Socialist Comoros: Socialist News And Views Episode # 79 (2/19/2026)

NEWS + POEM + INTERVIEW - Socialist ComorosTHUMBNAIL PHOTO: Is a merging of two versions of the books cover from I Ain't Your Marionette Press.(NOTE: A video version of the Socialist Comoros interview ONLY is available on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/cMGc5dY2aF8?si=vEl39-Hsjiaz5QxK)Interview Recorded (1/13/2026) In this interview we speak with the poet, artist philosopher, and educator Lucas Alan Dietsche. Dietsche is also Adjunct Professor Prison Education Program/Adams State University and is a PhD Student of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art at the renowned IDVSA (https://www.idsva.edu/)Dietsche has a new book out from, I Ain't You Marionette Press, called Ylang-Ylang Socialism: Ali Soilihi, Maoism, and Socialist Comoros 1975-1978 (https://iaintyourmarionettepress.com/products/ylang-ylang-socialism-ali-soilihi-maoism-and-socialist-comoros-1975-1978)----NEWS:1/23/26 - General Strike! Day of Truth And Freedom! Downtown MPLS (from Urban Cabin Studios): https://www.instagram.com/p/DT39iRUDH1V/Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE: https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-general-strike-minnesotans-ice-protest-trump-cbpSNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-join-the-20-below-revoltThe neighbor of Alex Pretti slain by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis says everything terrible thing you are hearing from DHS about him is a lie: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT7KQaVjm9V/End Slavery in Minnesota: 2026 Kick Off Panel: https://youtu.be/KaK0D8SFft4?si=lXDV3IVMLh861mH5SNV Special Report: End Slavery In Minnesota: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesotaNOT ON NATIVE LAND: Indigenous -Led Civil & Human Rights Rally 2/7/26 at Whipple Fed Concentration Camp (Urban Cabin Studios): https://www.instagram.com/p/DUd3KcIDFqO/Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli: https://www.facebook.com/Yaocenoxtli/Announcing the 2026 Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives March: https://www.miwsac.org/announcing-the-2026-missing-murdered-indigenous-relatives-march/Wild Cat Cabaret - Rebel Love: https://www.facebook.com/events/dual-citizen-brewing/wild-cat-cabaret-presents-rebel-love-ctul-fundraiser/1208427810939322/Join us Sun, Feb 15th 4-6pm at the United Labor Center for a Workers Assembly to collectively decide the next mass action against ICE!: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUZM1zJEdr5/ ----POEM:Freedom Sings by Gary NorthI hear freedom songs inwhistles blownto alert neighbors ofdanger in their midst.I hear freedom songsin the sounds ofinstructions givenand carried out:neighbors driven toappointments;errands run for others;food delivered to thosefearful of venturing forth;neighbors I have seenstanding vigil on street cornersat this time of terror.I hear a freedom songin the voice of a taco shop ownerwho, through gentle tears,thanks her neighbors forlooking out for her,as neighbors will.I hear freedom songs inthe voicesof the woman, now passed, who said“I don’t hate you”,and the man, now passed,whose last wordswere “Are you all right?”I hear the single resonating noteof freedom itselfin the desireof every immigrantwho just,simplywants to be free.Freedom Singing: https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/culture-education/music/----INTERVIEW:Socialist Comoros - VIDEO (Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/cMGc5dY2aF8?si=yfYUUyCWHqt9Druj----