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
Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in C...
“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.
65 min
2
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
3
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
61 min
4
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
5
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
6
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — And It W...
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.
61 min
7
Awareness-Raising Protests Won’t Threaten the R...
“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
70 min
8
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Thro...
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says Che Johnson-Long.
64 min
9
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
10
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
11
Let's Be Politically Promiscuous
56 min
12
We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build...
73 min
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
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
18
To Transform Our Trauma, We Must Nurture Moveme...
“How do we hold each other in falling apart,” asks Chiara Galimberti.
82 min
19
From the Ashes: How Grief Shapes Our Struggles
“The capitalist system also doesn't care if we die,” says Sarah Jaffe.
63 min
20
Keeping Each Other Alive: Mental Health and Col...
“We cannot become what it is that has harmed us in the first place,” says Elliott Fukui.
87 min
21
Breaking Down Sudan’s Struggle: What the World ...
“This war is not a civil war, it's a counterrevolutionary war against civilians,” says Sudanese organizer Nisrin Elamin.
65 min
22
"Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abo...
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says M Adams.
60 min
23
Remembering How to Care: Lessons from Deep Spac...
“We can exist in a future beyond the status quo,” says Robyn Maynard.
64 min
24
It's “Open Season” on the Unhoused. We Must Opp...
“We don't have a housing system, we have an unhousing system,” says Tracy Rosenthal.
53 min
25
Radical Acts of Care: From Underground Abortion...
"There are deep lessons here about comradery," says Angela Hume.
59 min