Episode 242: The Specific and Essential Thing That Is Represented and Is Being Enforced By the Trump Regime Is Not “Oligarchy,” It Is Not “Billionaires”: It Is Fascism
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Release Date: 04/07/2025
Episode 255: What is 4th of July in Fascist America? Trump Cruelty, Attacks on Immigrants | Bob Avakian on #July4
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What is 4th of July in Fascist America? Trump Cruelty, Attacks on Immigrants | Bob Avakian on #July4 The urgency of defeating Trump's fascism and removing it from power – and how it can become too late to do that. The cruelty of the latest developments in the fascist assaults on immigrants, and the deadly measures included in the Big Ugly Bill. The Refuse Fascism Declaration of Independence from Trump's fascist America. Voices from recent Refuse Fascism protests in DC. Bob Avakian, the leader of the revolution and the author of the New Communism, on Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave...
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Episode 254: THIS IS FASCISM! July 4: Protest, Don't Celebrate! #TrumpMustGoNow | No War On Iran! | Gaza + More
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Episode 254: THIS IS FASCISM! July 4: Protest, Don't Celebrate! #TrumpMustGoNow | No War On Iran! | Gaza + More Introduction, Trump's fascist consolidation is advancing: mass deportations, war on Iran, and a flood of fascist rulings from the US Supreme Court. Plus the most massive protests so far against Trump on June 14. Andy Zee of Refuse Fascism on major plans for July 1 – 4. Bob Avakian, from “2025: A New Year—Profound New Challenges—And a Profoundly Positive Way Forward in the Face of Very Real Horror.” More on the War on Iran. The system-created hellscape in Gaza. What people...
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Episode 253: July 4 Protests: Declare Independence from A Fascist US | No War On Iran | #NoKingsDay & What's Next
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July 4 Protests: Declare Independence from A Fascist US | No War On Iran | #NoKingsDay & What's Next Introduction with co-hosts Annie Day and Sunsara Taylor. No Kings Day protests, including the Refuse Fascism protest in DC the day of Trump's military parade. The importance of the demand, “Trump Must Go Now!” and plans by Refuse Fascism for protests in Washington, DC, July 1 – 4. Arrests of Democratic Party officials – statement of Sen. Alex Padilla. Christian fascist majority on US Supreme Court makes vicious anti-trans ruling. Rafael Kadaris on US/Israeli unprovoked attacks on...
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Episode 252: Fascism IS Here & Happening NOW—No ICE Raids, No Military Parade—IN THE STREETS J14! #TrumpMustGoNow
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Fascism IS Here & Happening NOW—No ICE Raids, No Military Parade—IN THE STREETS J14! #TrumpMustGoNow Introduction. ICE Raid Terror, No Due Process for Immigrants, Troops in LA, Democrats Arrested, Protesters Brutalized... Interview with Sunsara Taylor on why all decent people must be in the streets of Washington DC (and everywhere else across the U.S.) on June 14. From Bob Avakian's REVOLUTION #115: "The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go—NOW—before it is too late!" Voices of people standing up against the Trump fascist regime. What's the importance of the two slogans: “In the Name of...
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Episode 251: No ICE Raids, No Trump! | Plus: Bob Avakian Responds to the Anti-Revolution Haters
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No ICE Raids, No Trump! | Plus: Bob Avakian Responds to the Anti-Revolution Haters Introduction. Rafael Kadaris on the ramped-up fascist terror by ICE Gestapo. Annie Day and Michelle Xai look at inspiring examples of people standing up against ICE, and discuss the importance of the June 14 protest in DC and everywhere else... and the need to link these struggles to the urgent demand: The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now! Interview with Alfonso Morales, immigration attorney. Interview with Pedro Rios, director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program. Interview...
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Episode 250: Trump's J14 Parade & the Nazification of the Military | Bob Avakian: What's New in the New Communism
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Episode 250: Trump's J14 Parade & the Nazification of the Military | Bob Avakian: What's New in the New Communism Introduction. Fascism's double "double down"... the Nazification of the U.S. Military... June 14 mobilizations & the need for millions to demand: The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now! What is different and new in the new communism? (from The Bob Avakian Interviews, 2025) An interview with John Hedlund on his "open letter to academics on fighting fascism and the importance of Bob Avakian’s work." Donate and make a difference in getting Bob Avakian's voice and leadership...
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Episode 249: #TrumpMustGoNow Protests | 5 Yrs Since George Floyd | Bob Avakian On Defeating Fascism & Revolution
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Episode 249: #TrumpMustGoNow Protests | 5 Yrs Since George Floyd | Bob Avakian On Defeating Fascism & Revolution Introduction. 5-Year Anniversary of the Police Murder of George Floyd. Nothing Less! A Statement from Bob Avakian (June 2020). Key Lessons from the George Floyd Uprising in 2020 for Today. What's the importance of the two slogans: “In the Name of Humanity We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America” and “This Whole System Is Rotten and Illegitimate—We Need and We Demand: A Whole New Way to Live, A Fundamentally Different System”? (Excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews,...
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Episode 248: Fascist Attacks on Habeas Corpus; Bob Avakian On the New Socialist Constitution; Hunger Strike For Gaza
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Fascist Attacks on Habeas Corpus; Bob Avakian On the New Socialist Constitution; Hunger Strike For Gaza "If this Trump regime is allowed to remain in power, no one will be safe from its fascist rule..." Introduction with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day. The Trump/MAGA regime's fascist attacks on birthright citizenship, habeas corpus... the importance of different parts of society standing up... building now the movement that can defeat fascism. "[W]e need a whole different system, with a whole different Constitution...." Bob Avakian on dissent, protest, ferment... on meeting people’s...
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Episode 247: Protest May15 &17: Defend Birthright Citizenship! Trump Must Go NOW! Bob Avakian & the New Communism
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Episode 247: Protest May15 &17: Defend Birthright Citizenship! Trump Must Go NOW! Bob Avakian & the New Communism This episode presents two big themes: The demand that The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go NOW! This is a mission that every decent person in the US needs to be on. In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America. And, We Need and We Demand a Whole New Way to Live, a Fundamentally Different System. Andy Zee on Refuse Fascism, and two major days of action, May 15, the day the Supreme Court hears a case on Trump's attack on the constitutional right of birthright...
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Episode 246: May Day 2025 – The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go NOW! | Plus: Bob Avakian on Capitalism
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May Day 2025 – The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go NOW! | Plus: Bob Avakian on Capitalism Sounds and voices of May Day 2025. Introduction, with co-hosts Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day. The accelerating fascist transformation of US institutions, including Trump's attack on birthright citizenship, due process and other rights enshrined in the US Constitution. Attacks on science and health care. Ominous threats against autistic people that echo Nazi Germany. And the other side – tens of thousands of the decent people, marching, protesting and resisting. What is necessary to defeat the...
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On Bob Avakian's latest social media post: REVOLUTION # 114.
What do you say to people who argue that there aren't really splits among the rulers, that they're "just all the same, and all no good"?
Noche Diaz and Joe Veale take on bogus bullshit from Black social media "influencers" and hustlers telling Black people to stand down, and stay out of the streets on April 5 national "Hands Off" protests.
What's Behind the U.S.–Backed Genocide in Gaza?
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