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Special Interview Recorded (9/9/2025) and Uploaded (9/11/2025)(ILLUSTRATION: from Laws of Social Reproduction Twitter of the European Research Council.)(NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: https://youtu.be/nWMA2Te1kU4?si=15aowHByYVrqw7rx)In this Special Interview we speak with James Radek, Revolutionary Socialist, Anti-Police and Ant-Fascist Activist and Founder of Firebrand Communists (https://firebrand.red/) and Denver Communists (https://denvercommunists.org/).In this special we discuss an article that Radek wrote titled Why Marxists Need to Understand Social Reproduction Theory: https://firebrand.red/2025/08/why-marxists-need-to-understand-social-reproduction-theory/We also talk a bit about Inessa Armand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inessa_ArmandFirebrand also has an upcoming Study Group on The Meaning of Marxism by Paul D’Amato starting Sept 15th which is open to the public. That means you! You can find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/firebrandcommies/posts/pfbid0nwvGNW3fCqn8hSCEK5HeyVHmTWb7JcdYra8VshR3NWk1eeyEjDnRCce8xh8se3AUl

Special Report Recorded (9/2/2025) and Uploaded (9/4/2025)(PHOTO: Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Workers informational picket in St. Paul Winter 2022)****(NOTE - IMPORTANT UPCOMING LABOR EVENT - RALLY AT DAVIS: Prioritize Lower Class Sizes and Safe Staffing! www.facebook.com/events/1114084400824142)(****BONUS EVENT: Join Educators and their supporters at open bargaining session on Thursday, September 11th from 5-8pm at the MFE59 office (67 8th Avenue NE, MPLS). They will be heading into mediation soon and would love to see you all in-person.)In this special we speak with Paul who is a labor activist and a member of the Executive Board of UFCW local 663 (https://www.ufcw663.org/). He also writes the Twin Cities Labor Report (https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/) on Substack. During this interview we primarily discuss some of the recent wins and upcoming struggles in the Minneapolis Labor movement as well as touching briefly on national and international labor campaigns.

Special Report (8/28/2025)In this special report we hear audio from a protest at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center on Monday August 25th 2025. A speech and two short interviews with workers.

(NOTE: An audio version of this interview on YouTube includes CAPTIONS: youtu.be/V5Pt0VN03UU?si=32pzkag9TMleYyPt)INTERVIEW with Jihad Jneid (https://www.instagram.com/jeehad.jn/), Journalist and Producer from Tripoli, Lebanon. He entered Syria just hours after the fall of the Assad regime there. Here we discuss the situation on the ground in Syria shortly after the fall of Assad and later. Then we discuss the release and return of Georges Abdallah to Lebanon and the state of the left in that country.-----LINKS TO ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/8/what-happened-in-syria-has-al-assad-really-fallenGeorges Abdallah freed after four decades in French prison: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/georges-abdallah-freed-after-four-decades-in-french-prisonWill Lebanon succeed in disarming Hezbollah?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/will-lebanon-succeed-in-disarming-hezbollah----PREVIOUS SOCIALIST NEWS AND VIEWS PODCASTS ON THESE TOPICS:EXTRA: Update From Syria - Full Interview with Thomas Schmidinger: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/extra-update-from-syria-full-interview-with-thomas-schmidingerSNV Special Interview: Discussion On The Developments In Syria: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-discussion-on-the-developments-in-syriaSNV Special Report: George Ibrahim Abdallah Is Free!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-george-ibrahim-abdallah-is-free-----MUSIC (clip) that ends the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLEbVnywh0

Special Interview Recorded (8/5/2025) and Uploaded (8/14/2025)In this Special we speak with Raycurt Johnson (AKA Raycurt Lemuel AKA FIDDLA: http://raycurt.com/bio.htm). He has been in Minneapolis for about 5 years. He is based at the Center for Performing Arts where he has a studio and at George Floyd Square (https://www.instagram.com/38thandchicagogfs) where the community still meets twice a day and Brass Solidarity (https://www.facebook.com/BrassSolidarity) play and practice music every Monday night at 5:30pm. Here is RAW video of music from Brass Solidarity at George Floyd Square on Monday July 21st (Provided by Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/b0Lnnm4PcZQ?si=wNuejrcNEuLh2xLB

