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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.
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All Out for May Day: Trump Must Go Now!
2026/04/23
This week we're sharing the recording of the organizing webinar held April 19, hosted by Sam Goldman featuring Refuse Fascism leaders Coco Das and Andy Zee.
From the statement posted to refusefascism.org on April 19:
This May Day must be a day of no business as usual—walking out of work and school and taking to the streets in nonviolent protest to raise the demand TRUMP MUST GO NOW. That is how we draw a clear line: In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America.
Watch for local details on the action calendar. To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
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Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
The Dangerous Precedent of the Prairieland “Antifa” Trial
2026/04/12
Sam recaps the moral challenge before all of us living in a country led by a president who just this week explicitly threatened to unleash genocide against a whole people, saying he would "end the whole [Iranian] civilization" unless they bow to his demands.
Join the Refuse Fascism webinar next Sunday April 19 ALL OUT FOR MAY DAY: TRUMP MUST GO NOW!
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Then, we share the recording from a recent panel discussion hosted by the Defending Dissent Foundation and the National Lawyers Guild about the Prairieland case, featuring Chip Gibbons (Policy Director at Defending Rights & Dissent and author of the forthcoming critical history of the FBI, The Imperial Bureau), Seth Stern (Chief of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation), Dario Sanchez (a Prairieland defendant) and moderated by Xavier T. de Janon (Director of Mass Defense at the National Lawyers Guild and Attorney with People’s Law Collective).
The guilty verdict on federal terrorism charges for activists protesting ICE at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, marks a dangerous win for Trump and the criminalization of dissent. Throughout the 3-week trial in North Texas, prosecutors advanced the baseless claim that “antifa” is a terrorist organization—pointing to political zines and black clothing as supposed evidence. This case delivers a major victory for Trump’s long-running effort to recast a loosely defined political ideology as a domestic terrorist threat.
Find out more at prairielanddefendants.com and follow @dfwsupportcommittee
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
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Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
A Short History of American Fascism: From the KKK to the Trump Era
2026/03/31
Dr. John Donoghue discusses how the Trump regime’s fascism is rooted in deep white supremacist historical currents running from colonial North America through the present. Confronting this history is essential if we are going to determine what it will take to defeat MAGA fascism, which poses a grave menace to freedom, decency, and the common good at home and abroad.
John Donoghue’s work has focused on the history of early American colonialism, radical political thought and action, slavery and servitude, abolition, and the political economy of capitalism. His new book (forthcoming) titled American Insurrections: An Unruly History of White Christian Nationalism traces how insurrectionary violence established white supremacy in the colonial era and played a vital part in its transition to white nationalism in the U.S. and the resurgence of white Christian supremacy after the Civil War.
View this talk as a presentationSights and Sounds from No Kings Day March 28Refuse Fascism's statement: On No Kings Day 2026: See It Clearly. Act Accordingly. To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
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Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Get Ready for No Kings: What Will It Take to Stop Trump?
2026/03/23
Trump’s war on Iran is illegal, illegitimate and immoral. It has already killed thousands. It is threatening to spiral into a far wider catastrophe.
At home: ICE terror continues. New camps are being built. More people are dying in detention. Trans rights are being erased. Voices and media that doesn’t toe the fascist line find themselves in the line of fire. Open white supremacy rides high. And MAGA daily steps up its preparation to rig, steal, or otherwise subvert the elections.
Even if there are tensions within parts of the MAGA base—even if some who helped bring this regime to power are uneasy about a wider war—the regime is hardening and escalating.
More war abroad. More repression at home. Escalation of an illegitimate, illegal, and murderous war whose consequences will be devastating for the people of Iran, the people of the entire region, people here in the United States, and the future of humanity.
And yet, the decent people of this country are waiting for midterm elections to end this nightmare.
Can elections stop a regime that is already undermining the conditions for free and fair elections?
What happens if millions wait while fascism tightens its grip? The Democratic Party cannot be relied on to fight this fascism the way it must be fought.
But together, we can.
Join a Refuse Fascism Contingent at a No Kings event nationwide on March 28
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
From Minab to Armageddon
2026/03/16
To better understand the impact of the US/Israel War on Iran this week, Sam talks with Sussan Tahmasebi, Executive Director and the Co-founder of Femena, the support organization for women human rights defenders in MENA/Asia. Then, she talks with journalist Jonathan Larsen about the influence of Christian fascist ideology on the military and the wider support for this potentially apocalyptic war. Follow Jonathan's work on Substack at jonathanlarsen.substack.com.
