It's late 1914. December cold in the trenches of the Western Front of World War I.

Rations are in short supply. Men shiver… dreaming of home. Wishing they were far away. For months, here in the trenches, the sounds of the machine gun fire have peppered every waking moment. The whining of the bullets. The hissing and the cracking. But this morning — Christmas morning — the guns stop. It’s not planned. It’s spontaneous. But it happens all along the front. And over hundreds of miles of trenches. Silence… And then singing. Soft at first and then louder. Carols. Christmas songs. First one side sings in German. And then the other in French or English. It’s the beginning of the Christmas Truce. 100,000 soldiers would participate in the temporary ceasefire. It remains a testament to the humanity in us all. A reminder of the resistance from men on the front lines to the savages of war. Resistance to the orders from above.

Written and produced by Michael Fox.

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• O Tannenbaum - Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles

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On Dec. 20, each year, people march in Panama City. They march to remember the fallen. They march to continue to demand justice for the violence, the destruction, and for those who were killed in the last US invasion in Latin America—the 1989 invasion of Panama. 

BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Signal Awards for best history podcast! It’s a huge honor. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported. 

And please consider signing up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, or wherever you listen. And please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. A little help goes a long way.

The Real News’s legendary host Marc Steiner has also been in the running for best episode host. And he also won a Gold Signal Award. We are so excited. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

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Written and produced by Michael Fox.

Resources: 

• Panama. US invasion. | Under the Shadow Episode 13
• Upcoming Season 2 of Under the Shadow
• Used in today’s episode: 
  • "Deja el canal": panameños protestan contra Donald Trump ante embajada de Estados Unidos 
  • Nov. 25, 2025: PROTESTAS EN PANAMÁ contra la presencia militar de EE.UU.: "GOBIERNO VENDEPATRIAS..." 
  • Protestas en Panamá contra acuerdo con UU. EE., reforma pensional y minería |  FRANCE 24 Español 
  • Panama: 8th anniversary of US invasion to topple Noriega marked

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For incarcerated people and their families, the holidays are the most painful time of year. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa and TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speak frankly about what it’s like to be locked up during the holidays, why inmate suicides, violence, and depression spike this time of year, and about the life-saving and society-improving steps we can take this holiday season to help prisoners maintain contact with the outside world.

C/W: Discussion of suicide and depression

Producer / Videographer / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino


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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, December 19, 2025.

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, December 18, 2025.

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On Monday, Nov. 24, after more than 1,100 days on strike, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members were cheered on by supporters at a rally in downtown Pittsburgh before returning to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Even though strikers have returned to work, however, many issues at the center of the strike are still in legal limbo—and their fight for a fair contract is not over. In this episode of Working People, we speak with three Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members—Bob Batz. Jr, Natalie Duleba, and Steve Mellon—about where things stand now, how their lives have changed since returning to work, and what it takes to hold the picket line for over three years. 

Additional links/info: 

• Pittsburgh Union Progress website 
• Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh website, Facebook page, and Instagram
• Bob Batz Jr. & Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Union Progress, “Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country’s longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work”
• Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, “Post-Gazette strikers send company return to work offer”
• Sara Scire, Nieman Lab, “What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette”

Featured Music: 

• Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

Credits: 

• Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich 

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, December 18, 2025.

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, December 15, 2025.

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From direct attacks on the press from a fascistic federal government to the explosion of AI and the closure and consolidation of news outlets around the country, truth itself is under direct, relentless assault, as are the journalists who have committed their lives to reporting the truth about what’s happening in and to our world. And the intended result of these attacks is to create a more atomized, alienated, ignorant, disempowered public that is easier to divide, control, and manipulate. In this podcast, recorded at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore on Nov. 22, 2025, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Mickey Huff, Eleanor Goldfield, and Mischa Geracoulis from Project Censored about the world-shaping role media play in our politics today, and about how independent journalists and the communities they serve must work together to fight back against the powerful’s war on truth and truth-tellers. 

Guests: 

• Project Censored website and Instagram 
• Mickey Huff, Shealeigh Voitl, & Andy Lee Roth (Eds.), Project Censored, State of the Free Press 2025
• Movement Media Alliance website

Credits: 

• Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

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