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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Family Policing is Part of a "Carceral Web"
"The child welfare system is structured to incentivize, financially, taking children from their families," says Dorothy Roberts.
67 min
2
Capitalism is Killing Us and Our Work Won't Lov...
"Neoliberalism is an entire social engineering project to destroy solidarity," says Sarah Jaffe.
50 min
3
Care Must Be a Collective Practice of Survival,...
"I think it is imperative upon all of us to push back on the system of profit from care," says Premilla Nadasen.
60 min
4
State of US Journalism Is “Worst I’ve Ever Seen...
“I can't believe that I have nostalgia for these previous eras of crises,” says Sarah Kendzior.
62 min
5
Chicago Organizers Defeat Police Tech in Ongoin...
“We're going to continue to organize,” says Stop ShotSpotter organizer Navi Heer.
58 min
6
Predictive Police Tech Isn’t Making Communities...
“We haven't seen public safety systems privatized in this way that we're seeing now,” says Andrew Guthrie Ferguson.
62 min
7
Attacks on the Concept of Settler Colonialism A...
“Surviving settler colonialism isn't just about surviving its material realities,” says Nadine Naber.
59 min
8
“Palestine Is About Living in Spite of Everything”
“Hope is what the history of Palestine has taught me,” says Palestinian feminist Rana Barakat.
55 min
9
Native Organizers Celebrate Solidarity, Grieve ...
“We're connected to each other and these liberation fights across the globe,” says Ashley Crystal Rojas.
49 min
10
Vigil for Palestine: We Mourn and Consider What...
“Our goal is to stop a genocide,” says Palestinian poet and organizer Rasha Abdulhadi.
68 min
11
Practicing New Worlds in a Time of Collapse
“Our survival is at stake,” says author and organizer Andrea Ritchie.
71 min
12
Israel's Tools of Occupation Are Tested on Pale...
“This will only grow and worsen,” says Antony Loewenstein.
63 min
13
To Fight Big Tech, We Must Seize the Means of C...
"Musk is kind of an unsubtle example of the problem with Tech Bros,” says Cory Doctorow.
63 min
14
We Can Survive Together By Becoming Kin
“What kind of story are we setting ourselves up to replicate in the world?” asks Patty Krawec.
69 min
15
Our Movements Need Infrastructure for Care, Rec...
“The model of social movements has been to just throw young people at these crises,” says Aaron Goggans.
68 min
16
Rocket-Launching Billionaires Promise a New Pie...
60 min
17
AI Won’t Overthrow Us, But It Will Optimize the...
“The real threat of these systems is what it will mean for our power,” says Paris Marx.
61 min
18
Bizarre and Dangerous Utopian Ideology Has Quie...
“It's shaping our world right now,” says Émile P. Torres.
79 min
19
Cop City is Only the Beginning, Unless We Fight
“This is a global struggle against fascism,” says Jasmine, an Atlanta organizer.
65 min
20
Palestinian Organizers: We Honor Our Grief by P...
“The poison pill of any movement is despair,” says Palestinian activist Lea Kayali.
57 min
21
To Transform Conflict in Movements, We Must Lea...
“Trust building requires risk,” says facilitator Aarati Kasturirangan.
72 min
22
Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radical...
“Hope for me is in the doing of things,” says Mariame Kaba.
62 min
23
Latin American Feminism Has Much to Teach US Le...
“Mothers and grandmothers redefined what it means to do politics,” says Camila Valle.
60 min
24
Labor History Can Help Us Learn to Fight Like Hell
“It's so important for us to know this history,” says author Kim Kelly.
60 min
25
We Need Collective Healing, Not Commodified “Se...
“What is our freedom if we don't take care of each other?” asks Erica Woodland.
61 min