• Episode 255: What is 4th of July in Fascist America? Trump Cruelty, Attacks on Immigrants | Bob Avakian on #July4
    Jul 7 2025

    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 is Your Fourth of July?” and the importance of learning the true history of the US. From the 2003 Revolution Talk.

    On the release of a new pamphlet by Bob Avakian, TRUMP/MAGA FASCISM, What We're Really Facing, Why and What Must Be Done to Defeat It Before It's Too Late, Volume 2.

    Bob Avakian from REVOLUTION #121, “To those engaging in unprincipled attacks: Is your goal defeating fascism, or just slandering those working for this?”

    American Crimes: the long history of genocide against native peoples.

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    44 Min.
  • Episode 254: THIS IS FASCISM! July 4: Protest, Don't Celebrate! #TrumpMustGoNow | No War On Iran! | Gaza + More
    Jun 30 2025

    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 can do to raise people's sights and sound the alarm.

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    1 Std. und 2 Min.
  • Episode 253: July 4 Protests: Declare Independence from A Fascist US | No War On Iran | #NoKingsDay & What's Next
    Jun 23 2025

    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 Iran, and why this must STOP!

    Bob Avakian, leader of the revolution and author of the New Communism,: Free Yourself from the GTF!

    Israel's massacre of hundreds of starving Palestinians in Gaza as they seek food.

    Contribute to the National Campaign to Get @BobAvakianOfficial Reaching Everywhere.

    More from the DC protest on June 14,

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    1 Std. und 20 Min.
  • Episode 252: Fascism IS Here & Happening NOW—No ICE Raids, No Military Parade—IN THE STREETS J14! #TrumpMustGoNow
    Jun 16 2025

    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 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.”? (From The Bob Avakian Interviews, 2025)

    $30K fundraising goal by July 1 for the campaign to get Bob Avakian's social media and leadership known throughout society—impacting with posters, ads on social media + more.

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    1 Std. und 10 Min.
  • Episode 251: No ICE Raids, No Trump! | Plus: Bob Avakian Responds to the Anti-Revolution Haters
    Jun 9 2025

    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 with Kat Blue, community advocate in San Diego.

    How do you deal with the ugly and dangerous attacks against you? (excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews on The RNL Show, 2022)

    Further reflections on what's behind the unprincipled attacks on Bob Avakian, which have gotten worse.

    Forced Starvation, Ethnic Cleansing and Indiscriminate Bombing in Gaza Continues...Do Not Be Complicit.

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    1 Std. und 18 Min.
  • Episode 250: Trump's J14 Parade & the Nazification of the Military | Bob Avakian: What's New in the New Communism
    Jun 2 2025

    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 known broadly in society.

    The genocide in Gaza, an update.

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    52 Min.
  • Episode 249: #TrumpMustGoNow Protests | 5 Yrs Since George Floyd | Bob Avakian On Defeating Fascism & Revolution
    May 26 2025

    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, 2025)

    May 15, 2025: Refuse Fascism Press Conference in Los Angeles.

    Speakers from around the country at Refuse Fascism's May 17, 2025 Rallies.

    The US/Israel Final Solution in Gaza... What Are YOU Going to Do?

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    1 Std. und 9 Min.
  • Episode 248: Fascist Attacks on Habeas Corpus; Bob Avakian On the New Socialist Constitution; Hunger Strike For Gaza
    May 19 2025

    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 basic needs and overcoming oppression... and how this is built into the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic.

    Brave students on hunger strike, while Israel inflicts death and starvation in Gaza.

    Sunsara Taylor interviews Maya, a Palestinian student at UCLA who is on hunger strike to protest the genocide in Gaza.

    New song from Outernational: “La Gente Nueva.”

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    1 Std. und 3 Min.