Green Socialist Notes

This week Howie is participating in the Green Party's #EarthDayToMayDay ​ series to commemorate both Earth Day and May Day.  Joining Howie will be Harvey Wasserman and Marilyn Elie, longtime anti-nuclear and environmental activists; as well as Mark Dunlea of GPUS' Eco-Action Committee.   Streamed on 4/27/2021 Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/6BqFfYu4hmc Green Socialist Notes is a wee...

This week Howie responds to the reintroduction of progressive Democrats' Green New Deal Non-Binding Resolution before being joined by Ernesto Ayala from Tele-Jaguar.com for a conversation about police brutality. Ernesto Ayala was born in the San Fernando Valley, California and have resided in Pacoima my whole life. I grew up in the Chicano Liberation struggle in particular within El Partido Nacion...

This week Howie (Angela had to work late) talks about the Green Party of Papua New Guinea and takes user questions on a wide range of topics (listed below). 00:00: Intro 01:00: Green Party of Papua New Guinea 15:35: Indigenous Rights 16:30: Left Unity and Building a Mass Party 20:15: Ecosocialist Green New Deal on the Local Level 22:45: Kshama Sawant Solidarity Campaign 23:58: Troop Withdrawal fro...

Howie is joined by Bill Barry and Mike Elk for a special stream reflecting on the Amazon organizing fight in Bessemer, AL, a discussion on what should be next for the labor movement, and some tips on what you need to know to organize your workplace. Bill Barry is a the former Director of Labor Studies at the Community College of Baltimore County and is a labor history and organizing expert.  ...

Howie and Angela return to their standard current events and Q&A formatting, after a month of special topic streams. Howie opens up by breaking down the weaknesses in the Democrats' American Jobs Plan, before taking viewer questions.  00:00: Intros 03:28: American Jobs Plan Analysis 40:00: Per Mile Tax Proposal 41:34: Electric Vehicles in American Jobs Plan 43:34: A Just Transition as Par...

Howie and Angela are joined by Virginia Rodino, Press Secretary for the Hawkins/Walker campaign and also the co-chair of the Maryland Green Party and the Maryland coordinator for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, for a discussion of the current spate of anti-Asian violence, what Greens need to know about it, and what Greens can do about it. Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/AVpEnoCRJf8...

Howie (Angela had to work late) discusses the other side of reproductive justice, specifically whether Latinas have full access to their reproductive choice.  This discussion is not to the exclusion of any other population, but it's serving to shed some light to the entire spectrum of discussion.  Howie is joined by Annie Martínez (CO), an attorney, former Green candidate and past presid...

As part of our continuing #WomensHistoryMonth streams, Howie and Angela are joined by fellow Greens Margaret Elisabeth (national co-chair, Green Party of the United States, based in Seattle) and Emma Lugo (Secretary, Pacific Green Party and community radio board member based in Portland, OR) for a conversation about how Patriarchy impacts trans women and non-binary/gender non-conforming people. St...

CONTENT WARNING:  THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DISCUSSIONS OF RAPE AND RAPE CULTURE. This week Howie and Angela are joined by Tara Reade and Annika Leonard for a Women's History Month Stream on Rape Culture, Capitalism, and Patriarchy. More information on Tara and Annika can be found at https://howiehawkins.us/sexual-assault-survivor-tara-reade-joins-with-howie-hawkins-and-angela-walker-to-discuss-r...

This week Howie and Angela are joined by a great panel to discuss the fight for democracy in Haiti! Guests will include Dr. Margaret Flowers (Popular Resistance), Danny Shaw (professor of Latin American & Caribbean Studies), Netfa Freeman (organizer with Black Alliance for Peace), & Tom Violett (co-chair, Green Party of New Jersey). Streamed on 3/9/2021 Watch the video at: https://youtu.be...

Our first episode as a podcast! Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees , Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which gr...