Refuse Fascism
Refuse Fascism
The Refuse Fascism podcast is an independent and all-volunteer show that produces weekly episodes that expose, analyze, and oppose the very real danger and threat of fascism coming to power in the United States.
Hosted by Sam Goldman, produced by volunteers with Refuse Fascism.
Hosted by Sam Goldman, produced by volunteers with Refuse Fascism.
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Sep 14, 2025 • 1h 2min
The Danger Grows — So Must the Movement to Drive Trump Out
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. Mentioned in this episode:On the Assassination of Charlie KirkRefuse Fascism Responds to Trump’s September 10 StatementThe time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5, 2025 – Washington DCCommit to Join Nonviolent Relentless Protest in DC Beginning Nov 5Materials to distributeContinue 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Sep 7, 2025 • 40min
Against the Mass Deportation Machine in the Sky
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 DCMentioned in this episode:NYT: How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart (The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.)Intercept: Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on CiviliansNYT: What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the CaribbeanNYT: Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels (The president has ordered the Pentagon to use the armed forces to carry out what in the past was considered law enforcement.)Lawdork: Trump keeps moving the U.S. closer to being the fascist war machine he wantsContinue 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Aug 31, 2025 • 1h 15min
Nov 5: Drive the Trump Regime from Power
This week we're sharing highlights from the organizing webinar last week that kicked off the push towards the Nov 5 mobilization. Watch the full August 28 Organizing Webinar: The time has come for the fall of the Trump Fascist RegimeCall for the 5th & organizing resources Commit to be in DC New Neil Young song: Big Crime "got to get the fascists out"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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Aug 25, 2025 • 46min
Trump’s DC Takeover - Straight Out of the Fascist Playbook
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:Organizing Webinar: Thursday, Aug 28, 8pm ET – “The time has come for the Fall of the Trump Fascist Regime.”Recommended Reading:Step The Fuck Up or It’s Over by Fredrick JosephAnother way out: Hiding and obedience won’t stop fascism by William C. AndersonJack White on InstagramContinue 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Aug 17, 2025 • 1h 5min
Time For the Fall of the Trump Regime
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:The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5, 2025 – Washington DCThen, 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 AmericaContinue 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Jul 27, 2025 • 1h 29min
Shut Down ICE, Shut Down the Trump Regime
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. Take action:Find a Monday July 28 No Business As Usual Action Near You and again on Friday August 1 at 6pm 15 minute noise demos in neighborhoods, metro stations, town squares and more. Mentioned in the episode:Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest (The Guardian)Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against himTrump Escalates Fascist Attacks on Obama (RefuseFascism.org)Audio Clip Sources posted on refusefascism.orgNo 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Jul 20, 2025 • 57min
No More Business As Usual
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. Take action:CBS Cancellation of The Late Show is Collaboration with Fascism. Protest on Monday, July 21 4pm in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater: Colbert Stays! Trump Must Go!Register here for MONDAY July 21 Organizing Webinar: No Business As Usual — Shut Down ICE, Shut Down the Trump Fascist RegimeJuly 28: WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION: NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL! TRUMP MUST GO NOW!Mentioned in this episode:The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’ by Stephanie McCrummen‘I already want to cry.’ Undocumented parents prepare for the unthinkable: giving up their kids By Jenny GoldTrump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE by Kimberly Kindy and Amanda SeitzFederal Agents Arrest 9 over Spokane ICE Protests, Including Former City Council President Democracy Now“We Were Kidnapped” by Noah Lanard and Isabela DiasAudio Clip Sources on refusefascism.orgConnect 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Jul 13, 2025 • 53min
A Breathtaking Disregard for Human Rights With Michele Goodwin
Sam recaps some of the events from the past week including both the escalating ICE raids and the righteous resistance that shows people are not bowing down to this terror. Then, we share the speech from Reverend William H Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC during the week of protest against Trump July 1-4 about the erasure of Black history by the regime. Follow Rev. Lamar on X at @WilliamHLamarIV. Then, Sam talks to lawyer Michele Goodwin, author of Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood, and host of Ms. Magazine's podcast On The Issues about the post-Dobbs era she calls "Jane Crow." Read The Supreme Court Doesn’t Really Care About Originalism. ‘Medina v. Planned Parenthood’ Just Proved It. and How Dobbs Unleashed a Breathtaking Disregard for Human Rights.Mentioned in this episode:As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent by Zeynep TufekciHow Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months by Nikole Hannah-JonesSenate Republicans’ ‘Big, Beautiful’ Backdoor Ban by Kylie CheungTake Action:July 17: Good Trouble Lives On! Trump Must Go Now!July 26-28: Shut Down ICE! No Military Occupation! Shut Down the Whole Trump Fascist Regime! Trump Must Go Now! 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Jul 6, 2025 • 50min
Gerrymandering the Law for the GOP + Declaring Independence from Trump’s Fascist America
Shout out to everyone who was in the streets on July 4! Read the recap from around the country here and the report from DC here. We are sharing an interview with Leah Litman, one of the hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast and author of the best-selling book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. Read her article from The Atlantic: How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis and for Democracy Docket: How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP.Then, we share the audio from Sunsara Taylor's speech in DC on why and how we can actually win the demand Trump Must Go Now. 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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Jun 29, 2025 • 18min
All Out for July 4 to Declare Independence from Trump Fascism
On the heels of the major SCOTUS ruling that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson calls “an existential threat to the rule of law,” we are busy mobilizing for a week of protest in DC culminating in a march on the White House demanding Trump Must Go Now:Meet Friday July 4 at 2pm at Logan CircleSunsara Taylor recaps and analyzes the stakes of this ruling, plus Sam shares highlights from Elie Mystal's essential article, The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe.Shout out to LA organizer Luna for the song we should all be singing at every protest coast to coast until Trump is gone!Read the full statement This July 4th: A Declaration of Independence from Trump’s Fascist America.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:patreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merchMusic for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
