right to abortion and the re-assertion of violent misogyny that it is a part of: Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her ( @schemaly , sorayachemaly.com ) and Chelsea Ebin, co-founder and fellow at the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism ( @crrebin , malesupremacism.org ).  Plus: commentary about the latest developments from...

"Highlights" from this week in fascism and future coup attempts (recommended reading: Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun ) including the “options for January 6” PowerPoint uncovered by the January 6 commission and Matt Gaetz on Steve Bannon's podcast this past Thursday. Gaetz said an "army of patriots" should get ready now to "fight" for the US - Bannon said "shock troops" divided into teams coul...

Coco Das ( @Coco_Das) speaks to an activist who traveled to Washington DC this week to protest for abortion rights as the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization - the case which is primed to overturn Roe v. Wade and enable abortion bans in more than half the states in the US. Mentioned in this conversation:  Will Supreme Court cons...

Sam Goldman interviews Dr. Carol Anderson, the Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide , One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy , and her latest book The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America which was the focus of this conversat...

Coco Das interviews Jonathan Friedman, PEN America, about their new report titled "Educational Gag Orders" about the onslaught of legislation restricting public education in the US about race, gender and American history ( pen.org/report/educational-gag-orders ). Friedman is the director of free expression and education at PEN America, where he oversees advocacy, analysis, and outreach to educatio...

Sam Goldman and Coco Das discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in the proper context of the fascist movement he is a part of. Recommended reading: Coco’s recent article The Rittenhouse Trial and Two Sides in Contention: A Beautiful Rising or Rising Fascism and Reflections on Kenosha by Paul Street. Follow Coco Das on Twitter at @Coco_Das and Paul at @Streetwriter17 We’re continuing to pay special att...

Legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor Elie Honig discusses what we know about the January 6th insurrection and any chances for real accountability (hint: the DOJ/Merrick Garland would have to take action and there is zero indication that they are going to do so). In addition to watching him on CNN, you can follow on Twitter @eliehonig , read his book Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Brok...

Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, discusses his recent piece for The Nation America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By with Sam Goldman. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gregggonsalves . More recommended listening on the politics of the pandemic: COVID: A Case Study with Life & Death Stakes: Science, Epistemology, Conspiracy & Fascism .  Send your comments about the Refu...

Valerie Elverton Dixon, Ph. D ., discusses her recent essay When It Is Time to Break the Law with Sam Goldman, along with the abortion rights emergency and the strategy and tactics that will meet the current crisis. Follow Dr. Dixon's writings at justpeacetheory.com . Send your comments about the Refuse Fascism podcast to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman . Or leave a voicemail at...

Coco Das ( @coco_das ) interviews Ana Ramón ( @ana_ramon89 ), Director of Advocacy for the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) about the new legislation that takes aim at anti-racist and truthful teaching of social studies and other subjects for students in Texas. Follow IDRA @IDRAedu and Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC) at @txtleec . Send your comments about...

Walter Masterson is a comedian known for going deep into Trump territory. Follow him on Instagram: waltermasterson Twitter: @waltermasterson or TikTok: @waltermasterson and watch his YouTube videos . He talks with Sam Goldman about why the Trump movement is deadly serious. Then, Sam talks to Andy Zee, one of the initiators of Refuse Fascism and a host of The Revolution Nothing Less Sho w on YouTub...

Rafia Zakaria, attorney, political philosopher, and author of the new book Against White Feminism talks about abortion, Afghanistan, empire, individualism, white supremacy and more with Sam Goldman. Follow Rafia on Twitter at @rafiazakaria . Mentioned in the conversation: The Other Afghan Women by Anand Gopal. Rallies for abortion rights were held around the country yesterday in response to the ab...

The extreme Texas Abortion Ban caught most people by surprise. Next  month, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a direct challenge to the  1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. This round  table aims to sound the alarm on this assault on women’s fundamental  rights, deepen understanding of the stakes, arouse people’s fighting  spirit to not let thi...

Ankush Khardori talks about the Merrick Garland DOJ and the (dim) prospects of real accountability for the Trump regime. Articles discussed include Merrick Garland's Moderation to Excess and Who Will Answer For this Cruelty? Read more of his writings at khardori.com . Then, Tony Norman talks about his recent article Fugitive Slave Act Redux: On the run in Texas ... and America . Read more of his w...

Anthropologist Dr. Nazia Kazi recently wrote What We Forget , a piece commemorating the global aftermath of 9/11 illustrated by Anuj Shrestha; Sam Goldman interviews Dr. Kazi about the US empire and related root causes of the fascist stew that is politics today. Follow Dr. Kazi on Twitter at @NaziaKaziTweets and read her book Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics . Send  your comments about...

A few days after the Supreme Court refused to block the extreme Texas abortion ban, Sam Goldman ( @SamBGoldman ), Coco Das ( @Coco_Das ) and Sunsara Taylor ( @SunsaraTaylor ) discuss the roots and ramifications of this dangerous new law. All abortions, without exception for rape or incest, are now illegal just two weeks after a first missed period; plus vigilantes are incentivized to hunt down not...

Sam Goldman interviews Khaled Beydoun, law professor and author of American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear . Order the book at khaledbeydoun.com and follow him on Twitter at @KhaledBeydoun . Then, Sam speaks to Coco Das about her latest article on RefuseFascism.org: Genocidal and Deadly Serious: Dan Patrick, Texas Fascist Lunatic Scapegoats Black People for the Pandemic .&n...