This week @sambgoldman chats w Pulitzer Prize winner Jefferson Cowie author of Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. How is this American fascism rooted in the America’s peculiar notion of freedom? Listen to find out👇open.spotify.com/episode/2crC4O…

In this follow-up, Thomas Zimmer breathtakingly shreds the “left-wing” “intellectual” fascism denial. The disregard for facts, the political expediency, the disconnect from reality. Make this your long-weekend read!

In this episode of the Refuse Fascism #podcast Sam Goldman talks w/ Jefferson Cowie author of  Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. They discuss how American fascism is rooted in America's peculiar notion of freedom.

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This week @sambgoldman chats w Pulitzer Prize winner Jefferson Cowie author of Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. How is this American fascism rooted in the America’s peculiar notion of freedom? Listen to find out👇open.spotify.com/episode/2crC4O…

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Perspectives on Stopping Fascism in the US in 2024

Sam Goldman (@SamBGoldman)
&
Coco Das (@Coco_Das)
converse with
Dr. Clarence Lusane
&
Sunsara Taylor (@SunsaraTaylor)

Comment: Very much worth time

audio ~58:57mn

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Too many people start from calibrating their position by what the political upshot is, are making the question “Where does this place me in the discourse?” their overriding concern. Gotta get the diagnosis right first.  
 
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In this follow-up, Thomas Zimmer breathtakingly shreds the “left-wing” “intellectual” fascism denial. The disregard for facts, the political expediency, the disconnect from reality. Make this your long-weekend read!

Women are going to die because of this

can't stop thinking about the photo of the IDF soldier proudly posing in front of the Gaza university library he set on fire after a weeks-long meltdown in U.S. media about student protesters setting up tents on lawns

The reason why Chief MAGA Justice Sam Alito supports the insurrection is because Trump won the white vote, and that vote is the only vote that matters.
His rulings on elections are just like his flags.
I explain in The Nation

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Special episode of Straight White American Jesus Podcast on Alito’s flags with Matthew D. Taylor Annika Brockschmidt Andrew L. Seidel and Rev. Angela Denker

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I’m tweeting this because I’ve been made dizzy by the reassurance narratives we’ve been telling ourselves, that he’s a mess. If only. He’s a fascist, and he’s getting better at it. He’s not going to defeat himself. We have to defeat him.

In this episode of the Refuse Fascism #podcast Sam Goldman and @Coco_Das have a wide ranging conversation with Dr. Clarence Lusane and Sunsara Taylor over what it will take to stop fascism in the United States.  A great conversation -- listen now: refusefascism.org/2024/05/20/per…

A must read regarding the fascism “debate.” For more on this check out our 200th episode - a crash course in this American fascism, with insights from 20 of our guests including Thomas Zimmer. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1QN8UG…

Less than two years out from Dobbs, Louisiana criminalizes the abortion pill—teeing up the surveillance, arrest, and prosecution of individuals who share or possess a medication that's approved by the FDA.

The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision -- by Sammy Alito, natch -- is a love letter to gerrymandering

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In a solo concurrence, Clarence Thomas declares his belief that racial gerrymandering claims should be deemed non-justiciable political questions, permanently prohibiting federal courts from scrutinizing allegedly racist redistricting. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

The Supreme Court's second decision is Alexander v. SC NAACP. By a 6–3 vote, the majority REVERSES a district court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander. Alito writes; all three liberals dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

A must read regarding the fascism “debate.” For more on this check out our 200th episode - a crash course in this American fascism, with insights from 20 of our guests including Thomas Zimmer. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1QN8UG…

I wrote about the unhinged 'unified Reich' Trump-ad, and another one featuring a ripped-off Matt Damon monologue (not kidding, guy might wanna call his lawyers) combined with schmaltzy 'Führer' vibes for Religion Dispatches: religiondispatches.org/the-unified-re…