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Socialist News and ViewsSocialist News And Views DEBATE: How Do We Defeat Trump?(**The views expressed in this debate are the views and perspectives of the individuals only and do not necessarily represent the official positions of any other entity or organization.**)(THREE NOTES...NOTE 1: This Debate was recorded before the "Hands Off" April 5th protests across the country.NOTE 2: This interview is available as a video from Urban Cabin Studios on their YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/O-_PPC8_-jw?si=QrETmXZD_5MqEj5ZNOTE 3: The next Twin Cities Workers Assembly is May 17th. You can find the event...2025-04-101h 43
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Discussion On The Developments In Syria(NOTE: A video version of this podcast is available on Urban Cabins Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW1Tfz0I6nA&t=3s)
Special Interview Recorded (1/2/2024) and Uploaded (1/9/2024)
In this special interview we speak with:
Hisham Arafat a Kurdish Syrian journalist from Rojava who has been covering the conflict in Iraq and Syria for over 10 years. In 2023 he was the winner of the 2023 Kurt Schork News Fixer Award in International Journalism by Thomson Reuters.
Lucas Chapman also joins us. Chapman worked in Northeast Syria for many years as...2025-01-0940 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Fund Healthcare Not Genocide(****UPCOMING EVENT: Healthcare Workers for Palestine - Twin Cities - Sick From Genocide - Monday January 6th from 10:30am-12pm at Stewart Park - 2700 12th Ave S - Across from Abbott Hospital)
Special Report Recorded (12/27/2024) and Uploaded (1/2/2024)
On November 20th 2024 I attended an online event titled Jubilee School: Fund Healthcare, Not Genocide with Debt Collective (https://debtcollective.org/) and Healthcare Workers for Palestine (https://sites.google.com/view/hcwforpalestine?usp=sharing).
In this special we speak with Emily Birnbaum who is a Family Nurse...2025-01-0243 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Holiday Special Report 2024Special Report (12/26/2024)
In this special we discuss the 1984-85 UK Miners Strike (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%E2%80%931985_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike) which took place 40 years ago. That year was the year I was born. That winter my parents took me with them when they went to bring Christmas presents to the Miners children in Wales.
This special gives an overview of some of the coverage from the Socialist Press month by month during the strike for a very brief overview of events. My parents also both share the...2024-12-2637 min
Socialist News and ViewsEXTRA: Update From Syria - Full Interview with Thomas Schmidinger#syria #kurdistan #marxism
In this interview we speak with Thomas Schmidinger, who is an Associated Professor at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) in Iraqi Kurdistan. He also teaches at the University of Vienna and he is a Political Scientist and a Social Anthropologist focused on Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, religion & state, and religious extremism.
He is also the author of several books including the following:
Rojava: Revolution, War and the Future of Syria's Kurds: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337722/rojava/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHOvOZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYLrSdd3...2024-12-2036 min
Socialist News and ViewsJulius Nyerere - The Party Must Speak For The People: Socialist News And Views Episode # 65 (12/19/2024)NEWS + ESSAY + SPEECH by Julius Nyerere - The Party Must Speak For The People.
NEWS:
‘Frustrating and disappointing’: Internal emails reveal Minnesota Pollution Control scrambled to respond to Smith Foundry pollution, downplayed harm : https://sahanjournal.com/climate-environment/mpca-epa-smith-foundry-minneapolis-scrambled-response/
FBI raids Minnesota autism treatment centers for alleged fraud, notes ties to Feeding Our Future case: https://sahanjournal.com/news/autism-center-raid-minneapolis-st-cloud-feeding-our-future/
Advocates brace for demand on Minnesota’s reproductive healthcare system in face of second Trump term: https://sahanjournal.com/health/minnes...2024-12-1930 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Crashing Into AmericaSpecial Interview Recorded (12/3/2024) and Uploaded (12/12/2024)
(NOTE: A video of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2PYfyuCKSc)
In this special we speak with Robbie Orr about his book that came out this year titled Crashing Into America: A Radical Passage From India.
You can pick up a paperback or e-book of Crashing Into America: A Radical Passage From India by Robbie Orr here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crashing-into-america-robbie-orr/11453164882024-12-1234 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Socialist Elected Mayor Of YarraSpecial Interview Recorded (11/28/2024) and Uploaded (12/5/2024)
(NOTE: You can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/Xy10bs-b5io?si=BRULBWtFqn_Q1Mqh)
In this special we speak with the recently elected Mayor of Yarra (a suburb of Melbourne) Australia, Stephen Jolly. He is a construction worker, member of the Yarra City Council since 2004 and longtime international socialist activists and organizer.
Yarra City Council's new Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected for 2025: https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us...2024-12-0525 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Settler Colonialism ContinuesSpecial Interview Recorded (11/24/2024) and Uploaded (11/28/2024)
(NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Bzj-GA4Mw)
In this special we continue our discussion with Anthony, a union organizer, Palestine solidarity and antiwar organizer and member of Minnesota Workers United (https://www.instagram.com/mnworkersunited/) about the ongoing project of settler colonialism. Anthony also has a degree in American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota, he is a descendent of the Menominee Nation and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe. You can...2024-11-2838 min
Socialist News and Views"Cancel Culture" Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 64 (11/21/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + "CANCEL CULTURE" PERSPECTIVES
NEWS:
Kid Friendly Rally for Climate, NOT for War!: https://www.facebook.com/events/1098480028433294
Minneapolis families continue the fight: ‘Money for climate, not for war!': https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-families-continue-the-fight-money-for-climate-not-for-war
More than 200 children killed in Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment: UN: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/19/more-than-200-children-killed-in-lebanon-amid-israeli-bombardment-unhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/19/more-than-200-children-killed-in-lebanon-amid-israeli-bombardment-un
Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe (FROM JANUARY 2024): https...2024-11-2136 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Thoughts On The Trump TrifectaSpecial Report (11/14/24)
Donald Trump has again been elected President of the United States.
ELECTIONS RESULTS: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/06/us-election-results-map-2024-live-donald-trump-kamala-harris-president
According to the Final Results on The Guardian Trump received 75,609,700 votes or 312 Electoral College Votes and Harris received 72,469,604 votes or 226 Electoral College Votes. Not only did Trump win the popular vote by millions more than Harris, and receive the over 270 Electoral College Votes needed to secure the Presidency but Republicans will control the House and Senate at the start of...2024-11-1412 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Police and Public SafetySpecial Report (11/7/2024)
This special report is on Police and Public Safety. We divide the report into three sections:
1.History - Thoughts from Mary Benrud Gachie about the increased militarization of the Minneapolis police from the 1980s to the 1990s. The audio was cut from this interview she did with her family called The People's Family: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/the-peoples-family-socialist-news-and-views-episode-50-8172023
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2. My Speech. I originally wrote a speech on Police and Public Safety for a potential Twin Cities...2024-11-0720 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Building Relationships And Building The MovementSpecial Recorded (10/10/2024) and Uploaded (10/31/2024)
(PHOTO: Minneapolis International Worker's Day March 2021)
(NOTE: A Video of this Interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hNiO4LPKVGk?si=Y4eKPlD5TRskcHxY)
In this Special Interview we speak with Anthony DePice who works at the Warehouse Workers Resource Center (https://www.youtube.com/@WarehouseWorkerResourceCenter/videos) and is a Digital Organizer with the Cocktails and Capitalism Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@cocktailsandcapitalism/videos). We discuss a number of movements as well as the importance...2024-10-3138 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Kansas City DefenderSpecial Interview Recorded (10/22/2024) and Uploaded (10/24/2024)
(NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios Here----->(https://youtu.be/CSHaTnd0DXo?si=CIQF6DvUEjyl9KgP)
In this special we speak with Ryan Sorrell, Founder and Executive Editor of The Kansas City Defender (https://kansascitydefender.com/), a radical, Black, and abolitionist non-profit digital news and community media organization out of Kansas City Missouri. I first met Sorrell at Socialism 2024 (https://socialismconference.org/) in Chicago in August/September of this year.