Join the Webinar March 21: What Will It Take to Stop the Trump Fascist Regime? Organize with Refuse Fascism at No Kings Day.
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Christian Nationalism, War on Iran, and Trump’s Concentration Camps
2026/03/09
This week, Sam speaks with Matthew D. Taylor, about the religious undercurrents underpinning this incredibly dangerous new war against Iran. Dr. Taylor is a visiting scholar at Georgetown University's Center on Faith and Justice. His latest book The Violent Take It by Force offers a history of the New Apostolic Reformation movement and its role in the events of January 6th. Then, she talks with Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps (along with other books), about the plans to grow US concentration camps in support of ICE's ethnic cleansing mission.
Resources:
Follow Matthew Taylor on Substack and learn more about his work at drmatthewdtaylor.com.Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer's newsletter: Degenerate Art and listen to her podcast Next Comes What.TRUMP MUST GO NOW! Organize with Refuse Fascism at No Kings Day on March 28To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
The State of Fascism and The New War of Aggression Against Iran
2026/03/01
"Donald Trump, in conjunction with Israel, has launched a murderous, illegitimate, and illegal war against the sovereign country of Iran—openly aimed at regime change. This is an unprovoked war of aggression, the supreme war crime, and it must be stopped now."
-from the new statement posted to RefuseFascism.org
Friday afternoon, prior to the unprovoked attack that the US and Israel launched early Saturday morning, Sam Goldman and Paul Street recorded a conversation about Trump's extremely long State of the Union speech and where things stand in the US in relation to the consolidation of fascism, including the moves towards war against Iran that were already clearly being made.
Resources:
Stop the Illegitimate & Illegal War on Iran: Get in the Streets — TRUMP MUST GO NOW!A Fascist State of the Union Address, A Dismal Democratic Rebuttal, An Intolerable Situation: Trump Must Go Now!The Paul Street ReportThe incoherence at the heart of Trump's latest, biggest war by Zach BeauchampTo get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Trump’s New International Law: Might Makes Right
2026/02/16
Stephen Miller, Trump’s Goebbels, has openly declared that the new “international law” is “might makes right.” To discuss how that is playing out with the attacks on small boats off the coasts of South America, the kidnapping of President Maduro of Venezuela, the attempt to squeeze the country of Cuba to the point of collapse, Gaza and other outrageous ways this is playing out internationally, this week Sam speaks to legal scholar Marjorie Cohn. Follow her work at marjoriecohn.com.
Read, share and discuss The People’s Indictment of Donald Trump.
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Dispatch From Minnesota: Power in Defiance
2026/02/09
Sam recaps the latest developments as the regime continues to signal their plan to undermine midterm elections and anything that will impede their goal of ethnic cleansing.
Then, she speaks with Cliff Willmeng, Minneapolis resident, nurse and activist, about the crisis facing the Twin Cities: the occupation by ICE and other federal forces and the unprecedented resistance that the cities have demonstrated on all fronts to this fascist offensive.
Mentioned in this episode:
Heather Cox Richardson: February 7, 2026Zeteo: This Week in Democracy – Week 55: Trump's Racism Isn't Distraction. It's PolicyThe Marshall Project: ‘Why Is This Happening to Us?’ Daily Number of Kids in ICE Detention Jumps 6x Under TrumpChildren trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no schoolTo get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
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ICE Out of Everywhere, Trump Must Go Now
2026/02/02
All eyes are on Minnesota's Twin Cities, where the people there are showing the world how to unite as a community to reject fascist oppression. Coast to coast, the demand is ICE Out Now. But for ICE to go, Trump has to go.
This past week, Sam talked to Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld, author of Responding, Teaching, and Learning Race & LGBTQ Topics as Acts of Resistance in a Declining Democracy: An Activists’ Guide. Read their recent article Trump is a textbook fascist. It will take all of us to bring down his regime and check out their slide presentations on social justice topics.
The Power of the People Must Drive Out the Trump Fascist Regime — Read and Spread This Statement from Refuse Fascism
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Murder is the Message: Trump’s Gestapo in Minnesota
2026/01/26
Sam and Mark discuss the recent events in the Twin Cities including the murder of peaceful observer Alex Pretti that came one day after a historic Day of Truth and Freedom that shut down the city and brought tens of thousands into the streets in sub zero temperatures, and the response that is required across the country.
