“We’re talking about a heavily armed populace that’s self traumatizing through its own mythology,” says Shane Burley.
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.
“None of us are safe, so long as safety is mythologized on these terms,” says Kelly Hayes.
“The state is personified and ascended, but people are dehumanized,” says Palestinian organizer Lea Kayali.
“We are under significant attack,” says voting rights organizer Toni Watkins.
“Police don’t keep us safe,” says organizer D.A. Bullock.
Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?
We live in a system that conditions us to celebrate each other for sacrificing ourselves to work.
“You don’t always get to choose who helps you survive,” says organizer Ejeris Dixon.
Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.