Socialist News and Views

Special Interview Recorded (4/28/2026) and Uploaded Here (5/7/2026) (NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/lyTUYD_-HUc?si=t_6rOl2L1427GWZI ) In this special we speak with Matt Peter, Wisconsin Labor Party Chair and Rich Palmer who is the brand new Minnesota Labor Party Chair. You can find out about the Labor Party and sign up to connect with the labor party in your state at VoteLabor.org #laborparty #votelabordotorg #yourlaborparty

Special Interview Recorded (4/21/2026) and Uploaded Here (4/30/2026) (NOTE: you can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/EGsULCMflKE?si=4tvCqzwUMQ5tjMhA ) In this interview we speak with Addison Langhorst, a Journalist at The International Organizer and Author of the article Wave of Walkouts: Republican Governors Target Teachers Unions as Students Fight Back Against ICE (https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/p/wave-of-walkouts-republican-governors). Links to additional items discussed in the podcast: Florida students stage school walkouts over 'Don't Say Gay' bill: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/florida-students-stage-school-walkouts-dont-say-gay-bill-rcna18600 Student walkout in Quakertown ends in arrests after confrontation with police: https://6abc.com/post/student-walkout-quakertown-pa-ends-arrests-confrontation-police/18626651/ LA students wanted to protest ICE, so a teacher let them out of school. Then he was fired: https://laist.com/news/education/south-los-angeles-charter-teacher-synergy-trump-ice-protest Thousands gather in downtown LA to protest Trump: https://laist.com/brief/news/education/los-angeles-student-walkouts-february-2026-trump-immigration-policies History Teacher Fired After Opening Gate for Students During Anti-ICE Walkout: https://lataco.com/teacher-fired-gate-anti-ice-walkout Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/13/students-walk-out-decry-ice-as-surge-continues Union and Non-Unionized Starbucks Workers in Minnesota Went on Strike Against ICE: https://www.leftvoice.org/union-and-non-unionized-starbucks-workers-in-minnesota-went-on-strike-against-ice/ How Project 2025 Would Devastate Public Education: https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/how-project-2025-would-devastate-public-education Voces de la Frontera https://www.facebook.com/VocesdelaFronteraWI May Day 2026 Actions: Art Build | YES Student Day of Action | May Day Rally and March: https://mtea.org/2026/04/12/mayday2026-actions/ "No Hate, No Fear, Immigrants Are Welcome Here!": https://www.facebook.com/MTEAunion/posts/pfbid0eBLWEBBCTYH2ErYkPj1MXqtXZ2rKLAdpckuhKc8LjVYRpy6BDokeEvGhynoa4HZxl?rdid=8qN9im6lrHJtnXkY# Classroom Rebellion: Milwaukee Students Plot Statewide Walkout at Madison's Cathedral Square: https://hoodline.com/2026/03/classroom-rebellion-milwaukee-students-plot-statewide-walkout-at-madison-s-cathedral-square/ Milwaukee "Day of Action" protest; students rally to voice opinions: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/milwaukee-day-action-protest-students-221229921.html #studentwalkouts #iceout #AbolishICE

Special Interview Recorded (4/13/2026) and Uploaded (4/23/2026) In this interview I speak with author, activist, father, and much more...Ryan Virden. Here we discuss his previous interview on this podcast back in the day, his new book Breaking the Privilege Frame (https://www.pressshopatl.com/products/breaking-the-privilege-frame-ryan-virden) as well as the ideas of white supremacy, mutual-interest discourse and Rituals/Routines. Check out his Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ryanvirdenofficial/ Check Ryan Virden out on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanvirdenofficial Check him out on Substack: https://substack.com/@ryanvirdenofficial Please listen, LIKE and share!

NEWS + POEM (Ozymandias) + RESOLUTION Of Congressional Illegitimacy NEWS: NEWS: Freedom To Breathe Hunger Strike Launched: https://www.womenspress.com/news-freedom-to-breathe-hunger-strike-launched/ Socialist News And Views Interview: Hunger Strike The HERC! (Video from Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/Duv83RlrdTA?si=sMtNIUmZfn9ePznW Zero Burn Coalition: https://www.zeroburncoalition.org/ ---- POEM: Ozymandias (1818) by Percy Bysshe Shelley: https://mronline.org/2023/01/04/shelleys-revolutionary-poetry/ ---- RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL ILLEGITIMACY: https://regimechange.substack.com/p/resolution-of-congressional-illegitimacy ----

(A NOTE: this has NO PAID PROMOTIONAL CONTENT > IT IS ALL BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BUSINESS OR SERVICES) Special Report (4/9/2026) In this Special Report about Carbondale in Southern Illinois we talk about both my recent trip as well as just a slice of the dissident history in this coal city. Links to items covered in this report: Carbon (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon Dale (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_(landform) Carbondale (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois Shawnee National Forest (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_National_Forest 120 Muddy Monster Road in Murphysboro (Holiday Inn Express...): https://maps.app.goo.gl/ggd9EHHPKMymjZmb7 Sharp Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale: https://museum.siu.edu/ Preston Jackson | Here We Are (December 5, 2025 - June 26, 2026) at Sharp Museum in Saluki Gallery: https://museum.siu.edu/_common/images/press-release-photo-preston-jackson.jpg SIU’s University Museum spring exhibitions celebrate work of region and alumni (January 12, 2023: https://news.siu.edu/2023/01/011223-SIUs-University-Museum-spring-exhibitions-celebrate-work-of-region-and-alumni.php SiUC's Days of Dissent: A Memoir of Student Protest (2007) (EBAY): https://www.ebay.com/itm/166400446589 (BUCKY DOME) Fuller Dome Home Museum: https://fullerdomehome.com/ SIU (Carbondale, IL) hosts festival, conference honoring R. Buckminster Fuller April 22-26: https://news.siu.edu/2026/04/040826-siu-hosts-festival-conference-honoring-r-buckminster-fuller-april-22-26.php R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Buckminster_Fuller_and_Anne_Hewlett_Dome_Home Heartwood Forest Council (Dixon Springs State Park, Illinois, Shawnee National Forest): https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14asgpmhPNc/

FROM THE ARVHIVE - Recorded (8/4/2009) and Uploaded here (4/2/2026) (NOTE: you can see a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios and Power News here: https://youtu.be/22XVWAi3avs?si=f8ugaPIxqTUWbObG) In this FROM THE ARCHIVE Joe Higgins, Member of The European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party of Ireland speaks in Minneapolis at the Walker Community Church with Socialist Alternative in 2009. The audio starts with an introduction of Higgins at the event by Teddy Shibabaw.

