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Movement Memos
Kelly Hayes connects with activists, journalists and others on the front lines in this Truthout podcast.
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Getting Real About Prisons and Why They Don’t Make Us Safer
“None of us are safe, so long as safety is mythologized on these terms,” says Kelly Hayes.
![A boy waves a Palestinian flag during a demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0519-palestine-boy-400x300.jpg)
What the Mainstream Media Never Told You About Palestine
“The state is personified and ascended, but people are dehumanized,” says Palestinian organizer Lea Kayali.
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A New Wave of Jim Crow Laws Is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know.
“We are under significant attack,” says voting rights organizer Toni Watkins.
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Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams.
“Police don't keep us safe,” says organizer D.A. Bullock.
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You Cannot Divorce Murder From Policing
Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
![A person wheels a cart full of food down a frozen sidewalk](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/04/2021_0414-polar-vortex-400x300.jpg)
Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery.
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?
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Work Isn’t Fulfilling Because Capitalism Is a Death March
We live in a system that conditions us to celebrate each other for sacrificing ourselves to work.
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From Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the Wreckage of the Trump Era
“You don’t always get to choose who helps you survive," says organizer Ejeris Dixon.
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Bent on Revenge, the Far Right Will Rage Against Reality in the Biden Era
Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.
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What to Expect in the Final Days of Trump’s Fascist Reign
One of the worst things the media could do right now is pour fabric softener over fascism.