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Movement Memos
Kelly Hayes connects with activists, journalists and others on the front lines in this Truthout podcast.
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era
“It's inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in Every Venue of Our Lives
“It is a self-replicating authoritarian system that has persisted over the course of generations,” says Talia Lavin.
To Transform Our Trauma, We Must Nurture Movements for Change
“PTSD, in many ways, works like a time machine,” says healing justice practitioner Chiara Galimberti.
From the Ashes: How Grief Shapes Our Struggles
“The capitalist system also doesn't care if we die,” says author Sarah Jaffe.
Keeping Each Other Alive: Mental Health and Collective Survival
“We cannot become what it is that has harmed us in the first place,” says Elliott Fukui.
Breaking Down Sudan’s Struggle: What the World Is Missing
“This war is not a civil war, it's a counterrevolutionary war against civilians,” says Sudanese organizer Nisrin Elamin.
“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.
Remembering How to Care: Lessons From “Deep Space Nine”
“We can exist in a future beyond the status quo,” says author Robyn Maynard.
It’s “Open Season” on the Unhoused. We Must Oppose It.
“We don't have a housing system, we have an unhousing system,” says author and organizer Tracy Rosenthal.
Radical Acts of Care: From Underground Abortions to Militant Clinic Defense
“There are deep lessons here about comradery,” says author Angela Hume.