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We share voices from activists with Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights who traveled to Kentucky, the scene of the latest state-level showdown against abortion rights.

Then: Trump is shoring up support in local legislatures in preparation for his 2024 run for the presidency while revelations of the continuing domination of the GOP continue (including Kevin McCarthy’s lies and craven subservience to Trump in the face of recordings of himself acknowledging Trump’s role in leading the coup attempt). We share some highlights from interviews over the past year with guests discussing the January 6th coup attempt and implications for the future. Excerpted interviews with Elie Honig, Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, Dr. Anthony DiMaggio, Dahlia Lithwick, Walter Masterson, and Dr. Samuel Perry. 

Also mentioned in this episode: Student Walkouts Against "Don't Say Gay" Law + Stopping Business as Usual

Find out more about the national week of action to defend the right to abortion May 18 - 15 at riseup4abortionrights.org.

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sunsara Taylor interviews young activists from around the country who helped organize #RiseUp4AbortionRights protests this past weekend about what fuels their determination to stand up for the right to abortion and how in fact, it's not too late to turn the tide. 

Find out more about the national week of action May 18 - 15 at riseup4abortionrights.org.

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sam Goldman interviews Juniper Porter, an activist with Trans Resistance of Texas (TROT) - an organization that recently held a die-in on the steps of the Texas State Capitol in support of trans rights (see press coverage). Follow @TRoT on Twitter and find more actions against the tsunami of anti-trans laws in states across the country at tearitup.org. One correction from Juniper on the number of anti-trans bills in Texas last session: the actual figures include 30 anti-LGBT bills, 13 of which are specifically directed at trans people.

Then, we share some of the voices of abortion rights protesters who took to the streets yesterday in cities around the country, as we approach the tipping point this spring against the right to safe, legal abortion in this country. If the US Supreme Court overturns or guts Roe v. Wade, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion.

Only the people can stop this - join the organizing summit on Zoom Saturday, April 16. Find out more about the national week of action May 18 - 15 at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at  RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to  [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sunsara Taylor (The RNL Show, We Only Want the World on WPFW and WBAI) interviews feminist, novelist, playwright and director Sikivu Hutchinson about the abortion crisis and more. Follow her work at sikivuhutchinson.com and on Twitter: @sikivuhutch.

If the US Supreme Court overturns or guts Roe v. Wade, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion.

April 8: Wear #Green4Abortion

Also mentioned in this episode: take action to support Justyna Wydrzyńska, for helping a woman in an abusive relationship obtain abortion pills in Poland: jakjustyna.aborcyjnydreamteam.pl/en/

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

We share the presentation from a recent webinar held with historian and writer Paul Street, member of the Refuse Fascism editorial board. Paul's most recent book is This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America. Follow his work at paulstreet.org and @Streetwriter17. Read his recent article On Putin, the Ukraine War, the United States and Fascism on Counterpunch.

If the US Supreme Court overturns or guts Roe v. Wade, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion. 

April 8: Wear #Green4Abortion

Find out more: riseup4abortionrights.org

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sam Goldman interviews Annika Brockschmidt, German freelance journalist and podcast host, author of America's Holy Warriors: How the Religious Rights Endangers Democracy.

Follow Annika on Twitter at @ardenthistorian. If you speak German you will want to check out her podcast (co-hosted with recent Refuse Fascism podcast guest Thomas Zimmer), Kreuz und Flagge (Cross and Flag). Read her recent piece on Religion Dispatches: Don’t Laugh at Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ or Be Fooled by Reports of a ‘Backlash’ — His Only Mistake Was Revealing the Truth of Today’s GOP

Then, we share a clip of a conversation with Andy Zee and Paul Street, members of the Refuse Fascism editorial board, from The RNL Show, discussing Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and what a US-enforced "no fly zone" actually means. Read Paul's recent article: Let Us Not Talk Falsely Now: Reflections on War, Peace, and Ukraine.

Recommended Reading on Abortion Rights Emergency:

Florida’s Abortion Ban Will Obliterate Access in the South by Anna Eskamani

Idaho’s New Anti-Abortion Law Offers Cash Bounties to Rapists’ Family Members by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

The Pseudoscience That Could Kill Women by Sarah Jones

Missouri’s Proposed Anti-Abortion Law Has an Eerie Resemblance to the Fugitive Slave Act by Pema Levy

RiseUp4AbortionRights.org is calling for more emergency mobilizations; find out more at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sam Goldman interviews student organizers of recent walk-outs in Florida against the new law excluding LGBTQ people from primary school curricula. Then, voices from the International Women's Day march for abortion on demand and without apology including: Michelle Xai, Merle Hoffman, Lori Sokol, Kathy Najimy, Dr. Bruce Price, Beila, Betty, Araceli Herrera, Sunsara Taylor, Rev. Jacqui Lewis, and V (formerly Eve Ensler).

Translated remarks from Araceli Herrera: "I was raped. I suffered for years. I was made fun of by people, by my neighbors, by my family. But the worst people were the ones that made the laws that prohibits abortions. And today I’ve stopped crying. Today is the day we begin to take to the streets and scream loudly. I have the right to choose! I have the right to have an abortion! Because it is my life, because it is my body! Because we have the right to decide! It’s my choice! I won’t allow them to take it away. Women, raise your voice! Get into the streets! Starting today until the day of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court decision that will affect our lives. Let’s get out and shout: we will not allow you to take away our right!"

RiseUp4AbortionRights.org is calling for meetings next weekend to organize for more emergency mobilizations; find out more at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sam Goldman interviews Marc Eliot Stein with World Beyond War about Russia's attack on Ukraine and what comes next. Follow Marc on Twitter at @asheresque and listen to the World Beyond War podcast here: worldbeyondwar.org/podcast.

Recommended reading: A Hellish War in Ukraine: Where the Hell Did This Come From?

Then, we share voices from the abortion rights speakout Feb. 27th in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City hosted by RiseUp4AbortionRights.org, calling on people to take to the streets for International Women's Day on March 8. Find a protest near you.

Right now: help organize for mobilizations this spring to demand abortion rights at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown

Sam Goldman shares thoughts and commentary on the latest fascist developments domestic and international. Then we share Sunsara Taylor's remarks from an event Feb. 16 at Revolution Books in Harlem on the abortion rights emergency in the US and a powerful call to action now - before Roe is overturned. 

Original video of Sunsara Taylor's remarks

Recommended reading on the crisis with Russia and Ukraine: 

The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine

Shameless American Chauvinism: “Anti-Authoritarianism” as a “Cover” For Supporting U.S. Imperialism

Right now: help organize for mobilizations this spring to demand abortion rights at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Or leave a voicemail at 917-426-7582. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown.

Coco Das interviews Steven Mesaros on the fascist trucker convoys that have been harassing and terrorizing residents of Ottawa for several weeks. Mesaros is a Canadian political science Ph.D student studying emerging far-right authoritarian movements. Follow him on Twitter at @RestoreTheReal. Then, Coco talks to some of the activists who mobilized in Ottawa against the convoys after the authorities refused to act to stop them, successfully shutting them down and even persuading some of them to go home. Follow these Canadian organizers: Andrea Harden (@andiharden), Sam Hersh (@SamHersh01) and David Chernushenko (@chernushenko).

Recommended reading on the fascist convoys:

Tweet Coco Das at @Coco_Das. Right now: help organize for mobilizations this spring to demand abortion rights at riseup4abortionrights.org.

Refuse Fascism is more than just a podcast! You can get involved at RefuseFascism.org. Send  your comments to [email protected] or @SamBGoldman. Or leave a voicemail at 917-426-7582. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support:

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown.