Inform Your Resistance

About Inform Your Resistance

Experts join Political Research Associates to discuss the most significant contemporary threats to democracy from the mainstream and Far Right. Listen now so that you can inform your resistance in the fight for a just and inclusive democratic society. A shared analysis makes our resistance stronger.

Publisher

Political Research Associates

Category

history · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Sept 2023

Latest episode

15 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   End Times Crusaders Go To Washington, an interview with Ben Lorber

   PRA Senior Research Analyst Ben Lorber discusses the future of the U.S. Christian Zionist movement and its opposition in this interview.

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   14 Apr 2026

   Prosecuting "Antifa": The Prairieland Case and Its Implications for Organizers

   In this episode, Koki sits down with PRA Principal research advisor, Steven Gardner, to discuss the recent March 2026 verdicts in the Prairieland case from North Texas when 9 protestors were found guilty of a variety of charges ranging from providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, to concealing a document or record and discharging a firearm. The charges stem from an investigation following a noise demonstration and confrontation with local law enforcement outside a North Texas ICE detention center on July 4, 2025. In court, the case hinged on accusations that these defendants belonged to an Antifa cell and thus engaged in domestic terrorism, premised on the 2025 Executive Order “Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorism Organization.” Steven and Koki discuss the details of the case and trial, other instances of legal persecution of anti-ICE protestors, what these cases tell us about the Trump administration’s authoritarian project and implications for ongoing resistance organizing with concrete advice from Steven on how to mitigate risk without demobilizing. Steven Gardiner is the Principal Research Advisor and former Research Director at Political Research Associates. He has been researching and writing in opposition to the politics of bigotry, violence, and authoritarianism since the early 1990s. In 2004, Gardiner received a PhD in cultural anthropology from Cornell University. Since earning his doctorate, he has taught more than 20 different courses at eight universities in the United States, Pakistan, and the UAE. Episode Resources - Podcast Episode: “Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism”, It Could Happen Here, March 23, 2026 - Ava Thompson, “Timeline: What we know about events surrounding the Prairieland ICE detention center shooting trial”, KERA News, February 24, 2026. - Steven Monacelli, “How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance,” Texas Observer, March 19, 2026. - PRA Podcast, “All Eyes on Minneapolis: Lessons on Resisting Authoritarianism,” Inform Your Resistance, February 3, 2026. - Shane Burley, “The Great 2020 Antifa Scare,” Political Research Associates, July 13, 2021.

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   12 Mar 2026

   Fracturing the MAGA base: A conversation on the War in Iran and its Reverberations at Home, with Steven Gardiner

   In this Season 4 bonus episode, Koki sits down with PRA’s Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner to discuss the outset of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, how the war compares to a history of U.S. imperial violence, and what it signals about the second Trump administration and its authoritarian project. Gardiner provides analysis of how the lack of support for the war signals possibilities for meaningful rupture in the MAGA coalition and adds significant complexity in the lead up to the 2026 midterm elections. The conversation concludes with an evaluation of what this war means for anti-authoritarian organizing. What can and should organizers be doing to respond effectively in this moment? How do preparedness and resiliency factor into a strategic emphasis on recruitment and mobilization? With the possibility of significant fracture within the MAGA coalition and historically low levels of support for the war within the U.S. electorate, this is a time to act—both to deliver a unified rebuke of the war and to block Trump’s authoritarian progress. Steven Gardiner is the Principal Research Advisor and former Research Director at Political Research Associates. He has been researching and writing in opposition to the politics of bigotry, violence, and authoritarianism since the early 1990s. In 2004, Gardiner received a PhD in cultural anthropology from Cornell University. Since earning his doctorate, he has taught more than 20 different courses at eight universities in the United States, Pakistan, and the UAE. Episode Resources Habiba Farh, “Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Author Q&A with Dr. Maha Hilal (https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/14/innocent-until-proven-muslim),” The Public Eye, February 14, 2024. PRA Podcast, “U.S. Imperialism Comes Home to Roost: A Conversation with Ramah Kudaimi, (https://politicalresearch.org/2024/11/07/us-imperialism-comes-home-roost-conversation-ramah-kudaimi)” Inform Your Resistance, November 7, 2024. PRA Podcast, “Belligerence Abroad, Repression at Home: From Venezuela to ICE, with Steven Gardiner (https://politicalresearch.org/2026/01/20/belligerence-abroad-repression-home),” Inform Your Resistance, January 20, 2026.

Inside a recent episode

End Times Crusaders Go To Washington, an interview with Ben Lorber

Published 15 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The U.S. supported Israel as the front line of the Judeo-Christian West, right, in a war on terror against the specter of radical Islam. And this only wasn't on the right, of course. The Democratic Party was largely marching in lockstep as well, even if they would occasionally throw a few crumbs to the idea of Palestinian human rights around the edges. It was very much a bipartisan consensus. And I think we've seen in recent years that bipartisan consensus start to crumble. And it's long overdue, obviously. I mean, those of us who care deeply for a just future in Israel-Palestine know that this change is very welcome. […]

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18 ratings

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