2024-10-2435 min
Socialist News and ViewsTwin Cities Really Really Free Market: Socialist News And Views Episode # 63 (10/17/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + VOICES from the Twin Cities Really Really Free Market
In the second half of this episode we hear voices from the Twin Cities Really Really Free Market (https://www.facebook.com/TwinCitiesReallyReallyFreeMarket) that takes place at Whittier Park the first Saturday of every month March thru November from 1-4 PM.
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NEWS:
Green Party VP candidate Butch Ware (Recorded live) Green Party of Minnesota: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=1072254447687706
2024-10-1730 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: A Short History Of Settler ColonialismSpecial Interview Recorded (10/9/2024) and Uploaded (10/10/2024)
In this Special I speak with Anti-war Activist and Labor Organizer Anthony who recently MC'd a talk with author Nick Estes about the reissuing of his book Our History Is The Future ("Ancestors of the Future:" Nick Estes at May Day Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9BnMpRE-Y). Anthony and I discuss settler colonialism and the history and context as it applies to "Turtle Island."
...This is just the beginning of our discussion and we will be scheduling another interview to discuss...2024-10-1539 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Capitalist Hellscape EarthSpecial Report (10/3/2024)
This special report covers the devastation in the South East United States brought by Hurricane Helene and unchecked Climate Change as well as the devastation and destruction being caused by the terrorist state of Israel across the Middle East.
Links to items covered in this Special:
Hurricane Helene devastates southeastern US, millions without power: https://youtu.be/BNanDMnwbSE?si=FRLcXRWcpW5GZtoi
INTERVIEW: Yancey County resident speaks on the devastation Hurricane Helene brought: https://youtu.be/iv1YLrJ2...2024-10-0316 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Families Against Military MadnessSpecial Interview Recorded (9/21/2024) and Uploaded (9/26/2024)
In this special we speak with Anna Madison from Families Against Military Madness (FAMM) (https://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/families-against-military-madness/) which is a committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM.)
In this special we discuss the ongoing Genocide of Palestine, The Pager Attacks in Lebanon and how to talk with family and children about topics of war and oppression.
You can also find FAMM on Social Media:
FAMM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Families-Against-Military-Madness/61560276013054/2024-09-2623 min
Socialist News and ViewsJames Earl Jones Re-Enacts Paul Robeson Testimony: Socialist News And Views Episode # 62 (9/19/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + RE-ENACTMENT by James Earl Jones of Paul Robeson's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities from 1956.
NEWS:
We spend the entire news portion focused on Nigeria.
Salako Kayode from the Revolutionary Socialist Movement Nigeria (https://revolutionsocialist.ng/) spoke to us about extreme repression of the Nigeria government for #EndBadGovernance protests in August. Kayode is a socialist, an activist and a community mobilizer as well as a unionist.
Here are more links on the Nigerian Protests and...2024-09-1929 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Congratulations Dr. Cornel West On The Ballot In MinnesotaSpecial Interview Recorded (9/8/2024) and Uploaded (9/12/2024)
NOTE - You can see the video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PZhEkLBNCw
In this special we speak with Tracy Carson a podcaster based in Indiana. She has been working on the Cornel West 2024 campaign in Indiana and I (Nick Shillingford) have been working on it here in Minnesota. It is currently the one year anniversary of her podcast Congratulations, 47th President Dr. Cornel West. You can find all her podcasts on her...2024-09-1233 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Claudia & Karina And The Party For Socialism And LiberationSpecial Report Uploaded (9/5/2024)
This special report is about the Presidential election campaign of Claudia De La Cruz and Karina Garcia (https://votesocialist2024.com/). The majority of this special is Claudia De La Cruz's speech from Milwaukee Wisconsin the same week as the Republican National Convention (RNC). We only include De La Cruz's speech in this audio but you can see a video of all the speakers during that 1.5 hour livestream below:
Vote Socialist 2024 Presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz in Milwaukee: https://www.youtube.com/live/-8y8Td5...2024-09-0538 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: WashU Palestine Solidarity Activist UpdateSpecial Interview Recorded (8/22/24) and Uploaded (8/29/24)
In this special we speak with Valencia Alvarez who was recently a Masters of Public Health student at Washington University in St. Louis and is a Community Organizer for migrant justice with Migrantes Unidos (https://www.migrantesunidos.com/). Alvarez is originally from Southern California and her family is from Mexico.
Alvarez is in legal limbo after being arrested at WashU during a Palestine Solidarity Encampment. She has also been told her degree will not be conferred to her until December. In this special we...2024-08-2932 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Factory DaysSpecial Interview Recorded (8/6/2024) and Uploaded (8/22/2024)
A video of this podcast special interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIwj9_dmUIg&t=1s
In this Special Interview we speak with the local Minneapolis Author C.G. Gibbs about his book Factory Days. The book is available here: outskirtspress.com/factorydays
2024-08-2233 min
Socialist News and ViewsA Revolution In Bangladesh?: Socialist News And Views Episode # 61 (8/15/2024)NOTE: A video version of this interview is available here---->(www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdko9joHVxk)
NEWS + INTERVIEW combined on the monumental student movements in Bangladesh. Our Regular Episode for August clocks in at approximately 35 minutes.
In this interview we speak with Zoairia Lyric and Abul Momen.
Zoairia Lyric is Nuclear Engineer living in the United States who was a student of Physics at University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Abdul Momen is a Radio Chemist who grew up in Bangladesh and also attended the University of Dhaka. The University of Dhaka is...2024-08-1535 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Kenya's Gen Z Still Protesting On The StreetsSpecial Interview Recorded (8/1/2024) and Uploaded (8/8/2024).
In this special we speak to teacher Khadija Zeig. She was born and raised in Kenya. She currently lives in St. Paul Minnesota. She has a masters in Business Administration and is working on a masters degree in Education. She plans to open a school in the Sahel in the future. In this special we discuss the ongoing street protests in Kenya that lead to the firing of President Ruto's entire cabinet.
Links to topics discussed in this podcast:
2024-08-0823 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Cult Of TrumpSpecial Interview Recorded (7/11/2024) and Uploaded (8/1/2024)
NOTE: This was recorded before Trump was sh0t and before Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris for President.
In this special I speak with Phil Vandervaart (https://signpainterphil.wordpress.com/), sign painter and antifascist. We discuss the book The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan, Vandervaart's time in the Moonies, and his hatred of Nazis.
Links to topics discussed in this special:
The Cult of Trump: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult-of-Trump/Steven-Hassan/9781982127343
2024-08-0135 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Indigenous Protector MovementSpecial Interview Recorded (7/16/2024) and Uploaded (7/25/2024)
In this Special Interview I speak with Rachel Dionne-Thunder who is Plains Cree, Bigstone Cree Nation Treaty 8 and Co-Founder and Board Member of the Indigenous Protector Movement living in South Minneapolis.
