Safety Through Solidarity: How Anti-War and Anti-Fascist Struggles are Connected with Shane Burley
Episode Description
In this urgent and clarifying episode, Ejeris Dixon sits down with Shane Burley—journalist, scholar, author of Fascism Today: What it is and How to End It, and co-author of Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism—to unpack what it means for social justice movements when fascists control the government, and what to expect of their next moves. They also discuss the dangerous manipulation of antisemitism in our current political moment. Together, they explore what the history of anti-fascism can teach us about these times, historical roots of antisemitism, how it's being weaponized to silence dissent—particularly pro-Palestinian voices—and the critical difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism. This conversation is essential listening for anyone navigating the intersection of anti-fascism, Jewish identity, Palestinian solidarity, and anti-war organizing.
Episode transcript
About Shane
Shane Burley is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author and editor of four books on social movements, far-right politics, and American Jewish life, including co-author of 2024's Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism (Melville House Books). His work has been featured in places such as The Daily Beast, NBC News, The Baffler, Jacobin, Al Jazeera, Jewish Currents, Haaretz, Oregon Humanities, Tikkun, In These Times, and Yes! Magazine. He can be found on X @shane_burley1 and on Instagram @shaneburley.
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
Season 2, Episode 5 Listening Guide (pdf download)
Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism, Shane Burley and Ben Lorber
“Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute”, Andy Rose, CNN
“Trading Life for Death: What the Reconciliation Bill Puts at Stake in Your State”, Lindsay Koshgarian, Hanna Homestead, Savannah Wooten, Public Citizen
“The ‘Oligarch’s Budget’ Wages War on Poor Americans”, Sasha Abramsky, Truthout
“The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite. Here’s exactly the wrong way to fight antisemitism”, Dove Kent
From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire, Sarah Jaffe
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