Inform Your Resistance

We talk to experts about some of the most significant contemporary threats to democracy from the mainstream and Far Right so that you can inform your resistance in the fight for a just and inclusive democratic society.

Inform Your Resistance is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Inform Your Resistance, a news show with 50 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  Prosecuting "Antifa": The Prairieland Case and Its Implications for Organizers

  Apr 14, 202637 minS5

  <p>In this episode, Koki sits down with PRA Principal research advisor, Steven Gardner, to discuss the recent March 2026 verdicts in the Prairieland case from North Texas when 9 protestors were found guilty of a variety of charges ranging from providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, to concealing a document or record and discharging a firearm. The charges stem from an investigation following a noise demonstration and confrontation with local law enforcement outside a North Texas ICE detention center on July 4, 2025. </p><p>In court, the case hinged on accusations that these defendants belonged to a...

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  Episode #3

  Fracturing the MAGA base: A conversation on the War in Iran and its Reverberations at Home, with Steven Gardiner

  Mar 12, 202645 minS5

  <p>In this Season 4 bonus episode, Koki sits down with PRA’s Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner to discuss the outset of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, how the war compares to a history of U.S. imperial violence, and what it signals about the second Trump administration and its authoritarian project. Gardiner provides analysis of how the lack of support for the war signals possibilities for meaningful rupture in the MAGA coalition and adds significant complexity in the lead up to the 2026 midterm elections.</p><p>The conversation concludes with an evaluation of what this war mean...

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  Episode #2

  All Eyes on Minneapolis: Lessons on Resisting Authoritarianism

  Feb 3, 202658 minS5

  <p>In this bonus episode, PRA researchers discuss the deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis and the powerful resistance we’ve seen on the streets. ICE continues to kidnap thousands with impunity, and the brutal murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show the naked brutality of this authoritarian administration. But everyday people continue to defend their neighbors and communities: by organizing in neighborhoods, on street corners, at airports, and at City Hall; and by grinding business as usual to a halt and showing the entire country, and the world, what it takes to stand up in this moment. </p><p>To...

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  Belligerence Abroad, Repression at Home: From Venezuela to ICE, with Steven Gardiner

  Jan 20, 202633 minS5

  <p>In this season bonus episode, Koki talks to Steven Gardiner, PRA Principal Research Advisor, about the Trump administration’s early-January attack on Venezuela and escalating domestic confrontations around ICE enforcement, including the Minneapolis protests around the murder of Nicole Good. Gardiner describes how the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro represents both a familiar extension of U.S. imperial power and a dangerous acceleration of presidential authority, bypassing Congress and normal democratic oversight. He explains that this belligerence largely resonates with the MAGA base, which accepts violent action when framed as efficient, hypermasculine, and rooted in authoritarianism rather tha...

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  Episode #9

  Beyond the Ballot: the Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism with Steven Gardiner

  Jan 15, 202649 minS4

  <p>In this season finale episode, Koki talks to Steven Gardiner, PRA Principal Research Advisor, to reflect on the first year of Trump's second term and its implications for U.S. democracy. While the MAGA base remains about 15% of the U.S. and Trump’s approval ratings remain low, the Trump administration has chipped away at democratic norms, maintained control over the Republican party, decimated the bureaucratic state, and is poised to interfere with the 2026 midterms and likely 2028 elections beyond through strategies of “contested authoritarianism.” </p><p>But the highly visible actions of immigration enforcement, violations of the constitution, and nods to...

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