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On today's episode we are joined by Tram Hoang, Monica Bravo and B Rosas, 3 organizers with the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS)Coalition that led the victorious campaign for Rent Control in St. Paul. We discuss the ins and outs of how this historic victory was achieved and what lessons renters can take as we fight for rent control across the state. Follow HENS at @henstp to join the effort to d...

We are uplifting a call to action from Minnesota Uprising Arrestee Support (MUAS) in support of Montez Lee, a 25 year old father of 2 who is in federal custody on charges stemming from the uprising after the murder of George Floyd. Click the link below and submit a letter to in support of Montez Lee, letters must be in by Nov.14th so do it promptly.  Montez Lee sentencing letter template send lett...

Today we are joined by friend of the show Micah Fitch for a discussion on voting systems. Micah helps us understand the strengths and limitations of Rank Choice Voting a little better and introduces us to two potential alternatives,  Approval and STAR voting.  We have some autopsies of the recent Minneapolis Municipal elections coming soon as we are fast approaching our 100th episode. Subscribe on...

We got the whole crew back together for another 2021 Municipal election conversation, this time we discuss the potential for socialist gains and liberal cooptation while we run down all 13 city council races.  Thank you to everyone who helped us get over the 250 patron threshold, next up is 300, subscribe today!  Patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity 

Join us Saturday, October 30th at Van Cleve Park for the Robin for Minneapolis Zombie Vote Crawl.  Enjoy Music, Food, Prizes for Best Political Zombie Costume and casting your vote early  Make Sure You Turn out all your Ward 2 people between now and Election Day to elect Democratic Socialist Robin Wonsley-Worlobah to the Minneapolis City Council 

On today's episode we are joined by professional parlimentarian Josh Martin to get an overview of the Board of Estimates and Taxation, the arm of local government that sets the property tax rate and issues bonds. Before the interview we reflect on the need to go beyond taxing the rich toward a wholistic redistributive agenda to move us from capitalism to socialism.  We are only 4 subscribers away...

The whole squad is back on the mic joined by returning guest Amber Delgado to shine astrological light on the 2021 Minneapolis municipal elections. We start with a discussion on the 3 charter amendments on the ballot this year and then we check the planetary alignment of some of the top mayoral contenders.  Support Dylan Robinson here  Check out Amber's work here  We need 6 more subscribers on Pat...

On today's episode we are joined by Eli and Rachel from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, ROC MN, to talk about their successful organizing campaign that won $230,000 of back wages, unpaid overtime and damages from Kim Bartmann and the Bartmann restaurant group. We get the story of this inspiring campaign and discuss broader issues and organizing in the food service industry, the impacts of cov...

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On today's episode we are joined by professor of Political Science, African and African American studies at the University of Minnesota August Nimtz to discuss his book The Ballot, The Streets or Both? From Marx and Engles to Lenin and the October Revolution  in the light of the 2021 Minneapolis municipal elections. Professor Nimtz takes us through the history of revolutionary communist engagement...

I wanted to share some lessons I learned from welcoming a baby into the world during a historic drought and the hottest summer on record, while Enridge is violating our sacred waters. Here is a short reflection on the climate crisis, capitalist despair and revolutionary joy - Jake.  Produced by Isaac Specktor - as always.  Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content

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Today we are joined by South Minneapolis writer Eamon Whalen to discuss his cover piece in the latest edition of The Nation magazine "The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic", a rich profile of evolutionary biologist, agroecologist and economic geographer Rob Wallace and his work on the political economy of Covid-19 and pandemics. Eamon introduces us to Rob Wallace and we discuss...

On today's episode we are joined by cultural worker, organizer and Executive Director of MediaJustice Steven Renderos to talk about the battle against monopoly ownership and misinformation in our corporate media system. We start by looking at Live Nation, one of the largest global players in the entertainment industry who recently opened a hotel and music venue "The Filmore Minneapolis" with our a...

Tomorrow, Wednesday August 18th, the Minneapolis city council will vote on whether to move forward with the city's toxic Hiawatha Expansion project.  We need YOU to take action today - contact city council and let them know we don't want any more pollution in the already over burdened E. Phillips Community, we need them to move the Hiawatha Expansion and support the East Phillips Urban Farm!  Emai...

On todays episode we have a great discussion with Socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council Robin Wonsley Worlobah. We talk about Robins pathway to becoming a democratic socialist, her decision not to pursue a dual endorsement from the DFL, the future of public safety in Minneapolis, socialist housing policy and more! Check out Robin's campaign website here and see how you can contribute to...

Today we are joined St. Paul luminary, poet and organizer Tish Jones to talk about the grass roots community challenge to the 'ReConnect Rondo" land bridge project. We open by discussing the history of the Rondo Neighborhood of St. Paul, a thriving Black community that was intentionally destroyed by the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1960s. From there Tish shares with us the woeful lack of c...

On todays episode we are continuing our reflection on the relationship between capitalist real estate and the police state by looking into a key player in Operation Safety Now - Mr. Eric Won. We start with an overview of Operation Safety Now as revealed by independent reporter Logan Carroll and then zero in on Mr. Won, his history with the federal government and his role pushing the Upper Harbor f...

Today we're joined by Ginger Jentzen and Qannani Omar to discuss their work with Minneapolis United for Rent Control and the fight for a strong universal rent control policy. We talk over the process of making rent control a reality for Minneapolis and dispel some of the myths surrounding this policy proposal. Sign Minneapolis United for Rent Control's petition here ! Keep this show going by suppo...

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To supplement this weeks interview with Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) leader's Shalini Gupta and Roxxanne Obrien we are releasing a recording of the May 18th Community Intervention organized by CMEJ at Northern Metals. This powerful action was attended by roughly 100 concerned Minneapolis residents and featured powerful speakers from across communities and organizations. Big h...

On today's episode we are joined by Roxanne Obrien and Shalini Gupta, founding members of Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ), to get caught up on the fight against industrial polluter Northern Metals. Roxxanne and Shalini brief us on the multiple toxic fires at Northern Metals this spring, how Covid 19 intersects with Environmental Racism and how the ruling class is using grant mon...

Subscribe on Patreon to get the entire EP now!  ________________ Peace! Im really excited to drop this project I made last year into your feed. ZOOM DOOM BLOOM is a collection of raps I wrote during the wildly intense year of 2020. The first track was written as a New Years intention on January 1st 2020 and from there you get a sprinkling of stream of consciousness poems and reflections from throu...

We are joined today by Willy Lee, candidate for the Ward 12 city council seat in Minneapolis. Willy stops by to talk about what motivated them to challenge incumbent Andrew Johnson, the need to defund the police, housing policy and more.  Learn more about Willy Lee at Willylee.org *Before we get into our interview we talk about the murder of Winston Smith by officers with the US Marshals Fugitive...