Special Report (8/7/2025)In this special we discuss the release on July 25th, 2025 of George Ibrahim Abdallah from a French prison after 41 years as a political prisoner. Abdallah played a leadership role within the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_%E2%80%93_External_Operations) and founded the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Revolutionary_Factions). Abdallah was also a member in the United Front of Immigrant Workers and Working-Class Neighborhoods/Front uni des immigrations et des quartiers populaires (https://fuiqp.org/) and is the honorary President of the Union for Communist Reconstruction/Pour la reconstruction d’un Parti communiste (https://urcommuniste.fr/).George Ibrahim Abdallah has now returned to Lebanon and is again using his platform to organize for resistance and to achieve a Free Palestine.Links to other items covered in the report:Pro-Palestinian Lebanese fighter freed from France welcomed home in Beirut: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/25/pro-palestinian-lebanese-fighter-released-from-french-prison-after-40-yearsFrench court orders release of Lebanese political activist jailed for 40 years: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-court-orders-release-lebanese-political-activist-jailed-40-yearsWho is Georges Abdallah?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdPXWHa7SHwGEORGES IBRAHIM ABDALLAH finally FREE! (Interview with SAÏD BOUAMAMA): https://youtu.be/7s7jUgVtZdQ?si=pJ_YWJ69HIea4JAfMARXIST CHRISTIANS IN A LEBANESE TOWN: A LINK TO TERROR BOMBING IN PARIS (archive): https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/19/world/marxist-christians-in-a-lebanese-town-a-link-to-terror-bombing-in-paris.htmlProtest outside embassy over delay in repatriation of militant Abdallah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xndxJf7zoQFreedom for Georges Abdallah and all political prisoners! (June 18, 2017): https://www.redspark.nu/political-prisoners/freedom-for-georges-abdallah-and-all-political-prisoners/Free Georges Ibrahim Abdullah! (February 10, 2022): https://www.marxistreview.asia/free-georges-ibrahim-abdullah/Georges Abdallah’s Release Is Long Overdue (10.30.2024): https://jacobin.com/2024/10/georges-abdallah-french-prison-releaseFrance to release pro-Palestinian activist Georges Abdallah after 40 years of prison • FRANCE 24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj1ZDQLamQwGeorges Abdallah will be free; Palestine will be free! (17 July 2025): https://samidoun.net/2025/07/georges-abdallah-will-be-free-palestine-will-be-free/Shackled and Unbowed: How Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Became A Universal Emblem of Resistance (18/07/2025): https://countercurrents.org/2025/07/shackled-and-unbowed-how-georges-ibrahim-abdallah-became-a-universal-emblem-of-resistance/Georges Abdallah: The Lebanese activist France has held for over 40 years (THU, 19 JUN 2025): https://www.modernghana.com/news/1409984/georges-abdallah-the-lebanese-activist-france.htmlThe people freed Georges Abdallah! Free all political prisoners!: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/the-people-freed-georges-abdallah-free-all-political-prisonersGeorges Abdallah: My salute to the Resistance, its martyrs, and Dahieh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mkx4JkYnqeAGeorges Abdallah slams Arab silence over ongoing famine in Gaza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYkjCEUpojY

Special Interview Recorded (7/29/2025) and Uploaded (7/31/2025)(NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi2jBWWtz8)In this special we speak with Leslie Myint (She/Her) an Associate Professor of Data Science and Statistics at Macalester College (https://www.macalester.edu/) and also a member of the Zero Burn Coalition (https://hercshutdown.org/). In this special we discuss The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (commonly referred to as the HERC) which is a waste-to-energy facility located in downtown Minneapolis that burns garbage to generate energy. The community has spent decades trying to close down the HERC and we may be closer than ever. The biggest group withint the Zero Burn Coalition is the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table which can be found here: https://www.mnejtable.org/anti-incinerator-campaignZero Burn Coalition demands Hennepin County take steps immediately to shut down HERC (Longfellow/Nokomis Messanger): https://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/zero-burn-coalition-demands-hennepin-county-take-steps-immediately-to-shut-down-herc,117671

