Noah Michelson, the Voices Editorial Director and Executive Editor of Queer Voices at Huff Post as well as the co-host of the Love + Sex Podcast returns to the show as he does every Thursday to help us close out the week with the stories making headlines over at Queer Voices. Be sure to follow Noah of Twitter!
Over the
course of the past few years we have seen illiberal populist movements take
hold in Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Poland, the Philippines, and now with the
election of Donald Trump, the United States as well. But what can we learn from the experiences in
these other countries to better help us here in the US resist the rise of
authoritarianism? In a new book titled Rules for Resistance: Advice from Around the Globe for the Age of Trump writers from Russia, Turkey, India, Hungary,
Chile, China, Canada, Italy, and elsewhere tell Americans what to expect under
our own new regime, and give us guidance for living—and for resisting—in the
Trump era. The book is edited by David Cole, the National Legal Director
of the American Civil Liberties Union and includes advice on being on the watch
for the prosecution of political opponents, the use of libel laws to attack
critics, the gutting of nonpartisan institutions, and the selective application
of the law. David joins me today on the
show to talk all about the book and what you can do to join the resistance and
have your voice heard.
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