Interviews for Resistance
Latest Episodes
Striking Against Privatization and Charter Schools in Puerto Rico, with Mercedes Martinez and Liza Fournier
Puerto Rico's teachers are fighting a bill that would turn all their schools into charters, by any means necessary.
Striking against austerity and the Right, with Jane McAlevey
West Virginia's teachers proved that supermajority strikes can even beat a trifecta-red government, if they bring their community along.
"The time for this issue has come." Keith Ellison on Medicare for All and more.
I spoke with Rep. Keith Ellisonabout the new push for Medicare for All, how to talk about racism and economic justice, and why it might be time to think about a maximum wage.
Cleaning house, winning power with Ady Barkan
When the Republican tax bill passed, there was little discussion of its effects on the healthcare system--until Ady Barkan ran into Jeff Flake on a plane.
Walking to stay home: fighting for DREAMers and beyond with Maria Duarte and Omar Cisneros
March 5th was the deadline set by the Trump administration for the end of DACA, but it came and went without Congress acting.
Resistance is not enough: an election-year pledge, with R.J. Eskow
To really reverse the Trump agenda, a group of activists have come together to write a platform for change.
Stopping the privatization of Puerto Rico, with Julio López Varona
The plans for privatizing Puerto Rico's infrastructure after Hurricane Maria could be a bellwether of what's to come for the rest of us.
Trump's infrastructure plan left the infrastructure out, with Hunter Blair
Donald Trump has been promising a big infrastructure plan since the campaign days. But what he's got is a whole bunch of nothing.
Striking in the #MeToo Moment, with Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya
The International Women's Strike drew a lot of attention last year, but is coming this year in the midst of a full-on feminist moment.
Dreaming beyond the DREAM Act, with Kristian Hernandez
The Democrats gave in after just a few days of government shutdown, setting the stage for Trump to propose immigration "compromise" that will do real harm.