Refuse Fascism "Day One" Dictator & Trump's Monstrous Mass Deportation Plans
Sam gives an update on Trump's new appointments to his Revengers cabinet and their implications, shouts out Evan Greer's disruption of anti-trans bigot Rep. Nancy Mace, and underscores the qualitative changes in governance that fascism represents and calls for collective action against MAGA fascism NOW not waiting until atrocities are underway. Sam also discusses Trump's plans for mass deportations of at least 11 million people, drawing parallels to historical atrocities and emphasizing the urgent need for mass defense, disruption and disobedience to support our immigrant siblings and stop the fascists from implementing their nightmare program.
This week we re-run two interviews featuring contributors to the June issue of The New Republic titled "What American Fascism Would Look Like." Emmanuel Guerisoli discusses his essay The "Day One" Dictatorship (co-authored by Federico Finchelstein). Emmanuel is a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School. He can be followed at @emmaGuerisoli. Then, Francisco Goldman discusses his essay From Texas to Massachusetts: On the border in a fascist America. Francisco is a novelist and journalist. His most recent novel is Monkey Boy, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He can be followed on ex-Twitter at @PacoGoldman or on Instagram @franciscogoldman.
Mentioned in this episode:
- “Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda by Molly Redden and Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented
- Ep 213: Fascist Riots in the UK, Fascist Plots in the US
- Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans by Tess Owen
- American Families United Act by Andrew Moriarity
- Trump 2.0 Poses an Even Bigger Threat to Migrants. Here’s How We Fight Back. by Silky Shah
- Trump’s border czar pick supports using Texas ranch for mass deportations by Alejandro Serrano
- How millions of US children would be hurt by Trump’s mass deportation plan: ‘Deep harm is intentional’ by Robin Buller
- Trump’s Cabinet: Forging a Fascist Machine (revcom.us)
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown