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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What Trump’s “Whenever Wars” Reveal About U.S. ...
“We really have to see the rise of Trump itself as an indictment of the whole system,” says Khury Petersen-Smith.
79 min
2
Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, ...
“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks Rebecca Solnit.
70 min
3
Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism
Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires.
80 min
4
Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
83 min
5
Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment
“If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything,” says Mariame Kaba.
74 min
6
The Science of Unlearning And Why Organizers Ne...
“Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.
63 min
7
Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime — and ...
66 min
8
Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the...
70 min
9
How We've Resisted ICE: Street Lessons From Chi...
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.
88 min
10
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: A...
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says Tamara Nopper.
69 min
11
Burnout is Not Inevitable: Building Movements T...
“Care really should be at the center of our strategy, of our analysis, and of our practice,” says Aaron Goggans.
67 min
12
Resisting ICE, Building Worlds: Care and Survi...
“It's all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
74 min
13
Making Things Together: Zines, Strategy, and Su...
“We're going to need a lot more in-person opportunities for us to expand our humanity,” says Mariame Kaba.
79 min
14
Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship
"There is no neutral ground in this moment. You're either resisting or you're complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.
71 min
15
Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in C...
“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.
65 min
16
The Trap of Law and Order Under Fascism
“There's no rule of law that's going to get us out of where we are,” says Andrea Ritchie.
68 min
17
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
61 min
18
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
19
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
20
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — And It W...
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.
61 min
21
Awareness-Raising Protests Won’t Threaten the R...
“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
70 min
22
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Thro...
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says Che Johnson-Long.
64 min
23
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
24
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
25
Let's Be Politically Promiscuous
56 min