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Socialist News and Views
Nicholas Shillingford
145 episodes
15 hours ago
Ongoing News from the fight against misogyny, racism, homophobia, cuts in public services, restrictions on democracy as well as their root cause which is capitalism. Speeches, interviews, history, culture, and music from those struggling for a better world. Regular Episodes with news, art and perspectives posted the third Thursday of the month with Special Reports and Interviews on the other weeks of the month. All content produced by Urban Cabin Studios in South Minneapolis, MN USA.
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Ongoing News from the fight against misogyny, racism, homophobia, cuts in public services, restrictions on democracy as well as their root cause which is capitalism. Speeches, interviews, history, culture, and music from those struggling for a better world. Regular Episodes with news, art and perspectives posted the third Thursday of the month with Special Reports and Interviews on the other weeks of the month. All content produced by Urban Cabin Studios in South Minneapolis, MN USA.
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Socialist News and Views
Socialist News And Views DEBATE: Can Gun Control Work In America?

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.


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15 hours ago
1 hour 5 minutes 21 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Dan Engelhart For Minneapolis Park Board - District 1

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

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1 week ago
46 minutes 21 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: A Foot In Each World

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

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2 weeks ago
46 minutes 4 seconds

Socialist News and Views
EXTRA: Report From The Occupied West Bank

(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.


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2 weeks ago
51 minutes 11 seconds

Socialist News and Views
Assata Shakur Speaks: Socialist News And Views Episode # 75 (10/16/2025)

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/


Morocco: The Gen Z 212 Uprising (10/13/2025): https://crimethinc.com/2025/10/13/morocco-the-gen-z-212-uprising-an-interview


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MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVSTiPZWKs


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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/


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3 weeks ago
30 minutes 58 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Save Our VA Update

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

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4 weeks ago
33 minutes 44 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Their Repression And Our Response

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



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1 month ago
56 minutes 28 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: La Penultima By Elaine Klaassen

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). She 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.”


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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."


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1 month ago
1 hour 54 minutes 14 seconds

Socialist News and Views
EXTRA: Nepal - Two Days In September

In this Extra we hear the voice of Journalist Pranaya Rana from Nepal who has reported on recent Gen Z 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

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1 month ago
37 minutes 34 seconds

Socialist News and Views
Social Movement Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode #74

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 (FROM URBAN CABIN STUDIOS): 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


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/


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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/)


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PERSPECTIVES on Social Movements from listeners. If you have additional thoughts. Reach us on social media.

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1 month ago
30 minutes 51 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Marxists Must Understand Social Reproduction Theory

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

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1 month ago
30 minutes 57 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Twin Cities Labor Roundup

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! 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 Minneapolis Labor movement as well as touching briefly on national and international labor campaigns.

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2 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes 21 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Report: Stop The Attacks On Our VA Workers

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.

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2 months ago
16 minutes 27 seconds

Socialist News and Views
Syria And Lebanon: Socialist News And Views Episode # 73 (8/21/2025)

(NOTE: An audio version of this interview on YouTube includes CAPTIONS: 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.


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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


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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


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MUSIC (clip) that ends the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLEbVnywh0

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2 months ago
31 minutes 8 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Journey To George Floyd Square

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

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2 months ago
30 minutes 4 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Report: George Ibrahim Abdallah Is Free!

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 member 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



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3 months ago
35 minutes 35 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Zero Burn Coalition Says "SHUT IT DOWN!"

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

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3 months ago
21 minutes 4 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Interview: Against Sheltered Workshops

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

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3 months ago
20 minutes 33 seconds

Socialist News and Views
Seven Days In Chengdu: Socialist News And Views Episode # 72 (7/17/2025)

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


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POEM:


I held my little boy as he slept: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14MxKhStu3T/


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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


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3 months ago
30 minutes 59 seconds

Socialist News and Views
SNV Special Report: 40 Years Since Rainbow Warrior Bombing

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




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3 months ago
14 minutes 40 seconds

Socialist News and Views
Ongoing News from the fight against misogyny, racism, homophobia, cuts in public services, restrictions on democracy as well as their root cause which is capitalism. Speeches, interviews, history, culture, and music from those struggling for a better world. Regular Episodes with news, art and perspectives posted the third Thursday of the month with Special Reports and Interviews on the other weeks of the month. All content produced by Urban Cabin Studios in South Minneapolis, MN USA.