The Dems Are Out to Brunch, The REAL Resistance Continues, and More

Kalamazoo Township is responding to Trump with some actions from city officials (maybe, at some point.)

 

Lawrence joins us to talk about the first week of Trump II: The Revenge- the blizzard of reactionary executive orders, the administration's overt class warfare- in particular Trump freezing federal funding earlier this morning and how resistance liberals seemed to have stayed at brunch while the grassroots resistance moves forward.

 

We talk about responding to ICE in SWMI and the unique challenges it gives college students, and discuss an article from Truthout on the Trump's administration's push of "uncritical race theory" in public education.

 

We also discuss Trump kneecapping public health in the U.S. and the potential catastrophic consequences.

 

3:40- 10:40 Kalamazoo Township Responds to Trump (Kind Of)

 

11:00- 22:40 Trump II Week One- Executive Disorder and Class Warfare

 

22:40- 34:40 The Democrats are Out to Brunch

 

34:00- 57:00 The Settler-Colonial Pivot in Israel & Building People Power

 

59:20- 1:15:25 Responding to ICE in Kzoo, and ICE at the University

 

1:15:25- 1:23:50 Uncritical Race Theory- Turing Back the Clock in Public Education

 

1:24:42- 1:35:00 The Sickness is the System- Trump Admin Dismantling and Silencing Public Health

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Kalamazoo Township pumps brakes on response to Trump orders
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/01/kalamazoo-township-pumps-brakes-on-response-to-trump-orders.html

 

Why Has Trump Paused Federal Grants and Who Could Be Impacted?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-federal-grants-aid-pause-freeze-2021835

 

Goodbye, ‘Resistance.’ The Era of Hyperpolitics Is Over.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/magazine/trump-hyperpolitics-resistance.html

 

‘Nothing but problems’: Confronting the Living Conditions at Fox Ridge Apartments
https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/01/nothing-but-problems-confronting-the-living-conditions-at-fox-ridge-apartments/

 

ICE Off Campus! College Students and Workers Must Unite Against Right-Wing Attacks
https://www.leftvoice.org/ice-off-campus-college-students-and-workers-must-unite-against-right-wing-attacks

 

Trump’s Education Agenda for Teachers: Sanitize US History or Leave the Field
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-education-agenda-for-teachers-sanitize-us-history-or-leave-the-field

 

Trump declares all-out war on public health and science
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/01/24/fgrr-j24.html