Resource Hub
The Fascism Barometer is part podcast and part learning hub, designed to support you in deepening your knowledge on fascism and sharing it with your friends, family, and community. Each episode contains resources to expand on what we discussed. Read, share, and spread the word. Check back often as this hub is updated frequently!
Resources from Season 2 - Episode 1: How We Got Here and How We Get Out
Read about COINTELPRO, the FBI's war on the civil rights movement and principles to resist state violence. Join the Women’s March and the 50501 Movement at People’s Veto Day on April 5th, 2025 in Washington DC. Organize ICE-watch and immigrant-defense teams in your community. Attend Siembra NC’s trainings. Take action with Choose Democracy’s guide, “What Can I Do to Fight This Coup?”
Resources from Episode Six: The Movements We Need to Stop Fascism
Author, organizer, and political strategist Alicia Garza joins the Fascism Barometer to discuss the impact of rising fascism on our lives and political strategy. Alicia and Ejeris discuss what we need to change about movement building and ourselves to push back against fascist advances.
Resources from Episode Five: Keeping Ourselves Safe as Fascism Rises
Che Johnson-Long and Ken Montenegro, two longtime community security and safety practitioners, join Ejeris Dixon on the Fascism Barometer to discuss how to increase our safety in the face of rising fascism. Ejeris, Che, and Ken discuss safety planning tips for individuals and organizations, including resistance and survival strategies that can be combined to make us safer in the short and long term.
Resources from Episode Two: What Is Fascism? Why Should it Matter to Organizers and Activists?
Ejeris talks with Kelly Hayes, longtime activist, organizer, writer, and host of the podcast Movement Memos, to examine how the growth of fascist movements impacts organizers, activists, and the communities most likely to be targeted. Kelly and Ejeris discuss how to engage more people in anti-fascist activism and what actions we all can take.
Resources from Episode One: The Fascist Emergency Playbook and Electoral Fascism
In this inaugural episode of the Fascism Barometer, the incredible Ash-lee Woodard Henderson joins Ejeris to discuss how fascists manipulate emergencies and use them to make large jumps in power. They discuss Ejeris’ Fascist Emergency Playbook and think through how it connects today. Ash-lee discusses how she's used the framework, what emergencies and power grabs could be on the horizon, how fascists use elections as power grabs, and what we can do to stop them.