Special Interview Recorded (7/10/2025) and Uploaded (7/24/2025)In this special we speak with long-time activist Beth Blick, Board Member of Minnesota Citizens for Global Solutions (globalsolutionsmn.org) and MN State Chapter of the National Organization For Women (NOW: https://now.org/). In this special we speak about ending the practice of allowing sheltered workshops for disabled individuals that pay a subminimum wage, disabled organizations by and for disabled people, and many other topics about creating a better world. Beth Blick has recently started getting involved with Democratic Socialists of America (DSA: https://twincitiesdsa.org/)Beth Blick has also written previous columns for Minnesota Women's Press: VIEW: What We Need for the Disabled Community: https://www.womenspress.com/view-what-we-need-for-the-disabled-community/Feline Power: https://www.womenspress.com/feline-power/#Ableism #DisabilityRights #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica

NEWS + POEM + ESSAY - Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China ready by Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/fill-up-and-empty-seven-days-in-chengdu-china/).NEWS:Good Trouble Lives On: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/(FULL) Good Trouble Lives On: Socialist News And Views Interview with Monique Cullars Doty, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota: https://youtu.be/NV5wgvzP-Yk?si=aQom71OnfYYcDXboHelp Kamel Aljamal Become a Surgeon and Escape the Genocide: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kamel-aljamal-become-a-surgeon-and-escape-the-genocide ----POEM:I held my little boy as he slept: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14MxKhStu3T/----ESSAY:Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China: https://annewinklermorey.com/fill-up-and-empty-seven-days-in-chengdu-china/From her blog Aging On The Run: https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/From Anne Winkler-Morey's website: https://annewinklermorey.com/You can buy Anne Winkler-Morey's book Allegience to Winds and Waters here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-bicycling-the-political-divides-of-the-united-states-anne-winkler-morey/18195167?aid=82747&ean=9781634895163&gclid=CjwKCAjwo9unBhBTEiwAipC116PmxxHe8GXitGZsB33pcPzCR9BBaxdpMh7C2gGbLNJtohfILHlr8BoCF7cQAvD_BwE&listref=allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-bicycling-the-political-divides-of-the-united-statesYou can see Winkler-Morey's previous appearances on the podcast - Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-anne-winkler-morey-interviews-host-nick and Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-aging-on-the-run and Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-socialist-news-and-views-episode-37----

Special Report (7/10/2025)In this special we revisit 40 years since the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior) in the Port of Auckland. The bombing and subsequent sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was a "covert operation" by the French secret service agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). Fernando Pereira, a Greenpeace photographer, died in the sinking ship. Thirty years later the individual who planted the bomb Jean-Luc Kister confessed and apologized for doing it. Links to topics discussed in this special:Bombing and Sinking of Rainbow Warrior (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-CGX7_baRQTerrorising Greenpeace: The French Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior (1985) | Political History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIzafGm9CUARainbow Warrior: 30 Years On - Skipper Pete Willcox reflects (PMC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQaEwTeX6E&t=172sFrench Agent Breaks Silence on Bombing Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-xA8UavHSM&t=18sJustice has 'absolutely not' been done - Rainbow Warrior captain: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/justice-has-absolutely-not-been-done-rainbow-warrior-captain/FHGVHX54TPIDO7QDIVI2QLITAE/USA: GREENPEACE DEMONSTRATION OVER RAINBOW WARRIOR SEIZURE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJiD8x_GG4Rainbow Warrior 7/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTURi-iCOA

Special Interview Recorded (6/19/2025) and Uploaded (7/3/2025)(NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/obXNp1uHXaY?si=mSTzS09o-DXlE95P)In this Special Interview the great Author and Globetrotter Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/) interviews the Host of Socialist News and Views, Nick Shillingford. NOTE: Unfortunately the answer to the first question about the FREE BOOKS table was not saved correctly so this interview starts with the second question.Nick Shillingford is a Registered Nurse, Marxist, Artists and Podcaster based in South Minneapolis. He hosts Socialist News and Views, a weekly podcast on politics, history, art and culture.#travel #socialism #podcasting

