Jacobin Radio: Resistance in the Time of Monsters w/ Colin Smalley

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Our theme for today’s program is resistance in the time of monsters: resistance to the Trump/Musk wrecking ball that threatens the well-being of millions of people here and across the globe. Their actions are illegal, have provoked a constitutional crisis, and constitute a technical coup. At the same time, the Trump/Musk rampage has galvanized resistance in the courts and on the streets. Suzi talks to Geologist and IFPTE local president Colin Smalley, who is part of the Federal Unionists Network, or FUN. They have called for a national day of action, an SOS — Save our Services — for February 19. We then turn to Canada, where Trump’s across-the-board tariffs — though temporarily paused – threaten economic havoc with our largest trading partner, an unprecedented trade war. The promised tariffs have sparked a spontaneous national resistance across the country and across the political spectrum, uniting Canadians as never before. Canadians are fighting back against Trump's suggestion that Canada join the US as the 51st state. Suzi talks to NDP MP Charlie Angus about the power of a grassroots Canadian boycott and the ways Canadians are coming together to stop the Trump-Musk goon squad reign that threatens Canadian sovereignty.

Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman features conversations with leading thinkers and activists, with a focus on labor, the economy, and protest movements.

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0:00.0	This is Jackaman Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. Our theme for today's program is resistance. Resistance to the Trump-Musk wrecking ball that is
0:22.0	threatening the well-being of millions of people here and across the globe. Their actions are
0:26.6	illegal, have provoked a constitutional crisis and constitute a technical coup. At the same time,
0:33.8	the Trump-Musk rampage has galvanized resistance in the courts and on the streets.
0:39.2	We begin today with geologist and IFPTE local president, Colin Smalley, who is part of the Federal Unionist Network, or FUN, Fun.
0:49.3	They have called for a day of action, an SOS, Save Our Services, for February 19. Colin Smalley will fill us in
0:56.7	to explain what it is and how you can join. We then turn to Canada. Where Trump's across-the-board
1:03.2	tariffs, though temporarily paused, promise economic havoc with our largest trading partner
1:09.0	an unprecedented trade war. These actions have sparked
1:13.0	a spontaneous national resistance across the country and across the political spectrum,
1:18.7	uniting Canadians as never before. Canadians are showing no interest in joining the U.S. as the 51st
1:26.1	state, as Trump intimates, and are fighting back.
1:29.9	We're very fortunate to have NDP or New Democratic Party MP, Minister of Parliament, Charlie
1:35.4	Angus, with us to talk about the power of the grassroots Canadian boycott and the way Canadians
1:41.5	are coming together to stop the Trump-Muss-Goon Squad reign that threatens Canadian sovereignty.
1:47.9	All this when our program returns in just a moment.
1:59.0	This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. And we're going to be talking today with Colin Smalley about a federal day of action. The Trump-Musk illegal onslaught against federal agencies and services with zero regard for the impact these actions will have on American lives is well
2:19.4	underway. Thousands of federal workers have been fired. Two million federal employees have been
2:24.8	pressured to resign. Actions that threaten the well-being of millions who depend on government
2:30.3	services to survive. This is a wrecking ball wielded by an unelected billionaire.
2:35.9	It's completely illegal and it constitutes a technical coup. Musk's young techies have taken
2:42.6	control by illegally commandeering the state's computer systems are moving fast and instilling fear
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