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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Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Cults Are Coming f...
“We can have billionaires or we can have democracy. We cannot have both," says Gil Durán.
56 min
2
You Can’t Drink Data: Native Communities Are Re...
“These are tools to extract from who we are to erase us,” says Krystal Two Bulls.
76 min
3
The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be D...
“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back," says Brian Merchant.
87 min
4
No Abandonment, No Bunkers: Preparing for Disas...
73 min
5
ICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Commu...
“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says John Washington.
77 min
6
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
7
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
8
Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism
Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires.
80 min
9
Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
83 min
10
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
11
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
12
Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime — and ...
66 min
13
Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the...
70 min
14
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
15
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
16
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
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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
18
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
19
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
20
Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in C...
“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.
65 min
21
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
22
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
61 min
23
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
24
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
25
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — And It W...
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.
61 min