In this interview we discuss the July 2nd denial of parole for Indigenous Elder Leonard Peltier who has been wrongfully imprisoned for almost 50 years. We also discuss the Indigenous Protector office mentioned in this teach-in - From Minnesota to Palestine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbZXRMpWTk&t=3359s), the work of the...2024-07-2526 min
Socialist News and ViewsFriedrich Engels - The Part Played By Labor In The Transition From Ape To Man Part 2: Socialist News And Views Episode # 60 (7/18/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + ESSAY - The Part Played By Labor In The Transition From Ape To Man by Friedrich Engels
NEWS:
Minneapolis parks board and union dig in for protracted strike — and other labor news: https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/07/12/minneapolis-parks-board-and-union-dig-in-for-protracted-strike-and-other-labor-news/
Israel Attacks Schools & Orders Palestinians to Leave Gaza City Amid Ceasefire Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L22YwoQUsc&t=91s
The New Popular Front: The French Left Unites: https://www.cpusa.org/article/the-new-popular-front-the-french-left-unites/
2024-07-1830 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Xcel Energy Leaked Radioactive Tritium Into The MississippiSpecial Interview Recorded (7/2/2024) and Uploaded (7/11/2024)
In this special we speak with Kelly Lundeen who works with an organization called NukeWatch (nukewatchinfo.org/). According to their website "NukeWatch is a Wisconsin-based environmental and peace action group, dedicated to the abolition of nuclear power, weapons and continued radioactive waste production. NukeWatch brings critical attention to the locations, movements, dangers, and the politics of nuclear weapons and dangerous wastes." The organization does work locally, nationally and internationally and publishes a quarterly newsletter with updates. Lundeen previously did accompaniment work in Columbia as part of the International Peace Observatory. She has...2024-07-1131 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Uncommitted DelegateSpecial Interview Recorded (7/1/2024) and Uploaded (7/4/2024)
In this interview we speak with Samuel Doten (He/His They/Them) who is a lifelong Minnesotan and has a history of work within the Democratic Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party (https://dfl.org/). Doten was previous Chair of Stonewall DFL (https://mnstonewalldfl.org/) and is a Founder of the Democratic Socialist Caucus (https://x.com/dscminnesota?lang=en) of the DFL. He is one of the 35 Uncommitted Delegates for Minnesota who will attend the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August and represent hundreds of thousands of Minnesotan's who voted "Uncommitted"...2024-07-0437 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: India 2024 - The Largest Election In HistorySpecial Report (5/27/2024)
The majority of this special is a report from our regular contributor Rick Majumdar. He is a labor organizer with Teamsters local 767 and he is based out of Arlington TX. His report on the Indian General Election was recorded on June 16th.
Here are links to Rick Majumdar's past reporting on India:
Indian Farmers: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/socialist-news-and-views-20-3182021
Update from India: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-update-from-india
Indian Farmers Victory!!: https...2024-06-2731 min
Socialist News and ViewsFriedrich Engels The Part Played By Labor In The Transition From Ape To Man (Part 1): Socialist News And Views Episode # 59 (6/20/24)NEWS + MUSIC + ESSAY - The Part Played By Labor In The Transition From Ape To Man by Friedrich Engels (1876) - (PART 1)
NEWS:
Commemorating the 1934 Teamster strike: https://southsidepride.com/2024/06/04/commemorating-the-1934-teamster-strike/
RCA Comrade Could Face 90 Days in Jail for Giving Leaflets to Coworkers: https://socialistrevolution.org/rca-comrade-could-face-90-days-in-jail-for-giving-leaflets-to-coworkers/
We Get What We Organize For: Smith Foundry Update: https://twincitiesdsa.org/2024/06/we-get-what-we-organize-for-smith-foundry-update/
“There Has Never Been a Better Time to Organize”: How PELRA Reform has Open...2024-06-2030 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Pacific Cold WarSpecial Interview Recorded (6/11/2024) and Uploaded (6/13/2024)
In this special we speak with Jack, a member of Socialist Alternative based in Boston about the economic and political tensions between the US and China and what some have described as a New Cold War and called "The Pacific Cold War." We discuss Marxist perspectives on manufacturing, the character of the Chinese economy and the basis of the tensions between the US, China and Taiwan.
For more news from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Jack recommends listeners check out China Worker (dot) Info...2024-06-1334 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Eddie Espinoza For Texas Railroad CommissionerSpecial Interview Recorded (5/30/2024) and Uploaded (6/5/2024)
In this special we speak with Eddie Espinoza who is running for Texas Railroad Commissioner (https://www.espinoza4tx.com/) on the Green Party ticket. We discussed fossil fuel extraction in Texas, Climate Change and priorities of the Green Party Nationally including discussing Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein's campaign.
You can watch a video of this interview on Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxtYXuiaOU&t=12s
#ClimateChange #Texas #GreenParty2024-06-0623 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: China, BRICS And The Future EconomySpecial Interview Recorded (5/28/2024) and Uploaded (5/30/2024)
In this special we speak to Pat Byrne who is currently working with a network of socialists internationally to examine past mistakes of the socialist movement and begin the discussion of how to craft socialism in the modern world. He is currently writing a book on China.
Until that book is out he recommends reading the book The East is Still Red – Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez: https://redletterspp.com/products/the-east-is-still-red
He also recommends re...2024-05-3039 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: ColonialismSpecial Report (5/23/2024)
Colonialism is back on the agenda in a big way. So much so that even the mainstream media can not ignore this issue. Obviously the Settler Colonialism of Israel in Palestine is the most visible in the news cycle lately. But now the uprising in the French Colony of New Caledonia is pushing its way into the media cycle.
In this special we end with the essay - Some Considerations on the Colonial Question by Ho Chi Minh (1922): https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/ho-chi-minh/works/1922/05/25.htm2024-05-2321 min
Socialist News and ViewsClimate Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 58 (5/16/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + CLIMATE PERSPECTIVES
NEWS:
PRESS CONFERENCE: Speak Out Against Healthcare Cuts At North Memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsMe_PB1MuY
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah; battles rage in northern Gaza: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-tanks-push-into-gazas-rafah-displaced-civilians-flee-again-2024-05-14/
More than half a million Palestinians flee as Israel escalates Gaza attacks: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/14/more-than-half-a-million-palestinians-flee-as-israel-escalates-gaza-attacks
US State Dept moves $1 bln weapons aid for Israel to congressional review...2024-05-1630 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: From Minnesota To Palestine****NOTE: Upcoming Event---->(Olive You: A Market for Palestine: https://www.facebook.com/events/1956813431402966)****
Special Report (5/9/2024)
In addition to news updates this special includes two important elements. The first is a speech from Sasmit Rahman from University of Minnesota Students For a Democratic Society (SDS) that was given at the May 1st March for Immigrants & Workers Rights in Minneapolis (raw video of this event is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/IrHQrWbbtiE?si=wVOHHYNhllJQ9MIX). The second is an interview with Bara Adwan a filmmaker and entrepreneur who had a startup in...2024-05-0936 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: BrookeBartDoesArtSpecial Interview Recorded (4/23/24) and Uploaded (5/2/2024).
In this special we speak with artist and organizer Brooke Bartholomew. Originally from Houston TX and now living in Minnesota, she was a nurse for 7 years and is now painting full-time. You can see her art at BrookeBartDoesArt on IG here---->(https://www.instagram.com/brookebartdoesart/?hl=en)2024-05-0228 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Community And DemocracySpecial Interview recorded (1/2/2024) and Uploaded (4/25/2024)
(Photo is from the September 20, 2019 Youth Climate Strike in St. Paul.)
