Refuse Fascism

Dispatch on American Political Dystopia


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Sam recaps recent events and then talks with Paul Street about the GOP's unfolding plans to suppress the vote, intimidate their opposition (including by raiding extremely mainstream activists in Texas with LULAC [The League of Latin American Citizens] and sending police to the homes of people signing pro-abortion rights petitions in Florida), and unleash violence at multiple levels should Trump be declared the loser in November. In response to all this the Democrats are celebrating... the addition of Dick Cheney to their "big tent."

Paul writes, "The nation is careening to some kind of constitutional crisis and potential major civil conflict after the next election. Anarchic US capitalism-imperialism has hatched a two-party system whose right-/Reich-most wing no longer accepts defeat through mere elections, no matter how tilted to the right the nation’s electoral rules are... [and yet] There is liberating opportunity as well as eliminationist and authoritarian menace in the current perilous moment."

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Mentioned In This Episode:

  • Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts? by Bob Dreyfuss
  • Dispatch on American Political Dystopia by Paul Street
  • Want to Call Trump an F-Word? by Paul Street

  • Two Essays and One Interview by Paul Street
  • Democracy Needs The Loser by Barbara F. Walter
  • The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About Rick Perlstein Q&A With David Neiwert

  • Revolution Number 78 by Bob Avakian
  • Ep 187 of the Refuse Fascism Podcast: The White Power Movement in 2024
  • Ep 196 of the Refuse Fascism Podcast: Fascism On Trial With Anthony DiMaggio and Henry Giroux
  • Ep 198 of the Refuse Fascism Podcast: Constitutional Sheriffs, Militias, and Other Local Fascist Initiatives

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