Movement Memos

Need a break from doom scrolling? Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth interrupt the aggravating suspense of Election Day with a grounding conversation about learning to inhabit uncertainty.You can find a transcript, audio and show notes on our website.

What will protest look like during a fascist power grab? Kelly talks with Shane Burley, author of Fascism Today: What It is and How to End It, about what protesters will be up against in the coming days and what it will take to win. For a transcript, audio and show notes, you can check out our website. You won't want to miss the training and action resources in the show notes of this week's episode.

Fear can crowd out our imaginations and dampen our compassion. What does it take to hold onto hope in these times? Kelly reflects on the worldbuilding poetics of organizing. You can find a transcript, audio and show notes on our website.

What will the next week be like? Kelly talks with journalist Sarah Kendzior about what to expect in the final days of the 2020 presidential race. You can find a transcript, audio and show notes on our website.

What does it take to survive a crisis? Kelly explains how you can begin to create your own personal safety plan. For a transcript and show notes, you can check out our website.

With the threat of right-wing violence and other chaos hanging over the election, what does personal and community safety look like? In this episode of Movement Memos, Kelly talks about nonviolence, self defense and the relationships we will need to survive. For a transcript, audio and show notes, including organizing resources, you can listen on our website.

Trump holds up his recovery as evidence that the time for fear has passed. But migrant children and others caged in the path of COVID-19 will not be flown to Walter Reed Hospital. In this episode, Kelly Hayes explains why “don't fear the virus” is genocidal rhetoric. Like to read while you listen? You can find audio, a transcript and show notes on our website.In recognition of the National Week of Mourning for victims of COVID-19, and the plight of imprisoned people, this episode also features an audio vigil for people who have been lost to the coronavirus. "Let this Radicalize You: A COVID Memorial Mixtape" includes speeches from organizers Aislinn Pulley, Benji Hart, Tanuja Jagernauth, Juliana Pino Alcaraz, Kelly Hayes and Bresha Meadows. The tape was mixed by Ric Wilson with instrumentation from tobi taiwo. The project was organized by the Lifted Voices collective, and the audio is freely available to anyone who would like to use it for a vigil. We invite you to join us in this collective memorial experience.

Under fascism, mass displacement often means mass death. With a catastrophic eviction crisis looming, Kelly talks with longtime activist Cheri Honkala about housing reclamation and the solidarity we will need to navigate an era of collapse. For a transcript and show notes, you can check out our website.

Trump knows the full expression of our collective grief would be the end of his presidency. Can we generate enough empathy to save each other from fascism? You can find a transcript and show notes on our website.

Trump’s attacks on Black protesters and Black people are inextricably bound to the arguments he will make to try to invalidate the election. In this episode, Kelly talks with voting rights activist Anoa Changa about how you can defend voting rights in the homestretch of the presidential race. If would like a transcript, you can listen on our website.