"Kelly Hayes: Welcome to "Movement Memos," a Truthout podcast about organizing, solidarity, and the work of making change. I'm your host, Kelly Hayes. Today, we are talking about federal attacks on immigrants and protesters in Chicago, and Trump's ongoing attacks on free speech and expression. We'll also be discussing my upcoming book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Today's guests are both Chicago-based organizers and authors whose work is featured in the book."
"Eman Abdelhadi is a scholar and activist who studies gender in Muslim communities in the U.S. Eman is also a Truthout contributor and has a regular column at In These Times. She's also a co-author of the book, Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072. Eman organizes with Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at the Univers"
Federal immigration raids and militarized policing have escalated in Chicago, targeting immigrants and protesters with helicopters, gas canisters, and guns. The legal and political landscape increasingly criminalizes activism and free expression through administrative pressure and prosecutions. Organizers build resistance through singing, showing up, holding each other, mutual aid, and solidarity networks. Lessons from crisis-focused activist guidance emphasize sustaining morale, protecting vulnerable communities, and long-term movement resilience. Scholarly and grassroots perspectives underline the gendered and racialized impacts of repression, the need for journalistic grassroots reporting, and collaborative strategies to defend civil liberties and immigrant communities.
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