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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Vigil for Palestine: We Mourn and Consider What...
“During a genocide, there is no silent vigil. There are no pauses without action,” says organizer Nadine Naber.
60 min
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Practicing New Worlds in a Time of Collapse
“Our survival is at stake,” says author and organizer Andrea Ritchie.
71 min
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Israel's Tools of Occupation Are Tested on Pale...
“This will only grow and worsen,” says Antony Loewenstein.
63 min
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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
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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
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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
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Rocket-Launching Billionaires Promise a New Pie...
60 min
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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.
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Bizarre and Dangerous Utopian Ideology Has Quie...
“It's shaping our world right now,” says Émile P. Torres.
79 min
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Cop City is Only the Beginning, Unless We Fight
“This is a global struggle against fascism,” says Jasmine, an Atlanta organizer.
65 min
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Palestinian Organizers: We Honor Our Grief by P...
“The poison pill of any movement is despair,” says Palestinian activist Lea Kayali.
57 min
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To Transform Conflict in Movements, We Must Lea...
“Trust building requires risk,” says facilitator Aarati Kasturirangan.
72 min
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Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radical...
“Hope for me is in the doing of things,” says Mariame Kaba.
62 min
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Latin American Feminism Has Much to Teach US Le...
“Mothers and grandmothers redefined what it means to do politics,” says Camila Valle.
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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
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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
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Disability Justice Organizers Dream Big and Res...
“Disabled mutual aid sees us as agents and as people who have skills and gifts to offer,” says Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
60 min
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Antifascists Are Adapting to a Strange New World
“We're sort of in unwritten territory in some ways,” says Shane Burley.
68 min
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The Death of a Forest Defender at Stop Cop City
"We need real wide-ranging solidarity,” says organizer Micah Herskind.
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Building New Worlds in an Era of Collapse
“There are other ways of organizing life, land, and resources,” says Robyn Maynard.
63 min
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Navigating Grief and Cultivating Hope at the En...
“I think this is a great time to ask ‘what if?’” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
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We Need Harm Reduction With a Liberatory Vision
“We're going to have to break the rules,” says Shira Hassan.
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Abolition Is About Escaping the Death Trap of “...
"We need the resources that the carceral state has stolen from us," says Andrea Ritchie.
62 min
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Copaganda Arrests Our Imaginations
“Police, as a political force, are shaping mainstream media,” says Andrea Ritchie.
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Prepping for the Apocalypse Means Building Comm...
“These sorts of things aren't something you can outrun,” says Chris Begley.
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