On November 4, 1780, Indigenous Incan leader Tupac Amaru II led a months-long uprising against Spanish rule. It would inspire thousands more to rise up across South America. This is episode 75 of Stories of Resistance.
“We were out there 45 days under the snow, under the rain… we [said], ‘We are going on hunger strike, because we want our life back. Zohran Mamdani was with us.’”
“In 2024 alone, 277 people died in Alabama prisons” Dakarai Larriett, US Senate candidate in Alabama, says. “Building mega-prisons, naming one after governor Kay Ivy, is not the solution.”
Before voting ends in the New York City mayoral race, TRNN is on the ground talking to voters about who they voted for and why. One theme has emerged: New Yorkers want real change, and they want it now.
Despite Islamophobia against him and far right attacks, Zohran Mamdani leads the polls ahead of the NYC mayoral election. His working class platform of change has inspired tens of thousands to join his campaign. This is episode 74 of Stories of Resistance.
“When the ceasefire began, I felt a mix of disbelief and emptiness. After two years of genocide, silence felt strange, almost frightening.”
Republicans are anticipating that vast structural changes in how American democracy works, or doesn't, will ultimately keep them in power regardless of how they legislate.
The play has been performed in over 30 prisons across the country.
“We’re shutting down government to keep people sick.”
“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it's too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”
“Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE,” said one immigrants’ rights advocate. “Now they’re going to be the ones running the show.”
ICE is detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records and without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. This is episode 73 of Stories of Resistance.
“75% of [Franklin County] voted for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And I have people who are telling me, ‘I never really thought about incarceration before,’” but now “‘I'm finding out more about how incarceration works in Arkansas, [and] I'm really starting to question the way that the state locks so many people up.”
“We already experienced displacement. We can’t do it again. We’re staying here. Whatever happens, happens. Even if they crush us under their tanks.”
“When you see some of the tactics people are using now to try and monitor these ICE arrests… it's similar to what we did when we were in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)."
Taya Graham and Stephen Janis have been on Capitol Hill covering the current federal government shutdown. They break down why the current impasse is like no other, and who is really calling the shots.
“We swore an oath when we took these positions to defend the Constitution and to provide these services to the American people… what's going to happen to your everyday American when they don't have Social Security or food assistance or Medicare?”
"Don't be afraid to fight back when you think that you've been wronged by the prison system because it's so important that more of us are doing this so that they're held accountable just like they expect our loved ones to be held accountable."
