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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 population, the government shutdown and more.
Then, she speaks with Dr. Mary Anne Franks, George Washington University professor and author of Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment, about what Trump and MAGA mean by "free speech" as they directly censor critics. Find out more about her work here.
Attend a mass organizing meeting near you over the coming weeks.
Commit to join protests starting 11/5 in DC: The Time Has Come for the Fall of the Trump Regime.
Continue to take part in protests near you and connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org. Text NOTRUMP to 855-755-1314, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism. Support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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 declaration they are going to target "antifa" now), among many others.
Watch Sunsara on the RNL (Revolution Nothing Less) Show and hear her speak at a mass meeting near you in the coming weeks.
Statement from Refuse Fascism on Donald Trump’s Executive Order Against “Antifa”
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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.
While the fascists lionize Charlie Kirk and are attempting to make him the MAGA equivalent of the Nazi martyr Horst Wessel to inspire greater repression, it’s more urgent than ever to mobilize for November 5:
The time has come for...The fall of the Trump fascist regime
Beginning November 5, 2025 Washington DC
Come to a MASS ORGANIZING MEETING
Featuring Sunsara Taylor
Other Speakers TBA
San Francisco:
Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin St 94109
Wednesday, September 24 5:30pm
Washington, DC:
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Church
1525 Newton St NW 20010
Saturday, September 27 2pm
More information here:
https://refusefascism.org/events/mass-organizing-meetings-trump-must-go-now/
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Refuse Fascism Responds to Trump’s September 10 Statement
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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 murder of Charlie Kirk has nothing to do with any positive change and that It must NOT be used to accelerate fascist repression and atrocity. They delve into the reality that the need for mass nonviolent but determined struggle to drive Trump from power is greater and more urgent than ever.
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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 coast with North Korea. Then, she speaks with flight attendant and organizer Alex Roberts about organizing efforts to remove the airline industry from participation in ICE's mass deportation efforts. Read his piece Commercial airlines are for consumers and cargo, not ICE deportations in The Tennessean and sign the petition Stop Commercial Airlines from Operating Deportation Flights. Follow Alex on Bluesky: @alexander-roberts.bsky.social.
There is no living with this fascism: The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5, 2025 – Washington DC
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
This week we're sharing highlights from the organizing webinar last week that kicked off the push towards the Nov 5 mobilization.
Continue to take part in protests near you and connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org. Text NOTRUMP to 855-755-1314, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism. Support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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 his work at moustafabayoumi.com.
What do we need to do between now and November 5? Join the national organizing webinar this Thursday:
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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 share Sam's speech from the kickoff rally at Dupont Circle that announced the new call to action:
Then, we share an interview with returning guest Sasha Abramsky. Follow his work at The Nation, read his latest article “This Is a Hunting of People”: LA Protesters Turn Out to Resist ICE and We’ve Officially Entered Kafka’s America
Continue to take part in protests near you and connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org. Text NOTRUMP to 855-755-1314, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism. Support:
Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Sam explains why the time to refuse fascism isn’t someday—it’s now: from ICE terror and mass disappearances to Trump’s executive order targeting unhoused people, to blatant defiance of the courts and violent threats against political opponents. Refuse Fascism is calling on people in every sector—healthcare, tech, education, government, culture—to join this nonviolent mass resistance and shut down the fascist machinery.
This week's episode features an interview with Wajahat Ali, editor of The Left Hook and co-host of Democracy-ish, followed by an interview with artist Phil Buehler (modern-ruins.com) whose installation "Wall of Shame" is on display in Bushwick through August 3 and is a project in partnership with Radio Free Brooklyn.
Plus voices of resistance from this past week, including healthcare workers in Massachusetts rallying against ICE, Refuse Fascism NYC's speak-out at the Ed Sullivan Theater in response to CBS canceling The Late Show, and Rev Dr. Richard Rose speaking before the march into East LA where our immigrant siblings are being kidnapped by ICE.
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No new episodes planned until August 17 - take part in protests near you... connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org, text NOTRUMP to 855-755-1314, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism. Support:
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After a recap on this past week, we share Sam's interview with Anna O. Law, the Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights at CUNY Brooklyn College. Her forthcoming book The Origins of American Citizenship and Migration—African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants will be out from Oxford University Press in the spring of 2026. Read her latest article History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important and follow her on Bluesky @unlawfulentries.bsky.social.
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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