Special Interview Recorded (6/24/2025) and Uploaded (6/26/2025)(NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/mIS-vmbJfg4?si=UO4txy3BHOPqbrfj)In this special we speak with Bjorn Johnson, a Paraprofessional at Inver Grove Heights School Districts who works primarily in Special Education. Johnson is a member of Teamsters Local 320 (https://www.teamsterslocal320.org/). A member there already lost her job as a result of Trump's government and funding cuts.Here is what Teamster President Sean O’Brien said about cuts that mean job losses for his own members: There is “a lot of fat in the government that he is trimming and I don’t think people are opposed to that.”An article on Left Voice discusses O'Brien's comments and support for Trump's Secretary of Labor. Sean O’Brien’s Support for Trump’s Labor Secretary Is Everything That’s Wrong with U.S. Labor (Left Voice): https://www.leftvoice.org/sean-obriens-support-for-trumps-labor-secretary-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-u-s-labor/Here is the very neutral sounding statement from Teamsters 320 about Trump's clear attacks on workers: https://www.teamsterslocal320.org/news-details/news/news/9834/97473On Saturday June 21st Bjorn Johnson wrote the following post on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bjornejohnson/posts/pfbid0fbJQktohMhMUA2b3zGtibK61dzXYqGApPiwm1pqards4vjSs51EJcQDu98kVEZ1Dl) saying of the firing of a fellow worker that "if they don't take action in the next 72 hours I am cancelling my membership."#union #bureaucracy #labor

NEWS + MUSIC + ESSAY In Behalf of the IWW by Helen Keller (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/18_03_x01.htm)NEWS:St. Paul ‘No Kings’ rally attracts 25,000 as community mourns shooting of lawmakers (6/14/2025): https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minnesota-capitol-no-kings-rally-draws-thousands/Late DFL leader Melissa Hortman remembered as ‘shining light,’ consensus builder is on MPR news by Tom Scheck and Clay Masters.Suspect in Minnesota shootings visited other legislators’ homes, say authorities (6/16/2025): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/minnesota-lawmaker-killings-suspect-legislator-homes"Outstanding Leader": Minnesota Mourns Assassinated Lawmaker Melissa Hortman as Suspect Is Arrested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGGzXzkVacEmergency Protest: No War on Iran Monday, June 16 @ 5pm @ May Day Plaza: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLANY29sKdx/ICE out of Los Angeles! Withdraw the National Guard! Stop the terror campaign against immigrant communities! (6/9/2025): https://solidarity-us.org/ice-out-of-los-angeles-withdraw-the-national-guard-stop-the-terror-campaign-against-immigrant-communities/Don’t Let LA Stand Alone: A Message to the Gathering Resistance (6/13/2025): https://itsgoingdown.org/dont-let-la-stand-alone-a-message-to-the-gathering-resistance/Trump’s Authoritarianism On Parade (6/14/2025): https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/06/14/trumps-authoritarianism-on-parade/Millions across United States march to demand ‘No Kings’ (6/16/2025): https://socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections-2024/millions-across-united-states-march-to-demand-no-kings/A Demonstrator’s Guide to Reinforced BannersAnd How to Use Them (6/16/2025): https://crimethinc.com/2025/06/16/a-demonstrators-guide-to-reinforced-banners-now-stronger-and-lighter6/14 NO KINGS RALLY speech by Ty Moore, Executive Director Tacoma for All: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1364989321430478Stop Israel Now ! (6/13/2025): https://fourth.international/en/566/715U.S. and Israel commit aggression against Iran (6/14/2025): https://www.workers.org/2025/06/86207/Global March to Gaza Video Diaries (6/14/2025): https://workersvoiceus.org/2025/06/14/global-march-to-gaza-video-diaries/‘We’re Not Leaving’: Defiant Tehran Residents Stand Firm as Israel Escalates Strikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cj9Fx5vVxg'Unprecedented Mass Deployment' of Warplanes Across Atlantic Fuels Fears of US War on Iran: https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-israel-iran----MUSIC: https://youtu.be/ImiylXhU2Uk?si=IHcGo9ryZ1W-Z8iOPushout - the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/pushout-criminalization-black-girls-scho-1?frontend=kui----ESSAY - In Behalf of the IWW by Helen Keller: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/18_03_x01.htmHelen Keller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_KellerIndustrial Workers of the World (IWW): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_WorldDie Walküre - Magic Fire Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq6fWOy070c&list=RDFq6fWOy070c&start_radio=1----

Special Interview Recorded (6/10/2025) and Uploaded (6/12/2025)In this special we speak with Andrea Stearns a Registered Nurse and socially conscious Minneapolis activist. Stearns has an organization called Red Dog Collective (https://www.reddogcollective.org/) that provides services to the unhoused community in South Minneapolis.In this special we discuss the Tuesday, June 3rd raid on Las Cuatro Milpas at Bloomington Ave and East Lake in Minneapolis. The raid included federal agents dressed like soldiers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and others as well as Sheriffs and Minneapolis Police. In the aftermath when federal agents had left the scene a vehicle hit Stearns who was directing traffic around protestors.

