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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Cop City is Only the Beginning, Unless We Fight
“This is a global struggle against fascism,” says Jasmine, an Atlanta organizer.
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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.
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To Transform Conflict in Movements, We Must Lea...
“Trust building requires risk,” says facilitator Aarati Kasturirangan.
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Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radical...
“Hope for me is in the doing of things,” says Mariame Kaba.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Confronting the “Elite Capture” of Identity Pol...
“Either we're going to stand together, or we're going to fall apart,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
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Philly Families Faced With Eviction Are Rising...
“I want everyone to fight,” says organizer Sterling Johnson.
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Fascism Has Gone Mainstream
“Forces that have been awakened are not ones that can be tucked away,” says Tal Lavin.
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As Attacks on Queer and Trans People Accelerate...
“I've never seen anything like this in my life,” says journalist Melissa Gira Grant.
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Capitalism Is Making Us Sick and Sucking Us Dry
“All of these systems of extraction are always connected,” says Beatrice Adler-Bolton.
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Nothing Ends With the Law. Let’s Talk About Lif...
An attorney, a clinic director and an abortion doula talk about life after Roe.
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To Build the World We Desire, We Must Dream Dee...
“This is a great time to get with your people,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
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Abortion Funds Are Preparing For a Storm. To He...
“The fact that we have to talk about decriminalizing pregnancy is a strong argument for abolition,” says Kelly Hayes.
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Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist "Moral Bat...
“I am so disheartened by the lack of response to these attacks,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
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