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In collaboration with The Nation, long-time political organizers Aaron Regunberg and Jonathan Smucker, and their normie friend Matt DaSilva, discuss the history of fascist takeovers, the conditions enabling them, and the resistance movements that have defeated them, to find lessons for today’s fights against Trump, MAGA, and the growing threat of modern authoritarianism. Want to piss off fascists?... more

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Aaron and Jonathan talk to Dan Denvir, not about his famous lefty podcast The Dig, but about his not-so-famous local organizing project, Reclaim RI. We swap stories about what it really looks like to build the power necessary to turn the Democratic P... more

You've already heard us rant about AI. What if you could hear someone who's actually super smart and profoundly informed...also rant about AI? We're joined by tech expert Sarah Myers West, who lays out why AI, as it's currently structured, is all abo... more

Tara Raghuveer joins us to talk about her work building tenant unions, her belief that tenant unions can be to working class people in the 21st century what labor unions were in the 20th century, and her faith that, if we have a chance to beat fascis... more

Aaron and Matt are joined by Eric Rauchway, author of Why the New Deal Matters, to discuss America’s OG antifascist, FDR. What lessons can we learn from Roosevelt's successes in battling back the threat of American fascism that was rising in the 1930... more

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Recent Guests

Tara Raghuveer
Tenant organizer and director of the Tenant Union Federation (TUFF)
Tenant Union Federation
Episode: "If we have a chance, it lives in the tenant union" (w/ Tara Raghuveer)
Eric Rauchway
Historian, Professor of History at UC Davis
UC Davis
Episode: FDR, America's OG Antifascist (w/ Eric Rauchway)
Zack Beauchamp
Senior correspondent at Vox; author on Hungary and right-wing authoritarianism
Vox
Episode: How Hungary Fought Fascism (w/ Jennifer McCoy & Zack Beauchamp)
Jennifer McCoy
Regents Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University; non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment
Georgia State University; Carnegie Endowment
Episode: How Hungary Fought Fascism (w/ Jennifer McCoy & Zack Beauchamp)
David Klion
Columnist for The Nation; contributing editor at Jewish Currents
The Nation, Jewish Currents
Episode: America, Israel, and the Jews (w/ David Klion)
Morris Katz
Icon of economic populist political strategy; campaign media strategist
Campaigns for Zohran Mamdani (NYC), Graham Platner (Maine), Dan Osborne campaigns
Episode: What If Democrats Didn’t Suck? (w/ Morris Katz)
Astra Taylor
Filmmaker and writer, co-founder of the Debt Collective
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Episode: Let’s Fight Some Fascists (w/ Astra Taylor and Mark Bray)
Mark Bray
Historian, professor at Rutgers University, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Rutgers University
Episode: Let’s Fight Some Fascists (w/ Astra Taylor and Mark Bray)

Hosts

Aaron Regunberg
Co-host of the Fighting Fascism Podcast; frequently discusses organizing, housing justice, and anti-fascist strategy.
Matt DaSilva
Co-host of the Fighting Fascism Podcast; contributes practical organizing insights and counter-fascist messaging.
Jonathan Smucker
Co-host of the Fighting Fascism Podcast; focuses on historical context and strategic resistance.

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    Smart, accessible, timely, enjoyable, and fills a dire void in media

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Q: Can you walk us through a rent strike narrative and how it ended?
Tara explains an example where a Raytown Bowen Towers strike built a majority tenant union, escalated demands, faced evictions, and ultimately secured a settlement with rent reductions, two-year leases, and major repairs after sustained organizing and strategic negotiations.

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The show centers on anti-fascist history, organizing strategies, and democratic resilience, often pairing rigorous historical analysis with practical lessons for contemporary activism. Across episodes, guests range from tenant organizers and historians to political analysts, discussing how movements counter fascist currents, mobilize working-class constituencies, and build durable coalitions. Noteworthy traits include a strong emphasis on grassroots organizing, a willingness to interrogate policy choices with historical context, and a willingness to challenge elites and corporate power in pursuit of social justice. Potential listeners will find actionable tactics for campaigns and campaigns' messaging, along with thoughtful discussions abou... more

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