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  • Episode 60 | In the Land of the Condor

    Episode 60 | In the Land of the Condor
    Jul 30 2025
    In the land of the Condor, near the base of the tallest mountain in the Western hemisphere, an Incan community lived. The people hunted, along the sheer hillsides, they farmed, they collected water from the river gushing from snowmelt. They had children, built families, and passed on traditions to generations of descendants.

    The land was cold, inhospitable, but their village grew and their community thrived at the far Southern reaches of the vast Incan empire, in present-day Argentina. Today, centuries have passed, the people are gone, but the stones and dirt that made their homes remain. The stories and language of their ancestors have been lost to time. But their spirits remain. And the ruins remember.

    This is episode 60 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.

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    Written and produced by Michael Fox.

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    4 min
  • Episode 59 | Defending Their Land: Black communities resist Brazilian space center

    Episode 59 | Defending Their Land: Black communities resist Brazilian space center
    Jul 25 2025
    On the Northeastern Brazilian coast, in the region of Alcântara, Maranhão, there are dozens of traditional villages of Black communities. Their families have lived here for generations — farming and fishing. They are known as quilombos. These villages were founded by their ancestors, who were either freed or who escaped enslavement on the plantations of Brazil.

    There are thousands of quilombos across Brazil. But only a small number have the titles to their lands. And many are under threat from development projects, resource extraction, Big Ag, and real estate. This was the story in Alcântara, where these communities have faced removal and threats from Brazil’s Alcântara Space Center.

    But they have fought back.

    This is episode 59 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.

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    Written and produced by Michael Fox.

    RESOURCES:
    • Black Communities in Brazil Under Threat from US Satellite Deal

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    5 min
  • Episode 58 | Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

    Episode 58 | Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
    Jul 16 2025
    On July 17, 1936, the Nazi-backed Spanish General Federico Franco led an armed rebellion against the Spanish government. It began a bloody civil war that would last for years. Thousands of people left their homes and traveled to Spain to stand up and defend its democratically elected government against Franco and fascism. Roughly 35,000 people from more than 50 countries would join the Spanish International Brigade. Of those internacionalistas, roughly 3,000 men and women came from the United States and volunteered to fight. They founded the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This is episode 58 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, video, and interviews. Written and produced by Michael Fox.ResourcesAbraham Lincoln Brigade ArchivesFighting Fascism: The Americans–Women and Men–Who Fought in the Spanish Civil War - Democracy NowHomage to the Abraham Lincoln BrigadeThe Last Lincoln Veteran By David RovicsWith the Lincoln Brigade in SpainSubscribe 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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    6 min
  • Episode 57 | Brazil: Thousands protest Trump's tariffs and interference in Brazilian courts

    Episode 57 | Brazil: Thousands protest Trump's tariffs and interference in Brazilian courts
    Jul 11 2025
    Thousands on the streets of Brazil, Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue packed, angry and protesting US President Donald Trump and his imposition of 50% tariffs on Brazilian products. Trump’s new tariffs on Brazil are in response to the country’s trial against Trump ally, former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is accused of leading a “criminal organization” that looked to stop his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from assuming the presidency after he won the 2022 elections. The Brazilian courts will decide. Trump has other plans. But Brazilian leaders say they won’t back down. “If there's one thing a government cannot tolerate, it's interference by one country in the sovereignty of another,” said Brazilian President Lula. “And even more seriously, interference by a president of another country in the Brazilian justice system.”This is episode 57 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. Sign 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, video, and interviews. Written and produced by Michael Fox.Resources: Brazil on Fire podcastEpisode: An autopsy of Bolsonaro's failed coupSubscribe 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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    5 min
  • Episode 56 | Karipuna Resistance: Defending the Amazon

    Episode 56 | Karipuna Resistance: Defending the Amazon
    Jul 9 2025
    There are less than a hundred members of the Karipuna tribe. They live on their land in the Brazilian state of Rondonia. Their territory is demarcated, which means that it’s legally theirs.But many outsiders don’t care. Land invaders have been pushing in, hauling off hardwood and big trees and carving out pieces of their land, and dividing them up to sell.The Karipuna are resisting.This is episode 56 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 of the Mapuche community playing palín in this story on Michael’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mapuche-sports-119970225Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox.Written and produced by Michael Fox.ResourcesBrazil on Fire Episode 6: Amazon up in smoke: https://therealnews.com/brazil-on-fire-episode-6-amazon-up-in-smokeLula empowers Brazil’s Indigenous peoples with their own ministry. But environmental protection remains a key concern:https://theworld.org/stories/2023/01/18/lula-empowers-brazils-indigenous-peoples-environmental-protection-still-facesFor more on protecting the Amazon Rainforest, you can visit Amazon Watch:https://amazonwatch.org/Subscribe 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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    4 min
  • 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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    9 min
  • Episode 54 | How Indigenous field hockey is reviving Mapuche culture

    Episode 54 | How Indigenous field hockey is reviving Mapuche culture
    Jun 30 2025
    Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have played their own version of field hockey for countless generations. Roughly 2 million Mapuche Indigenous people live across Chile and Argentina. Many have moved from their ancestral lands to the city. But they have not forgotten their past. They are using their ancestral sport, palín, to breathe life into their culture and traditions. Using their sport as a type of resistance.

    This is episode 54 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 of the Mapuche community playing palín in this story on Michael’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mapuche-sports-119970225

    Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox.

    Written and produced by Michael Fox.

    Resources
    Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive culture: https://theworld.org/stories/2024/12/24/mapuche-sports-help-indigenous-chileans-revive-culture

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    6 min
  • 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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    8 min