About this episode

The episode discusses the harsh sentences given to political prisoners and the need for political unity against fascism.

Benjamin "Champagne" Song, a U.S. marine reservist, got 100 years in prison in Texas–no air-conditioning, sweltering heat–for saving a protester's life. So why are Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries busy battling social democrats rather than unifying resistance to Trump behind this urgent cause for freedom and the U.S. Constitution? In Texas, eight political prisoners recently received a combined 450 years for a July 4th, 2025 demonstration outside an ICE concentration camp. Song got a century behind bars for firing a warning shot to stop a cop from shooting a fleeing, unarmed protester. Other defendants got decades simply for being in a book club or transporting a box of their own zines. This is illegal collective punishment designed to destroy our trust networks and terrorize the resistance–no matter where you live. We are sliding into a fascist fever dream, and any politician who wants our support in the 2028 Democratic Party primary must publicly commit to pardoning these political prisoners. Trump's Soviet-style war on antifa endangers us all, because America's progress, what makes this country great, like the U.S. helping liberate Europe from Nazis, was built by the…

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Chalupa

Topics covered

• political prisoners
• protests
• fascism
• collective punishment
• Democratic Party
• anti-fascism

Keywords

• political prisoners
• protests
• fascism
• collective punishment
• Democratic Party
• anti-fascism
• Hakeem Jeffries
• Texas
• Benjamin Song

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE

Places: Texas, U.S.

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