Special Interview Recorded (2/16/2026) and Uploaded (3/26/2026) In this special we speak with Dan Feidt who has been a Reporter and Producer with Unicorn Riot (https://unicornriot.ninja/) since its formation. We discuss what lead up to the formation of the Educational Media Organization, such as experiences at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Occuppy Wallstreet in New York, and other events. Unicorn Riot formed in 2015 and kickoffed its education campaign covering McDonalds workers walking out of work in one Twin Cities location. Listen to this interview to hear more about how Unicorn Riot first formed and how it has continued to provide deep coverage of important information about our world. Links to items covered in this podcast: Occupy Wall Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street Twin Cities Indymedia (still) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcimc/ Confrontation Looming As Neo-Nazi Groups To Hold Rally in Pikeville, KY: https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/confrontation-looming-neo-nazi-groups-hold-rally-pikeville-ky/ DISCORD LEAKS Unicorn Riot archive: https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/ Unicorn Riot closely covered the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. Here is that coverage: https://unicornriot.ninja/category/dapl/ Unicorn Riot Gaza coverage: https://unicornriot.ninja/tag/gaza/ Unicorn Riot all Global coverage: https://unicornriot.ninja/category/global/ Byhalia ICE Facility Plans Ditched Amid Mississippi Opposition, Wicker Says: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-facility-plans-ditched-amid-mississippi-opposition-wicker-says/ PROJECT SALT BOX: https://www.projectsaltbox.com/ Hungary Is Forcing All Asylum Seekers into Detention Camps: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/hungary-forcing-all-asylum-seekers-detention-camps Read the full indictment against Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and others charged in Minnesota: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/read-the-full-indictment-against-don-lemon-georgia-fort-and-others-charged-in-minnesota Minnesota judge counts ICE violations at nearly 100 court orders: "ICE is not a law unto itself": https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-violations-judge-statement-twin-cities-texas-immigration/ Minnesota investigators continue probe into north Minneapolis ICE shooting: https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/north-minneapolis-ice-shooting-julio-sosa-celis-state-investigation/ DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘a smear campaign’: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/portland-venezuelans-shot-border-patrol-court Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Admitted He Lied About Firing Tear Gas, Tackling Protester: Federal Judge: https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-admitted-he-lied-about-firing-tear-gas-tackling Unraveled Press: https://unraveledpress.com/ Unicorn Riot Team: https://unicornriot.ninja/unicorn-riot-staff/ Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026: https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/

NEWS + POEM "Sometimes Now" by Brian von Ahsen + ACTIVISM 101 PERSPECTIVES: NEWS: Minneapolis mayor vetoes measure to extend eviction notice period from 30 to 60 days: https://sahanjournal.com/housing/minneapolis-eviction-filing-period-mayor-frey-veto/ The Only Way To Stop Trump’s Mad War: https://www.levernews.com/the-only-way-to-stop-trumps-mad-war/ Organizers fight back as Missouri moves to crack down on Israel-related speech in schools: https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/organizers-fight-back-as-missouri-moves-to-crack-down-on-israel-related-speech-in-schools/ In this interview recorded on February 24th I speak with award winning journalist and historian Marianne Dhenin (https://mariannedhenin.com/) who wrote the article) ---- POEM: "Sometimes Now" (a video of the reading): https://www.instagram.com/p/DU6qyRRgVf9/ Brian von Ahsen Music: https://vonawesomemusic.com/ ---- ACTIVISM 101 PERSPECTIVES: You can watch a video of thoughts from Daniel Wolpert here: https://youtu.be/oc18tPxaTco?si=SYMvzyOyxWfEw6vo And an additional perspective here: https://youtube.com/shorts/IY2T3xKghvA?si=Sd3iKpNsw9bwLDV4

Special Interview Recorded (3/5/2026) and Uploaded Here (3/12/2026) (NOTE - Upcoming Events: Reparations 101 (Black Lives Matter Minnesota): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-101-tickets-1984228984306 Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration 2026 Conference: https://www.metrostate.edu/calendar/understanding-and-responding-to-mass ) In this special we speak with Marvina Haynes, the Founder of MN Wrongfully Convicted Judicial Reform (MNWCJR: https://www.mnwcjr.org/) whose brother Marvin Haynes spent decades wrongfully imprisoned in Minnesota. You can read an item from MN Women's Press - Marvina Haynes: Determined Voice for the Wrongfully Accused: https://www.womenspress.com/marvina-haynes-determined-voice-for-the-wrongfully-accused/) In this interview we speak about the Reparations Now! Rally at Governors Mansion (VIDEO): https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1579572166663187 ) And why reparations are vital in Minnesota. Here are additional links to items discussed in this interview: The Dred Scott Case (Minnesota Historical Society): https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/exhibit/dred-scott Jim Crow of the North | Redlining and Racism in Minnesota | Full Documentary: https://youtu.be/XWQfDbbQv9E?si=uuWq4Dx4uNltgg-c SNV Special Report: End Slavery In Minnesota: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesota Reparations 101 (Black Lives Matter Minnesota): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reparations-101-tickets-1984228984306 Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration 2026 Conference: https://www.metrostate.edu/calendar/understanding-and-responding-to-mass ----

Special Interview Recorded (2/28/2026) and Uploaded Here (3/5/2026) In this interview we speak with Sophie Scholl from The International Organizer: https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/ You can read several of the latest article from Scholl, on The International Organizer below: Venezuela, and Trump’s Naked Imperialism (Feb 08, 2026): https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/p/venezuela-and-trumps-naked-imperialism Trump Takes Aim at Cuba - Perspectives and Analysis (Feb 19, 2026): https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/p/trump-takes-aim-at-cuba-perspectives Justice for Nex Benedict: Build a Mass Movement Against Transphobia and the Right Wing! (w/ Addison Langhorst Feb 24, 2026): https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/p/justice-for-nex-benedict-build-a Trump Paves the Way for Counterrevolution in Cuba (Feb 27, 2026): https://internationalorganizer.substack.com/p/trump-paves-the-way-for-counterrevolution

Special Interview Recorded (2/3/2026) and Uploaded (2/26/26) In this special interview we talk with the members of the band Sol, Said Earth (https://soundcloud.com/sol-said-earth) about their songs, history, politics and Star Wars. We also here a few songs from the band. Check out each band members favorite songs on their SoundCloud at the links below: Strixx - Crossroads: https://soundcloud.com/sol-said-earth/crossroads Hope - unreleased (One Way Out) C.Q. King - It Takes A Village: https://soundcloud.com/sol-said-earth/it-takes-a-village VK - Try to Sing Along: https://soundcloud.com/sol-said-earth/try-and-sing-along-7 ----

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 ----

Special Interview Recorded (1/20/2026) and Uploaded Here (2/12/2026) In this special I speak with Steve Grumbine host of Macro And Cheese Podcast (https://macroncheese.captivate.fm/) and Founder of the non-profit Real Progressives (https://realprogressives.org/) and Real Progress In Action (https://www.youtube.com/c/RealProgressInAction). I first became aware of Steve Grumbine on The Tracy Show with Tracy Carson: https://www.youtube.com/live/zA6e2Czwp9w (You might even want to watch that interview as lesson one and save this interview for later as review/lesson 2) I also mentioned this interview I saw from Novara Media called "Rebel Economist Says Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong" which you can also check out here: https://www.youtube.com/live/k68a9TkHyc4?si=SEiOOCIneGynYNoY And touched on an article by Ted Grant from 1971 titled "The Truth Behind Inflation": https://www.marxists.org/archive/grant/1971/01/inflation.htm #economics #modernmonetarytheory #marxism

In this Extra: A clip from End Slavery in Minnesota (https://mnendslavery.org/) Kickoff Event - Panel Discussion (you can watch the whole thing here: https://youtu.be/KaK0D8SFft4?si=D6DjrNyGqEPJ0mbG) that was not included in the last special report (https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesota). Here, Antonio Williams, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Tone Up (https://toneup.org/) who spent 14 years and 2 weeks in Minnesota Department of Corrections talks about strip searches and Muslim prayers while incarcerated.

