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Louisiana Is a Testbed for a Fascist State Apparatus / Gabrielle Perry

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In the current state of things, [Louisiana] is very much held by a small minority. We currently operate under a GOP Republican super majority in the state of Louisiana. It's honestly been a shit show to put it like to put it mildly. And I think that the Democratic Party is very much in a state of rebuild…The masses here, I think, are so apathetic and so beat down from what we have witnessed. Especially when it comes to the state of things two years post Dobbs decision. All our trigger bans went into effect when abortion was banned federally. I think since then especially, the masses where people don't feel they have any control because of the betrayal of both parties.

Gabrielle Perry joins us to discuss her recent Scalawag article, "Louisiana is the blueprint for further fascist repression." Jeff Dorchen delivers a new "The Moment of Truth" after the interview.

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Gabrielle Perry

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH is an epidemiologist based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation, a Louisiana-based nonprofit operating nationally with a mission of aiding women and girls impacted by incarceration.