Powerful, Brave, and Free w/Tamika Middleton

The far-right's assault on democracy has always run through the bodies, agency, and political power of women. That's not incidental, it's structural. In this episode, Scot sits down with Tamika Middleton, Chief Strategy Officer of the Women's March and co-founder of Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, to talk about what it means to organize at the intersection of mass action and healing justice. They dig into the misogyny driving far-right power-building, what it takes to build mass actions that fuel a sustained movement, and how we hold the election line in 2026 and beyond.

Women’s March is building a base of feminists to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. Learn more about the work the Women’s March is doing in this climate by visiting womensmarch.com.

Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective is building a collaboration of southern healers and organizers who stand ready to respond to trauma through collective models that sustain our communities, and our movements in order to prevent isolation, early burn out, and emotional, physical, or spiritual deprivation. Learn more by visiting kindredsouthernhjcollective.org.

The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook is where we work through the strategy behind everything you heard in this episode, the research on what defeats authoritarianism, the frameworks for building durable cross-sector movements, and the tools organizers need right now. Read it at bit.ly/antiauthoritarianplaybook.