Resisting Trump and the MAGA Movement: Interview with anti-fascist Matthew Lyons of Three Way Fight

This episode of No Borders Media, recorded on the eve of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, features an interview with anti-fascist writer and researcher Matthew Lyons. Matthew, who lives and works in Philadelphia, is the author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right's Challenge to State and Empire and co-editor of the book Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism. In this interview, Matthew provides insights on the far-right Trump/MAGA movement and the normalization of previously disqualifying racist, quasi-fascist, and fascist ideologies within it. We explore different elements of the MAGA coalition, including Christian nationalism; the origins of modern-day Trumpism in various historical currents in American history; and anti-fascist strategies and tactics for long-term resistance to the far right. Lyons describes and explains why a return of Trump to the U.S. presidency would be catastrophic, but he also argues that the Harris Democrats are abysmal. Background: - Three Way Fight: Against Fascism, Against the State, For a Free Humanity: https://threewayfight.org/ - Notes on Trump/MAGA 2024: https://threewayfight.org/notes-on-trump-maga-2024/ - Listen to this previous No Borders Media podcast: an interview with It’s Going Down in January 2024 on resisting the far right and fascism in the U.S.A. over the coming year: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/whats-going-down-a-look-at-the-upcoming-year-of-resisting-the-far-right-fascism-in-the-usa Show Notes: - Interview with Matthew Lyons recorded on November 1, 2024. - Show uploaded to SoundCloud on November 5, 2024. - An edited version of this show aired on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal on November 7, 2024. - Producer: Jaggi Singh, for No Borders Media. No Borders Media shares and creates content in support of the struggles of the working class and oppressed peoples and in opposition to capitalism and colonialism. You can hear us on the first Thursday of every month from 5–6 PM, as part of Off The Hour on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal (ckut.ca). Check out No Borders Media on SoundCloud and our active social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads, Twitter, and Mastodon, for links to upcoming and previous shows.