Special Report (2/5/2026) In this special we share some audio clips from End Slavery in MN (https://mnendslavery.org/) Jan 24th Kickoff Event that was held at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in St. Paul (https://www.hallieqbrown.org/site/). You can watch the panel discussion on prison slavery from that event here: https://youtu.be/KaK0D8SFft4?si=2UjiUwb1FhJrqXYc We also share some words from this article on Unicorn Riot from Sean Summer here: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/slavery-is-legal-in-minnesota-these-groups-are-working-to-change-that/ You can see the full video of the press event (covered and embedded in that article ) on Disney Brand Balloons made for pennies by prisoners here: https://vimeo.com/1158952007?fl=pl&fe=ti You can see a full list of groups in the End Slaver MN Coalition here: https://mnendslavery.org/coalition-partners ---- **Links to other items cover in this special: Federal immigration agents are a modern-day ‘slave patrol,’ says former Minneapolis City Council president: https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/andrea-jenkins-minneapolis-ice-terrorization#toggle-gdpr Echoes of the 1850s in Minnesota: https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/30/minneapolis-ice-renee-macklin-good-alex-pretti-history-nick-deluca SNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-join-the-20-below-revolt Lewie Blaze performance at @endslaverymn Kickoff Event 1/24/26 (From Urban Cabin Studios): https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6o5XtjP9w/ #endslaverymn #endslavery #endprisonslavery

Special Interview Recorded (1/28/2026) and Uploaded Here (1/29/2026) (A NOTE: You can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH18Nf9Wsqk ) (ANOTHER NOTE: National Day of Action at Target stores on Saturday January 31, 2026 - MORE INFO: https://www.iceoutnowmn.com/ ) In this special I speak with Kip Hedges, a member of Workers' Solidarity Circle, a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA: https://www.dsausa.org/), a Co-Chair of the National DSA Workers Organizing Workers Committee (WOW: https://workersorganizingworkers.org/), long-time Labor Activist, previous President of a local baggage handlers union at MSP airport and organizer in the fight for a $15/hr minimum wage for workers at the airport. Hedges also writes for Workers Resist on Substack: https://workersresist.substack.com/ This interview focuses on Friday's General Strike (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minnesota_general_strike), the x-a-cution of Alex Pretti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti) on Saturday and how we expand the struggle to include more working people so that we can make ICE GTFO! You can watch a video of Kip Hedges giving "a stirringly relevant reading from The History of the Russian Revolution" here: https://substack.com/@kiphedges/note/c-204712514 You can hear the song A City of Heroes by Billy Bragg here: https://braggb.substack.com/p/city-of-heroes You can find a long list of different organizations to donate to in Minnesota to support us here: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ #generalstrike #20BelowRevolt #MinnesotaTaughtUsToBeBrave

Special Interview Recorded (1/11/2026) and Uploaded Here (1/22/2026) (NOTE: You can sign the petition in Solidarity with Lebanon's small hold farmers here: ⁠https://en.siyada.org/siyada-board/campaigns/call-for-solidarity/⁠) In this special we speak with Ghassan Makarem of the Agricultural Movements in Lebanon (AgriMovement: https://agrimovement.org/) about the concern of small hold farmers they have been working with over the past 5 years. Asked about the impact of Zionist bombings all over the region Makerem said "the impact is huge, there are several villages that are defacto-occupied now in South Lebanon, and they already lost their olive season." And now Lebanese Government is moving to enact a seed law that heavily favors multinational corporations over small farmers in the country as has been done in many other countries before. Makarem says these seed laws are modeled after others they pushed through "in India, Morocco, Tunisia." You can also find the AgriMovement Lebanon on - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Agrimovement - and - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ I first learned about the AgriSeed Movement in Lebanon from this article by the award winning journalist Marianne Dhenin---->Agrimovement on Farmworker-Led Organizing for Food Sovereignty in Lebanon: https://newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/agrimovement-on-farmworker-led-organizing-for-food-sovereignty-in-lebanon/ /\READ IT/\

In this Extra I read a flyer from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO: https://frso.org/) that I was handed at the January 3rd, 2026 Emergency MN Protest, No War On Venezuela that was held in Downtown Longfellow in South Minneapolis. The reading is over background of audio from the January 3rd protest.

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW - Thirst Trapping For The Revolution. (A NOTE: A video of the interview ONLY is available from Urban Cabin Studios here https://youtu.be/KX1a4hyPu-4?si=vnFdSkMZAZWjThYY ) In our interview recorded on January 3rd, 2026 we speak with Alannah (a.k.a. AKD1984: https://www.instagram.com/akd.1984/) Alannah is from Melbourne Australia and is currently using "her assets" like her "degree in development" and her "sex appeal" to "spread class consciousness and ignite revolutionary spirit in the enslaved working class in order to plant the seeds for the dictatorship of the proletariat." ---- NEWS: Happening now in Chicago’s Federal Plaza. US OUT OF VENEZUELA!!! (1/3/2026): https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1712266246417818 Minneapolis holds emergency action demanding ‘Free President Maduro!’ (1/4/2026): https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-holds-emergency-action-demanding-free-president-maduro Thousands of Chicagoans mobilize to demand ‘No war on Venezuela!’ (1/5/2026): https://fightbacknews.org/articles/thousands-of-chicagoans-mobilize-to-demand-no-war-on-venezuela From Powderhorn Park today in the middle of South Minneapolis. FUCK ICE! ICE OUT!! (1/11/2026): https://www.instagram.com/p/DTWS5hKjI9f/ EndSlaveryMN: https://mnendslavery.org/events I'm at risk of getting båñ! (FREE GREENLAND): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTRemyYjDJy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ---- MUSIC: Early In The Mornin': https://youtu.be/4iHpcbTNOrk?si=MmowVuFciPjUKT8H Alan Lomax (Negro Prison Blues): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbmT2b9oVo&list=PL6B0V2FKgTzLJu9KLMc_IW3bQmV-VeIBz Rocks and Gravel [Early in the Mornin'] (SecondHandSongs): https://secondhandsongs.com/work/236039/all ---- INTERVIEW - Thirst Trapping For the Revolution with Alannah (a.k.a. AKD1984): On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akd.1984/ On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@akd.1984 She recently finished reading 'Psychology of the Media' (2010) by David Giles: https://archive.org/details/psychologyofmedi0000gile/mode/1up

Special Interview Recorded (12/27/2025) And Uploaded Here (1/8/2026) (THUMBNAIL PHOTO - Chicago -- from Paul Goyette: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pgoyette/54887147521/in/album-72177720330367428) (NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from URBAN CABIN STUDIOS on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2qb4lPlemXQ?si=B3ltqJBhDM-BqvV5) In this special we speak with Steve Edwards, who lives in Chicago. He is a long time activist in AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees). He was the President of his local union AFSCME 2858 for 16 years and retired 10 years ago. He has been involved in socialist politics his entire adult life and was previously active in campaigning for Kshama Sawant for City Council in Seattle going back to 2013. Edwards is now part of a new project called Solidarity Now: https://solidaritynowcollective.substack.com/p/a-call-to-action-by-solidarity-now?r=5d6nu&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true Here we speak about Immigration/and/Customs/Enforcement(ICE) in Chicago and somewhat in Minneapolis and what we are doing to stand up to these invaders in our communities. In October Edwards wrote the article, "Chicago: ICE Raids Meet Mass Resistance" which was published on Internationalist Standpoint: https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/chicago-ice-raids-meet-mass-resistance/ #stopicenow #iceout #abolishice

