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

NEWS + POEM + INTERVIEW - Socialist Comoros THUMBNAIL 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)4 ---- 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-cbp SNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-join-the-20-below-revolt The 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=lXDV3IVMLh861mH5 SNV Special Report: End Slavery In Minnesota: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesota NOT 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 North I hear freedom songs in whistles blown to alert neighbors of danger in their midst. I hear freedom songs in the sounds of instructions given and carried out: neighbors driven to appointments; errands run for others; food delivered to those fearful of venturing forth; neighbors I have seen standing vigil on street corners at this time of terror. I hear a freedom song in the voice of a taco shop owner who, through gentle tears, thanks her neighbors for looking out for her, as neighbors will. I hear freedom songs in the voices of the woman, now passed, who said “I don’t hate you”, and the man, now passed, whose last words were “Are you all right?” I hear the single resonating note of freedom itself in the desire of every immigrant who just, simply wants 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 ----