The Fascism Barometer team presents a new series of bonus minisodes! Ejeris Dixon invites us into a more unfiltered space at the intersection of newfound parenthood and political reflection. As fascism intensifies around the world and at home, Ejeris shares what it means to stay present to both care work and movement work at the same time.
WTF? Wow, That’s Fascist!
Ejeris connects the dots between fascism and war, naming a pattern that has repeated across history and is unfolding again in real time. What begins as internal hierarchy and scapegoating often escalates into global violence. And the consequences are measured in human lives.
Because even in the middle of the night, the barometer is still rising. And so is our responsibility to respond.
Resources
Read:
Listen:
What Time Is It on the Clock of Fascism with Tarso Ramos ?
Action:
Join the app and take action with We Act
Take action with All of Us
Find event, volunteer and petitions at mobilize.us
Tell Congress: Not an additional dime to fund trump’s Iran war with Indivisible
One Job
Ejeris Dixon cuts through the noise with a clear and urgent message: we are overcomplicating how to fight fascism.
At a moment when political analysis is everywhere, competing for attention and authority, Ejeris offers a different approach. Not a new framework. Not a multi-point plan. Just a reminder of what matters most.
We have one job.
Build a bigger, more powerful, more connected movement capable of defeating fascism.
Ejeris reminds us that movement building is not abstract, and not reserved for experts. It happens in everyday interactions, in conversations, in invitations, and in the choices we make about how we show up.
Because even in the middle of the night, the barometer is still rising. And so is our responsibility to respond.
Resources
Read:
“Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán is ejected after 16 years in a European electoral earthquake” by Justin Spike, Sam McNeil, AP News
“Hope Is a Practice and a Discipline: Building a Path to a Counterculture of Care” by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, NonProfit Quarterly, excerpt from Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza
Trump Invaded Iran Because Fascists Are Imperialists Too, (great resource on the connection between fascism and war)
Action:
Join the app and take action with We Act
Take action with All of Us
Find event, volunteer and petitions at mobilize.us
Groups who are creating actions and protests against the War on Iran
Rising Majority (@rising_majority)
Grassroots Global Justice (@ggjalliance)
Steps 'N Stages
Ejeris Dixon reflects on how fascism advances not all at once, but in deliberate “steps and stages.” Drawing from the words of Toni Morrison, Ejeris explores how the erosion of rights, from attacks on TPS protections and birthright citizenship to the weakening of the Voting Rights Act, creates the conditions for escalating violence and authoritarianism. Ejeris reminds us that resisting fascism requires collective action across communities, local organizing, and the belief that people power can still win.
Resources
Read:
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
“Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits” Mark Sherman, AP News
“Supreme Court’s ruling to end protections for Haitian, Syrian immigrants could have broader impact” by Gisela Salomon, AP News
“Supreme Court ruling weakens a key tool of the Voting Rights Act” by Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileria, Drew Callister, Bridget Brown, Curtis Yee, Nell Clark, AP News
“How the Nazis Were Inspired by Jim Crow” by Becky Little, History
“The ‘Flood the Zone’ Strategy: Understanding Authoritarian Governance Tactics” by Scot Nakagawa, The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
“First they Came” by Martin Neimöller
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Action:
Get involved with Showing Up for Racial Justice
Join a Mass Call with the Working Families Party
Attend a Mass Call or Training with Indivisible
Sign a petition and take action with the Rising Majority
Sign the Voting Rights Act Petitionby Women’s March
Join Critical Resistance and support their work to abolish the prison industrial complex
Subscribe to Interrupting Criminalization’s newsletters:
Experiment with solidarity practices with Solidarity Is through the Building Movements Project
Join the app and take action with We Act
Take action with All of Us
Find event, volunteer and petitions at mobilize.us
Proving the Point
In this episode of Midnight Musings, Ejeris Dixon unpacks a new White House memo that expands the definition of terrorism to target anti-fascists, Trans communities, Muslim communities, and resistance movements. This episode explores why solidarity, collective action, and refusing to “obey in advance” are essential as the Fascism Barometer keeps rising.
Resources
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“What to know about a deadly attack by teen gunmen on a San Diego mosque” by Gene Johnson, AP News
“Movement Memo: Understanding the 2026 US Counterterrorism Strategy” by Muslims for Just Futures
“War on Terror Resistance Timeline” by Muslims for Just Futures
“If Solidarity Is Possible, So Is a Pro-Trans Majority” by Jess St. Louis, Convergence
Listen:
Action:
Get involved with SURJ
Join a Mass Call with the Working Families Party
Take Mass Call or Training with Indivisible
Join No Tech for ICE with Mijente
Join a People’s Assembly with the Movement For Black Lives
Join the app and take action with We Act
Take action with All of Us
Find event, volunteer and petitions at mobilize.us
How Did I Know
In this episode of Midnight Musings, Ejeris Dixon pulls back the curtain on the years long journey that led to The Fascism Barometer. Reflecting on the aftermath of the 2016 election, Ejeris shares how studying fascism, organizing communities, and translating complex ideas into accessible tools became a deeply personal mission to protect the people they love. This intimate reflection is a reminder that courageous risks taken in service of our communities, are how people-powered movements are built.
Because even in the middle of the night, the barometer is still rising. And so is our responsibility to respond.
You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.
Resources
Read:
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
Erasing history: how Fascists Rewrite the Past to control the Future by Jason Stanley
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance edited by Angela Davis
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson
“Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future” by Ejeris Dixon, Truthout
“Fascists Are Using COVID-19 to Advance Their Agenda. It’s Up to Us to Stop Them.” by Ejeris Dixon, Truthout
Listen:
From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the Wreckage of the Trump Era, Movement Memos
“We Surrender Nothing and No One”: A playbook for Solidarity Amid Fascist Terror, Movement Memos
Action:
Join the app and take action with We Act
Take action with All of Us
Find event, volunteer and petitions at mobilize.us
Cultivate Hope
In this bonus episode of Midnight Musings, Ejeris Dixon reflects on the emotional toll of living through escalating war, increasing violence, attacks on immigrant and Trans communities, and the growing repression of activists and organizers.
Fear, exhaustion, anxiety, and despair are not merely side effects of fascism. They are part of its strategy. A society that feels hopeless is less likely to resist, more likely to turn inward, and more vulnerable to the promise that one powerful leader can fix everything.
But despair does not have to be the end of the story. Ejeris argues that caring for ourselves and one another is essential to sustaining collective resistance. As instability grows, we must preserve the emotional and spiritual energy needed to organize, build power, and continue believing that fascism can be defeated.
Because even in the middle of the night, the barometer is still rising. And so is our responsibility to respond.
You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.