Kelly Hayes is a Menominee author, educator, organizer, and photographer. Kelly is the host of Truthout’s podcast “Movement Memos” and co-author of Let This Radicalize You, with Mariame Kaba.
December and January are tough months for me. Ever since I lost my father in 2017, I have hated the winter holidays. Every January 2, I wake up feeling lighter, as though a weight has been lifted. Or at least, that’s what I’m used to experiencing on this
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"We need strong networks of community care and defense, aggressive political education initiatives."
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Through the fog of a Chicago winter and the fog of genocidal warfare, art reminds us of who we are to each other and what we owe to each other.
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"Thursday’s action was a reminder of what it means to live in struggle — where hope, love, grief, and refusal converge in a defiant spectacle of love and solidarity."
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“Hope is what the history of Palestine has taught me,” says Palestinian feminist Rana Barakat.
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"It's so important that folks stick together and recognize each other's struggles as a unified struggle," says author Sarah Kendzior.
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"Kissinger has many successors and their world-destroying work is proceeding apace."
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"It's time to save as much life and reduce as much suffering as possible," says Dean Spade.
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"We cannot afford to participate in the cheapening of life, or to indulge in blissful ignorance."
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“We’re connected to each other and these liberation fights across the globe,” says Ashley Crystal Rojas.
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This weekend is a great time to support Native organizing.
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From MMIW to Palestine, ShotSpotter, and the rediscovered words of Malcolm X, here are some important stories you may have missed this week.