SNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!

An episode of the Socialist News and Views podcast, hosted by Nicholas Shillingford, titled "SNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!" was published on January 29, 2026 and runs 30 minutes.

January 29, 2026 ·30m · Socialist News and Views

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Summary

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

Episode Description

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