Socialist News and Views

Uploaded (7/14/2022) In this episode we cover the ongoing mass popular protests in Sri Lanka. Audio/Video clips used in this special: Demonstrators in Sri Lanka storm presidential palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNl0uq_XPY How Sri Lanka Protests Led to a "Reawakening of the Citizen" & Pushed Out President & Prime Minister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEcY6N1kTko Articles from this spe...

Uploaded (7/7/2022) If you prefer to read the items from this report: What Fourth of July means to Hawaiians: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10228132003429628&set=a.4777836008111 We’ve Carried the Rich for 200 Years. Let’s Get Them Off Our Backs!: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-3/july-4-call.htm

Special Report on Inflation Uploaded (6/23/2022) Links From This Report: US inflation at highest level in 4 decades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcKex6aQcrg A Socialist Primer on Monetary Policy and Inflation: https://jacobin.com/2021/09/socialist-primer-monetary-policy-inflation-federal-reserve-volcker-shock-class-tim-barker-interview Inflation is Class Warfare: https://www.liberationnews.org...

NEWS + MUSIC + FREEDOM PERSPECTIVES from listeners. NEWS: Strikebreaking Minneapolis School Board Moves Forward with Privatization Plan: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/06/13/strikebreaking-minneapolis-school-board-moves-forward-with-privatization-plan/ Let’s dump more water on South Minneapolis: https://southsidepride.com/2022/06/13/lets-dump-more-water-on-south-minneapolis/ Report: Min...

Special Interview recorded (6/5/2022) and uploaded (6/9/2022) My Labor Radio is A Radio Show & Podcast Produced in Fort Wayne, IN by Mark Gevaart who also hosts the podcast. I was featured on Mark's podcast My Labor Radio at the end of last year in an episode you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/mark-gevaart/nick-shillingford-minnesota-nurses-association-mlr-11-17-21 I figured with all the up...

Uploaded (6/2/2022) Thousands of Minnesota Healthcare Workers are Fighting for Fair Contracts Across the State. Here are articles mentioned in this episode: Mental health workers strike at three Twin Cities hospitals, citing unsafe working conditions: https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/05/24/mental-health-workers-strike-at-three-twin-cities-hospitals-citing-unsafe-working-conditions/ Psych workers...

Recorded (5/20/2022) and Uploaded (5/25/2022) In this Special Interview I speak with Marjaan Sirdar about investigative journalism of Target, Minneapolis Police and the Downtown 100 program that was used to police the lines of race and class in downtown Minneapolis. In multiple pieces Sirdar has provided ongoing coverage of this public-private partnership used to criminalize mostly homeless youth...

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW with Jesse Wozniak - author of Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State. NEWS: KEY FACTS ON ABORTION: https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/ Worldwide Socialist Feminist Struggle Needed for Abortion Rights: https://internationalsocialist.net/en/2022/05/socialist-feminism Thousands rally across US t...

Uploaded (5/12/2022) Starbucks and Amazon workers have sparked a national conversation about unionizing and workers are getting organized. Clips used in this special: Amazon Labor Union President Christian Smalls Opening Statement before Senate Banking Committee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RwzqKyreI Baristas at Snelling Avenue Starbucks vote to unionize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goi-...

Recorded (4/23/2022) Uploaded (5/5/2022) In this Special Interview we talk to Patrick Mazza of The Ravan Blog on Substack. I read this post ---> (Living in a time of catastrophe: https://theraven.substack.com/p/living-in-a-time-of-catastrophe?s=r) on The Raven and knew I wanted to talk to the author. Other blog posts from The Raven to check out: In a time of breakdown, return to the region: https:...

Recorded (4/23/2022). Uploaded (4/28/2022) The Born Again Labor Museum opened in Carbondale, IL on March 13th 2022. My wife and I visited the museum on Easter 2022. Here is a picture video from that trip across Illinois: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anhh2nWcKB4&t=95s I wanted to share the museum with all of our listeners so on my return I called Tish Turl and Adam Turl to talk about the museum...

Uploaded (4/21/2022) In this episode we hear an audio essay about the uprising. A few articles are also mentioned. Here are those links: The social upheaval in Nicaragua and the struggle against imperialism and the national bourgeoisie: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/25/nica-m25.html Hotwire #28: From Nicaragua To West Virginia: https://itsgoingdown.org/hotwire-28-from-nicaragua-to-west-...

