One week from today Firestorm will be hosting @MsKellyMHayes in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of "Read this When Things Fall Apart," a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times.

“If you need an antidote to despair, this book is for you. It’s a repository of fortifying collective wisdom, a tonic for our troubled times. The letters Kelly Hayes has collected offer vital insights amid the darkness, shrewd strategic advice for aspiring change-makers, and a reminder none of us are in the fight alone.”—Astra Taylor, co-author of "Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea"

Register for this online event, and find your copy of "Read This When Things Fall Apart," at https://firestorm.coop/events/3487-read-this-when-things-fall-apart.html

#Activism #MovementMemos #KellyHayes #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

The World Is Falling Apart. In a New Book, Activists Help Us Piece It Together.

https://murica.website/2025/10/the-world-is-falling-apart-in-a-new-book-activists-help-us-piece-it-together/

Telling big techbros they shouldn't have built the Torment Nexus is as redundant as calling out any right-winger on their hypocrisy. Dystopia is the point:

"[Billionaires] sell us cynicism. They can't sell us hope, because realistically hope would look like the unraveling of everything they represent. There is no place for billionaires in a hopeful future."

Billionaires reinforce a dystopian reality instead of preventing it, because they picture themselves WINNING at it, and sell the idea that we can too, like heroes in our own video game.

"We SHOULD view the world as a dystopia-- and with the help of These Products, we can triumph over the rabble and wreckage that stands in our way."

Movement Memos: What Today’s Workers Can Learn From Machine Breaking Luddites
Starting from: 00:38:33

Episode webpage: https://truthout.org/series/movement-memos/

Media file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRUO7925979664.mp3?updated=1721247141#t=2313

#Luddite
#TruthOut
#KellyHayes
#BrianMerchant
#BloodInTheMachine

https://open.substack.com/pub/mskellymhayes/p/rico-charges-against-stop-cop-city?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lvmc

"Sixty-one people involved with the movement to Stop Cop City were indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges on Tuesday."

"We know these charges will not hold up in court, and we know that they are not intended to: the point is to shut down the social movement currently taking place in Atlanta, and to send a message that anyone advocating for social change could be a target."

#StopCopCity
#USpolitics
#antifascist
#news
#KellyHayes

“Everything feels unprecedented when you haven’t engaged with history.”
― #KellyHayes @MsKellyMHayes #quotes