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Danish Resistance to Fascism, and Ours Today—Plus, Trump vs. UCLA

On Start Making Sense: Sarah Sophie Flicker finds lessons for us in the Danes’ refusal to cooperate with Hitler, and historian David Myers on Trump’s $1 billion fine against UCLA.

Jon Wiener

August 13, 2025

This 1943 photo shows a boat carrying people during the escape across the Oresound of some of 7,000 Danish Jews who fled to safety in neighboring Sweden as Denmark three years after the German Nazi invasion.(AFP via Getty Images)

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Danish Resistance to Fascism, and Ours Today—Plus, Trump v. UCLA | Start Making Sense
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In WWII, Denmark rescued a larger proportion of their Jewish population than any other country – 95%. How they did it suggests how we can resist Trump’s attacks on undocumented residents. Sarah Sophie Flicker explains – she’s an organizer who’s a co-founder of the Women’s March on Washington.

Also: Donald Trump is demanding that UCLA pay a $1 billion fine for antisemitism on campus – in addition to the $584 million in cuts to medical and scientific research already imposed by his administration. But one Billion? Why not one Trillon? David Myers will comment – He’s a distinguished professor at UCLA who teaches Jewish history.

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During World War II, Denmark rescued a larger proportion of their Jewish population than any other country—95 percent. How they did it suggests how we can resist Trump’s attacks on undocumented residents. Sarah Sophie Flicker explains—she’s an organizer who’s a cofounder of the Women’s March on Washington.

Also: Donald Trump is demanding that UCLA pay a $1 billion fine for antisemitism on campus—in addition to the $584 million in cuts to medical and scientific research already imposed by his administration. One billion dollars? Why not $1 trillion? David Myers will comment. He’s a distinguished professor at UCLA who teaches Jewish history.

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Mamdani’s Socialism—and Us; plus Football and Concussions | Start Making Sense
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Zorhan Mamdani takes office in four weeks as the first socialist mayor of New York City. How should we understand the constraints he faces, without accepting those constraints? Bhaskar Sunkara has our analysis; he’s president of The Nation and author of ‘The Socialist Manifesto.’

Plus: Sports Talk on The Nation podcast! Of course Thanksgiving was a big weekend for football on TV – a weekend where millions of viewers got to see a festival of brain injuries — concussions after receiving blows to the head. Dave Zirin will comment – he's the long-time sports editor of The Nation and host of the Edge of Sports podcast.

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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.


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