Interviews for Resistance

Interviews for Resistance


Latest Episodes

Out of the headlines, the labor movement works to rebuild Puerto Rico, with Dan Maldonado
November 02, 2017

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
October 24, 2017

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
October 19, 2017

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
October 17, 2017

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
October 13, 2017

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.
October 10, 2017

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
October 09, 2017

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
October 06, 2017

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
October 04, 2017

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
September 28, 2017

Puerto Rico was in crisis before a hurricane devastated the island; Trump, though, seems only concerned with its debt.