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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Today was powerful — millions said: No Kings. No ICE terror. No fascism. TRUMP MUST GO NOW.

This fascist regime has to be driven from power. So what’s next? Find out TOMORROW join an Organizing Webinar — Sun Oct 19, 6 PM ET — build for Nov 5 in DC

Register: refusefascism.org/events/join-...
October 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
November 5, where will you be?
In Washington D.C.
11AM at the Washington Monument
Find out more at @refusefascism.bsky.social refusefascism.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in #Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry #Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by @apnews.com Press. youtu.be/63XTo2EyLZA?...
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
YouTube video by Associated Press
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July 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social
#podcast Sam talks w/ @JudithLevine about the significance and symbolism of the fascist military parade on June 14 and then w/ Elisa von Joeden-Forgey from the
Lemkin Institute. A great episode -- listen now:
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The Fascist Military Spectacle, Genocidal Ideology + The Movement We Need
Sam talks with Judith Levine about the significance and symbolism of the fascist military parade on June 14 against the backdrop of what she calls a new phase for the regime: from soft authoritarianis...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social #podcast @sambgoldman talks w/ Rachel Cohen the former Skadden associate who publicly resigned over her firm’s collaboration with the Trump Fascist Regime. refusefascism.org/2025/04/21/w...
We’re In It Now: Trump Defies the Courts, Targets Us All
Shout out to everyone in the streets yesterday saying Trump Must Go NOW! After a short recap from Sam of the terrifying events of the past week (Trump is directly flaunting the Supreme Court ruling th...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
April 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social #podcast Sam Goldman talks w/ David Smith, theguardian.com Washington DC bureau chief. Plus Sam Goldman and Mark Tinkleman talk about the fascist repression of the student movement to free Palestine and more. refusefascism.org/2025/03/31/a...
All Out For April 5: Silence = Collaboration
Listen On YouTube Episode 243 Listen to reports and excerpts from the protests demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil and against the the broader fascist repression of the student movement to ...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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This week on the pod Sam discusses how the Trump regime is taking the attacks on the rule of a law to a whole new level & the urgent need & basis for mass resistance to defeat Trump/MAGA fascism. Then she interviews @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social author of How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism.
How Young Men are Recruited into Fascism - And How to Stop It With Craig Johnson
Sam discusses how the Trump regime is taking the attacks on the rule of a law to a whole new level and the alarming leaps towards fascist consolidation from this past week,  emphasizing the urgent nee...
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March 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social #podcast Sam discusses how the Trump regime is taking the attacks on the rule of a law to a whole new level.Then she interviews @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social author of How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism: refusefascism.org/2025/03/23/h...
How Young Men are Recruited into Fascism - And How to Stop It With Craig Johnson
Sam discusses how the Trump regime is taking the attacks on the rule of a law to a whole new level and the alarming leaps towards fascist consolidation from this past week,  emphasizing the urgent nee...
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March 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Listen up to @elienyc.bsky.social on the fascist dictatorship we face, why we can't rely on the courts to stop fascism, and why the people have to take the lead. Then get in the streets, refusing to accept a fascist America, in the name of HUMANITY.
March 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Khalil’s arrest is a turning point. It is a leap towards the consolidation of a different kind of country – a fascist America. When the business of the government is bulldozing the rule of law and cementing a fascist order, there must be no business as usual.
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest

“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”

Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This week Sam and Coco discuss the arrest, jailing, and threatened deportation of Columbia University graduate, Mahmoud Khalil & the turning point it represents.
Mahmoud Khalil Must Be Freed - Trump Must Go
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March 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social #podcast
Sam and Coco talk about the kidnapping, ICE detention and plans for deportation of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil and the need to step up resistance.

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Mahmoud Khalil Must Be Freed - Trump Must Go
Sam and Coco talk about the ominous significance of the kidnapping, ICE detention and plans for deportation of Columbia graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil (not to mention, green card holder married ...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Great explanation of what's happening at @Columbia and elsewhere. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

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Free Mahmoud Khalil! REFUSE FASCISM! | @BobAvakianOfficial We Need A Fundamentally Different System
YouTube video by The Revcoms
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March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Note: The United States is now kidnapping political dissidents and disappearing them. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pro-Palestinian student protester detained by US immigration officials, says lawyer
Mahmoud Khalil was at his college accommodation when immigration officials detained him, says his attorney.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is #Fascism. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and it's a leadership are complicit. We need visible defiance and resistance from our institutions. Anything less is capitulation.
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
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March 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In this episode of the @refusefascism.bsky.social #podcast
Sam Goldman talks w/ author and essayist
@juliusgoat.bsky.social about the underpinnings of accommodation and rejecting the fascist offer. Sam recaps Trump's fascist address to congress:
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Decorum Vs. Determined Resistance with A.R. Moxon
Sam recaps this past week including Trump's fascist address to Congress, the regime's progress towards their goals and the protests demanding Trump and Musk's removal around the country. Then, she tal...
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March 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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A podcast I did with Refuse Fascism earlier this week. Hope you find this analysis of use in seeking to understand this political moment. refusefascism.org/2025/02/16/u...
Unprecedented: Sasha Abramsky & Thomas Zimmer on the Crisis We Face
Sam shares an excerpt from Refuse Fascism's Virtual Forum "Only The People Can Defeat Fascism" featuring commentary from Paul Street and Sunsara Taylor. You can view the entire forum here. She then in...
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February 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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"Trump must GO!" shouted "thousands upon thousands, all morning into afternoon" says Madison Stewart in Washington Square Park, NYC ➡️ 📹

#USProtests #AnnulTheElectionNow #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity
February 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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If you like the Refuse Fascism podcast hosted by Sam Goldman, don't forget to subscribe to Sam's newsletter on beehiiv:
The Big Picture
It’s not a million different things - it’s a million pieces of one project: fascism.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“and they can get away with that, then we're not in a constitutional crisis anymore because the constitutional order has then already been suspended.”

From Refuse Fascism: Unprecedented: Sasha Abramsky & Thomas Zimmer on the Crisis We Face, Feb 16, 2025

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Unprecedented: Sasha Abramsky & Thomas Zimmer on the Crisis We Face
Podcast Episode · Refuse Fascism · 02/16/2025 · 1h 22m
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February 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Today Trump signed an executive order titled “ensuring accountability for all agencies” that claims that agencies created by the legislature are only accountable to the president and that the president (not the Supreme Court) has final say on the interpretation of the law. Read this👇
From @thomaszimmer.bsky.social on this week’s RF pod: “Ten days ago, I would have said we're in the midst of a constitutional crisis. But I define constitutional crisis as a situation in which the constitutional order is under threat and maybe under threat of being subverted…
February 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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This week Sam speaks to the regime’s preparations to defy the courts, shares Refuse Fascism’s call to action for February 17, speaks with organizers from the #50501movement protests to #buildtheresistance and Daniel Hunter, author of “What if Trump Wins”
Watering The Seeds of Resistance
Sam shares the call from Refuse Fascism to take the streets on Presidents Day (Monday, February 17) and shares some of the developments that marked week 3 of Trump 2.0. She interviews Daniel Hunter, ...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM