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.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in C...
“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.
65 min
8
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
9
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
61 min
10
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
11
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
12
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — And It W...
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.
61 min
13
Awareness-Raising Protests Won’t Threaten the R...
“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
70 min
14
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Thro...
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says Che Johnson-Long.
64 min
15
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
16
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
17
Let's Be Politically Promiscuous
56 min
18
We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build...
73 min
19
Fight Fear, Build Power: Community Defense Works
“This kind of repression, part of its intention is to isolate people,” says organizer Nikki Marín Baena.
49 min
20
Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Surv...
“We are really good at finding what's wrong with each other,” says Margaret Killjoy.
71 min
21
We Won't Take Risks Alone. Our Relationships M...
Tenant unions can teach us to strategize “with every lever that we have,” says Tracy Rosenthal.
62 min
22
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for A...
“It's inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
64 min
23
We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in...
“It is a self-replicating authoritarian system that has persisted over the course of generations,” says Talia Lavin.
78 min
24
To Transform Our Trauma, We Must Nurture Moveme...
“How do we hold each other in falling apart,” asks Chiara Galimberti.
82 min
25
From the Ashes: How Grief Shapes Our Struggles
“The capitalist system also doesn't care if we die,” says Sarah Jaffe.
63 min