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

The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing - and It Won’t Stop at Immigrants

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Movement Memos “Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Shah and host Kelly Hayes discuss immigration raids, rising authoritarianism, mass protest, innocence narratives, and what it means to organize effectively in this moment. Music by Son Monarcas & David CelesteTRANSCRIPTNote: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form.
After Elon Musk’s Federal Chainsaw, What Comes Next for Labor?

3 weeks ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes

Elon Musk struck a pose like a Nazi, then took a chainsaw to the federal government, terrorizing federal workers, gutting life-saving aid programs, and shredding public services. Now, Musk claims to have returned his attention to his companies, after political blowback — fueled in no small part by the Tesla Takedown Movement — caused major financial losses for Tesla. So, where does that leave federal programs and the workers fighting to keep them alive?
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on "Male Loneliness"

3 weeks ago | organizingmythoughts.org | Kelly Hayes

Listen to this articleGreetings friends,If you're looking for my thoughts on "male loneliness," you can scroll down. If you're here for the must-reads, you can begin at the beginning. Must ReadsFrom immigration surveillance to a bold rent strike in Chicago, here are some of the most important articles I’ve read this week. ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows by Jason Koebler.
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Movement Memos “Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Táíwò and host Kelly Hayes talk about protest, why large “awareness raising” events will not defeat Trump and the kind of actions and formations we need in these times. Music by Son Monarcas & David CelesteTRANSCRIPTNote: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form.
Liberal Faith in Checks and Balances Betrays Deeper Investment in Law and Order

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales |Maya Schenwar

As other branches of government fail to check the Trump administration, the balance of power shifts toward oligarchs.
How Do We Organize Through Exhaustion, Grief and Uncertainty?

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Samantha Borek

There is a common admonition that often circulates on social media, especially among leftists, that goes something like: You don’t have to ask what you would’ve done during the Holocaust, or any other historical atrocity. You’re doing it right now. These words are valuable in that they encourage us to abandon fantasies of who we would have been in another context, and to live our values here and now.
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Through Preparing Together.

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Movement Memos “Part of my work as a community safety and security practitioner is about offering tools for people to feel and move through fear so that we can continue to keep more of us in this fight,” says Che Johnson-Long. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Johnson-Long and host Kelly Hayes discuss safety planning and practical actions that individuals and organizations can take right now to create as much safety as possible in our lives and our movements.
How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State

1 month ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Movement Memos “We need to think deeply about cultivating that mindset of collective survival, of needing to understand each other and work together, even if we don’t like each other, and would never actually choose each other, because this is the ‘us’ we’ve got in an us versus them situation,” says Kelly Hayes.
By Refusing to Surrender Our Humanity, We Are Still Able to Fight Back

2 months ago | truthout.org | Kelly Hayes |Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales

Television personality Mehmet Oz was sworn in Friday as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In his remarks, Oz stressed the need to reduce chronic illness, declaring, “It is the patriotic duty of all Americans to take care of themselves.
Sarah Kendzior: "Don't Give Up On Other People"

2 months ago | organizingmythoughts.org | Kelly Hayes

Listen to this articleTelevision personality Mehmet Oz was sworn in Friday as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In his remarks, Oz stressed the need to reduce chronic illness, declaring, “It is the patriotic duty of all Americans to take care of themselves.