In this special I speak with Abu Nayeem, who is a first generation American born in Dhaka Bangladesh, raised in New York and who has lived in St. Paul Minnesota for 10 years. Nayeem is a community organizer, entrepreneur and data scientist. You can find Abu Nayeem on the web at: https://sustainabu.com/
Links to items mentioned in this special:
Race Class & the...2024-04-2531 min
Socialist News and ViewsSituation Report From Malaysia: Socialist News And Views Episode # 57 (4/18/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW with Choo Chon Kai (https://partisosialis.org/member/choo-chon-kai/) - Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM)
NEWS:
Report: Minnesota salaries aren’t keeping up with housing costs, racial disparities persist in homeownership: https://sahanjournal.com/housing/minnesota-housing-rental-report-costs-increasing/
Uber and Lyft Drivers Deserve a Living Wage: https://twincitiesdsa.org/2024/04/twin-cities-dsa-little-red-letter-126/
Unemployment for strikers would balance the scales: https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/10/unemployment-for-strikers-would-balance-the-scales/
Tensions build as White Earth Nation tries to as...2024-04-1830 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Border Truth From Eagle Pass TXRecorded (3/16/24) and Uploaded (4/11/24)
In this interview we speak with Brad Sigal from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee: MIRAC (https://www.miracmn.com/). We speak about the Legalization for all Network (https://www.facebook.com/LegalizationForAll) delegation to the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass & Piedras Negras that Sigal was a part of in February.
You can watch a video version of this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIzlGv6eILw&t=21s
#mexico #texas #border2024-04-1127 min
Socialist News and ViewsFrom The Archive: Visit To Mother Jones Monument April 17 2022(sorry we were late with posting because of technical and travel issues)
FROM THE ARCHIVE - Recorded (4/17/2022) and Uploaded (4/4/2024)
This is narration from our April 2022 visit to the Mother Jones Monument and Union Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois. You can see the video version of this narration on the Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here----->(www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HLIYAi9FoI&t=5s)
2024-04-1005 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Labour InternationalSpecial Interview Recorded (3/14/2024) and Uploaded (3/28/2024)
In this special we speak with Mike Mitchell who is a member of Labour International (https://www.labourinternational.net/) and Branch Secretary of the Labour Party International of the Americans - the international section of the UK Labour Party in the Americas.
We first met at the event Race Class & the Labor Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBE5LwGufYE&t=3379s
We discuss Mitchell's experience growing up working class, the role of Labour International in the UK...2024-03-2851 min
Socialist News and ViewsZionism: Socialist News And Views Episode # 56 (3/21/2024)NEWS + MUSIC + ZIONISM as a colonial project contribution from Sana Wazwaz from American Muslims for Palestine (https://www.ampalestine.org/) at Minnesota to Palestine: Teach-In and Panel Discussion
NEWS:
In major victory for rideshare drivers, Minneapolis Council overrides mayor’s veto on minimum pay: https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/mayor-jacob-frey-veto-override-uber-lyft-leaving-minneapolis/
With nominations decided, Trump leads Biden in US polls; UK Labour far ahead as election approaches: https://theconversation.com/with-nominations-decided-trump-leads-biden-in-us-polls-uk-labour-far-ahead-as-election-approaches-225460
Protesters Condemn Javier Milei’s Austerity Regime Amid Social and Econ...2024-03-2130 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Unity Is More Important Than PuritySpecial Interview Recorded (3/5/2024) and Uploaded (3/14/2024)
In this special we speak with two amazing long-time community organizers. Dr. Rose Brewer (https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/brewe001) is a professor, activist, scholar and organizer. Brewer got involved in political organizing in the late 60s and early 70s at the height of the black liberation movement. We also speak with Ricardo Levins Morales (https://www.rlmartstudio.com/about/about-the-artist/), a community organizer and visual artist who moved from the mountains of Puerto Rico in the late 60s and first got involved in the Chicago Black...2024-03-1431 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Fighting TimesThe title of this Special Report is Fighting Times. The majority of the report is a book talk given by Jon Melrod (https://www.jonathanmelrod.com/) at May Day Books (https://maydaybookstore.org/) on September 30, 2023 about his book Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War (https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289).
The summary for the book says in part "Containing dozens of archival photographs, Fighting Times captures the journey of a militant antiracist revolutionary who rose to the highest elected ranks of his UAW local without compromising...2024-03-071h 06
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Russian Occupation, Imperialism And RepressionSpecial Interview Recorded (2/22/2024) and Uploaded (2/29/2024)
In this interview I speak with Raphi Rechitsky, who was born in
Kharkiv, Ukraine and has lived in Minneapolis for over a decade, he studies refugees and migration in Eastern Europe and in Ukraine especially. During the interview we discuss the Russian artist Jailed for 7 years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaOm2_OEPk) after posting stickers opposing the Ukraine war in grocery stores, the ongoing occupation of Ukraine by Russia, and the left resistance in Ukraine.
After the interview Raphi Rechitsky sent me...2024-02-2941 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Stodden/Cholensky 2024Special Interview Recorded (2/6/2024) and Uploaded (2/22/2024)
In this special we speak with Bill Stodden and Stephanie Cholensky who are the Socialist Party US candidates for President and Vice President in 2024. You can find a video of this interview with closed captions here------>(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cB-e2_gb78&t=7s)
You can find more from Stodden/Choldensky 2024 at the following links:
Stodden/Cholensky 2024 Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/stodden-cholensky-2024
Socialist Party USA: https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/
2024-02-2248 min
Socialist News and ViewsA New Flag For A New Minnesota: Socialist News And Views Episode # 55 (2/15/2024)NEWS + POEM + INTERVIEW with Shane from Twin Cities Democratic Socialist of America on the new Minnesota Flag.
NEWS:
Georgia Fort: media professional’s star keeps rising: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2024/02/09/georgia-fort-media-professionals-star-keeps-rising/
Minneapolis City Council will consider safe outdoor spaces, public health response to homeless encampments: https://sahanjournal.com/housing/minneapolis-city-council-homeless-encampment-ordinances/
Minneapolis awards $1M contract to for-profit group to house Nenookaasi residents: https://sahanjournal.com/housing/for-profit-group-contract-minneapolis-nenookaasi-residents/
Minneapolis City Council Overrides Veto of ‘Strongest’ Ceasefire in Gaza R...2024-02-1528 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Subversive SpiritSpecial Interview Recorded (1/4/2024) and Uploaded (2/8/2024)
(image: Albrecht Dürer, Peasant Couple Dancing, 1514, engraving)
In this special we speak with Maki Ashe Van Steenwyk (she/her) (https://www.makiashe.com/) who is the Director for the Center for Prophetic Imagination in Minneapolis. Ashe is the author of A Wolf at the Gate, unKingdom, and That Holy Anarchist. Ashe also does speaking and spiritual direction. You can see a video version of this interview at Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zve1znY5xqE
2024-02-0831 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Healthcare Workers For Palestine*****NOTE: Please consider donating to two families evacuating Gaza----here---->(https://gofund.me/0c7ac5f3)****
Special Report (2/1/2024)
The Majority of this Special is devoted to a speech from Tania Singh at the Healthcare Workers for Palestine Twin Cities Vigil for Healthcare Workers Killed in Gaza (https://www.instagram.com/p/C2YmcgTMMtB/?img_index=1). Singh was previously a staffer at Minnesota Nurses Association before she was fired for expressing support on her personal social media for any and all Palestinian resistance (https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/09/minn-d09.html).
