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This week, March 24th, is the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Argentine coup that sunk the country into a brutal U.S.-backed military dictatorship. The regime would unleash terror across Argentina, disappearing 30,000 people in just seven years. Thousands detained. Tortured. Murdered. But people would resist, like the family members of the disappeared — the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. They have marched for five decades to demand justice and the return of their children and grandchildren, alive. In Argentina, March 24 is known as the National Day for Memory and Truth and Justice. It honors the victims of the military regime. Each year, big marches and demonstrations are held in Buenos Aires to mark the date. This year, they are expected to be particularly huge…. In honor of this 50th anniversary, we are bringing you this bonus episode of resistance from Argentina. We produced these stories in this podcast last year. Three vignettes (here, here and here) about resistance to the evil of the military regime, the violence it unleashed, and the people standing up then and now… Still fighting for truth, justice, and memory, today. Stories of Resistance is a podcast produced by The Real News. Here is the link to listen to Season 1: https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resistance. We are currently developing Season 2. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. You can also follow and support Michael’s reporting, and see some pictures of these stories at www.patreon.com/mfoxor in the following links: Students March to Honor the Victims of Argentina’s Dictatorship & the ‘Night of the Pencils’ — In PicturesThe Crisis of Milei’s Argentina - Panamerican Dispatch Episode #5 Written and produced by Michael Fox. Michael is currently working on the next season of his podcast Under the Shadow, about Plan Condor and the U.S.-backed South American dictatorships of the 1960s and 70s. It’s expected to be released in 2027. You can listen to the current season about Trump’s onslaught in the region here. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

This is a preview for Season 2 of Michael Fox's podcast Under the Shadow, about Trump's onslaught on Venezuela and in Latin America.  On January 3, 2026, the United States invaded Venezuela and kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. It was the first US invasion of a Latin American country since the 1989 invasion of Panama.  The United States fired missiles and bombs that blew out windows and hit residential apartment blocks. Helicopters. Explosions. Firebombs. They cut electricity. They destroyed a medical supplies warehouse. Testimonies say helicopters fired on innocent people. They traumatized thousands, if not millions, of Venezuelans. The aftermath for everyday Venezuelans has been completely ignored. The voices of those on the ground—the voices of the victims—have been largely silenced in the international press and then forgotten as the news cycle hurtles on and our attention shifts elsewhere—to Greenland, Minneapolis, Iran, Gaza, or whatever Trump happens to be blustering about on social media. We head to Caracas to speak to people who experienced the invasion firsthand, whether sheltered in place in their homes or running for their lives in the streets of their city. We’ll hear their stories of Trump’s “impressive” attack, their messages for the US, and how they’ve promised to resist the ongoing attack on their sovereignty. Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America. Follow Under the Shadow on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Resources Today’s episode features filmmaker Angel Palacios. Below are some links to his documentary films:Puente Llaguno: Claves de Una Massacre (en Español)Llaguno Bridge: Keys to a Massacre (in English)Angel’s film series InjerenCIA: The Silent Invasion (en Español)Under the Shadow Season 1The Beginning: Monroe and migration | Under the Shadow, Episode 1Panama. US Invasion. | Under the Shadow, Episode 13The legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4 Michael Fox’s recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela: With the strike on a ‘drug-carrying boat,’ Trump returns to a dangerous US policy for Latin AmericaCaribbean leaders call for unified Latin American resistance to US attacksTrump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 outlines imperial intentions for Latin AmericaYou can check out Michael’s recent episode of Stories of Resistance about the protests against US intervention in Venezuela.NACLA’s Curated Guide to the US Attack on Venezuela Truthout’s ongoing reporting on War and Peace and the US invasion of VenezuelaVisit TRNN for all of TRNN’s coverage on this and so much more Hosted, written, produced, mixed and edited by Michael Fox. Script editing by Heather Gies. Translator and freelance journalist Coromoto Jaraba Pineda helped with reporting for this episode. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram. Many thanks to Ricardo Vaz and Jessica dos Santos for their advice and their help. All of the ambient sound of the invasion in this episode was taken from cell phone videos filmed and posted on social media or shared over WhatsApp on January 3, during the pre-dawn US invasion. This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA. Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, Monte Perdido. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

