Movement Memos

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.

As Trump continues his attacks on the post office and issues another round of illegal edicts, Kelly talks with author and researcher Sarah Kendzior about the ascent of authoritarianism in the U.S. and the potential collapse of democracy as we know it. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.

Anxieties over the optics of rebellion in an election year have inflamed debates about “peacefulness,” violence and respectability. In this episode, Kelly tackles the question of whether raucous protests will help Trump and replaces it with better questions. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.

Trump's anti-protest squads are broadening their reach and expanding their mission. Kelly and author Shane Burley assess the threat and put these events in their fascist context. Need a transcript? You can listen on our website.