As we countdown to November 5, we're sharing some critical analysis and testimony from participants in this movement and beyond.
First, Sam provides a recap on plans in DC right now and how you can help. It's not too late to get involved - go to refusefascism.org and sign up.
Then we share comments from Sunsara Taylor on some of the latest developments and her response to movement leaders who advocate focusing on the midterm elections now, alongside extremely relevant remarks from Sen. Elissa Slotkin (a former CIA analyst, now the junior Senator for MI) that she gave at the Brookings Institution's Knight Forum on Geopolitics.
Plus: actress Frances Fisher, a student taking off from school to participate in Nov 5, Rep. Oye Owolewa (shadow congressman for D.C.), veterans Ralph and Justice all talk about why you should join them in taking to the streets and demanding Trump Must Go Now starting Nov. 5.
Get on a bus to DC for Nov 5 (7 locations still have tickets available).
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October 18, the No Kings protests around the country mobilized 7 million people into the streets "denouncing Trump" as the New York Times put it. Now it's time to bring that strength to the seat of power in DC.
Today we're sharing speeches from the Trump Must Go Now forum last week in NYC featuring Dr. Cornel West, Sunsara Taylor, Dread Scott and our very own Sam Goldman.
Volunteer to come to DC early - ideally by 10/29, to help make Nov. 5 a success. We have also updated the form on the website to allow people to opt into different volunteer crews that need to start working together ahead of time: Medical, Logistics, etc. Even if you've filled out the form previously please update your information here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/november-5-the-fall-of-the-trump-fascist-regime?source=podcast
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Sam recaps some of the developments from the past week including the escalating attacks on cities (such as the Black Hawk helicopter raid on an apartment building in South Shore Chicago), the Trump/Hegseth meeting to direct generals to get ready to wage war crimes and train troops against the US population, the government shutdown and more.
Then, she speaks with Dr. Mary Anne Franks, George Washington University professor and author of Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment, about what Trump and MAGA mean by "free speech" as they directly censor critics. Find out more about her work here.
Attend a mass organizing meeting near you over the coming weeks.
Commit to join protests starting 11/5 in DC: The Time Has Come for the Fall of the Trump Regime.
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This week we're sharing the presentation Sunsara Taylor gave at the mass organizing meeting in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, plus a brief recap of just some of the developments over the past week, both positive (Jimmy Kimmel was reinstated after groundswell of outrage) and ominous (the regime's declaration they are going to target "antifa" now), among many others.
Watch Sunsara on the RNL (Revolution Nothing Less) Show and hear her speak at a mass meeting near you in the coming weeks.
Statement from Refuse Fascism on Donald Trump’s Executive Order Against “Antifa”
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We’ve reached the stage of fascist consolidation where the regime directly censors the media (either “the hard way or the easy way” in FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s words). We’re sharing clips from the emergency demonstrations Refuse Fascism organized in response to ABC/Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
While the fascists lionize Charlie Kirk and are attempting to make him the MAGA equivalent of the Nazi martyr Horst Wessel to inspire greater repression, it’s more urgent than ever to mobilize for November 5:
The time has come for...The fall of the Trump fascist regime
Beginning November 5, 2025 Washington DC
Come to a MASS ORGANIZING MEETING
Featuring Sunsara Taylor
Other Speakers TBA
San Francisco:
Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin St 94109
Wednesday, September 24 5:30pm
Washington, DC:
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Church
1525 Newton St NW 20010
Saturday, September 27 2pm
More information here:
https://refusefascism.org/events/mass-organizing-meetings-trump-must-go-now/
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Refuse Fascism Responds to Trump’s September 10 Statement
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Sam speaks with Baltazar Enriquez from the Little Village Community Council in Chicago, which has been the center of Trump's threats in recent weeks.
Then, we share excerpts from the organizers' webinar with Andy Zee, Sunsara Taylor and Coco Das held on Friday September 19, discussing how the murder of Charlie Kirk has nothing to do with any positive change and that It must NOT be used to accelerate fascist repression and atrocity. They delve into the reality that the need for mass nonviolent but determined struggle to drive Trump from power is greater and more urgent than ever.
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Trump and Hegseth have declared that with the renamed Dept. of War, the U.S. is "going on offense." Sam digests this, along with the news that unknown people have been murdered by this "most lethal" military through random strikes on boats recently near Venezuela and during Trump 1.0 just off the coast with North Korea. Then, she speaks with flight attendant and organizer Alex Roberts about organizing efforts to remove the airline industry from participation in ICE's mass deportation efforts. Read his piece Commercial airlines are for consumers and cargo, not ICE deportations in The Tennessean and sign the petition Stop Commercial Airlines from Operating Deportation Flights. Follow Alex on Bluesky: @alexander-roberts.bsky.social.
There is no living with this fascism: The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5, 2025 – Washington DC
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This week we're sharing highlights from the organizing webinar last week that kicked off the push towards the Nov 5 mobilization.
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Sam recaps the latest ways that fascism is ratcheting forward including Trump’s latest threats to sic the military on other cities besides LA and DC. Then she speaks to Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi, author of Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook (The Guardian). Follow his work at moustafabayoumi.com.
What do we need to do between now and November 5? Join the national organizing webinar this Thursday:
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Yesterday Refuse Fascism led marchers to the White House demanding Trump Must Go NOW, as Trump took federal control of the DC police and deployed national guard and other federal agencies onto the streets of the city to terrorize residents. Visit refusefascism.org for videos and coverage.