2024-02-0118 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Gauntlet On Manufactured Consent For Never-Ending COVIDSpecial Interview Recorded (1/18/2024) and Uploaded (1/25/2024)
In this Interview we speak with Julia Doubleday, a progressive activist, climate advocate, and writer. She publishes The Gauntlet Substack (https://www.thegauntlet.news/) which discusses COVID and the Long COVID crisis.
You can view a video version of this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bE3qPwgTvo
Links to items discussed in this special:
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill: https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/
2024-01-2544 min
Socialist News and ViewsBDS: Socialist News And Views Episode # 54 (1/18/2024)NEWS + WORDS + SPEECH by Sherry Wolf from February 28, 2011
NEWS:
Minneapolis city council moves forward Palestine resolution: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-city-council-moves-forward-palestine-resolution
Genocide case exposes and humiliates Israeli state: https://socialistworker.co.uk/background-check/genocide-case-exposes-and-humiliates-israeli-state/#
All This For A Myth: We Have Lost Everything Beautiful: https://www.commondreams.org/further/all-this-for-a-myth-we-have-lost-everything-beautiful
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WORDS:
Abe Louise Young: New Seeds for Old Stories: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2024/01/04/abe-louise-young-new-seeds-for-old-stories/2024-01-1830 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Integrated Activism And New Simple HarvesterSpecial Interview Recorded (12/14/23) and Uploaded (1/11/24)
In this special we speak with Alexis Zeigler, a Founder of Living Energy Farm (https://livingenergyfarm.org/) and Writer who published the book Integrated Activism - Applying the Hidden Connections Between Ecology, Economics, Politics, and Social Progress (Available here from North Atlantic Books: https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/integrated-activism/) in 2013. Zeigler says he is a firm believer in individual and community self-sufficiency and self-determination. He is also an inventor and creator who recently developed and demonstrated (Oct 2023) a Simple Grain Harvester (https://livingenergyfarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Simple-Harvester-Press-Release.pdf) that...2024-01-1137 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Gertrude Brown Community Land Trust**UPCOMING EVENT - Gertrude Brown Community Land Trust January 13th, 2024 from 6-9pm in Studio 2b of the Cowles Center (528 Hennepin Ave Mpls): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=751399703685681&set=a.625066649652321 UPCOMING EVENT**
Special Interview Recorded (9/21/2023) and Uploaded (1/4/2024)
In this special we speak with Abigail and Manuel from the Gertrude Brown Community Land Trust (https://www.gbclt.org/). We discuss their tabling in the fall of 2023 and their first fundraising event at the Seward Cafe (https://www.sewardcafe.com/) in September 2023. The interview also covers where they have been...2024-01-0431 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Holiday Special Report 2023Holiday Special Report (12/28/2023)
In this Holiday Special Report we share a recipe, conduct and interview about the basics of Islam, read an essay by Malcolm X and share a song.
Link to items from the special:
Kandil – five holy nights in the Islamic world: https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/kandil/
Kandil (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandil
LOKMA (TURKISH FRIED DOUGH): https://www.thenomadiccook.com/lokma-turkish-fried-dough/
Dates - A Ra...2023-12-2850 min
Socialist News and ViewsTHE LOST FORTY9th Episode: Socialist News And Views Episode # 49 (12/21/2023)NEWS + AUDIO - FROM THE LOST 40
In THE LOST FORTY9th EPISODE we do something a little different. I thought we needed to get out in nature for awhile.
This episode came about because of an error I made earlier this year. The astute listener to this podcast will notice that we went from Episode # 48 "Comedy is Torture" directly to Episode # 50 or "The People's Family."
Like The Lost 40 which is a stand of old-growth white pine and red pine forest in Northern Minnesota my...2023-12-2130 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Rail SafetySpecial Report (12/14/2023)
In this special we cover the myriad dangers presented by rail, play an interview from November 2nd, 2023 which we did with a Canadian Pacific whistleblower Mark Bretherton about the BC Field Hill wreck, and talk about the prospects for public ownership of railways both in North America and the United Kingdom.
Links to items mentioned in this special:
CP Train 301 Derailment. Field, BC Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CPTrain301/
CP Rail workers killed in B.C...2023-12-1441 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Colonialism, The Coup Belt And Shifting Geopolitical PowerSpecial Report (12/7/2023)
In this special we briefly discuss colonialism, and the anti-colonial struggles from Palestine to Africa. We also cover the recent coups in West Africa and requests by some African governments for the removal of European and UN troops.
Also included is an interview of Rick Majumdar with the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression at Dallas. The interview is from shortly after the coup in Niger and focuses on the Sahel Region as well...2023-12-0734 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: The Environmental Consequences Of WarSpecial Report (11/30/2023)
(*podcast thumbnail photo of the sculpture Think TANK! by Kyle Fokken displayed at Franconia Sculpture Park in Chisago Minnesota: https://www.franconia.org/kfokken/)
We sit on the precipice of the end of a "pause" in the continued bombardment of The Gaza Strip by Israel which Western media propaganda has generously called "a war." Yet Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says over 2 months Israel dropped 25,000 tonnes of explosives at 12,000+ sites in Gaza. You can more read about that here---->(https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/5908/Israel-hits-Gaza-Strip-with-the-equivalent-of-two-nuclear-bombs).
2023-11-3016 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Raven - How To Build The Future In PlaceSpecial Interview Recorded (9/28/2023) and Uploaded (11/23/23)
In this special we speak with Patrick Mazza about his Substack The Raven (https://theraven.substack.com/). And specifically a post from September called How to build the future in place which you can find here------>(https://theraven.substack.com/p/how-to-build-the-future-in-place)
You can see a video version of this podcast on The Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here---->(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELJt_2r3sU)
We last spoke to Mazza a little over a year ago. You...2023-11-2331 min
Socialist News and ViewsMaking Politics + Art At The End Of The World: Socialist News And Views Episode # 53 (11/16/2023)NEWS + MUSIC + MAKING POLITICS + ART AT THE END OF THE WORLD - Audio Essay by Adam Turl
Sticker in Episode Thumbnail from the Born Again Labor Museum (B.A.L.M.)(https://www.bornagainlabor.com/)
NEWS:
In Ward 12 race: who gave money to candidates?: https://longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/in-ward-12-race-who-gave-money-to-candidates,55475
2023 Elections – How we did, how MN did, how the US did: https://twincitiesdsa.org/2023/11/2023-elections-how-we-did-how-mn-did-how-the-us-did/
Inside the attempt to charge Georgia’s ‘Cop City’ activist...2023-11-1630 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: International Centenary Conference On Lenin In Abuja NigeriaSpecial Interview Recorded (10/12/2023) and Uploaded (11/9/2023)
In this special we speak with Owei Lakemfa, a trade unionist, journalist and human rights activist in Nigeria.
We speak about The International Centenary Conference on “Lenin, Leninism, Africa & the World” which will be held in Abuja, Nigeria on January 21-24, 2024. Lenin died on January 21, 1924 and January 21, 2024 marks one hundred years since his death. The "Call for Abstracts" for the conference reads "He was the greatest advocate of working peoples power in the 20th century, an intellectual and a revolutionary theoretician, strategist, tactician, organiser, and...2023-11-0911 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Thoughts And Impressions From Socialism 2023Recorded (10/17/2023) and Uploaded (11/2/2023)
Michael Hughes, Chairperson for Twin Cities chapter of Socialist Party USA (SP USA) (https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/) and previous member of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
In this interview we discuss the Socialism 2023 Conference (https://socialismconference.org/) which took place in Chicago September 1-4, 2023. Hughes attended the conference for the second time and had a generally positive impression of the event. Here we discuss some Hughes favorite sessions at the conference and how the conference can be re-energizing! We also discuss books.