Special Interview Recorded (12/19/2025) And Uploaded Here (1/1/2026) (NOTE: you can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/68ho4P-RHO8?si=3ebS2y1g1xmiLyIM) In this special we speak with Jacob Ward, who is a journalist who has worked for NBC, PBS, Al Jazeera and other news sites. Ward has covered tech for a long time including as Editor in Chief of Popular Science Magazine. Nowadays you can find him at The Rip Current with Jacob Ward (here: https://www.youtube.com/@byjacobward). Jacob Ward also wrote the book The Loop - How AI is Creating A World Without Choices and How To Fight Back: https://www.jacobward.com/work-1/theloop-y3fw2 In this special we talk about the direction AI may be heading, if Crypto has any good qualities, and some of the most obvious examples of open corruption from the Trump regime. Here are links to a few article by Jacob Ward discussed in this special: This is Not What Crypto Is For. And Yet It Is. (May 26, 2025): https://theripcurrent.substack.com/p/this-is-not-what-crypto-is-for-and 99% of Crypto is a Scam (with Molly White) (Jul 30, 2025): https://theripcurrent.substack.com/p/99-of-crypto-is-a-scam-with-molly AI is Creating a ‘Hive Mind' — Scientists Just Proved It (Dec 04, 2025): https://theripcurrent.substack.com/p/ai-is-creating-a-hive-mind-scientists AI Has Us Lying to One Another (and It's Changing How We Think) (Dec 18, 2025): https://theripcurrent.substack.com/p/ai-has-us-lying-to-one-another-and #ai #crypto #trumpcorruption

Holiday Special Report (12/25/2025) Links to items covered in this Holiday Special Report: Progressive Labor Party: https://www.plp.org/ Italian Hall disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster Mourn for him, boys PLP-LP rewrites Joe Hill: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ca.firstwave/cpl-plp-lp.htm Winona ROAR: https://www.facebook.com/RoarWinona/ Lynching of Olli Kinkkonen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Olli_Kinkkonen Jesus of Montreal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiBBl4bNINM Mon Oncle Antoine: https://tubitv.com/movies/100042948/mon-oncle-antoine?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed small-batch eggnog: https://smittenkitchen.com/2020/12/small-batch-eggnog/ Roy Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician) The Happy Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZIpux9etc MUSIC (PLP - AWTW): https://youtu.be/6EK1M3Ersiw?si=CqWhKKr15ZpM2-7q

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW - FREE BOOKS . In the interview my brother Jamie and I discuss the FREE BOOKS table. We curate books of all genres we think could be helpful to the movement and set up a table with Free Books at protests and other events in Minneapolis (and sometimes other places). If you want information about books in general and occasional notices about where the table will be set up join the FR3E BOOKS group on Facebook (Here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080026443593248). NEWS: Minneapolis stands with Somali community against Trump's racist attacks: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-stands-with-somali-community-against-trumps-racist-attacks SNV Special Report: Minnesota Stands With The Somali Community!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-minnesota-stands-with-the-somali-community Postal Workers Demand ICE Off Postal Property Rally and March: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSRIig1DCJe/ ---- MUSIC: https://youtu.be/HwhRB_vwGdw?si=nqdPPEO7aizXlS5Z Dhofar rebellion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhofar_rebellion ---- INTERVIEW - FREE BOOKS: Links to items covered the FREE BOOKS interview: FREE BIBLES AT PRIDE: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/appeals-court-man-can-distribute-bibles-at-pride-fest/ FREE COMMUNIST MANIFESTOS IN ILLINOIS: https://thesouthern.com/news/local/born-again-labor-museum-offers-free-communist-manifestos/article_941818f5-fd31-5660-881d-ab8424df48d9.html FREE THE PRISONERS SO THEY CAN READ BANNED BOOKS: https://floridaphoenix.com/2018/12/04/the-strange-world-of-banned-books-in-florida-prisons/ FREE SUPPLIES AND MORE AT LIBRARIES: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/31/minneapolis-central-library-homelessness You can join this group (FR3E BOOKS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080026443593248) to get information on Books and find out where the FREE BOOKS table will be out and about.

Special Report (12/11/2025) After Trump attacks the Somali community...Minneapolis, Minnesota, and this podcast stand strongly with the Somali people against racist and xenophobic attacks by this regime's secret police. Links To Items Covered In This Special: Trump, ICE target Somalis in Minneapolis; city leaders respond (12/2/2025):https://www.fox9.com/news/trump-administration-targeting-twin-cities-somali-community Mayor Frey speaks to Somali community amid ICE focus: 'We love you, we stand with you': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmBoAeuwkQ&list=RDNSOFmBoAeuwkQ&start_radio=1 Trump lashes out at Somalis again as Minneapolis stands behind community (12/4/2025): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/trump-somalis-minneapolis-ice Minnesota’s immigrant advocates organize and deploy as Trump ramps up ICE enforcement (12/5/2025): https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2025/12/minnesotas-immigrant-advocates-organize-and-deploy-as-trump-ramps-up-ice-enforcement/ ICE Targets Somali Community in Minneapolis: https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/ice-targets-somali-community-in-minneapolis/ Most Somali people in America and Minnesota are citizens (12/5/2025): https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/most-somali-people-in-america-and-minnesota-are-citizens/ Hundreds protest in Mogadishu against Trump's reference to Somali immigrants as "garbage" (12/6/2025): https://www.africanews.com/2025/12/06/hundreds-protest-in-mogadishu-against-us-president-trumps-comments-about-somali-immigrants/ AFRICOM Announces Seven More Airstrikes in Somalia as Trump Continues Record-Shattering Bombing Campaign: https://news.antiwar.com/2025/12/07/africom-announces-seven-more-airstrikes-in-somalia-as-trump-continues-record-shattering-bombing-campaign/ Homan to Newsmax: Deep Dive Underway on Somali Visas (12/8/2025): https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-trump-administration-somalis/2025/12/08/id/1237573/ Community sounds alarm after apparent ICE arrest in Rochester (12/8/2025): https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/08/rochester-apparent-ice-arrest-sounds-alarm-somali-community Somali Americans are throwing Trump's 'garbage' back at him | Opinion (12/8/2025): https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/08/trump-somali-immigrants-ice-minnesota-omar/87610604007/ Somali Americans confront Trump’s attacks by trolling MAGA (12/8/2025): https://www.salon.com/2025/12/08/somali-americans-confront-trumps-attacks-by-trolling-maga/ Moorhead City Council unanimously approves resolution supporting Somali community members (12/8/2025): https://www.inforum.com/news/moorhead/moorhead-city-council-unanimously-approves-resolution-supporting-somali-community-members Protesters condemn ICE for targeting the Somali community (12/9/2025): https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/protesters-condemn-ice-for-targeting-the-somali-community/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX1JDMk5DSUFHNkc2NA Hodan Hassan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodan_Hassan #somali #minnesota #humanrights

Special Interview Recorded (11/23/2025) and Uploaded (12/4/2025) In this special we speak with Jason. Jason self-identifies as a redneck and has been a communist for 25 years. He has founded a number of local chapters of leftist organizations primarily in Alabama; such as the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA: https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/) and Communist Party USA (CPUSA: https://www.cpusa.org/) chapters, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW: https://www.iww.org/), Workers Power - League for the 5th International (https://arbeiterinnenstandpunkt.net/), and Socialist Alternative (https://www.socialistalternative.org/) (a note: some of these organizations no longer exist in the same form due to splits/reformation etc but links are provided to current sites). Jason has also been the founder of a number paramiIitary and community defense organizations such as the Redneck Revolt (https://www.redneckrevolt.org/), John Brown Gun Club (https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/co-conspirators/john-brown-gun-club-redneck-revolt/), Sawgrass Community Defense Group (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm3SjZ6rXEW/?hl=en&img_index=1), Coalition of Armed Labor (COAL) and Armed Workers Front. Jason says "I'm in regular social communication with just about every type of person you can imagine from MAGA Conservatives to Drag Queens and I get along with all of them."

