SNV Special Interview: Edwin Fruit For Ward 1 City Council

Special 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/) Links to topics discussed in this special: Minnesota Miracle: Democrats Use Supermajority to Pass Abortion, Voting, Labor, Tenant Reforms & More: www.democracynow.org/2023/6/21/minn…essive_reforms DOJ Report Exposes Minneapolis Police Civil Rights Violations Amid Call for Community Role in Reforms: www.democracynow.org/2023/6/21/doj_…_police_report The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: www.pathfinderpress.com/products/the-…-is-behind-us Biden, Congress, and the Squad Just Voted to Block a Rail Strike. Workers Should be the Ones Who Decide: www.leftvoice.org/biden-congress-a…-ones-to-decide/ Forum protests FBI attacks on constitutional freedoms: themilitant.com/2023/05/27/forum-…utional-freedoms/ MN Department of Human Rights Investigation into the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department​: mn.gov/mdhr/mpd/ Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-de…partment-and-city Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-de…ce-department-and New indictment of Trump is assault on political rights all workers need: themilitant.com/2023/06/24/new-in…all-workers-need/ Minneapolis poised to pay $275K to man who said police beat him, lied about confidential informant: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-poi…mant/600285394/ ‘Premeditated Act of Revenge’: Minneapolis Police Officers Beat Man to a Pulp, Allegedly Plant Drugs Near His House After He Complained, Lawsuit Claims: atlantablackstar.com/2022/06/09/pro…awsuit-claims/ The looming loss of Medicaid coverage for more than 500,000 Minnesota children is a crisis situation: www.minnpost.com/community-voices…risis-situation/ #Minneapolis #Worker