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Movement Memos
Kelly Hayes connects with activists, journalists and others on the front lines in this Truthout podcast.
As Attacks on Queer and Trans People Accelerate, We Need Solidarity Now
“I've never seen anything like this in my life,” says journalist Melissa Gira Grant.
Capitalism Is Making Us Sick and Sucking Us Dry
“All of these systems of extraction are always connected,” says Beatrice Adler-Bolton.
Nothing Ends With the Law. Let’s Talk About Life After “Roe.”
An attorney, a clinic director and an abortion doula talk about life after “Roe.”
To Build the World We Desire, We Must Dream Deeply Together
“This is a great time to get with your people,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
Abortion Funds Are Preparing for a Storm. To Help, “Get in Where You Fit in.”
“The fact that we have to talk about decriminalizing pregnancy is a strong argument for abolition,” says Kelly Hayes.
Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist “Moral Battering Ram”
“I am so disheartened by the lack of response to these attacks,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
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Attacks on Trans Rights and Abortion Rights Are “Bound Together”
“Some of the wildest dreams of the far right are being realized,” says Kelly Hayes.
Hope Is Not a Given. We Must Cultivate It Together.
Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth discuss the practice of hope.
Are You Preparing for a Post-“Roe” World?
“It's a perfect storm,” says journalist Robin Marty.
The End of “Roe” Will Lead to More Family Separation and Child Disappearance
“They make money off of family separation,” says sociologist and legal scholar Dorothy Roberts.