Anxieties over the optics of rebellion in an election year have inflamed debates about “peacefulness,” violence and respectability. In this episode, Kelly tackles the question of whether raucous protests will help Trump and replaces it with better questions. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Trump's anti-protest squads are broadening their reach and expanding their mission. Kelly and author Shane Burley assess the threat and put these events in their fascist context. Need a transcript? You can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon about fascism, police violence and how we can fight back. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon about courage and solidarity in a time of rebellion. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with author and organizer Cindy Milstein about reclaiming collective grief and resisting fascism.
Kelly talks with organizer Juliana Pino about environmental racism in the time of COVID-19. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with Mariame Kaba about storytelling and building power. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with Morning Star Gali about Native life and death in the age of COVID-19. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with attorney Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands.
Kelly Hayes talks with Lisa Fithian about direct action in a socially distanced world.
Kelly talks with Tanuja Jagernauth about collective grief and resisting the normalization of mass death. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
How can we fight fascism as public health restrictions tighten? Kelly talks with Shane Burley about organizing for survival and the analysis of state power we need right now. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks about organizing for change while socially distanced and what we ought to be doing with ourselves. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
Kelly talks with Pilar Weiss about how bail funds empty cages and offers some updates on mutual aid options during the COVID-19 crisis.
How do you organize against a pandemic or a wildfire? Kelly talks with organizer Vanamali Hermans about mutual aid, catastrophe and how we survive.
Kelly Hayes talks with Rabbi Brant Rosen about anti-Semitic violence, Israeli apartheid and what it means to say Never Again in the age of Trump.
Has Trump dragged the U.S. beyond the bounds of democracy? Kelly Hayes talks with Shane Burley, a Truthout contributor and author of the book Fascism Today: What it is and How to End It, about the current political moment and how we can fight back.
Kelly talks with L.A. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer and author of the book Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism about the history of protest movements and what the current political moment demands of us.
An overwhelming political climate has left many Americans frozen in a state of uncertainty. Unable or unwilling to fully process the enormity of climate change or the tragic circus of Trumpism, many are going through the motions of normalcy while the world burns. In this episode, Kelly talks with UndocuBlack organizer Aly Wane about how fear and anxiety can freeze political action and what we can do about it.