Special Interview Recorded (11/20/2025) and Uploaded (11/27/2025) In the middle of 2023 we spoke with Eliza Blum from General Strike US (find that interview here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-general-strike-us) In this special we speak with Laura Fredrickson-Gosewisch, who is a regenerative vegetable farmer, market vegetable grower, and manager of a Farmers Market on the West Side of St. Paul (https://westsidefarmersmarket.net). Fredrickson-Gosewisch is passionate about supporting farmers, is a member of the Farmers Union (https://mfu.org/), and does educational self-care events for farmers. Also Fredrickson-Gosewisch is involved with GROWS (https://www.wsco.org/grows) and in the leadership of Metro Food Justice Network (https://mfjn.org/). In this special we discuss a recent panel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4uwPVrW8mQ) that Fredrickson-Gosewisch participated in (as a member of General Strike MN), the idea of the General Strike, and a bit about self-care and balance in life. You can look for and join or organize The General Strike in your area by starting from this list: https://generalstrikeus.com/chapters Laura Fredrickson-Gosewisch also recommends everyone checking out this sustainable activism and self-care pamphlet from Amnesty International: ⁠https://www.amnesty.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/207-sustainable-activism-self-care.pdf⁠ #generalstrikemn

Zohran Mamdani's Full Victory Speech, November 4th, 2025 (VIDEO/YOUTUBE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cG4WD8uEwE

NEWS + THEORY OF REVOLUTION by Peter Maurin + AUDIO ESSAY - If Conservatives Are So Keen On Marriage, Why Are They So Bad At It? by Stephanie Cholensky. (THUMBNAIL PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife Angela who are getting divorced) NEWS: RoseMarie Roberts LIVESTREAM (ICE/FBI/other Feds in St. Paul): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1WfW1bBVn7/ Felony charges for local activist called ‘excessive’: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/10/10/isabella-lopez-federal-charges-minneapolis/ "Free the people, free the movement within ourselves… movement is migration" isavela_lopezz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPiJk1qjU5u/ Twin Cities Labor Report 11/10 (MFE Tentative Agreement, New Contract at Toro plant, Allina Docs Strike): https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-cities-labor-report-1110 Minneapolis teachers, school district discuss details of tentative agreement (KARE 11): https://youtube.com/shorts/coVeIUIcres?si=nKzOz-ueisH4CJjJ Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MfBp8xUR3Q Justice Is Here Podcast (with special guest Dr. Cornel West): https://www.youtube.com/live/xcLgjFplM3s?si=eg60VNiRNXWg4E_K Twin Cities Labor Report 11/17 (Starbucks workers begin strike, TA for Super One foods, unjust firing at MIA): https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-cities-labor-report-1117 'No contracts, no coffee.' Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on busy Red Cup Day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FFkSBaYX9ls ---- EASY ESSAYS: THEORY OF REVOLUTION by Peter Maurin (in this link titled NOT A LIBERAL/NOT A CONSERVATIVE/and part of A RADICAL CHANGE): https://www.easyessays.org/when-christ-is-king/ Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin from "Time Without Measure" by The Chairman Dances: https://thechairmandances.bandcamp.com/track/dorothy-day-and-peter-maurin ---- VIDEO of If Conservatives Are So Keen On Marriage, Why Are They So Bad At It? by Stephanie Cholensky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssADaVAxX2g

Special Report (11/13/2025) In this special we start out speaking with Brian von Ahsen about a recent nightmare patient experience in the Hospital as a result of short staffing. Then we broaden our scope to look at a number of elements of US Capitalist Healthcare's decline. Links to items covered in this special: Hennepin Healthcare resident physicians file for union recognition (3/12/2025): https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/12/hennepin-healthcare-resident-physicians-file-for-union-election/ Staffing shortages at VA health systems: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/staffing-shortages-veterans-affairs-watchdog/ https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/news/va-medical-centers-face-staffing-crisis-as-shortages-surge-50/172836/ https://www.newsweek.com/va-medical-centers-severe-staffing-shortage-map-2114853 4 Nurses Say Hospital Forced Off-the-Clock Work and Unsafe Staffing, File Lawsuit (8/20/2025): https://nurse.org/news/nurses-sue-endeavor-health-wage-theft/ Minnesota hospitals, community clinics brace for impact of Medicaid cuts (9/25/2025): https://sahanjournal.com/health/minnesota-hospitals-clinics-brace-impact-medicaid-cuts/ Medicare staffing raises alarm with open enrollment underway: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5577102-medicare-staffing-raises-alarm-with-open-enrollment-underway/ Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/private-equity-hospitals-medicare-patient-deaths 5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care Services (10/30/2025): https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-consequences-of-private-equitys-expansion-in-health-care-services/ All 50 states will vie for funds from $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (11/6/2025): https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/all-50-states-will-vie-for-funds-from-50-billion-rural-health-transformation-program/ Allina providers strike across metro area clinics in historic first for Minnesota (11/5/2025): https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/allina-providers-strike-across-metro-area-clinics-in-historic-first-for-minnesota/ Alberta hospital, nursing staff vote 98% in favor of striking ahead of mediation (11/5/2025): https://globalnews.ca/news/11512792/aupe-strike-vote-health-care-lpn/ Hospital Doctors and Health Workers Launch 48-Hour Strike Over Pay and Staffing Shortages (11/6/2025): https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/11/07/greek-hospital-doctors-strike/ Safe Nurse Staffing Saves Lives and Money Across the World: https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/safe-nurse-staffing-saves-lives-and-money-across-the-world/ Causes and effects of hospital nursing shortages to consider potential feedback effects: an umbrella review (11/06/2025): https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-025-01028-w Flu cases in Japan exceed alert level, health ministry says: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/science-health/flu-cases-alert/ Healthcare Sees 224% Annual Increase in Attacks Targeting Mobile Devices: https://www.hipaajournal.com/healthcare-224-annual-increase-attacks-targeting-mobile-devices/ Every single GOP senator voted to make your health care more expensive: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/11/2353239/-Every-single-GOP-senator-voted-to-make-your-health-care-more-expensive Calls For Schumer to Step Down Grow as Democrats Cave on Healthcare & Help GOP Pass Funding Bill: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11/shutdown RESIGN CHUCK SCHUMER: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-T0bFFhWOJ0 Chuck Schumer’s Family Is Getting Nice Work on Wall Street: https://jacobin.com/2022/08/chuck-schumer-family-son-in-law-blackstone-tech-finance-lobby

A discussion and debate with community members and organizers in the Midwest on guns and gun control in America. (NOTE: A video version of this debate is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9xJj7OfugSM?si=IBezFhZ71aQZh71H ) David Boehnke: An organizer and visionary, works with people in the prison system to transform the prison system, a High School Teacher and educator for 13 years who has been involved in various organizing spaces in Minneapolis. Tracy Carson: Based in Indianapolis, IN in January she will be the State Chair for the Justice for All Party in Indiana. She is also currently focused on trying to get a group together to "Stop Braun" and remove the current governor of Indiana, Mike Braun. Sam Collins: A midwife serving a 75 mile radius of the Twin Cities. A mother, raised in a house without guns as a child and currently lives in a house with guns as an adult. Penelope Mace: No longer "working for money" now lives in Winona MN. Mace is a red diaper baby who was raised by "old commies" and has worked on many campaigns over the years including the Prisoners Solidarity Committee (which arose after the Attica Uprising.) She is trying to find other progressive people in Winona.

