Situation 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 assert authority over state forest land use: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/16/tensions-build-as-white-earth-nation-tries-to-assert-authority-over-state-forest-land-use Chicago: Hundreds gather to plan march on the Democratic National Convention: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/chicago-hundreds-gather-to-plan-march-on-the-democratic-national-convention Bus Drivers Strike with Climate Activists in 57 German Cities: https://labornotes.org/2024/04/bus-drivers-strike-climate-activists-57-german-cities ---- MUSIC: Twin Cities Labor Chorus - We Need Collective Bargaining (lyrics by Joyce Stone). ---- INTERVIEW: Choo Chon Kai (https://partisosialis.org/member/choo-chon-kai/) is on the Central Committee of the Socialist Part of Malaysia (PSM) and also the Editor of Sosialis.net You can see a longer video version of this interview on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here---->(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPwv7X935Jw&t=65s) In this video version of the interview we discuss the recent and current situation in Malaysia and speak a bit about Choo Chon Kai's recent visit to Mainland China.