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On today's episode we have the honor of being joined by Aegor and Andi from the Minneapolis chapter of the Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP). We talk about the history of Sex Worker organizing, the difference between "Decriminalization" and "legalization" and SWOP's efforts to repeal racist "loitering with intent" laws in Minneapolis. Be sure to join SWOP this Friday, June 4th for "Dancing in the...

A Letter to the National Guard(Who?) - Written during the National Guard occupation of Minneapolis, April 2021.  Subscribe on Patreon for an exclusive download of the entire song and more

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A short reflection on the first quarter of 2021 and an announcement for all our listeners.  Subscribe on Patreon to get exclusive episodes while we dive into creative mode this Spring. 

Today we are joined by South Minneapolis activist Marjaan Sirdar to discuss his explosive series of reports in Unicorn Riot exposing the Target Corporation's leading role in building mass incarceration  in Minneapolis and beyond. Entitled 21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City the report tracks the development of Target's Safe City" and "Downtown 100" initiatives that criminalizes and survei...

Today we are honored to be joined by Amber and Ileana from the newly formed Minnesota Council of Non-Profits (MCN) Workers Union. Amber and Ileana discuss the issues that drove the decision to unionize, the hopes, dreams and goals of the workers and we debunk some of the union busting myths that management uses to discourage worker organizing.  Unfortunately, in the time since we recorded this int...

Top of the morning to ya! We are celebrating the Irish diaspora on this St. Paddys Day by remembering the brave soldiers of St. Patricks Battalion in the Mexican American War. St. Patricks Battalion was a multi-racial unit comprised mostly of recent Irish immigrants who defected from the slave holding army of the United States and fought with the people of Mexico against the U.S. invasion.  On par...

Today we are covering the ongoing struggle over the Roof Depot site in the Phillips Neighborhood of South Minneapolis. We are joined by East Phillips Residents Joe Vital and Cassandra Holmes who discuss the history of environmental racism in the neighborhood and the city of Minneapolis' efforts to block community plans for a regenerative urban farm at the Roof Depot site and force more pollution o...

Today we are thrilled to be joined by two of the Twin Cities Hip-Hop community's finest artists The Lioness and Loco Beats to discuss their newly released collaborative album "Gemini". We talk about their journey as artists, dig into this powerful body of work, laugh a lot and discuss how artists are undervalued in the capitalist economy. Make sure you go buy Gemini at TheLionessMusic.bandcamp.com...

Today we turn our attention back to our local Billionaire overlords the Pohlad Companies. We zero in on PAR systems, the Pohlad owned global leader in robotics and artificial intelligence that specializes in eliminating jobs through automation and profits handsomely from war through contracts with the Department of Defense.  Subscribe on Patreon so we can raise an army to defeat the oligarchs robo...

Today we are joined by scholar Rebecca Walker to talk about the history of collaboration between the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and segregationist real estate developers. Rebecca's research sheds light on the white supremacist logic of the urban planners who launched the city park movement in the United States and the MPRB's close relationship with the racist real estate develope...

Today we get caught up to speed on perhaps the most impactful redevelopment project of our generation: the 48 acre Upper Harbor Terminal on the North Minneapolis riverfront. We start by celebrating the work of Community Members for Environmental Justice and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy who forced the city to delay the scheduled Feb 16th vote until the mandatory environmental rev...

We are joined by Isabel Chanslor, Danielle Swift and Sarah Nichols of Midway Rise Up and the Frogtown Neighborhood Association to talk about the active struggle for the future of University Ave  in St. Paul from Midway to Frogtown. They open by telling us about the efforts of landlords to evict longterm Black and Immigrant owned businesses and use the uprisings as a pretext to gentrify. Next, we z...

On today's episode we have the honor of interviewing South sider and filmmaker Daniel Bergin, creator of the full length documentary Jim Crow of the North. We ground our discussion in the history of whites only segregation in the Minneapolis housing market and the rich legacy of Black activism told in the Jim Crow of the North. Daniel shares some incredible stories from our local history and helps...

We sat down with experienced anti-fascist and newly elected president of CWA 7250 Kieran Knutson to reflect on the far right wing in the wake of the January 6th storming of the capital. We analyze the current moment and reach into the rich anti-fascist/anti-racist legacy for insight and strength. The second half of our discussion we break down Kieran's essential reflection on the death of White Su...

En nuestro primer episodio de 2021 estamos exponiendo a la explotación de trabajadores inmigrantes en la industria de construcción sin sindicato. Hablamos a Samantha, una trabajadora de construcción y una organizadora con CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha), quien nos explica el robo de salarios y las condiciones brutales e inseguras que enfrentan los trabajadores Latinxs en la indust...

On our first episode of 2021 we are shining light on the exploitation of immigrant labor in the non-union construction industry. We are joined by Samantha, a construction worker and organizer with CTUL (Center for Workers United in Struggle), who walks us through the wage theft and brutal, unsafe working conditions facing Latinx workers in the Non-Union Construction industry. Huge respect to Saman...

Today we highlight the connection between capitalist real estate development and police violence. We start with an overview of the history of racialized state violence tied to the real estate economy and then we look at some recent examples including the murder of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky and the new "Power Shift" of the Minneapolis Park Police targeting gentrifying South Minneapolis neigh...

Today we talk with ER Nurse and union steward Cliff Willmeng. On May 8th, 2020 Cliff was fired from United Hospital, owned by Allina Health, in the midst of advocating for PPE and workplace safety during the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic. We talk about the circumstances that led to Cliff's termination, the conditions for front line nurses battling this pandemic and the campaign to #BringBack...

On today's episode we compare and contrast the 2 major proposals put forward to compete with Jacob Frey's recommended 2021 budget for the city of Minneapolis. The People's Budget was consolidated by Black Visions, Reclaim the Block and others through years of organizing and engagement, the Safety for All Budget was brought forward by City Council members Phillipe Cunningham, Lisa Bender and Steve...

We had the opportunity to talk with 3 of the 12 members of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA)  Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG) who collectively resigned in protest of the MPCA's approval of permits for Canadian corporation Enbridge to construct the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline through Northern Minnesota. By approving this permit MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop and the Walz adm...

The Money Power Land Solidarity team got together on a frozen front porch to reflect on the 2020 elections. We talk about our personal experiences of election week(s), winner's and losers, the potential of a coup, Proposition 22 in California and what it means for working people across the nation and more. This is the edited version, head over to our Patreon page and become a subscriber for the fu...

We take the first 10 minutes of today's episode to give an update on the Upper Harbor Terminal re-development struggle, then we dive into a wide ranging interview with Niko Georgiades of the incredible independent media collective Unicorn Riot. Niko reflects on 5 years of movement reporting since the 2015 occupation of the 4th precinct in response to the MPD murder of Jamar Clark and invites us in...

We were joined by 2 organizers from Reclaim the Block who walk us through Mayor Jacob Frey's proposed 2021 city budget and the fight to defund the Minneapolis Police Department. Sheila and Corenia give us an overview of the budgeting process, put the 2021 budget in historical context and dig into the ways we can move money away from the police state and into our communities.  Follow @reclaimtheblo...