Special Interview Recorded (6/3/2025) and Uploaded (6/5/2025).In this special we speak with Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism).Turl's book was just released recently and I have just finished reading it so we primarily focus our discussion on the book, art and the future.

Special Interview Recorded (5/25/2025) and Uploaded (5/29/2025).In this special we speak with Nadia with Wedge Workers (https://www.instagram.com/wedgeworkers/) who are Co-op staff from both Wedge Lyndale (UFCW 1189) and Wedge Linden Hills (UFCW 663). Nadia, who works at the Lyndale location, where a recent picket was held, talks about the fight for freedom of expression at work. (A note: this picket was not a strike action.)A new policy was created at the Wedge to target expression of solidarity with the Palestinian People and the call for a Free Palestine! But the ramifications of the policy could go further down the road of the significant restrictions to speech going on across American society under the Trump regime.Workers are currently continuing to call for the community and Co-op Members to reach out to Co-op CEO Nick Seeberger to express support for the workers rights to free expression and in opposition to the new policy. (Note: Workers are not calling for any kind of boycott of the business at this time.)You can contact Nick Seeberger CEO (Wedge Community Co-opsCoop Partners Warehouse)EmaiI: nick(dot)seeberger@tccp.coop0ffice: 612(-)465(-)8814CelI: 612(-)270(-)9281

Special Interview Recorded (5/16/2025) and Uploaded (5/22/2025)(NOTE: Upcoming event: SSC Inaugural Cookout Saturday, May 24·11:00am – 3:00pm at Powderhorn Park in MPLS)In this Special Interview we speak with Boris Smelov one of those organizing with the Socialist Social Club (SSC: https://socialistsocialclub.org/). We discuss the history and future of the club as well as how you can get involved.

NEWS + MUSIC + ARTICLE - The Art Of Primitive Communism by Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: https://www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: https://www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism)NEWS:The race for Mayor: https://southsidepride.com/2025/05/06/the-race-for-mayor/‘Blue Dog’ Democrats vote to roll back paid sick leave for workers at small farms and businesses: https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/blue-dog-democrats-vote-to-roll-back-paid-sick-leave-for-workers-at-small-farms-and-businesses/St. Paul City Council votes to exempt more properties from rent control ordinance: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/08/st-paul-city-council-votes-exempt-more-properties-rent-control-ordinanceTarget boycott — amplified or hijacked?: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/09/target-boycott-movement-tension/Minnesotans join worldwide May Day call for worker justice: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/10/minnesotans-unite-for-fair-wages/Capitol rally demands end to forced prison labor: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/10/minnesota-prison-labor-reform/Minnesota child care advocates rally against federal cuts: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/12/minnesota-child-care-advocates-rally-federal-child-care-cuts/(Cut from final news recording for time... ‘I never left this block’: How Minneapolis teacher Marcia Howard became a steward of George Floyd Square: https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/marcia-howard-george-floyd-five-year-anniversary/)Union for nearly 1,000 U of M resident physicians certified by state: https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/union-for-1000-resident-physicians-certified-by-state/Feds use rare law to hold UMN student, despite immigration judge ordering his release: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/university-minnesota-international-student-dogukan-gunaydin-automatic-stay/Net metering for solar makes electrical power generation more democratic: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/13/net-metering-for-solar-makes-electrical-power-generation-more-democratic/Elizabeth, a Wedge Community Co-op owner, member of Jewish Voices for Peace Twin Cities, and a mother who stands in solidarity with the grieving mothers of Gaza, maintained her position (PSL Twin Cities Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/DJiDBeyMthr/Reproductive rights activists call for closure of anti-abortion ‘clinics’ in Milwaukee: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/reproductive-rights-activists-call-for-closure-of-anti-abortion-clinics-inTrump Is Bending the Refugee Program to Fit His White Nationalist Agenda: https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-bending-the-refugee-program-to-fit-his-white-nationalist-agenda/What can be learned from the latest conflict between India and Pakistan? | Inside Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlhFxlHAouMCommentary on the Indian-Pakistan arms conflict, historical context and ceasefire: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/commentary-on-the-indian-pakistan-arms-conflict-historical-context-and----MUSIC - Suite of the Long March/The Internationale (Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong (1984): https://youtu.be/L8vRVCAkh1w?si=SAx3GyLUQe3IMhIg&t=1544---- ARTICLE The Art Of Primitive Communism (https://www.redwedgemagazine.com/online-issue/primitive-communism) by Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: https://www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: https://www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism)----

