“Gun control discourse is sort of a trap,” says author Patrick Blanchfield.
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.
Kelly Hayes and Ruth Wilson Gilmore discuss organizing, extraction and time.
We shut down this massive facility in four months, says activist Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua.
Activists Kelly Hayes and Dean Spade discuss the future of mutual aid.
Organizers Kelly Hayes and Harsha Walia talk about “how we remake the world.”
“These folks inside have had enough,” says organizer Brooke Terpsta.
“Making things better is not what the war machine is for,” says Kelly Hayes.
“It’s not about bathrooms. It’s about expulsion and it’s about disposability,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
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“We need to start thinking about something entirely new,” says author Shane Burley.
“Capitalism is a generalized order of insecurity that requires a politics of security,” says Brendan McQuade.