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.
1
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
61 min
2
Public Assemblies Strengthen Community Resistan...
“This process invites people to be active participants in shaping the collective outcome of our people's futures,” says Denzel Caldwell.
60 min
3
Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Natio...
“They understand that what they're doing is devastating, and they're doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.
69 min
4
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — And It W...
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.
61 min
5
Awareness-Raising Protests Won’t Threaten the R...
“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
70 min
6
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Thro...
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says Che Johnson-Long.
64 min
7
How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State
"A union exists whenever two people or a group of people work together to solve a problem they couldn't alone," says Shane Burley.
73 min
8
Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?
“We don't get to choose the people who show up for us and who save us sometimes,” says Ejeris Dixon.
68 min
9
Let's Be Politically Promiscuous
56 min
10
We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build...
73 min
11
Fight Fear, Build Power: Community Defense Works
“This kind of repression, part of its intention is to isolate people,” says organizer Nikki Marín Baena.
49 min
12
Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Surv...
“We are really good at finding what's wrong with each other,” says Margaret Killjoy.
71 min
13
We Won't Take Risks Alone. Our Relationships M...
Tenant unions can teach us to strategize “with every lever that we have,” says Tracy Rosenthal.
62 min
14
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for A...
“It's inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
64 min
15
We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in...
“It is a self-replicating authoritarian system that has persisted over the course of generations,” says Talia Lavin.
78 min
16
To Transform Our Trauma, We Must Nurture Moveme...
“How do we hold each other in falling apart,” asks Chiara Galimberti.
82 min
17
From the Ashes: How Grief Shapes Our Struggles
“The capitalist system also doesn't care if we die,” says Sarah Jaffe.
63 min
18
Keeping Each Other Alive: Mental Health and Col...
“We cannot become what it is that has harmed us in the first place,” says Elliott Fukui.
87 min
19
Breaking Down Sudan’s Struggle: What the World ...
“This war is not a civil war, it's a counterrevolutionary war against civilians,” says Sudanese organizer Nisrin Elamin.
65 min
20
"Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abo...
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says M Adams.
60 min
21
Remembering How to Care: Lessons from Deep Spac...
“We can exist in a future beyond the status quo,” says Robyn Maynard.
64 min
22
It's “Open Season” on the Unhoused. We Must Opp...
“We don't have a housing system, we have an unhousing system,” says Tracy Rosenthal.
53 min
23
Radical Acts of Care: From Underground Abortion...
"There are deep lessons here about comradery," says Angela Hume.
59 min
24
How Solidarity Falters Amid Repression and How ...
“This system was designed to do exactly what it is doing,” says author and activist Dean Spade.
64 min
25
To Stay in the Fight, We Must Navigate Trauma a...
“How do we grieve at the same time as we adapt,” asks Robyn Maynard.
73 min