Interviews for Resistance
Latest Episodes
Out of the headlines, the labor movement works to rebuild Puerto Rico, with Dan Maldonado
Part of a union delegation to work on hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico, Dan Maldonado gives us a sobering account of the island.
From the Fight for $15 to city council, with Stephanie Gasca
One of many organizers coming from social movements into campaigning for office, Stephanie Gasca tells us about her fight for North Minneapolis.
Disrupting education for fake free speech, with Thomas Gunderson
In one of the latest salvos in the battle to claim “freedom of speech” for the Right, Scott Wallker and his allies in Wisconsin are pushing a policy that would suspend or expel students for protesting.
Organizing for no more Harvey Weinsteins, with Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan
Sexual violence is in the news again thanks to allegations against one famous man, but what does ending it really entail?
Taking a knee for the Right to Know Act, with Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey
Delrawn Small was killed by the NYPD in the summer of 2016, and his brother and sister are part of a coalition fighting for police reform in New York.
Clipping the hedge funds that own Puerto Rico's debt, with Jonathan Westin.
What are hedge funds for, anyway? That's the question that the Hedge Clippers, a coalition of organizers and researchers targeting secretive financial institutions, has been asking for a while.
Turning up for DACA recipients, with Ricardo Aca
Trump's deadline for DACA renewals has passed, so we check in on the fight for the DREAM Act and all immigrants' rights
Challenging the frame around gun violence, with Patrick Blanchfield
After the Las Vegas mass shooting, calls to do something once again fill the airwaves and the press. But what can be done?
Tax policy matters, with Marshall Steinbaum
Trump's tax plan has dropped and is a huge giveaway to the owners of capital. Economist Marshall Steinbaum explains how to fight it.
Puerto Rico's short-term and long-term crises, with Javier Morillo
Puerto Rico was in crisis before a hurricane devastated the island; Trump, though, seems only concerned with its debt.