Refuse Fascism The Year Ahead and the New Fascism Syllabus
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On this episode, we share Jessica Valenti’s testimony before Senate Democrats on the state of abortion rights ahead of the Roe v. Wade anniversary.
Sam provides commentary highlighting the Supreme Court's efforts to expand their power & destroy the "administrative state" (aka upend functioning federal government), Trump taking Iowa, the state-federal standoff in Texas, what fascism is, why we can’t turn away and more.
Then, Sam talks with Jennifer Evans and Brian Griffith, co-editors of The New Fascism Syllabus, a collection of writings on the history of fascist, authoritarian, and populist movements and governments during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Mentioned in this episode:
Abortion On Demand and Without Apology Placard
Why Right-Wing Activists Have Strong Opinions About the Supreme Court’s Big Fishing Regulations Case by Madiba Dennie
Trump Just Keeps Doing Appalling Things, and the Ranks of the Disengaged Are Growing by Michelle Goldberg
The Law Alone Cannot Curb Donald Trump’s Lawlessness by Dahlia Lithwick
Metaphors Journalists Live By written by Rick Perlstein
On the Erudite Idiocy of the Liberal-Centrist Intelligentsia by Paul Street
The Supreme Court Is About to Seize Way More Power From Democratic Presidents by Mark Joseph Stern
The GOP Doesn’t Want to Punish Trans People—It Wants to Eradicate Them by Brynn Tannehill
My Prepared Remarks to Senate Dems by Jessica Valenti
Related episodes:
Ruling Through The Courts When They Don’t Have The Votes With Dahlia Lithwick
The Nightmare Immigrants Face At The Texas Border with Faisal Al Juburi
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown