A 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 Resolution: https://socialistaction.org/2024/02/09/minneapolis-city-council-overrides-veto-of-strongest-cease-fire-in-gaza-resolution/ AFL-CIO calls for ceasefire in Gaza: https://peoplesworld.org/article/afl-cio-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/ What are the lessons from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle for Palestine?: https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/what-are-the-lessons-from-south-africas-anti-apartheid-struggle-for-palestine/ Toward a free Palestine: https://www.tempestmag.org/2024/02/toward-a-free-palestine/ The UAW Strike Saved Their Shuttered Plant, But the Fight Is Just Beginning: https://workdaymagazine.org/the-uaw-strike-saved-their-shuttered-plant-but-the-fight-is-just-beginning/ The New U.S. Labor Movement: https://solidarity-us.org/the-new-u-s-labor-movement/ A World In Crisis: Why We Need Revolutionary Change: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2024/02/01/a-world-in-crisis-why-we-need-revolutionary-change/ Crisis for Javier Milei as Austerity Bill Is Defeated: https://www.leftvoice.org/crisis-for-javier-milei-as-austerity-bill-is-defeated/ Swiss capitalist press stunned as Revolutionary Communist Party launched: https://www.marxist.com/swiss-capitalist-press-stunned-as-revolutionary-communist-party-launched.htm In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections: https://jacobin.com/2024/02/eu-platform-work-uber-macron Thousands forced to flee in DRC’s North Kivu province as M23 attacks intensify: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/02/10/thousands-forced-to-flee-in-drcs-north-kivu-province-as-m23-attacks-intensify/ ---- POEM: heaven is a place on earth by Arson (Monthly Review): https://monthlyreview.org/2023/12/01/heaven-is-a-place-on-earth/ "Silverman Sound - Janus Turning" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://www.silvermansound.com/ Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ouqdR0uNo ---- INTERVIEW with Shane from TCDSA: What Meaning Will We Give the New State Flag?: https://twincitiesdsa.org/2023/12/what-meaning-will-we-give-the-new-state-flag/