Special Report Uploaded (5/8/2025)(PHOTO: Still from video of Stop the Attacks on Queer and Trans Rights! FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023)In this special report we here two speeches. At the beginning we here a speech from Jae who is a member of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J: https://sites.google.com/view/tcc4j/home) and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO: https://frso.org/) which was recorded at Stop the Attacks on Queer and Trans Rights! FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023 (You can watch a full video of speeches here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCwmPyYBUg&t=729s).At the end of this report we hear a speech from Monique Cullars Doty who is with Black Lives Matter Minnesota (https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatterMN). Sandwiched between these two speeches are thoughts about liberation including some quotes and thoughts from:Eros and Civilization (1955) by Herbert Marcuse: https://ect.humspace.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Marcuse-Eros-and-Civilization-pp.-9-95.pdfThe roots of gay oppression (International Socialism, Spring Issue 1989) by Norah Carlin: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/isj2/1989/isj2-042/carlin.htmQueer in a Lean World (Against The Current ATC 89, November–December 2000) by Alan Sears: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/965.htmlRebel Girl: The Price of Assimilation (Against The Current ATC 99, July–August 2002) by Catherine Sameh: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1188.htmlThe Bolsheviks and the Sexual Revolution (Irish Marxist Review 2017) by Sean Egan: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/irishmr/vol06/no17/egan.pdfAnd we cover some news items from the past few months including:Trans rights: The Cass Review one year on01/05/2025: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/138344/01-05-2025/trans-rights-the-cass-review-one-year-on/“An Anti-Trans Fever Dream”: HHS Publishes Attack on Gender-Affirming Youth Care Experts immediately slammed the report, which does not disclose its authors: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/hhs-trans-youth-gender-care-report/The inconvenient paradox of the war on trans rights that the GOP hopes we don’t notice: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/the-inconvenient-paradox-of-the-on-trans-rights-that-the-gop-hopes-we-dont-notice/In battle against transgender rights, Trump targets HUD’s housing policies: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-battle-against-transgender-rights-trump-targets-hud-s-housing-policies/ar-AA1EatCR?ocid=BingNewsBrowseWhy the far right exploits transphobia: https://socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callinicos/alex-callinicos-why-the-far-right-exploits-transphobia/Maine wins major court victory about trans rights against president: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/maine-wins-major-court-victory-about-trans-rights-against-president/Fighting for trans rights in the era of Trump: https://socialist-alliance.org/our-common-cause/2025-03-10/fighting-trans-rights-era-trumpGen Z is Out of the Closet – Now, Into the Streets!: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/15/gen-z-is-out-of-the-closet-now-into-the-streets/‘We struck for trans+ rights, you can do it too’: report from Australian socialist: https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/we-struck-for-trans-rights-you-can-do-it-too-report-from-australian-socialist/Denver celebrates International Workers Day with rally and march: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/denver-celebrates-international-workers-day-with-rally-and-march

Special Interview Recorded (3/19/2025) and Uploaded (5/1/2025)(PHOTO: Public art, Jeju Island, South Korea)HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY!(NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/RX2EEgOLEak?si=f9k9i0QlZ6YylxVk)In this special interview we speak with one time Minneapolis resident, retired professor, writer and world traveler Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/) about her new column at the Minnesota Women's Press (https://www.womenspress.com/) Aging on the Run. You can find the columns we discuss here:Part 1: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-on-the-run/Part 2: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-on-the-run-against-forgetting/Part 3: https://www.womenspress.com/column-aging-across-borders-3/Part 4: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-across-borders-4-vignettes-for-international-womens-day/Last time we spoke to Winkler-Morey on the podcast we were discussing here fantastic book Allegiance to Winds and Waters: Bicycling the Political Divides of the United States. You can find that interview here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-socialist-news-and-views-episode-37#aging #travel #justice