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Stories of Resistance

Stories of Resistance

By: Michael Fox | The Real News Network
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 Stories of Resistance is a new podcast featuring vignettes pulled from journalist Michael Fox's 20 years of interviews, research, and reporting from across the Americas. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance. Inspiration for dark times.

Each episode is an example of investigative journalism, prose, poetry, historical memory, reflection on struggle—and, above all, story. Stories that remind us of the struggles that have come before, and the ones we are living now. Stories about workers' struggles; resistance to dictatorship; alternative media; Indigenous and environmental organizing; and more. Eduardo Galeano-inspired vignettes for a Trump 2.0 world.

Stories of Resistance is co-produced by The Real News Network and Global Exchange.

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  • Episode 55 | July 4 and the long tradition of US protest

    Episode 55 | July 4 and the long tradition of US protest
    Jul 3 2025
    Over the last two and a half centuries people in the US have used July 4 to make their stand against injustice, inequality, and oppression, and demand their rights. From an infamous speech by Frederick Douglass to women suffragists demanding the right to vote, civil rights protests, and a historic farm workers’ march, today we look at moments of July 4 resistance.This is episode 55 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. And please consider signing up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed, either in Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, or wherever you listen.Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos and interviews from these stories and follow Michael Fox’s work. Written and produced by Michael Fox. ResourcesMost of these stories were taken from the Zinn Education Project. We highly recommend you check it out.People’s History of Fourth of July: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/peoples-history-of-fourth-of-july/Frederick Douglass: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/frederick-douglass-meaning-july-fourthDanny Glover Reads Frederick Douglass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb_sqh577Zw Suffragists Protest on Independence Day: https://msmagazine.com/2012/07/04/the-suffragists-protest-on-independence-day-1876-you-are-there/Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of the Rights of the Woman of the U.S. July 4, 1876: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeIJywsnBmASubscribe to Stories of Resistance podcast hereBecome a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today!Sign up for our newsletterFollow us on BlueskyLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast
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  • Episode 53 | Stonewall: The uprising that sparked the LGBTQ movement

    Episode 53 | Stonewall: The uprising that sparked the LGBTQ movement
    Jun 28 2025
    Stonewall. They say it was the spark that set the fire ablaze. The start of the modern LGBTQ movement. Protests and riots that lasted for days in defense of gay rights. And from it, came gay pride parades, gay pride months, days, and celebrations far from the United States, in cities around the world. This is episode 53 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. And please consider signing up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed, either in Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, or wherever you listen. You can see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews on many of Michael Fox’s stories on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There you can also follow his reporting and support his work and this podcast. Written and produced by Michael Fox.RESOURCESBeyond Stonewall: Exploring LGBTQ+ History Through the Smithsonian Archives 🏳️‍🌈 Smithsonian Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1wZPeZZTQ Stonewall Riots: A Revolution Born From Tragedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMbt2pQPWA Remembering Stonewall: A radio documentary on the birth of a movement. Narrated by Michael Schirker, produced by David Isay: https://archive.org/details/pra-PZ0146 National march on Washington for lesbian and gay rights actualities (Part 1 of 4): https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-KZ0754.02AMarsha P. Johnson y Sylvia Rivera. Historias de protectores y resistencias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5BPKbXpJYk La notte di Stonewall: la testimonianza di Sylvia Rivera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5lmKRp6CY Discurso de Sylvia Rivera en la Marcha del Orgullo de 1973 - Nueva York La activista trans Sylvia Rae Rivera, miembro fundadora del: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=878301204324441Subscribe to Stories of Resistance podcast hereBecome a member and join the Stories of Resistance Supporters Club today!Sign up for our newsletterFollow us on BlueskyLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast
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