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Episode 187 uploaded January 28: Sam Goldman recaps some of the stories we’re watching most closely: the Texas +
other fascist controlled states v. federal government confrontation in
the wake of a SCOTUS decision the fascists actually don’t like
(shockingly, Roberts and Coney Barrett agreed that the federal
government has the authority to remove the murder wire that the state of
Texas is strewing all over the border and in the Rio Grande), the
latest on Trump’s legal troubles (which, spoiler alert: do not portend a
solution to our fascism troubles), and the ICJ ruling on the escalating
genocide in Gaza.
Sam speaks with Kathleen Belew, historian and author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America about her work and her evaluation of that movement as it’s developed in 2024.
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Kathleen Belew:
The sort of relationship between the Trump administration, or the Trump campaign, and white power activism has just intensified so dramatically. We have to worry about attacks on likely targets: infrastructure, targeted communities. And we also have to worry about authoritarianism. Some people in this movement are not necessarily interested in race war, they are now interested in seeing if they can assert control of the entire apparatus of governance.
❗View this excerpt from Kathleen on TikTok
Sam Goldman:
If you've ever asked "What if Lincoln just gave up Fort Sumter?" Or "What if Eisenhower just treated school integration as a polite suggestion?" Now you have your answer, as Biden simply allows the Texas State Military to lock out Border Patrol, which will have life or death consequences for children and mothers and others crossing the Rio Grande. His concern (Biden) is not in safeguarding vulnerable people are confronting the fascist menace. Instead, he is pursuing GOP cooperation with his mass deporting border cruelty.
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