Kelly Hayes

Chicago

Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: https://t.co/reEPh5xqgd | More: https://t.co/mS8uBZRaHR

Articles

Fascism Isn’t Coming - It’s Here. Now What?

1 week ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

Angry, shocked, overwhelmed? Take action: Support independent media. We’ve borne witness to a chaotic first few months in Trump’s presidency. Over the last months, each executive order has delivered shock and bewilderment — a core part of a strategy to make the right-wing turn feel inevitable and overwhelming.
Let’s Be Politically Promiscuous

3 weeks ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

Part of the Series Movement Memos “Our movements are pretty much just made of our relationships — whether we can move together, coordinate, collaborate, figure out disagreements [and] stay loyal to each other when the repression comes down,” says Dean Spade. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Spade and host Kelly Hayes discuss the lessons of Spade’s new book, Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together.
New Forms of Resistance Are Springing Up Under the Trump-Musk Regime

3 weeks ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

When Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, many of us turned to the words of activist and educator Daniel Hunter for comfort and direction. Hunter’s piece 10 Ways to be Prepared and Grounded Now that Trump Has Won offered practical and strategic advice to disrought people of conscience who were reeling in the wake of Trump’s victory. Hunter’s analysis included the observation that “differentiated resistance pathways” would emerge with time.
Movement in Opposition to “DOGE” Plans Day of Protests Outside Tesla Showrooms

3 weeks ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

On March 29, the Tesla Takedown movement will engage in a Global Day of Action at Tesla showrooms around the world. For weeks, protests outside of Tesla dealerships have grown, as participants have lashed out at Elon Musk, the leader of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is currently raiding and dismantling government services. The movement took off after Elon Musk’s apparent Nazi salute at an Inauguration Day event for Trump supporters.
Sanctuary Lessons

1 month ago | rethinkingschools.org | Kelly Hayes

On Monday, Feb. 3, Chicago teachers, community members, and some elected officials participated in “walk-in” actions at more than 100 Chicago public schools. Participants rallied to show support for marginalized students — including undocumented youth and queer and trans students — amid Trump’s attacks on immigrants, trans people, and the honest discussion of history in schools.
We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

Part of the Series Movement Memos “We need each other, and interdependence is key to survival for human beings,” says Mariame organizer Kaba. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Kaba talks with host Kelly Hayes about what their book Let This Radicalize You brings to this moment. Hayes and Kaba also discuss the fight for reproductive justice, the problem with schadenfreude, and the need to build collective courage.
They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

Yesterday, 98 protesters were arrested in New York City after overtaking the Trump Tower lobby in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and U.S. permanent resident facing deportation for his involvement in Palestine solidarity protests at Columbia University. The demonstration was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, which stated on social media, “We know that this is the time to speak out.
Elon Musk Is Leading a Far Right Anti-Empathy Revolution

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Resistance” exhibit

On Tuesday, Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, bloviating for a record-breaking hour and 40 minutes. The speech was filled with the kind of lies, vitriol, and self-adulation we have come to expect from the current president. Notably, Trump affirmed, during his speech, that Elon Musk is in charge of the infamous Department of Government Efficiency.
The Anti-Empathy Revolution of Elon Musk

1 month ago | organizingmythoughts.org | Kelly Hayes

Listen to this articleOn Tuesday, Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, bloviating for a record-breaking hour and 40 minutes. The speech was filled with the kind of lies, vitriol, and self-adulation we have come to expect from the current president. Notably, Trump affirmed, during his speech, that Elon Musk is in charge of the infamous Department of Government Efficiency.
'The most precious, non-renewable resource': The study of time is core at NIST

1 month ago | denvergazette.com | Kelly Hayes

BOULDER • Every second in a small laboratory room in Boulder, a green light flashes. Within the webs of yellow wire and shelves of computer systems, this green light represents the passage of time. But the moment our eyes realize it, its mission has been completed. Here, time ticks precisely. Home to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this is a place where scientists research time, from developing atomic clocks to investigating more abstract concepts.