Recommended:
Testimony from witness to Alex Pretti's murderStatement from Alex Pretti's parents‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war by David SmithWe ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start by Claire FinkelsteinTo get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
One Year of Trump 2.0 — A Year of Lawless Murder and Boundless Terror
2026/01/18
One year into Trump 2.0: what we face in the Trump regime is fascism. Sam talks to human rights lawyer and writer Qasim Rashid (follow his work on Substack at qasimrashid.com), and we share analysis and orientation for activists and everyone newly inspired to act for humanity from Coco Das, member of the Refuse Fascism leadership group.
Join protests near you on and around the anniversary of Trump's inauguration Jan 19 and 20, including walkouts on the 20th. Find resources to print and distribute at refusefascism.org.
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Emergency! Trump’s ICE Gestapo Commits Cold Blooded Murder
2026/01/11
It's critical that the protests that have erupted in response to an ICE agent's cold blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good continue to grow in size and determination. This whole fascist regime must be driven from power.
Renee was the fifth person killed by ICE since the Trump regime's escalated ethnic cleansing campaign, a 37 yr old mother of three who stopped her car to bear witness and blow the whistle against ICE's terrorizing presence in her neighborhood in Minneapolis, which has been priority #1 for DHS.
Join protests near you and bring the message that Trump Must Go into these demonstrations. ICE is this fascist regime's gestapo and this terror will only get worse as long as this regime remains in power. Find resources to print and distribute at refusefascism.org.
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
Stop the Illegal Invasion of Venezuela — Trump Must Go NOW!
2026/01/04
Sam, Mark and Paul Street (The Paul Street Report and Refuse Fascism's leadership group) talk about the brazen and criminal attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife, the Trump regime's goals for the hemisphere, and what people of conscience must do in response.
Recommended:
"Trump’s Fascism and the Drive Toward War in Venezuela" with Matthew Hoh"What Does a Fascist Military Look Like?" with Nicholas GrossmanTo get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314 or sign up online, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
Subscribe to Refuse Fascism on Substackpatreon.com/refusefascismdonate.refusefascism.orgVenmo: Refuse-FascismBuy merch (Big Cartel)Buy merch (Fourth Wall)Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
2025: Live With Fascism — or Stop It
2025/12/30
Fascism is no longer aspirational — it’s operational. What 2025 revealed, and what 2026 demands. Featuring voices from the past year:
Thomas Zimmer (237)
Sunsara Taylor (269)
David Smith (243)
Judith Levine (252)
Mary Anne Franks (266)
Moustafa Bayoumi (260)
Nicholas Grossman (272)
Michele Goodwin (256)
John Donoghue (271)
A.R. Moxon (240)
Sasha Abramsky (259)
Channyn Lynne Parker (253)
Emily Van Duyne (246)
Baltazar Enriquez (269)
Michael Fanone (269)
Sunsara Taylor (269)
Thank you to everyone who supported the show and participated in the movement this past year - we are so grateful to you all.
To get involved, text REFUSE to 855-755-1314, follow @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
Support:
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Awake at night always 2025/10/06
Quintessential listening in the age of fascism.
Part of an extremely small handful of podcasts that are telling it like it is in terms of rapid fascist consolidation at every single level, from soci...
fiitidyotoyo 2025/08/25
Lost and Found
If you are looking for direction and leadership in these troubling times, look no further than Refuse Fascism. Refuse Fascism is the only podcast I ha...
Daddy-Pops 2025/06/17
Excellent
This is such an important podcast. Thank you for all the work you’re doing.
Rank-and-File Union Member 2025/04/14
A must listen
Refuse Fascism is essential listening and a call to action to stand in solidarity against and defeat the tRump regime and fascist MAGA cult. Great res...
Rhino821 2025/04/27
Not based in reality
These people have no idea what actual fascism is. They use the word as an umbrella term for anyone and anything not aligned with their idea. Support t...
lhtewks 2025/04/03
One of the best longer form podcasts
This is one of the better long form anti-fascist anti-Trump anti-Maga podcast. I love all of the direct quotations and audio clips in the show. It giv...
jsifog 2025/04/02
Would Recommend
Great way to stay up to date not just on racism in America but around the world!
Eva5457 2025/01/20
What we need
This podcast needs to be in your list. We need this information now.
indiangirl5110 2024/11/16
Highly recommend
If you must know what is happening and why this podcast is for you.
Jameson1332 2024/12/19
Lolz
Nothing makes me laugh more than how unhinged these people are. I just started listening to this podcast and I started listening from the very beginni...
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