Today, people are protesting across the United States. They’re rallying. They’re walking off their jobs to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of president Donald Trump.  It’s part of a nationwide protest called the “Free America Walkout.” It’s organized by the Women’s March, the group that led the huge women’s marches against Trump in his first term. More than 400 events, rallies, and actions are happening throughout the United States. People are braving the cold weather, walking out of jobs and schools and standing up.  Today also marks the one-year anniversary of Stories of Resistance. This is the last episode of Season 1 of Stories of Resistance. Stay tuned for season 2 later this year. Please check out our new season of Under the Shadow. It’s all about Trump’s onslaught in Latin America. You can listen and subscribe here: https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow  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.  Sign 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 won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources Real News Stories:Resisting ICE‘We are facing a tsunami of hate’: Amid ICE crackdown, unions and community groups call for Minnesota shutdown in 10 days‘No fascist USA!’: Baltimore marches against ICEDe-ICEing the Big Easy (Documentary Report)ICEd out of AmericaICE: Manifestantes y agentes se enfrentan en PROTESTA en MINNEAPOLIS | EL PAÍSPersisten las protestas en Minneapolis tras la muerte de una mujer por un agente de ICEMINNESOTA: Aumentan PATRULLAS COMUNITARIAS ante violencia del ICE | EL PAÍSUS citizen says ICE removed him from his home in his underwear without a warrant Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

They called Ali Primera “The People’s Singer.” The Venezuelan ambassador of the Nueva Cancion, protest song, movement, which spilled across Latin America in the 1960s and ’70s, and included others like Mercedes Sosa and Victor Jara. Ali Primera sang in solidarity. He sang for rights and for justice. He sang in defense of the people, the humble and the working class. He sang in solidarity with El Salvador in the 1980s, and Nicaragua. He sang for revolution and for peace. He sang to demand an end to US imperialism. An end to US intervention and aggression throughout Latin America. Please check out our new season of Under the Shadow. It’s all about Trump’s onslaught in Latin America. You can listen and subscribe here: https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow 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.  Sign 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 won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Nicaragua - 1983 - concierto por la pazAlí Primera. Abran la Puerta.Los Guaraguaos "No Basta Rezar", LIVE, 1974ali primera - Canción Bolivariana Alí Primera. Himno Nacional de Venezuela.Ali Primera - EntrevistaDocumental "Savia y Fruto" (Alí Primera, Entrevista Completa)Chávez sobre alí primeraAli Primera Abrebrecha y Yankee go home en vivoAlí Primera - Canción Bolivariana (Venezuela) (English Subs) La Canción Bolivariana, presentada en dos tiempos, dos interpretaciones en vivo de esta obra que el camarada Alí grabó en nuestros corazones y sobre todo en nuestras mentes como un ideograma perpetuo de la lucha bolivariana, que es nuestra lucha pasada, presente y futura. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

On January 1, 1994, Indigenous peoples from Chiapas, Mexico, rose up. They took control of city halls in towns across the state. They took the state capital San Cristobal de las Casas. And they held them for days, despite a violent response from Mexico’s military. This was not just any movement confined to the mountainous jungles of Mexico. It was an Indigenous uprising against injustice. An uprising against neoliberalism. An uprising against globalization and free trade agreements, and it would have deep reverberations. Inspiring people, not just in Mexico, but around the world. ***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.  Sign 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 won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: First Declaration of the Lacandona JungleZapatista: a Big Noise FilmMexico: Ezln Leader Subcomandante Marcos InterviewChiapas and the Zapatistas - Mexico's Brutal Land DisputeDocumental: El Fuego y la Palabra (EZLN, México) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

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. 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 won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. We are so excited. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Resources: I know this is an ad, but it’s a really good one... O Tannenbaum - Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources:  Panama. US invasion. | Under the Shadow Episode 13Upcoming Season 2 of Under the ShadowUsed 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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