2023-11-0238 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Significant Wins For Seward Co-op Workers
Recorded (10/12/2023) and Uploaded (10/26/2023)
In this special we speak with Anthony, a rank-and-file worker at Seward Co-op with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local 663 (www.ufcw663.org/). We discussed the contract that has recently been ratified by workers and includes significant material wins for wages and working conditions. This contract was won after workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.
Links to topics covered in this interview:
UFCW Local 663 Workers at Seward Community Co-op Ratify industry leading contract: www.ufcw663.org/blog/2023/10/03/u…-win-huge-raises/
Minneapolis: UFCW 663 workers fighting for bet...2023-10-2637 min
Socialist News and ViewsAugust Eviction At The Wall Of Forgotten Natives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 52 (10/19/2023)NEWS + AUDIO FROM AUGUST EVICTION AT THE WALL OF FORGOTTEN NATIVES
Second Half Recorded On Location at Wall of Forgotten Natives (8/24/23)
On August 24th, 2023 after distributing notices of eviction the day before State Patrol Troopers on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDot) evicted a large group of indigenous and unhoused people from the area of the Wall of Forgotten Natives. Luckily much of the personal property of these folks had been removed prior so the state could not steel it but the individuals evicted did not have...2023-10-1930 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Nurses Forward Part 2Recorded (9/19/2023) and Uploaded (10/12/2023)
If you haven't listened to Part 1 of this interview you should listen to that first and can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0AUMkpmwCsvSVWTM82412w?si=d_xqODFYSUKlcpUA143wkQ
In this special we again speak with a slate of nurses running a rank-and-file campaign for the Board of Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) calling itself Nurses Forward (www.nursesforward.org/). We speak with Shiori Konda-Muhammad from North Memorial who is seeking a First VP position, Tami Andersen from North Memorial seeking a Director position, Becky...2023-10-121h 00
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Capitalism, Crime & AlienationRecorded (9/15/2023) and Uploaded (10/5/2023)
On Saturday August 12th, 2023 Mary Smith of Tacoma Washington was hit by a stray bullet outside of her home while talking to a neighbor. Here she tells her story about the struggle with parking and parking fees in the neighborhood that brought her out onto the street a little before 1 am that night. She also discusses her recovery, her current and historical experience in the city and her perspective on youth alienation, capitalism and crime. This is an important story and important perspective.
Links to items...2023-10-0536 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Closing Time (A Documentary)****EVENT****Sunday October 1 @ 6:30 - Woodbury 10 Theater*DON'T FENCE ME OUT Film Showcase*= CLOSING TIME= Home * Less
Recorded (8/15/2023) and Uploaded (9/28/2023)
Special Interview with Filmmaker Jennifer Neverdal. This audio was recorded at Town Square Television during the final editing of Neverdal's new full-length documentary Closing Time.
Links to items mentioned in this special:
Fries with Frey: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=730508985183914
2023-09-2842 min
Socialist News and ViewsPolice Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 51NEWS + AUDIO + POLICE PERSPECTIVES
NEWS:
The March to End Fossil Fuels: 75,000 Rally in NYC to Push Biden & World Leaders on Climate Crisis: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/18/march_to_end_fossil_fuels_presser
CONFUSED AUTOMAKERS BRACED FOR STRIKE AT THE WRONG PLANTS: https://theintercept.com/2023/09/19/uaw-strike-auto-plants/
Expand the Big Three autoworkers strike! For an industry-wide walkout, not phony “stand up strikes”!: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/20/mdbv-s20.html
Activists accuse state corrections of delaying prog...2023-09-2130 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: General Strike USRecorded (7/13/2023) and Uploaded (9/14/2023)
In this special we speak with Eliza Blum from General Strike US which you can find here------>(generalstrikeus.com/).
Links to things mentioned in the special:
Labor Strikes Back (PART 1) ft. Richard Wolff & The General Strike U.S.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45V29QQTdM&t=397s
The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance (Erica Chenoweth): www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/su…resistance/
General Strike US (Values): generalstrikeus.com/services-3
The Revolution Will Not Be FundedBeyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: www.dukeupress.edu/the-re...2023-09-1420 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Communications Workers Of America Local 7250
Recorded (8/28/2023) and Uploaded (9/7/2023).
Kieran Knutson, President of Communications Workers of America (CWA) local 7250 speaks with us in this special about organizing going on within CWA. Our discussion includes the recent organizing of a candidate forum featuring the three individuals running for President of the National Union that folks in local 7250 spearheaded. We also discussed accusations of racial and sexual abuse against Ed Mooney who was one of those running as well as the final outcome of the CWA National President election. We end by discussing how members can keep a rank-and-file perspective and approach on...2023-09-0728 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Rust Belt Ballads
(****EMMETT DOYLE'S UPCOMING SHOWS -- Rust Belt Ballads Album Debut: www.facebook.com/events/301082555800843 Rust Belt Ballads Central MN Debut: www.facebook.com/events/840267660610017)
Special Interview Recorded (8/18/2023) and Uploaded (8/31/2023)
In this special we speak with Emmett Doyle about his new album Rust Belt Ballads which you will be able to find here------>(emmettdoyle.bandcamp.com/). You can also find other links and upcoming shows on Doyle's website here----->(edoylemusic.weebly.com/). After covering the costs for the album any additional money will go to the Twin Cities Solidarity Network that Doyle helped found and...2023-08-3138 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Nurses Forward Part 1Recorded (8/8/2023) and Uploaded (8/24/2023)
In this special we speak with a slate of nurses running a rank-and-file campaign for the Board of Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) calling itself Nurses Forward (www.nursesforward.org/). We speak with Shiori Konda-Muhammad from North Memorial who is seeking a First VP position, Tami Andersen from North Memorial seeking a Director position, Jill Lebrun from Fairview - Riverside who is seeking a Treasurer position, Meghan Matteson from Fairview - Riverside who is seeking a Director position, Melisa Koll from Children’s - Saint Paul who is seeking a Second VP postion, Venessa Soldo-Jones wh...2023-08-2455 min
Socialist News and ViewsThe People's Family: Socialist News And Views Episode # 50 (8/17/2023)NEWS + POEM + DISCUSSION on History, Family and Community with Mary Benrud Gachie, Cameron Phillips, and Grace Wanza.
NEWS:
How dangerous climate conditions fueled Maui's devastating wildfires: www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-wildfir…ought-conditions/
a111sen on TikTok from Maui: www.tiktok.com/@a111sen/video/7266543219440209195
RAGING Fires In Hawaii...Residents Ask "Where's Biden?" (clip): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc15blw0qIA
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POEM:
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: silencingthebell.blogspot.com/2012/12/th…kahlo.html
Aaron Copland - El Salón México for Piano (193...2023-08-1730 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Crisis In Nigeria - Let The Poor BreatheSpecial Interview Recorded (8/3/2023) and Uploaded (8/10/2023)
In this special we speak with Dimeji Macaulay in Nigeria. Macaulay is a socialist (Revolutionary Socialist Movement - RSM: www.facebook.com/revolutionarysocialistrsm), trade union activist and member of the Workers and Youth Solidarity Network (WYST). In this interview we talk about a very successful demonstration in Nigeria against the Federal Government in the face of the crisis of hyperinflation caused by the devaluation of the Nigerian currency and the removal by the government of fuel subsidies. The demonstration was mobilized by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (T...2023-08-1029 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Children Are The Kindest Demographic On EarthSpecial Interview Recorded (7/7/2023) and Uploaded (8/3/2023).
