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.
101
To Fight the GOP’s Radicalized Base, We Have to...
The right’s culture war has an astronomical body count.
40 min
102
Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Another Wor...
Occupy helped us imagine a world beyond capitalism.
69 min
103
The Fight Against Fascism Isn’t Over
“We're talking about a heavily armed populace that's self traumatizing through its own mythology."
55 min
104
Getting Real About Prisons and Why They Don’t M...
“None of us are safe, so long as safety is mythologized on these terms."
65 min
105
What the Mainstream Media Never Told You About ...
“The state is personified and ascended, but people are dehumanized."
66 min
106
A New Wave of Jim Crow Laws is Here. Here’s Wha...
“We are under significant attack,” says voting rights organizer Toni Watkins.
31 min
107
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."
53 min
108
You Cannot Divorce Policing From Murder
Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
56 min
109
Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Ne...
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?
43 min
110
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."
50 min
111
From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the ...
“You don’t always get to choose who helps you survive.”
55 min
112
Bent on Revenge, The Far-Right Will Rage Agains...
Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.
39 min
113
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.”
35 min
114
2020 Turned Our Worlds Inside Out. Here’s What ...
2020 offered us some lessons worth keeping.
32 min
115
Chicago Teachers Pledge Collective Action as Ja...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to reopen schools one day after her stay at home order expires.
25 min
116
Don’t Fawn Over Biden. Fight Neoliberalism.
21 min
117
Georgia Organizers and the GOP Square Off in a ...
“There is a real massive effort that's scaling up.”
32 min
118
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.
35 min
119
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.
15 min
120
Having a Meltdown? Let's Process this Electoral...
Election Day is here. Let's talk it out.
48 min
121
Mass Protest is Coming and the Cops Are on Trum...
What will protest look like during a fascist power grab?
27 min
122
Reclaiming Possibility: A Rant Against Despair
Fear can crowd out our imaginations and dampen our compassion.
17 min
123
Arm Wrestling Authoritarianism: The Homestretch
What will the next week be like?
40 min
124
Planning for Disaster: A Writing Exercise
What does it take to survive a crisis?
15 min
125
Searching for Safety in a Right-Wing Nightmare
“Let’s face the future together, as bravely as we can.”
17 min