by Rashida James-Saadiya | Feb 4, 2026 | care, Collective Survival, Donald Trump, ICE, Liberation, Op-Ed, rapid-response network, Resistance, Trump Administration
The U.S.’s political landscape — and our daily lives — are increasingly shaped by repression and violence, amplified by a media cycle designed to keep us fearful in the present, uncertain about the future, and depleted. Exhaustion is not a side effect of this system. It is one of its core tools. Last year, I wrote that Donald Trump’s attacks were designed to exhaust us. Over the past year, I’…
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by Kelly Hayes | Oct 30, 2025 | Anishinaabe, care, Grief, ICE, Interview, Organizing, relationships, Social Movements, Water
“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. In this episode of Movement Memos, Simpson and host Kelly Hayes discuss lessons from Simpson’s book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead and the ongoing struggle against ICE in Chicago, where Hayes is involved in rapid response efforts. Music: Son Monarcas and Leanne…
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