Behind the Bastards

It Could Happen Here Weekly 221

Feb 28, 2026
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Tara Raghavir
Tara Raghavir, director of the Tenant Union Federation and Twin Cities organizer, shares frontline organizing experiences. She describes rapid federation-building, coordinated rent-strike strategy, and labor partnerships. Short scenes cover strike demands like ICE removal and eviction moratoriums, crisis-driven mutual aid limits, and concrete ways listeners can support phone banks and trainings.
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ANECDOTE

Porch AR-15 Stunt As Publicity Not Policy

  • Fishback staged an armed stunt after claiming an intentional fire, walking onto his porch with an AR-15 and promising to shoot unseen threats.
  • Hosts noted the rifle lacked a magazine and mocked the stunt as attention-seeking rather than substantive deterrence.
INSIGHT

Legal Immigration Framed As Threat To Gen Z Jobs

  • Fishback's anti-H-1B and anti-student visa rhetoric targets legal immigration as a cause of youth joblessness, reframing economic anxiety into xenophobic policy.
  • Hosts linked this to Great Replacement-style messaging and appeals to homeowning voters and Gen Z technical-education promises.
INSIGHT

Openly Embracing Extremist Followings As Electoral Strategy

  • Fishback openly praises and courts Nick Fuentes' audience while trying to appear strategically distanced, signaling the new right's normalization in electoral campaigns.
  • Hosts flagged this as an explicit attempt to convert fringe online followings into organized campaign labor and influence.
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