Special Interview Recorded (10/25/2025) and Uploaded (10/30/2025) (NOTE: A video of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0mm_dfnbQe4?si=WKcvoYt5XODv2ODc) In this Special Interview we speak with Dan Engelhart (https://danengelhart.org/) who is running for Park Board District 1 in Minneapolis. Engelhart is a Labor and Community Organizer who has been a long time Business Agent in Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) and has the endorsement of that union among many other political and labor endorsements. #minneapoliselection #parkboard #minneapolisparks

Special Interview Recorded (9/30/2025) and Uploaded (10/23/2025) (NOTE: You can watch a video of this interview on YouTube from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3tunnaYG1o ) In this special we speak with Kamana'okekai Lattig (She/He) who identifies as Māhū (native Hawai'ian gender identity) and is Kānaka Maoli ( which means “real people" and refers to people indigenous to Hawaiʻi.) Lattig is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. In this special we discuss an article that he wrote titled NA KEIKI PA LUA O KA HONUA: NAVIGATING DIASPORIC HAWAIIAN IDENTITY UNDER THE GAZE OF 21ST CENTURY TOURISM in which she conducted research on Hula (Traditional Hawaiian dance) and connections between Kānaka Maoli in the diaspora and on the islands and their connection to traditional identity. If you would be interested in reading the article please reach out to us on Social Media and we can share it with you. #kanakamaoli #hawaii #hula

(NOTE: You can watch a version of this as a video on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios, which includes some images and video of settler violence: https://youtu.be/BxxAnWZ0kWk?si=boqv728mT56QMRVR) In this Interview we speak with Yolanda Roth. Yolanda Roth is a Social Justice Activist, Singer, Songwriter and General Lover of Humanity. Originally from Wisconsin Roth has lived in the Twin Cities since 2008. Roth recently went to Israel to work with a Jewish NGO, Tazak Tzedeck and Rabbi Arik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arik_Ascherman), as a protective presence activist in the Occupied West Bank.

NEWS + MUSIC + ASSATA SHAKUR SPEAKS (letter read by Shakur from 1998 on Pacifica Radio). NEWS: Wall Street’s Bid For Your Power (10/3/2025): https://www.levernews.com/wall-streets-bid-for-your-power/ Report From The Occupied West Bank: Interview For Socialist News And Views (URBAN CABIN STUDIOS YOUTUBE): https://youtu.be/BxxAnWZ0kWk?si=zRF9bdK_kpKwCyPv Amid ceasefire, Minnesota Palestinians express hope and skepticism as families return to Gaza City (10/11/2025): https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minnesota-palestinians-allies-gaza-ceasefire/ 12,000 acres of forest and wetlands in northeast Minnesota now public after land purchase (10/14/2025): https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/10/14/public-forests-and-wetlands-increase-in-northeast-minnesota-after-land-purchase Chicagoans mobilize to demand an end to the federal occupation (10/9/2025): https://fightbacknews.org/articles/chicagoans-mobilize-to-demand-an-end-to-the-federal-occupation Chicago: ICE Raids Meet Mass Resistance (10/14/2025): https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/chicago-ice-raids-meet-mass-resistance/ President of Madagascar flees to ‘safe location’ amid deadly protests (10/13/2025): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/13/president-of-madagascar-flees-to-safe-location-amid-deadly-protests Morocco: The Gen Z 212 Uprising (10/13/2025): https://crimethinc.com/2025/10/13/morocco-the-gen-z-212-uprising-an-interview ---- MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVSTiPZWKs ---- ASSATA SHAKUR SPEAKS: Assata Shakur (in her own words) - Pacifica Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcLILLWef3E An Open Letter From Assata Shakur written from Havana Cuba on October 5th 2013: https://hoodcommunist.org/2024/03/07/an-open-letter-from-assata-shakur/

Special Interview Recorded (10/07/2025) and Uploaded (10/09/2025) In this special we speak with Jeff Roy and Arlys Herem from Veterans For Peace (https://www.veteransforpeace.org/) and their Save Our VA (https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/stop-privatization-veterans-health-administration) campaign. We discuss the current situation with Veterans Healthcare and the Healthcare at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Herem also recommends folks check out The Veterans Healthcare Policy Intitute: https://www.veteranspolicy.org/ LINKS to other items mentioned in this interview: VA Retaliates Against AFGE and Other Unions By Terminating Workers’ Contract: https://www.afge.org/article/va-retaliates-against-afge-and-other-unions-by-terminating-workers-contract/ VHPI Special Reports: https://www.veteranspolicy.org/special-reports US veterans’ final message from the Global Sumud Flotilla before being intercepted by Israel: https://therealnews.com/us-veterans-from-global-sumud-flotilla-israel-intercepted 32% of Mass Shooters Are Veterans. 0% of Media Outlets Will Say So: https://davidswanson.org/32-of-mass-shooters-are-veterans-0-of-media-outlets-will-say-so/ #veteransforpeace #saveourva #veteranshealthcare

Special Interview Recorded (9/25/2025) and Uploaded Here (10/2/2025) (NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/AOCYmGkckgg?si=hf4uGFCU7Aty0U2H) In this Special Interview we speak with Anthony DePice (https://www.instagram.com/j.anthony.depice/), originally from Philly who now works with 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 in Southern California. We also speak with Activist and Abolitionist, Lavish (https://www.tiktok.com/@lavishmack / https://www.instagram.com/lavishmack/) who grew up in Minneapolis "a couple blocks from where George Floyd was taken from the world." You can hear a longer version of Lavish's story about his detention and questioning here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMDpZaas8Ow/ #collectiveliberation #humanrights #freepalestine

Special Interview Recorded (9/11/2025) and Uploaded (9/25/25). In this special we speak with the local author Elaine Klaassen about her book La Penultima: With A Rose In Its Eye (https://www.amazon.com/PENULTIMA-ROSE-ITS-EYE/dp/B0D92NTR9C). Which is also available for $15 at Boneshaker Books ( 2002 23rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404) and at Eat My Words Bookstore (201 6th St SE UNIT 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414). Klaassen has also written for the local newspaper SouthSide Pride (https://southsidepride.com/columnists/elaine-klaassen/) for many years. The author wished for the following words about socialism from Ricardo Levins Morales and Ed Felien to also be shared: I felt like Ricardo and Ed sounded very similar in their views about socialism. In my article about RLM (https://southsidepride.com/2025/09/03/the-land-knows-the-way-eco-social-insights-for-liberation/), here's the paragraph: The words socialism and capitalism, often hot-button words, appear sparingly. In our interview he said that by socialism he means “what’s good for people—every species needs safety, and real safety means safety for everyone, that is, equality … Socialism can encompass a range of social and economic arrangements. When a socialist system hurts people and the environment, it is betraying its mission.” - AND - Ed wrote these two paragraphs in his second article about the DFL convention, "State DFL declares war on Minneapolis." (https://southsidepride.com/2025/09/03/state-dfl-declares-war-on-minneapolis/): "Frey’s people want you to believe socialists are somehow scary and different. Socialists want a world based on love for your neighbor and hope for your community. Paul Wellstone used to say, “We all do better when we all do better.” And that means taking care of the least of us first. We must care for the homeless and the hungry because they are our brothers and our sisters. Somehow, at some point, believing in loving thy neighbor as thyself became un-American. And, somehow, the people who fight mightily for the rich and powerful came to call themselves Christians."

