US Out of Africa Committee of WAMM: Socialist News And Views Episode # 86 (9/17/2026)

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW with Nicholas Tolliver from the new US Out of Africa Committee of W.A.M.M. (Women Against Military Madness: https://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/). He is also a host of the Death Drive Dialectics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@deathdrivedialectics/featured(You can watch a video of the interview only on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZM7HO_zQ6s&t=43s )----NEWS:Caretakers clean Alex Pretti memorial site after vandalism (9/11/2026): https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/11/caretakers-clean-alex-pretti-memorial-site-after-vandalism/ East Side businesses say summer of roadwork has slowed recovery after Metro Surge (9/9/2026): https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/st-paul-east-side-arcade-construction-immigrant-businesses/Hennepin County secures grant renewal to expand youth mental health stabilization services (9/13/2026): https://spokesman-recorder.com/2026/09/13/hennepin-county-youth-mental-health-grant-renewal/ Twin Cities Labor Report 9/14: https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-cities-labor-report-914Federal report finds Rapidan Dam removal will have beneficial effects on Blue Earth River (9/13/2026): https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/13/new-report-finds-rapidan-damn-removal-will-have-beneficial-effects-on-blue-earth-riverWorkers’ Voice newspaper: September – October edition: https://workersvoiceus.org/2026/08/24/workers-voice-newspaper-september-october-edition-2/ Internal conflict shakes up the Pentagon (9/8/2026): https://www.workers.org/2026/09/94710/Wendell Berry’s life on Earth (9/9/2026): https://grist.org/culture/wendell-berry-life-on-earth-legacy-essay/ Over a Quarter of Voters Say They’re Supporters of DSA, Polling Finds (9/11/2026): https://truthout.org/articles/over-a-quarter-of-voters-say-theyre-supporters-of-dsa-polling-finds/ Son of 9/11 Victim Says ‘Please Stop’ Exploiting Tragedy to Spread Anti-Muslim Bigotry (9/11/2026): https://www.commondreams.org/news/9-11-anti-muslim-bigotry ‘Don’t Privatize Airport Security’ Say Screeners and Flight Attendants on 9/11 Anniversary (9/11/2026): https://labornotes.org/2026/09/dont-privatize-airport-security-say-screeners-and-flight-attendants-911-anniversary WHITE HOUSE VIDEO (attacking socialists/communists): https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/america-will-never-be-a-communist-country/ London bus drivers show the power of strikes (9/11/2026): https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/london-bus-drives-shower-the-power-of-strikes/ Portsmouth anti-fascists stand firm against far right—but threat is growing (9/12/2026): https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/portsmouth-anti-facists-stand-firm-against-far-right-but-threat-is-growing/ In 1936, temperature in 48 states of U.S. peaked during deadly Dust Bowl, 90 years later climate experts sound red flag (9/13/2026):https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/science-news-in-1936-temperature-in-48-states-of-u-s-peaked-during-deadly-dust-bowl-90-years-later-climate-experts-sound-red-flag/articleshow/134229515.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstAugust 2026 ties record for hottest month ever on Earth (9/10/2026): https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/august-2026-ties-record-for-hottest-month-ever-on-earth/1932706 Kalam Weekly (Nepal) Articles:https://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/nepals-devastating-flash-flood https://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/i-escaped-the-flood-by-an-hour-like https://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/all-that-we-know-about-the-nepal https://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/when-the-world-stops-looking-at-nepalhttps://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/how-does-gen-z-feel-about-the-government ----MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRRUsVbbEM&list=RD4jRRUsVbbEM&start_radio=1 ----INTERVIEW with Nicholas Tolliver from the new US Out of Africa Committee of W.A.M.M. https://youtu.be/EZM7HO_zQ6s?si=3OIPwrTsaBaG0vVg