In this special we speak with Bjorn Johnson who is a Paraprofessional special education in the Inver Grove School District. Johnson says "children are the kindest demographic out there" and "children are some of the kindest people on Earth." Also saying adults must show children respect. In this special interview we discuss how fulfilling Johnson's job is but also the system issues within schools as well as the ongoing attacks on teachers and education in general across the country. It is not children that are making society collapse "it is adults that...2023-08-0333 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: F_ck Period PovertySpecial Interview Recorded (7/6/2023) and Uploaded (7/27/2023)
In this special we speak with Andrea Johnson about the new mutual aid project she is working on called F_ck Period Poverty which you can find here------>(www.instagram.com/f_ckperiodpoverty/) If you want to get involved in making period kits you can send an email to----->(f.ckperiodpoverty@gmail.com).
Some other links related to content discussed in this special:
What is Mutual Aid (from SubMedia): www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvX0abNWvg&t=47s
Menstrual Health Experts Say Period Poverty Continues Across t...2023-07-2715 min
Socialist News and ViewsComedy Is Torture: Socialist News And Views Episode # 48 (7/20/2023)NEWS + MUSIC + COMEDY IS TORTURE by EMPORER SATURN
NEWS:
Rent control canceled by a minority on the City Council: southsidepride.com/2023/07/04/rent…e-city-council/
Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union: www.labornotes.org/2023/07/reform-…zon-labor-union
California Amazon strikers, allies blockade Massachusetts warehouse: www.workers.org/2023/07/72203/
Historic actor and writer nationwide strike a first in 63 years: peoplesworld.org/article/historic…rst-in-63-years/
Banker admits corporate greed drives inflation, but says recession needed ‘to force unemployment’: peoplesworld.org/article/banker-a…ce-unemployment/
Britain: rising discontent and social explos...2023-07-2030 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: We Were Lied To About 9/11Special Interview Recorded (7/6/2023) and Uploaded (7/13/2023)
In this special I talk to Jon Gold who interviewed many key people about how we were lied to about 9/11. The transcripts of these interviews can be found here---->(wewereliedtoabout911.com/) We discuss a number of these lies in this interview.
Links related to topics covered in this special:
The Whistleblowers: 2002: content.time.com/time/specials/pa…_2019677,00.html
theanalysis.news/9-11-lies-and-th…as-drake-pt-6-6/
“Thomas Drake still says the NSA knew about the 9/11 plotters prior to the attack, and likely reported the int...2023-07-1337 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Edwin Fruit For Ward 1 City CouncilSpecial Interview Recorded (6/27/2023) and Uploaded (7/6/2023)
In this Special Interview we speak to Edwin Fruit who is the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) Candidate for Ward 1 Minneapolis City Council. The SWP publishes a paper called The Militant which you can find here------>(themilitant.com/). In this interview we discuss the Ward 1 campaign, the program of the Socialist Workers Party, the character of the Democratic Party as well as Police and FBI attacks on constitutional freedoms.
You can also find books from the Socialist Workers Party on Pathfinder Press here------>(www.pathfinderpress.com/)
...2023-07-0637 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Report Back From Cuba Brigade - Lift The Blockade!Special Interview Recorded (6/22/2023) and Uploaded (6/29/2023)
In this special we speak with Tania who was part of the May Day Brigade that traveled to Cuba with the National Network On Cuba (www.instagram.com/nationalnetworkoncuba/) this year. In this special we speak about the US embargo on Cuba (known as the blockade), the Cuban people as well as discussing the situation of workers in the United States of America. Tania has been a guest on this program before here---->(Socialistnewsandviews – Snv-special-interview-nato-the-west-and-the-global-south).
Links to topics discussed in this special:
The US Blockade of Cuba Hurts Me...2023-06-2931 min
Socialist News and ViewsFrom The Archive: John Peterson speaks on the book Ted Grant - The Permanent Revolutionary by Alan Woods in 2013FROM THE ARCHIVE: Recorded (6/25/2013) and Uploaded (6/22/2023)
In this audio from the archive Workers International League (WIL) General Secretary John Peterson speaks on the book Ted Grant - The Permanent Revolutionary by Alan Woods in a short 2013 interview with Socialist News and Views host Nick Shillingford. WIL is the USA section of the International Marxist Tendency. The interview was recorded just a few months after the publication of the book.
[READ] Ted Grant: The Permanent Revolutionary by Alan Woods: www.marxist.com/ted-grant-the-per…revolutionary.htm
Ted Grant Internet Archives: tedgrant.org/
International Marx...2023-06-2204 min
Socialist News and ViewsIntersection and Inoculation: Socialist News and Views Episode # 47 (6/15/2023)
NEWS + MUSIC + SPEECH by Marcia Howard First VP MFT 59 and Organizer at George Floyd Square.
NEWS:
Robin Wonsley on George Floyd 2023: www.facebook.com/robin.wonsley21/…dnqNbrh6bLU4Gwml
Rise and Remember 2023: www.georgefloydglobalmemorial.org/rise-rem…ber-2023
Atlanta City Council Public Comment (June 5th 2023): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQK2B_Fo0pU&t=26088s
Atlanta City Council Public Comment (June 5th 2023): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lhPeAPaAcQ
State Repression Targets the Stop Cop City Movement: www.blackagendareport.com/state-rep...2023-06-1530 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: On The Left Bank
(****NOTE: next On the Left Bank submission deadline is June 22, 2023)Special Interview Recorded (6/6/2023) and Uploaded (6/8/2023)
In this special we speak with David Ackos (they/them) who is an activist with Twin Cities DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) doing work around rental and housing justice on the East Side of St. Paul. Ackos is also the Founder and one of the Editors and Curators of On the Left Bank (twincitiesdsa.org/topics/on-the-left-bank/) which is a poetry, short prose and visual art zine supported by Twin Cities DSA. In this special they speak about art...2023-06-0830 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Free Palestine
Interview Recorded on (5/25/2023) and Uploaded (6/1/2023)
In this interview we speak with Jehad Adwan who is originally from Gaza in Palestine. In 1998 Adwan came to Minnesota as a student on a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at the University of Minnesota. He had a family and still lives in the state. In this interview we speak about what Amnesty International calls "Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians" (www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaig…tem-of-apartheid/) and discuss Al Nakba "the catastrophe" or historical displacement of Palestinians from their ancestral lands.
