All About MAGA - Fascists, Authoritarians, and Everyone Else
Episode Description
Ejeris discusses the Make America Great Again (MAGA) Coalition with Tarso Ramos, long-time researcher and activist challenging the Right Wing. Tarso gives us a breakdown of various members of the coalition and the uneasy alliances that it includes. Ejeris reviews the latest news and political terrain post-election and talks about what it means to continue to monitor the Fascism Barometer after the 2024 US election and what's needed from all of us.
About Tarso
Tarso Luís Ramos (he/ele) is the outgoing executive director of Political Research Associates, a research and strategy center dedicated to defeating authoritarian and supremacist movements. Ramos, who grew up in a family exiled by the Brazilian military regime, has been studying and challenging the U.S. Right Wing for decades. He's a sought-after speaker and movement advisor on authoritarian and fascistic groups and movements. After 18 years with PRA, including 15 as executive director, Ramos is leaving for new adventures at the end of 2024.
About Ejeris
Ejeris is a political strategist passionate about strengthening liberation movements and building community safety. Ejeris serves as the Fascism Barometer's "movement meteorologist," exploring the impact of fascist movements on communities of color, queer and trans communities, and all marginalized people. Having worked for the past twenty-five years at the intersections of racial justice, LGBTQ liberation, anti-violence, transformative justice, and economic justice movements, Ejeris focuses on creating political and strategic experiments to strengthen social justice movements through the organization Ejerie Labs.
Resources
Reading
In These Times, “The Right is Prepared for This Moment: Are We?” A conversation between Jamelle Bouie, Alex Han, Nancy MacLean, Tarso Luís Ramos and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on the Left’s role in fighting the Right
The Brooklyn Rail, “Fascism Late, Early; Fascists Now, Then”
The New Yorker, “What Does It Mean That Donald Trump is a Fascist?”
The Guardian, “Fascism Comes Not With Goose Steps but with Dance Moves”
Tools
Fascist Emergency Playbook (pdf download)
Our Emergency Playbook (pdf download)
Actions
There are so many organizations to join and actions to take, here are a few to get started...
Donate, join, and support United We Dream's Work to Support Immigrants in the United States
Donate, join, and support the Transgender Law Center
Check out the Working Families Party's Mass Calls + join the Working Families Party
Attend or host a Community Gathering to Build the Movement to Stop Trump's Agenda - We Are Worth Fighting For - A project of Indivisible, MoveOn, Public Citizen, Working Families Party
Join or donate to People's Action
Check out the Women's March Action Hub
Support The Fascism Barometer to continue to create the pod and produce resources on fighting fascism!
Check out the resource hub!