On Dec. 6, people across the United States marched. They protested. They carried banners: No war on Venezuela. No blood for oil. US hands off Venezuela. They chanted and waved Venezuelan flags. Trump says he’s coming to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He’s promised it’s only a matter of time. The United States has amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.  But according to a recent CBS poll, 70% of Americans are opposed to US military action in Venezuela. And over the weekend, those voices were loud. Marches against US military intervention. Against the ongoing US boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. Against Trump rhetoric that claims to applaud peace, while carrying out and threatening violence at home and abroad—violence against Venezuela.  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.  Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Here are links to some of my recent reporting on these issues: With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin AmericaCaribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks Here are links to some of the clips I used in today’s episode: En Burlington, Vermont, los movimientos sociales se movilizan activamente en apoyo a #Venezuela frente a las amenazas de guerra provenientes de #EstadosUnidos. https://x.com/teleSURtv/status/1997430017744122186Los manifestantes recorren Los Ángeles en una movilización nacional contra la guerra de Estados Unidos contra Venezuela. Hubo manifestaciones en más de 65 ciudades de todo #EEUU, y los manifestantes exigieron el fin las amenazas de #Trump contra #Venezuela https://x.com/manelmarquez/status/1997631357279736148"Estados Unidos no tiene nada que hacer en #Venezuela la única razón por la cual EEUU entraría en Venezuela es el petróleo...EEUU ha tenido una política desastrosa en América Latina" Isabel Allende. https://x.com/FlorenciaLagosN/status/1996750163327537537Massive ‘NO WAR ON VENEZUELA’ Billboard Drops in Times Square A new sign in the heart of #TimesSquare highlights the truth: the majority of Americans oppose #USA military operations in #Venezuela. As the #Trump administration escalates toward a catastrophic military operation by passing Congress, violating international law, and fabricating pretexts, the message is now impossible to ignore. https://x.com/telesurenglish/status/1996338046048903299A movement incubator based in NYC for the working class. Political education. Cultural work. Internationalism & movement building. https://x.com/PeoplesForumNYC/status/1997397881699930114/video/1Protestors hold "No War on Venezuela" rally in downtown L.A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_dweHYl0cNew poll shows most Americans are against military action in Venezuela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2nKT-yl-Oc Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

In the 1980s, the United States wreaked havoc in Central America. Backing authoritarian dictatorships. Fueling massacres and violence. Funding, training, and organizing the Contras, a paramilitary organization created to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The US government was spending billions on its interventionist policies across Central America in the name of fighting so-called communism. But people pushed back across Central America. And they also responded in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the streets against US intervention in the region. It was the Central American solidarity movement. 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Under the Shadow podcastNicaragua, 1980s. Revolution | Under the Shadow, Episode 10, Part 1Some clips of this episode of Stories of Resistance were taken from Episode 10, Part 2 Nicaragua, 1980s. Contra War | Under the Shadow, Episode 10, Part 2 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

On Thanksgiving morning before dawn, the ferries run every 15 minutes, taking people to a sunrise gathering. An Indigenous People’s Alcatraz Thanksgiving ceremony.  The boats arrive to the island in the middle of the bay. People get off. Climb on to the island. They huddle against the chilly air and the cold winds that whip across San Francisco Bay. Lights from the cities across the water flicker in the distance. A ceremonial fire is lit. Drums beat as the sun rises. Songs are sung. Words are said. Dances danced. Prayers spoken. Stories told. Resistance remembered. This event is sacred. A ceremony to challenge the Thanksgiving myth. A ceremony to remember the innocent Indigenous peoples killed and pushed aside by the European conquest of America. And to honor the struggle of those who survived. As they say, “To honor the resistance of our ancestors and give thanks for the survival of our Peoples, sacred places, cultures and ways of life.” The location for this ceremony is not by accident. In 1969, Alcatraz was the site of a 19-month long Native American occupation that inspired movements and organizing around the country. That legacy lives on until today. BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Anthem Awards and also 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Indigenous peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise gathering November 27, 2025The Occupation of Alcatraz IslandSunrise Ceremony Marks 50th Anniversary of Alcatraz OccupationA look back at the takeover of Alcatraz IslandIndigenous Peoples Day Alcatraz Sunrise Ceremony 2015Occupation of Alcatraz, 11-29-1969Free Radio AlcatrazRichard Oakes delivering the Alcatraz Proclamation (1969) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