Links to items discussed in th...2023-06-0144 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Delegation to Venezuela
Meeting Recorded (4/17/2023) and Uploaded (5/25/2023)
The majority of this Special Report is devoted to a meeting held April 17th which included a report back from a recent delegation which returned from a trip to Venezuela. The trip was organized by the Alliance for Global Justice (afgj.org/). Two members of the Anti-War Committee (antiwarcommittee.org/) Twin Cities, Drake Myers and Andrew Josefchak who were part of the delegation spoke at a meeting at May Day Books (maydaybookstore.org/) which was put on by the Solidarity Committee of the Americas (womenagainstmilitarymadness.com/scota-sol…-americas) (SCOTA). SCOTA is a...2023-05-251h 01
Socialist News and ViewsFarrell Dobbs End Capitalism To Stop War: Socialist News And Views # 46 (5/18/2023)
NEWS + BREAK + END CAPITALISM TO STOP WAR by Farrell Dobbs
NEWS:
Chaos from Warsame Campaign Causes Ward 10 Convention to Break Down: www.southwestvoices.news/posts/chaos-…o-break-down
Latest arrests of ‘Cop City’ protesters ‘feel like overreach’, experts say: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/ma…sts-georgia-law
City Council introduces proposal for $30M contribution to training center: www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/t…TRG3PBSI6F72JUDQBI/
Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion: www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/16/fcta-m16.html
BREAK:
Spoken word by Brandyn Lee Tulloc...2023-05-1830 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: AIM To Defend The Depot****NOTE (PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY 5/11/2023: twitter.com/epni_urbanfarm/stat…54286098434/photo/1)
Special Interview Recorded (5/8/2023) and Uploaded (5/11/2023)
In this special we speak with Chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Twin Cities and Anishinaabe activist Mike Forcia. We discuss a bit about the history of AIM, the LANDBACK movement, Red Road Village, and get an update on the Defend the Depot movement. Mike Forcia has a trial coming up on May 22nd and is asking supporters to attend (it is still unclear if the trial will be in-person or via Zoom at this point. Keep an eye on...2023-05-1129 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Gabrielle Prosser For City Council Ward 11Special Interview Recorded (4/27/2023) and Uploaded (5/4/2023)
In this Special Interview we speak with BCTGM (Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union) member and SWP (Socialist Workers Party) candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ward 11, Gabrielle Prosser. We discuss the campaign for city council as well as labor conciousness, class conciousness, and building solidarity. We also discuss Gabrielle Prosser's recent trip to Cuba and what it was like to visit a country with a workers' and farmers' government.
You can find articles and information from the Socialist Workers Party in their newspaper The Militant----here--->(themilitant.com/)2023-05-0426 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: The Case For A Minnesota Socialist PartySpecial Interview Recorded (4/25/2023) and Uploaded (4/27/2023)
In this special we speak with Tom Wyatt-Yerka who ran for Minnesota House of Representatives as a Democratic Party candidate in District 16A. Here we talk about the prospects for the creation of a Democratic Socialist Party in Minnesota and why now might be just the right time to start this process. Along the way we discuss healthcare, green energy and the politics of Greater Minnesota.
#socialist #party #democraticsocialist #minnesota
2023-04-2731 min
Socialist News and ViewsFuture Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 45NEWS + MUSIC + FUTURE PERSPECTIVES from a collection of workers, organizers and activists.
NEWS:
Community group voices opposition to MPD settlement agreement: spokesman-recorder.com/2023/04/05/op…nt-agreement/
Cub grocery store workers avert strike after reaching a new contract: sahanjournal.com/business-work/cu…labor-practices/
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks limits to abortion pill access: minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/14/u-s…n-pill-access/
United States: Trump’s arrest deepens the crisis of the regime: www.marxist.com/united-states-tru…of-the-regime.htm
The European Strike Wave and the Potential of the Working Class: www.leftvoice.org/the-european-st...2023-04-2030 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Public Health And A Future With CovidSpecial Interview - Recorded (1/16/2023) and Uploaded (4/13/2023)
In this interview we speak with Justin Lee (@DailyJLee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DailyJLee) who has an undergraduate in Engineering and Math, a JD/MBA from Syracuse and a degree in Healthcare Management and Policy from the Maxwell School. Lee also has some history working in construction and tutoring. In this Special Interview we discuss public health as well as both big and small mitigation measures that need to be taken for a future in which we are all going to be "living with Covid."
2023-04-1336 min
Socialist News and ViewsFrom The Archive: Rose Brewer Speaks On Murder Of Trayvon Martin April 3 2012FROM THE ARCHIVE - Recorded (4/3/2012) and Uploaded (4/6/2023)
In this audio from the archive we hear a talk from Rose M. Brewer, PhD (a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and past chairperson of the Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Full list of Brewer's achievements can be found here: cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/brewe001) which was given as part of a panel on the killing of Trayvon Martin shortly after his death at the hands of a vigilante. Trayvon Martin would be 28 today.
Socialist Alternative Twin Cities hosted a public m...2023-04-0611 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Nationalize The RailroadsRecorded (3/24/2023) and Uploaded (3/30/2023)
In this Special Report we speak with 40 year rail veteran "Fritz" Edler. We discuss this July's 10 year anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic wreck and the similarities and differences between that rail disaster and the toxic derailment in East Palestine OH. We also talk about the absolute necessity of Nationalizing the Railroads and bringing them into public ownership so that they can actually provide the public utility they were intented to provide.
You can hear our previous interview with Fritz here (SNV Special Interview: Will Railroad Workers Go On Strike In The US?): https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-will-railroad-workers-go-on-strike-in-the-us
L...2023-03-3034 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Money For Human Needs Not WarSpecial Report with clips Recorded at events on (1/21/2023, 3/4/2023 and 3/18/2023) and Uploaded (3/23/23)
Tuesday March 20th 2023 marked the 20 year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.
According to a report from the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University entitled Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023 (https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2023/Costs%20of%2020%20Years%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Crawford%2015%20March%202023%20final%20.pdf), the US invasion of Iraq lead to well over 300,000 civilian deaths. The report, published March 15th, says civilian deaths resulted both...2023-03-2332 min
Socialist News and ViewsMillennial Marxist: Socialist News And Views Episode # 44 (3/16/2023)NEWS + AUDIO + INTERVIEW with Mathew John about book published last year entitled Millennial Marxist.
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NEWS:
High Injury Rates Push Minnesota’s Amazon Workers to Organize for Safety: workdaymagazine.org/high-injury-rat…ize-for-safety/
Autopsy Concludes “Cop City” Activist Was Seated with Arms Raised When Shot Dead: www.democracynow.org/2023/3/13/head…when_shot_dead
Historic revolt in France—a fight to shape a movement of millions: socialistworker.co.uk/features/histo…gujUCSbyWQhiSA
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AUDIO: From Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March (2/14/2023) from East Phillips Park
Note: East Phi...2023-03-1629 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: From Sudan Resistance Committees To Revolution In Every CountryRecorded (2/10/2023) and Uploaded (3/9/2023)
In this Special Interview we speak with writer and organizer Ayman Makarem. We talk about the comic series Revolution in Every Country (Available to view from Unicorn Riot here: https://unicornriot.ninja/revolution-in-every-country/) which is drawn by Hisham Rifai and written by Ayman Makarem as well as their book A Letter Home (available here: https://shop.mangalmedia.net/collections/a-letter-home-ayman-makarem-hisham-rifai/products/a-letter-home-ayman-makarem-hisham-rifai). The comic series covers the SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) Region and so far has Episodes on Syria, and Sudan with Episodes on Lebanon and Iran coming soon. In this Special...2023-03-0935 min
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: No Cop City, Colonization Or Ecocide WorldwideTalks/Speeches Recorded (2/15/2023 and 2/26/2023) and Uploaded (3/2/2023)
(MASS MOBILIZATION IN ATLANTA - MARCH 4-11: www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/mobilize)
The title of this Special Report is aspirational and is dedicated to all those involved in the movement to Stop Cop City, Decolonize and Heal our Communities and Environment.
****In this Special we hear speeches from a (2/26/2023) event at Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Headquarters called - MFT & ESP Rally to Support East Phillips against the Demolition of the Roof Depot (www.facebook.com/events/735648708113837) - including speeches from:
- Jessica Garraway, MC, Teacher, MFT Memb...2023-03-0253 min