In this Extra we hear the voice of Journalist Pranaya Rana from Nepal who has reported on recent protests at Kalam Weekly (https://kalamweekly.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search). You can watch a video version of this interview on the YouTube of Urban Cabin Studios: https://youtu.be/wk9kJnQx_gg?si=FlBQAgziYg2xxwHA

NEWS + MUSIC + PERSPECTIVES on Social Movements from listeners. NEWS: State DFL declares war on Minneapolis: https://southsidepride.com/2025/09/03/state-dfl-declares-war-on-minneapolis/ Educators RALLY AT DAVIS for Smaller Class Sizes and Safe Staffing! 9/9/2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiEgDuHGE Teamster Strike Victory at the University of Minnesota: https://www.tdu.org/teamster_strike_victory_at_the_university_of_minnesota Trump Reveals 'Major Investigation' After Kirk Death: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reveals-major-investigation-after-kirk-death-2129947 Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0r5y33pj5o Socialist News And Views Interview: Nepal - Two Days In September (FULL VIDEO): https://youtu.be/wk9kJnQx_gg?si=dSztUtQqr7k1W7lR (FULL AUDIO): https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/extra-nepal-two-days-in-september A primer for what is happening in Nepal: https://kalamweekly.substack.com/p/a-primer-for-what-is-happening-in Gaza Doctor Pleads with World to Stop Israel's Genocide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqCQLpX8X5k Protesters gather outside Broadview ICE facility amid Midway Blitz crackdown: https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-operation-midway-blitz-protesters-gather-outside-broadview-facility-amid-trumps-chicago-immigration-crackdown/17799687/ ---- MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPtCU3mgs3I The only recording... (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-only-recording-of-woody-guthrie-singing-the-protest-song-deportee-has-been-released-for-the-first-time-180987084/) ---- PERSPECTIVES on Social Movements from listeners. If you have additional thoughts. Reach us on social media.

Special Interview Recorded (9/9/2025) and Uploaded (9/11/2025) (ILLUSTRATION: from Laws of Social Reproduction Twitter of the European Research Council.) (NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: https://youtu.be/nWMA2Te1kU4?si=15aowHByYVrqw7rx) In this Special Interview we speak with James Radek, Revolutionary Socialist, Anti-Police and Ant-Fascist Activist and Founder of Firebrand Communists (https://firebrand.red/) and Denver Communists (https://denvercommunists.org/). In this special we discuss an article that Radek wrote titled Why Marxists Need to Understand Social Reproduction Theory: https://firebrand.red/2025/08/why-marxists-need-to-understand-social-reproduction-theory/ We also talk a bit about Inessa Armand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inessa_Armand Firebrand also has an upcoming Study Group on The Meaning of Marxism by Paul D’Amato starting Sept 15th which is open to the public. That means you! You can find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/firebrandcommies/posts/pfbid0nwvGNW3fCqn8hSCEK5HeyVHmTWb7JcdYra8VshR3NWk1eeyEjDnRCce8xh8se3AUl

Special Report Recorded (9/2/2025) and Uploaded (9/4/2025) (PHOTO: Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Workers informational picket in St. Paul Winter 2022) ****(NOTE - IMPORTANT UPCOMING LABOR EVENT - RALLY AT DAVIS: Prioritize Lower Class Sizes and Safe Staffing! https://www.facebook.com/events/1114084400824142) (****BONUS EVENT: Join Educators and their supporters at open bargaining session on Thursday, September 11th from 5-8pm at the MFE59 office (67 8th Avenue NE, MPLS). They will be heading into mediation soon and would love to see you all in-person.) In this special we speak with Paul who is a labor activist and a member of the Executive Board of UFCW local 663 (https://www.ufcw663.org/). He also writes the Twin Cities Labor Report (https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/) on Substack. During this interview we primarily discuss some of the recent wins and upcoming struggles in the Twin Cities Labor Movement as well as touching briefly on national and international labor campaigns.

Special Report (8/28/2025) In this special report we hear audio from a protest at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center on Monday August 25th 2025. A speech and two short interviews with workers.

(NOTE: An audio version of this interview on YouTube includes CAPTIONS: https://youtu.be/V5Pt0VN03UU?si=32pzkag9TMleYyPt) INTERVIEW with Jihad Jneid (https://www.instagram.com/jeehad.jn/), Journalist and Producer from Tripoli, Lebanon. He entered Syria just hours after the fall of the Assad regime there. Here we discuss the situation on the ground in Syria shortly after the fall of Assad and later. Then we discuss the release and return of Georges Abdallah to Lebanon and the state of the left in that country. ----- LINKS TO ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW: What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/8/what-happened-in-syria-has-al-assad-really-fallen Georges Abdallah freed after four decades in French prison: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/georges-abdallah-freed-after-four-decades-in-french-prison Will Lebanon succeed in disarming Hezbollah?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/will-lebanon-succeed-in-disarming-hezbollah ---- PREVIOUS SOCIALIST NEWS AND VIEWS PODCASTS ON THESE TOPICS: EXTRA: Update From Syria - Full Interview with Thomas Schmidinger: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/extra-update-from-syria-full-interview-with-thomas-schmidinger SNV Special Interview: Discussion On The Developments In Syria: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-discussion-on-the-developments-in-syria SNV Special Report: George Ibrahim Abdallah Is Free!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-george-ibrahim-abdallah-is-free ----- MUSIC (clip) that ends the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLEbVnywh0

Special Interview Recorded (8/5/2025) and Uploaded (8/14/2025) In this Special we speak with Raycurt Johnson (AKA Raycurt Lemuel AKA FIDDLA: http://raycurt.com/bio.htm). He has been in Minneapolis for about 5 years. He is based at the Center for Performing Arts where he has a studio and at George Floyd Square (https://www.instagram.com/38thandchicagogfs) where the community still meets twice a day and Brass Solidarity (https://www.facebook.com/BrassSolidarity) play and practice music every Monday night at 5:30pm. Here is RAW video of music from Brass Solidarity at George Floyd Square on Monday July 21st (Provided by Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/b0Lnnm4PcZQ?si=wNuejrcNEuLh2xLB

