How Solidarity Falters Amid Repression and How We Can Do Better

“This system was designed to do exactly what it is doing,” says author and activist Dean Spade.

Episode 6 of the Movement Memos podcast, hosted by Truthout, titled "How Solidarity Falters Amid Repression and How We Can Do Better" was published on July 18, 2024 and runs 64 minutes.

July 18, 2024 ·64m · Movement Memos

Summary

“This system was designed to do exactly what it is doing and has been doing: concentrating wealth and facilitating racial capitalism and colonialism and extraction,” says author and activist Dean Spade. In this episode, Kelly and Dean discuss some common traps that activists fall into when discussing repression and how we can strengthen our practice of solidarity.  Music: Son Monarcas You can find a transcript and show notes (including links to resources) here: truthout.org/series/movement-memos/ If you would like to support the show, you can donate here: bit.ly/TODonate If you would like to receive Truthout's newsletter, please sign up: bit.ly/TOnewsletter

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