From Gaza to Ecuador, governments are cracking down while people fight back. Nick and I talk about global uprisings, the criminalization of protest, and why power always reacts the same way when ordinary people demand justice.

We cover Gaza marches, Ecuador’s Indigenous protests, Assata Shakur’s legacy, media capture by billionaires, Apple’s censorship of an anti-ICE app, and the right’s obsession with calling antifascists terrorists.

Sources:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/5/mass-protests-from-amsterdam-to-istanbul-denounce-israels-gaza-genocide

https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-led-movement-against-austerity-is-gaining-momentum-in-ecuador/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/police-to-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-repeated-protests-says-home-office

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/assata-shakur-black-revolutionary-who-fought-for-freedom-in-exile

https://gizmodo.com/apple-caves-to-trump-pressure-removes-app-that-let-immigrants-track-ice-activity-2000667208 

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/06/from-dan-rather-to-bari-weiss-how-far-cbs-news-has-fallen/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/05/trump-behavior-online-posts

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ 

The Guardian – Trump signs order designating antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-wants-to-designate-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization-can-he-do-that?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-is-antifa-and-why-trump-wants-to-label-it-a-terrorist-organization

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-designating-antifa-terrorist-organization/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/18/what-is-antifa-what-does-trumps-major-terrorist-label-mean

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