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Inform Your Resistance

Every month, experts join Political Research Associates to discuss the most significant contemporary threats to democracy from the mainstream and Far Right. Listen now so that you can inform your resistance in the fight for a just and inclusive democratic society. A shared analysis makes our resistance stronger.

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You Might Think They're Absurd but They're Quite Serious: Frederick Clarkson on The New Apostolic Reformation

Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 3
This episode discusses the broad and far-reaching implications the New Apostolic Reformation has for democracy and religious freedom.
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From the Archives: Nativist Bedfellows by Tarso Luís Ramos and Pam Chamberlin

Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 2
In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads Nativist Bedfellows: The Christian Right Embraces Anti-Immigrant Politics by Tarso Luís Ramos and Pam Chamberlain, the fourth in our new From the Archives series.
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Anti-Immigration Politics with Ethan Fauré: When the Center Helps the Right Capture State Institutions

Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 1
We discuss the origins, unlikely intersections, and influence of the contemporary anti-immigration movement, including an overview of how this movement developed, from its White Nationalist origins, with significant bipartisan and centrist support.
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Protestors with signs saying "Immigrants are not criminals" and "No I.C.E. raids"
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From the Archives: The Spirit of January 6

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 10
In this episode, Koki reads “The Spirit of January 6th” by Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné, the third in our new From the Archives series.
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The Entwined Geographies of White Nationalism and Climate Denialism with Laura Pulido

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 9
Koki interviews Laura Pulido, who studies race, environmental justice, and cultural memory. They discuss the intersection of racial and climate denialism, and how these realms of politics, understanding, and identity buttress one another.
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The Organizational Psychology of the Far Right with Shane Burley

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 8
In this episode, Koki sits down with Shane Burley to discuss some of the most peculiar, and—at times, most influential—corners of the Far Right.
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From the Archives: Total Life Reform

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 7
In this episode, Koki reads “ Total Life Reform: The Real Consequences of the Far Right’s Self-Help Grift” by Shane Burley, the second in our new From the Archives series.
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Why You Should Care about the End Times: Christian Zionism & its Outsized Influence on American Policy with Aidan Orly

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 6
Koki is joined by Aidan Orly to talk about Christian Zionism: the right-wing domestic and international movements that use a Christian biblical interpretation to promote and endorse Jewish nationalism.
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From the Archives: Why Are Gen Z Girls Attracted to the Tradwife Lifestyle?

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 5
In this episode, Koki reads “Why Are Gen Z Girls Attracted to the Tradwife Lifestyle?” by Marielle Cooksey, the first in our new From the Archives series.
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Project 2025: The Plan of the Century with Peter Montgomery

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 4
Host Koki Mendis talks to Peter Montgomery about Project 2025 the Right’s playbook to remake the U.S. government as we currently know it toward authoritarianism.
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