Movement Memos
An ongoing call to action for movement work and mutual aid efforts around the country. Kelly Hayes connects with activists, journalists and others on the front lines to break down what’s happening in various struggles and what listeners can do to help.
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The Fight Against Fascism Isn’t Over
“We're talking about a heavily armed populace that's self traumatizing through its own mythology."
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Getting Real About Prisons and Why They Don’t M...
“None of us are safe, so long as safety is mythologized on these terms."
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What the Mainstream Media Never Told You About ...
“The state is personified and ascended, but people are dehumanized."
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A New Wave of Jim Crow Laws is Here. Here’s Wha...
“We are under significant attack,” says voting rights organizer Toni Watkins.
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Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Minneapoli...
“The only way we can guarantee justice is to remove ourselves from this entire system as it exists right now."
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You Cannot Divorce Policing From Murder
Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
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Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Ne...
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?
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Work Isn’t Fulfilling Because Capitalism is a D...
"We live in a system that conditions us to celebrate each other for sacrificing ourselves to work."
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From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the ...
“You don’t always get to choose who helps you survive.”
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Bent on Revenge, The Far-Right Will Rage Agains...
Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.
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What to Expect in the Final Days of Trump's Fas...
“One of the worst things the media could do right now is pour fabric softener over fascism.”
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2020 Turned Our Worlds Inside Out. Here’s What ...
2020 offered us some lessons worth keeping.
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Chicago Teachers Pledge Collective Action as Ja...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to reopen schools one day after her stay at home order expires.
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Don’t Fawn Over Biden. Fight Neoliberalism.
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Georgia Organizers and the GOP Square Off in a ...
“There is a real massive effort that's scaling up.”
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Hunger Strikers Caged in the Second Wave are "J...
Our society created the framework for this atrocity. Now it's part of a perfect storm.
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Welcome to Trump's Last Act, The Most Dangerous...
Trump has two months to rage against his humiliation and every weapon in the world at his disposal.
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Having a Meltdown? Let's Process this Electoral...
Election Day is here. Let's talk it out.
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Mass Protest is Coming and the Cops Are on Trum...
What will protest look like during a fascist power grab?
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Reclaiming Possibility: A Rant Against Despair
Fear can crowd out our imaginations and dampen our compassion.
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Arm Wrestling Authoritarianism: The Homestretch
What will the next week be like?
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Planning for Disaster: A Writing Exercise
What does it take to survive a crisis?
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Searching for Safety in a Right-Wing Nightmare
“Let’s face the future together, as bravely as we can.”
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“Don’t Fear the Virus” is Genocidal Rhetoric. W...
Migrant children and others caged in the path of COVID-19 will not be flown to Walter Reed.
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Reclaiming Life and Housing in an Era of Collapse
“We have a moral responsibility to make sure these people don't die.”
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