We share Sam's speech from the kickoff rally at Dupont Circle that announced the new call to action:
Then, we share an interview with returning guest Sasha Abramsky. Follow his work at The Nation, read his latest article “This Is a Hunting of People”: LA Protesters Turn Out to Resist ICE and We’ve Officially Entered Kafka’s America
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Sam explains why the time to refuse fascism isn’t someday—it’s now: from ICE terror and mass disappearances to Trump’s executive order targeting unhoused people, to blatant defiance of the courts and violent threats against political opponents. Refuse Fascism is calling on people in every sector—healthcare, tech, education, government, culture—to join this nonviolent mass resistance and shut down the fascist machinery.
This week's episode features an interview with Wajahat Ali, editor of The Left Hook and co-host of Democracy-ish, followed by an interview with artist Phil Buehler (modern-ruins.com) whose installation "Wall of Shame" is on display in Bushwick through August 3 and is a project in partnership with Radio Free Brooklyn.
Plus voices of resistance from this past week, including healthcare workers in Massachusetts rallying against ICE, Refuse Fascism NYC's speak-out at the Ed Sullivan Theater in response to CBS canceling The Late Show, and Rev Dr. Richard Rose speaking before the march into East LA where our immigrant siblings are being kidnapped by ICE.
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After a recap on this past week, we share Sam's interview with Anna O. Law, the Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights at CUNY Brooklyn College. Her forthcoming book The Origins of American Citizenship and Migration—African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants will be out from Oxford University Press in the spring of 2026. Read her latest article History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important and follow her on Bluesky @unlawfulentries.bsky.social.
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Sam recaps some of the events from the past week including both the escalating ICE raids and the righteous resistance that shows people are not bowing down to this terror.
Then, we share the speech from Reverend William H Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC during the week of protest against Trump July 1-4 about the erasure of Black history by the regime. Follow Rev. Lamar on X at @WilliamHLamarIV.
Then, Sam talks to lawyer Michele Goodwin, author of Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood, and host of Ms. Magazine's podcast On The Issues about the post-Dobbs era she calls "Jane Crow." Read The Supreme Court Doesn’t Really Care About Originalism. ‘Medina v. Planned Parenthood’ Just Proved It. and How Dobbs Unleashed a Breathtaking Disregard for Human Rights.
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July 17: Good Trouble Lives On! Trump Must Go Now!
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Shout out to everyone who was in the streets on July 4! Read the recap from around the country here and the report from DC here.
We are sharing an interview with Leah Litman, one of the hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast and author of the best-selling book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. Read her article from The Atlantic: How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis and for Democracy Docket: How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP.
Then, we share the audio from Sunsara Taylor's speech in DC on why and how we can actually win the demand Trump Must Go Now.
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On the heels of the major SCOTUS ruling that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson calls “an existential threat to the rule of law,” we are busy mobilizing for a week of protest in DC culminating in a march on the White House demanding Trump Must Go Now:
Meet Friday July 4 at 2pm at Logan Circle
Sunsara Taylor recaps and analyzes the stakes of this ruling, plus Sam shares highlights from Elie Mystal's essential article, The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe.
Shout out to LA organizer Luna for the song we should all be singing at every protest coast to coast until Trump is gone!
Read the full statement This July 4th: A Declaration of Independence from Trump’s Fascist America.
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Sam discusses some of the ways the Trump regime has tightened its fascist grip this past week, including through their unprovoked and criminal war on Iran, and calls on people to join in declaring independence from Trump's fascist America with four days of nonviolent struggle July 1-4 in DC culminating on July 4 with the biggest chant heard around the world: TRUMP MUST GO . She talks with Channyn Lynn Parker, CEO of Brave Space Alliance about the implications and impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Then we share highlights from the TRUMP MUST GO NOW Refuse Fascism Rally on June 14 which brought thousands into the streets of DC in protest of Trump's military parade in direct defiance of threats from Trump (clips credit to the RNL-Revolution Nothing Less-Show).
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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 authoritarianism to the government’s war against the people. Follow "Today In Fascism" at judithlevine.substack.com and read these articles: We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade and Trump is waging war against citizens in LA. This is a dangerous new era on The Guardian.
Then, Sam talks with Elisa von Joeden-Forgey from The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security. Read their Letter to the American People.
Read the report / view photos and videos: Defying Trump’s Threats and His Military Parade: Refuse Fascism Led a March of over 1000 people to the White House
Make your plans now: July 4th week in Washington DC
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This week Sam discusses the cruel militarized ICE raids sweeping Blue cities kidnapping thousands of immigrants, the righteous resistance to them and the violent repression protesters are being met with. She interviews David N Smith sociology professor at the University of Kansas to discuss the relationship between Trump and his base. Then we share more about the need for mass nonviolent protests in DC to oppose Trump's military parade on Saturday June 14 featuring a conversation between Refuse Fascism national leaders Sunsara Taylor and Paul Street which originally aired on Tuesday June 3 on WPFW Liberation On Our Minds (find archived episode here).
JUNE 14:TRUMP’S MILITARY PARADE MUST BE OPPOSED! DEMONSTRATE in Washington, D.C and nationwide
Join us in DC 1pm at Logan Circle - March to the White House
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Highlights from June 7 Rally and Press Conference in front of White House
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JUNE 14:TRUMP'S MILITARY PARADE MUST BE OPPOSED! DEMONSTRATE in Washington, D.C and nationwide
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We share clips from speeches at protests Refuse Fascism organized around the country this past week demanding Trump Must Go NOW! Then, Sam talks with Carlos Álvarez Aranyos, founder of AmericanOpposition.org, a non-profit, non-connected political action committee created to counter the rise of fascism in the United States of America.
For more footage from May 15 and May 17 protests see @RefuseFascism on social media (@RefuseFashizm on TikTok) and our YouTube channel: @Refuse_Fascism.
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