EXTRA: Women Speak Out!

An episode of the Socialist News and Views podcast, hosted by Nicholas Shillingford, titled "EXTRA: Women Speak Out!" was published on March 21, 2025 and runs 34 minutes.

March 21, 2025 ·34m · Socialist News and Views

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Summary

In this Extra we have four contributions from women at events in February and March 2025:#1 - Salwa Nubani, DO Psychiatry speaks as part of the Disability Justice is Liberation panel at the Lucy Parsons Center on February 22nd, 2025. Nubani is a member of Healthcare Workers for Palestine. The event was organized by Families Against Military Madness (FAMM: https://www.instagram.com/familiesagainstmilitarymadness/) a caucus of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM: https://www.instagram.com/wamm_mn/) You can watch the full video of the event WITH CAPTIONS here: https://youtu.be/0aof3D9zVbc?si=vzirvhJ9JpUWe8LF#2 - Marcia Howard, English teacher at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and Teacher Chapter President of Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT 59) speaks at the Roof Depot Two Year Victory Celebration on February 23rd, 2025. You can watch addition videos of the event here:PART 1: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1785415152240599PART 2: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2057653881377823PART 3: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1873699620111003PART 4: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3497293037073475PART 5: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655230573653019PART 6: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1904637660363283PART 7: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3965620520432878PART 8: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=496828070157117PART 9: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1893837714760839#3 - Linda Leighton, a retired Union Member and a descendent of one of the leaders of the 1934 Teamsters Strike here in Minneapolis speaks at the Workers Solidarity Circle - Workers Assembly - Labor Solidarity with Abortion Access Underground on February 28th, 2025. Leighton is also an active member of Remember 1934 (https://rem34.ampmpls.com/) who speaks here at the Workers Assembly about the United States pre Roe V. Wade when abortion was illegal across the entire country. You can see additional photos of the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15waNrY6jY/https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KSNAH9ZfQ/#4 - Liz from Unite Here 17 representing workers at First Avenue and 6 sister clubs who ratified their first ever union contract unanimously in February. This was recorded at the International Women's Day Demonstration at May Day Plaza on March 8th, 2025. You can see videos of the event here: PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRIA2Ia_bk\PART 2: https://youtu.be/J20kIR9ZwXA?si=MnxTTYxXE86DeAto

Episode Description

In this Extra we have four contributions from women at events in February and March 2025:

#1 - Salwa Nubani, DO Psychiatry speaks as part of the Disability Justice is Liberation panel at the Lucy Parsons Center on February 22nd, 2025. Nubani is a member of Healthcare Workers for Palestine. The event was organized by Families Against Military Madness (FAMM: https://www.instagram.com/familiesagainstmilitarymadness/) a caucus of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM: https://www.instagram.com/wamm_mn/) You can watch the full video of the event WITH CAPTIONS here: https://youtu.be/0aof3D9zVbc?si=vzirvhJ9JpUWe8LF

#2 - Marcia Howard, English teacher at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and Teacher Chapter President of Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT 59) speaks at the Roof Depot Two Year Victory Celebration on February 23rd, 2025. You can watch addition videos of the event here:

PART 1: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1785415152240599

PART 2: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2057653881377823

PART 3: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1873699620111003

PART 4: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3497293037073475

PART 5: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655230573653019

PART 6: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1904637660363283

PART 7: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3965620520432878

PART 8: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=496828070157117

PART 9: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1893837714760839

#3 - Linda Leighton, a retired Union Member and a descendent of one of the leaders of the 1934 Teamsters Strike here in Minneapolis speaks at the Workers Solidarity Circle - Workers Assembly - Labor Solidarity with Abortion Access Underground on February 28th, 2025. Leighton is also an active member of Remember 1934 (https://rem34.ampmpls.com/) who speaks here at the Workers Assembly about the United States pre Roe V. Wade when abortion was illegal across the entire country. You can see additional photos of the event here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15waNrY6jY/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KSNAH9ZfQ/

#4 - Liz from Unite Here 17 representing workers at First Avenue and 6 sister clubs who ratified their first ever union contract unanimously in February. This was recorded at the International Women's Day Demonstration at May Day Plaza on March 8th, 2025. You can see videos of the event here:

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRIA2Ia_bk\

PART 2: https://youtu.be/J20kIR9ZwXA?si=MnxTTYxXE86DeAto