Nov. 20 is Black Consciousness Day in Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black organizations, people, and movements in Brazil. Celebrating the ongoing fight against racism. And, above all, celebrating the history of Brazil’s most historic Black leader: Zumbi dos Palmares. He was leader of the great Palmares Quilombo, present-day Alagoas, an autonomous state built by escaped slaves in the 1600s. Palmares would last for roughly a century. It would grow to a population of tens of thousands of people spread out over 11 towns in the forested mountains and hillsides of northeastern Brazil. And they would defend it time and time again against attacks by the Portuguese colonial army.  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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.   Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Culture, Land and Resistance: Brazilians Celebrate Black Consciousness Day‘Existing and resisting’: Black quilombo communities fight for land, rights in BrazilBlack Consciousness Day in Brazil Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

It was the Great Depression. Early 1930s. United States. More than a thousand mortgages a day were being foreclosed on. Hundreds of thousands of families were losing their homes each year.  Times were hard for everyone. Especially hard for farmers. But neighbors found a way to push back and help their friends in a very creative way. They called it a penny auction. 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

In the late 1700s, Indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of the Andes were forced to work for the Spanish. They tilled the land, worked in the textile mills and the mines. Those that didn’t faced heavy taxes. But in early November 1780, Indigenous Incan leader Tupac Amaru II led an uprising against the Spanish that he hoped would end it all. It was the largest revolt against colonial Spain. Thousands would join the months-long rebellion. It would inspire uprisings elsewhere across the continent, and independence leaders. South America would gain its freedom from Spain just 40 years later. See photos of the Tupac Amaru II statue in the Yanaoca town square here on Michael Fox's Patreon. 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

Just a year ago almost no one had ever heard of him. Just a name in a crowd. A fairly obscure member of the New York State Assembly. Just one in a packed pool of Democratic candidates running for mayor of New York City. A longshot. Now he is the leading candidate in the city’s mayoral race next Tuesday, November 4. A \Democratic socialist who has ignited a movement. A glimmer of hope amid dark days. Hope for not just New York City, but elsewhere around the country, and a road map for other progressive candidates. 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. All clips in this episode were taken from Zohran Mamdani’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/zohrankmamdani/ Resources: Your guide to the billionaire-backed groups working to push Dems right in 20264 Reasons why Trump is afraid of Zohran MamdaniCNN Anchors shill for Cuomo as mainstream media attacks Mamdani againCorporate media is trying to take down Mamdani. This is why they’re failing.Democrat elites try to destroy Zohran Mamdani’s chance at NYC mayor—will they succeed?Zohran Mamdani delivers stunning blow to ‘billionaire-backed status quo’ in NYC Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork

ICE agents are detaining thousands of people a day from communities across the country. But people are resisting. And it’s having an impact. Millions have protested in recent weeks, from the #NoKings rally to demonstrations in front of immigration detention centers, and protests against ICE in their communities. Neighbors in one Chicago suburb pushed back by yelling and honking car horns when ICE agents descended on their community. Elsewhere they’ve handed out thousands of whistles to neighbors at risk. And people are lifting up their cell phone cameras and their voices, and putting their bodies on the line to foil ICE raids in cities around the country. 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. Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.  Written and produced by Michael Fox. Resources: Community residents stand up against ICE – man goes freeNeighbors confront ICE in Chicago suburbChicago residents push back on ICE — October 15Illinois State Senator Karina Villa Confronts ICE — September 15Video shows neighbors 'boxing in' federal agents making ICE arrests in HillsboroProtests erupt as ICE agents conduct raids in New York City's ChinatownNew Yorkers Confront ICE and Homeland Security Agents During Chinatown RaidNew Yorkers Protest ICE - October 21, 2025People in NYC protest ICE — October 21, 2025 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893/support. Become a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today! Follow Stories of Resistance on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Sign up for our newsletter Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The Real News Network Twitter: @TheRealNews YouTube: @therealnews Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork