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.
Why trust an algorithm to curate the news when I'm here to help? Your weekly rundown is here. But first, this week’s episode of Movement Memos is a predictive policing 101. In this conversation, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson and I separate fact from science fiction, explore the history
Chicago organizers will soon learn whether the city’s progressive mayor will honor a key campaign promise. Brandon Johnson campaigned on a pledge to end the city’s contract for SoundThinking’s gunshot detection service known as ShotSpotter. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel entered into a $33 million contract with
From the new AI narrative to migrant evictions in two major cities, and a constitutional standoff at the southern border, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless by R.A.
Amid the struggle to survive Israel’s ongoing military attacks – which have left over 25,000 dead and more than 7,000 missing in Gaza – and the deprivations of a genocidal siege, Palestinians in Gaza have also struggled to maintain internet access. According to the cybersecurity monitoring group NetBlocks, Gaza
From Gaza to labor showdowns, alarming developments along the southern border, AI-generated articles jamming up Google News, and how we talk about fascism and atrocity, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Palestinian Women and Children Don’t Deserve to Die in Gaza. Neither Do
“Surviving settler colonialism isn’t just about surviving its material realities, it’s also about surviving how settler colonialism requires destroying cultures, and languages, and sensibilities, and values, and ways of being in the world,” says scholar and activist Nadine Naber. In this episode, Nadine and I discuss the connections
Today is my 43rd birthday. Two decades ago, this milestone seemed improbable, if not impossible. And yet, here I am, living in improbable, impossible times. Having survived what might have killed me, I sit upright and pour tears and laughter into a keyboard, which lets them loose upon the world.
From Gaza to Elon Musk’s war on labor laws, Louisiana’s hard right turn, and how the WIC program is failing hungry children, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Children must forgo fruit, milk as fewer stores participate in US government food program (AP)
I have been having a lot of conversations lately about what antifascist organizing should look like in 2024. Some people argue that fighting fascism means stopping Donald Trump, and I agree with those who believe that another Trump presidency would prove catastrophic. Trump’s aspirations are dictatorial, and we have
As promised, Organizing My Thoughts has migrated away from Substack due to the platform's very public embrace of fascist content. But before I say more about that, here are some of the best articles I've read this week. What To Read This Weekend * When Abolitionists Say
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