Special Report (8/7/2025) In this special we discuss the release on July 25th, 2025 of George Ibrahim Abdallah from a French prison after 41 years as a political prisoner. Abdallah played a leadership role within the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_%E2%80%93_External_Operations) and founded the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Revolutionary_Factions). Abdallah was also a in the United Front of Immigrant Workers and Working-Class Neighborhoods/Front uni des immigrations et des quartiers populaires (https://fuiqp.org/) and is the honorary President of the Union for Communist Reconstruction/Pour la reconstruction d’un Parti communiste (https://urcommuniste.fr/). George Ibrahim Abdallah has now returned to Lebanon and is again using his platform to organize for resistance and to achieve a Free Palestine. Links to other items covered in the report: Pro-Palestinian Lebanese fighter freed from France welcomed home in Beirut: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/25/pro-palestinian-lebanese-fighter-released-from-french-prison-after-40-years French court orders release of Lebanese political activist jailed for 40 years: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-court-orders-release-lebanese-political-activist-jailed-40-years Who is Georges Abdallah?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdPXWHa7SHw GEORGES IBRAHIM ABDALLAH finally FREE! (Interview with SAÏD BOUAMAMA): https://youtu.be/7s7jUgVtZdQ?si=pJ_YWJ69HIea4JAf MARXIST CHRISTIANS IN A LEBANESE TOWN: A LINK TO TERROR BOMBING IN PARIS (archive): https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/19/world/marxist-christians-in-a-lebanese-town-a-link-to-terror-bombing-in-paris.html Protest outside embassy over delay in repatriation of militant Abdallah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xndxJf7zoQ Freedom for Georges Abdallah and all political prisoners! (June 18, 2017): https://www.redspark.nu/political-prisoners/freedom-for-georges-abdallah-and-all-political-prisoners/ Free Georges Ibrahim Abdullah! (February 10, 2022): https://www.marxistreview.asia/free-georges-ibrahim-abdullah/ Georges Abdallah’s Release Is Long Overdue (10.30.2024): https://jacobin.com/2024/10/georges-abdallah-french-prison-release France to release pro-Palestinian activist Georges Abdallah after 40 years of prison • FRANCE 24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj1ZDQLamQw Georges Abdallah will be free; Palestine will be free! (17 July 2025): https://samidoun.net/2025/07/georges-abdallah-will-be-free-palestine-will-be-free/ Shackled and Unbowed: How Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Became A Universal Emblem of Resistance (18/07/2025): https://countercurrents.org/2025/07/shackled-and-unbowed-how-georges-ibrahim-abdallah-became-a-universal-emblem-of-resistance/ Georges Abdallah: The Lebanese activist France has held for over 40 years (THU, 19 JUN 2025): https://www.modernghana.com/news/1409984/georges-abdallah-the-lebanese-activist-france.html The people freed Georges Abdallah! Free all political prisoners!: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/the-people-freed-georges-abdallah-free-all-political-prisoners Georges Abdallah: My salute to the Resistance, its martyrs, and Dahieh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mkx4JkYnqeA Georges Abdallah slams Arab silence over ongoing famine in Gaza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYkjCEUpojY

Special Interview Recorded (7/29/2025) and Uploaded (7/31/2025) (NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi2jBWWtz8) In this special we speak with Leslie Myint (She/Her) an Associate Professor of Data Science and Statistics at Macalester College (https://www.macalester.edu/) and also a member of the Zero Burn Coalition (https://hercshutdown.org/). In this special we discuss The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (commonly referred to as the HERC) which is a waste-to-energy facility located in downtown Minneapolis that burns garbage to generate energy. The community has spent decades trying to close down the HERC and we may be closer than ever. The biggest group withint the Zero Burn Coalition is the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table which can be found here: https://www.mnejtable.org/anti-incinerator-campaign Zero Burn Coalition demands Hennepin County take steps immediately to shut down HERC (Longfellow/Nokomis Messanger): https://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/zero-burn-coalition-demands-hennepin-county-take-steps-immediately-to-shut-down-herc,117671

Special Interview Recorded (7/10/2025) and Uploaded (7/24/2025) In this special we speak with long-time activist Beth Blick, Board Member of Minnesota Citizens for Global Solutions (globalsolutionsmn.org) and MN State Chapter of the National Organization For Women (NOW: https://now.org/). In this special we speak about ending the practice of allowing sheltered workshops for disabled individuals that pay a subminimum wage, disabled organizations by and for disabled people, and many other topics about creating a better world. Beth Blick has recently started getting involved with Democratic Socialists of America (DSA: https://twincitiesdsa.org/) Beth Blick has also written previous columns for Minnesota Women's Press: VIEW: What We Need for the Disabled Community: https://www.womenspress.com/view-what-we-need-for-the-disabled-community/ Feline Power: https://www.womenspress.com/feline-power/ #Ableism #DisabilityRights #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica

NEWS + POEM + ESSAY - Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China ready by Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/fill-up-and-empty-seven-days-in-chengdu-china/). NEWS: Good Trouble Lives On: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/ (FULL) Good Trouble Lives On: Socialist News And Views Interview with Monique Cullars Doty, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota: https://youtu.be/NV5wgvzP-Yk?si=aQom71OnfYYcDXbo Help Kamel Aljamal Become a Surgeon and Escape the Genocide: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kamel-aljamal-become-a-surgeon-and-escape-the-genocide ---- POEM: I held my little boy as he slept: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14MxKhStu3T/ ---- ESSAY: Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China: https://annewinklermorey.com/fill-up-and-empty-seven-days-in-chengdu-china/ From her blog Aging On The Run: https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/ From Anne Winkler-Morey's website: https://annewinklermorey.com/ You can buy Anne Winkler-Morey's book Allegience to Winds and Waters here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-bicycling-the-political-divides-of-the-united-states-anne-winkler-morey/18195167?aid=82747&ean=9781634895163&gclid=CjwKCAjwo9unBhBTEiwAipC116PmxxHe8GXitGZsB33pcPzCR9BBaxdpMh7C2gGbLNJtohfILHlr8BoCF7cQAvD_BwE&listref=allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-bicycling-the-political-divides-of-the-united-states You can see Winkler-Morey's previous appearances on the podcast - Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-anne-winkler-morey-interviews-host-nick and Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-aging-on-the-run and Here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-socialist-news-and-views-episode-37 ----

Special Report (7/10/2025) In this special we revisit 40 years since the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior) in the Port of Auckland. The bombing and subsequent sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was a "covert operation" by the French secret service agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). Fernando Pereira, a Greenpeace photographer, died in the sinking ship. Thirty years later the individual who planted the bomb Jean-Luc Kister confessed and apologized for doing it. Links to topics discussed in this special: Bombing and Sinking of Rainbow Warrior (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-CGX7_baRQ Terrorising Greenpeace: The French Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior (1985) | Political History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIzafGm9CUA Rainbow Warrior: 30 Years On - Skipper Pete Willcox reflects (PMC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQaEwTeX6E&t=172s French Agent Breaks Silence on Bombing Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-xA8UavHSM&t=18s Justice has 'absolutely not' been done - Rainbow Warrior captain: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/justice-has-absolutely-not-been-done-rainbow-warrior-captain/FHGVHX54TPIDO7QDIVI2QLITAE/ USA: GREENPEACE DEMONSTRATION OVER RAINBOW WARRIOR SEIZURE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJiD8x_GG4 Rainbow Warrior 7/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTURi-iCOA

Special Interview Recorded (6/19/2025) and Uploaded (7/3/2025) (NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/obXNp1uHXaY?si=mSTzS09o-DXlE95P) In this Special Interview the great Author and Globetrotter Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/) interviews the Host of Socialist News and Views, Nick Shillingford. NOTE: Unfortunately the answer to the first question about the FREE BOOKS table was not saved correctly so this interview starts with the second questions. Nick Shillingford is a Registered Nurse, Marxist, Artists and Podcaster based in South Minneapolis. He hosts Socialist News and Views, a weekly podcast on politics, history, art and culture. #travel #socialism #podcasting