Coverage of this story was cut from last weeks regular episode because of time. But the audio was already recorded. Here is the audio about this article. Check out the full article below. How The Spirit Of The George Floyd Uprising Lives On In Outlaw Car Culture: https://itsgoingdown.org/spirit-george-floyd-outlaw-car-culture/

NEWS + MUSIC + An Interview with Liane Gale to speak about the idea of a Care-Centered Economy NEWS: Why Black people fear police Minneapolis cop not charged in murder of Amir Locke: https://solidarity-us.org/no_charges_in_murder_of_amir_locke/ Protesters march to demand charges for police officer who shot Amir Locke: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2022/04/09/protesters-march-to-demand-charges-for...

Recorded (4/2/2022) and Uploaded (4/7/2022.) According to a recent article on Fight Back! News: "India saw yet another earth shattering general strike. The strike was called against the anti-people, anti-worker and the destructive policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government." Here is the article ---> General strike in India by Rick Majumdar: http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/4/3/ge...

The Three Evils of Society Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 6:01 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech in 1967 at the first and only National Conference for New Politics. Photo is from Benedict J. Fernandez

Rally Recorded (3/20/2022) and Report Uploaded (3/31/2022) Quoted in this report: Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals ratify contract after 20-day strike: http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/3/28/minneapolis-teachers-and-education-support-professionals-ratify-contract-after-20-day-stri No Compromise on What Minneapolis Educators & Students Deserve!: https://www.socialistalternat...

Just a little message to say GET INVOLVED! We released our special early this week so check it out also... SNV Special Interview: Support Adult Educators On Strike: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-support-adult-educators-on-strike Photo by Sigal Photos: https://www.facebook.com/bsigalphotos Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aPg6xCCA8

Recorded 3/16/2022 Uploaded 3/21/2022 Adult Educators are On Strike with MFT 59 as part of the current Minneapolis Teachers Strike. But so far Adult Ed has gotten less attention. So we wanted to talk to an Adult Educator to find out about their issues during this strike. Here is a Sahan Journal Article about these Educators: https://sahanjournal.com/education/minneapolis-teacher-strike-adult-basic...

Sex Work Perspectives 03/17/2022 NEWS: Minneapolis teachers and education assistants holding strong on Day 4 of strike!: http://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/3/11/minneapolis-teachers-and-education-assistants-holding-strong-day-4-strike Teachers in Minneapolis’ adult English literacy and GED program earn less than their K–12 counterparts. They say the low pay is causing an “exodus” of teachers and re...

Recorded (3/8/2022) and Uploaded (3/10/2022) The photo for this special comes from Sigal Photos: https://www.facebook.com/bsigalphotos Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) Local 59 was out on the picket line on strike for better schools and living wages for Education Support Professionals. In this special report we hear speeches from the Rally at the Nutrition Center on the first day of the st...

Recorded (3/1/2022) and Uploaded (3/3/2022) On February 24th the Anti-War Committee co-sponsored an event called Tell Klobuchar and Congress: No U.S. war with Russia, End U.S. intervention in Ukraine! The event was supported by numerous other groups including: MN Peace Action Committee, Climate Justice Committee, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, May Day Books, MN War Tax Resistance, Party for...

Interview Recorded (02/03/2022) and Uploaded (02/24/2022) I saw on social media and in some online news sources about a strike of social benefit workers in the country of Georgia. A country which borders on Russia among other countries. I spoke to one of the creators of the new union of these workers, Sofia Japaridze (with megaphone in above picture), about the strike. Article: In “bitter irony,”...

NEWS + POEM + Audio Essay -- written (September 2021) and recorded (January 2022) by Joseph Towns entitled --> USA Liberals Ain't Sh*t. Video from Urban Cabin Studios at National Solidarity Justice for Amir Rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p31b2EpvJ6k Democracy Now Reports on Amnesty Report of Israeli Apartheid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa2PjtGM8y4&t=230s Poem - Identity Card by Mahmo...

Full Audio Clips of Dr. Damiano at the 1/30/2022 rent control meeting discussing a report on Rent Control from CURA.