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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

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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Male Supremacism: Ideology, Movement, and Political Strategy with Alex DiBranco

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 3
Alex DiBranco talks to host, Koki Mendis, about male supremacism: what is it and how is it part of a broader anti-democratic political strategy?
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An International Affair: Hindu Nationalism and the U.S. Right with Prachi Patankar

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 2
Prachi Patankar talks to host, Koki Mendis, about the Hindu Nationalist movement, and the influence it has in the United States.
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Anti-Trans Legislation and Why It’s a Feminist Issue with Heron Greenesmith

Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 1
Host Koki Mendis talks to Heron Greenesmith about the anti-trans organizing and what to expect from the anti-trans movement in the year to come.
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Worker Power in the Fight Against Authoritarianism, a conversation with PowerSwitch Action's Lauren Jacobs

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 7
In this conversation with Lauren Jacobs from PowerSwitch Action, the discussion focuses on the role of worker power in combating authoritarianism.
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Forty years of Antifascism with Daryle Lamont Jenkins

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 6
In this episode Koki and Daryle discuss what it looks like, on the ground, to fight the Far Right showing up in our communities, and what the day-to-day for antifascists in this work for the long-haul is like.
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Distorting the Climate Crisis: Far Right Environmentalism with Alex Amend

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 5
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance where host Koki Mendis and guest Alex Amend discuss the rise of far-right environmentalism. It is an ideological framework weaponizing environmental concerns to propagate nativist and reactionary politics.
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Christian [Home] Schooling and How It Advances the Christian Nationalist Project with Dr. Chrissy Stroop

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 4
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance where Dr. Chrissy Stroop peels back the layers of Christian dominionism, and explains how this ideology is deeply woven into the fabric of Christian homeschooling.
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Inside the National Conservatism Movement to Reshape the Right with Ben Lorber

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 3
Listen to Senior Research Analyst, Ben Lorber, pull back the curtain on the National Conservatism Conference 2022 (NatCon3).
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Racial Capitalism with Saqib Bhatti

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 2
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance, where Saqib Bhatti breaks down the disturbing realities of racial capitalism and state violence.
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Abortion Abolitionists with Cloee Cooper

Inform Your Resistance Season 1: Episode 1
Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance, where Cloee Cooper breaks down who the abortion abolitionists are, what drives them, and how their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements.
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