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The Radicalized Heidi Cuda

ResistanceMom

Emmy Award-winning journalist and podcast producer Heidi Cuda discusses her transition to resistance work in 2016, and. now her new podcast, Radicalized, covering today's disinformation ecosystems. Our conversation reaches back to the early impacts of Trump's rise to power and what lessons we carry forward from those days.

Resistance and the Corona Virus

ResistanceMom

The new corona virus sweeping through our communities is deadly and disruptive, but its infinitely more toxic in an environment of corruption.

Viral Politics - US and Hong Kong

ResistanceMom

Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Sharon Fast from the University of Hong Kong about adjusting to social isolation policies and the cancellation of in-person schools, universities and workplaces for another 3-4 months due to the corona virus 19. How will people in the United States act to contain the COVID 19 outbreak as the epidemic surges through the American population over the coming weeks? Our discussion circles back to how corruption in health policy inform people's reactions to health emergencies.

Mass Protests-Lebanon

ResistanceMom

Lebanon is just one of the places around the world where people are protesting on a massive scale for an end to corruption and restoration of democracy. Our guest, Luna Safwan, is a journalist covering the 9+ day demonstrations in Lebanon. Chat about the planning for mass demos in the US at ResistanceMom's Flickchat.

Out Out Out

ResistanceMom

As the Trump administration betrays the Kurds and refuses to comply with subpoenas from Congress, it becomes time to learn from leaders of movements that have successfully used mass protest to force corrupt leaders to leave office. Our guest today, Saadi Rosado, is a member of the Collectiva Feminista en Construcciòn, and helped organize the six weeks of sustained protests in Puerto Rico this summer that convinced their Governor, Ricardo Rosselló to resign.

LIkes and Shares

ResistanceMom

Clicking and commenting on campaigns online takes up more of our time than any other type of political work we do. In this episode I'm looking at how social media has developed over the past 12 years as a tool for social justice work. We're adapting to an online environment that's now been weaponized by the right, but the most important thing we can do is increase our commitment to face to face political work.

Don't Freak Out

ResistanceMom

Experts say instead of trying to keep your kids away from the dangers of the internet we should help them be prepared for it. Dr Victoria Baines, former UK police officer and exec at Facebook guarding kids in online spaces, says don't freak out when your kids encounter disturbing material online. Let them talk to you about it.

Resilience Is Survival

ResistanceMom

Resisting in this moment means letting some of the traumas around us take their place in your psyche. It's part of standing with people who are targets of oppression. Human rights workers around the world have dealt with the toll on staff members for decades. Yvette Thijm, Executive Director of Witness.org talks with me from RightsCon about how changing the narrative we use to define our work can make all the difference in the resilience of activists working in hostile and traumatizing environments.

Data Politics

ResistanceMom

The disruption of our political system since 2016 has a lot to do with the emergence of big data . The extraordinary amount of information big companies and many governments have about our lives is a "tool of social control", according to Zeynep Tufekci, author of Twitter and Teargas. Zeynep Tufekci talks about the types of regulation that will help people benefit from these new technologies without giving up the privacy and autonomy they currently threaten around the world.

Homestead

ResistanceMom

The US government continues to separate children who cross the border from their families and warehouse them at secretive child detention centers run by private, for-profit companies. Miami area resisters are holding a daily witness at the biggest such facility in the United States, in Homestead, Florida. Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Kathy Hersh of the Miami Quaker Meeting, and Charlie, one of the people witnessing at the camp on a daily basis.

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