Socialist News and Views

Special Interview Recorded (10/12/2023) and Uploaded (11/9/2023) In this special we speak with Owei Lakemfa, a trade unionist, journalist and human rights activist in Nigeria. We speak about The International Centenary Conference on “Lenin, Leninism, Africa & the World” which will be held in Abuja, Nigeria on January 21-24, 2024. Lenin died on January 21, 1924 and January 21, 2024 marks one hundre...

Recorded (10/17/2023) and Uploaded (11/2/2023) Michael Hughes, Chairperson for Twin Cities chapter of Socialist Party USA (SP USA) (https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/) and previous member of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). In this interview we discuss the Socialism 2023 Conference (https://socialismconference.org/) which took place in Chicago September 1-4, 2023. Hughes attende...

Recorded (10/12/2023) and Uploaded (10/26/2023) In this special we speak with Anthony, a rank-and-file worker at Seward Co-op with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local 663 (https://www.ufcw663.org/). We discussed the contract that has recently been ratified by workers and includes significant material wins for wages and working conditions. This contract was won after workers voted overw...

#gaza #gazaunderattack #freepalestine Statement On Palestine from Jehad Adwan who is from Gaza and now lives in Blaine MN. Statement was recorded on 10/13/2023. Adwan came to the US in 1998. On 10/15/2023 Adwan lost multiple family members to Israeli air strikes in Gaza: https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/10... Previous interview with Jehad Adwan about the history of the Palestinian Apartheid by I...

NEWS + AUDIO FROM AUGUST EVICTION AT THE WALL OF FORGOTTEN NATIVES Second Half Recorded On Location at Wall of Forgotten Natives (8/24/23) On August 24th, 2023 after distributing notices of eviction the day before State Patrol Troopers on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDot) evicted a large group of indigenous and unhoused people from the area of the Wall of Forgotten Nativ...

Recorded (9/19/2023) and Uploaded (10/12/2023) If you haven't listened to Part 1 of this interview you should listen to that first and can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-nurses-forward-part-1 In this special we again speak with a slate of nurses running a rank-and-file campaign for the Board of Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) calling itself Nurs...

Recorded (9/15/2023) and Uploaded (10/5/2023) On Saturday August 12th, 2023 Mary Smith of Tacoma Washington was hit by a stray bullet outside of her home while talking to a neighbor. Here she tells her story about the struggle with parking and parking fees in the neighborhood that brought her out onto the street a little before 1 am that night. She also discusses her recovery, her current and hist...

****EVENT****Sunday October 1 @ 6:30 - Woodbury 10 Theater *DON'T FENCE ME OUT Film Showcase* = CLOSING TIME = Home * Less Recorded (8/15/2023) and Uploaded (9/28/2023) Special Interview with Filmmaker Jennifer Neverdal. This audio was recorded at Town Square Television during the final editing of Neverdal's new full-length documentary Closing Time. Links to items mentioned in this special: Fries...

NEWS + AUDIO + POLICE PERSPECTIVES NEWS: The March to End Fossil Fuels: 75,000 Rally in NYC to Push Biden & World Leaders on Climate Crisis: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/18/march_to_end_fossil_fuels_presser CONFUSED AUTOMAKERS BRACED FOR STRIKE AT THE WRONG PLANTS: https://theintercept.com/2023/09/19/uaw-strike-auto-plants/ Expand the Big Three autoworkers strike! For an industry-wide walko...

Recorded (7/13/2023) and Uploaded (9/14/2023) In this special we speak with Eliza Blum from General Strike US which you can find here------>(https://generalstrikeus.com/). Links to things mentioned in the special: Labor Strikes Back (PART 1) ft. Richard Wolff & The General Strike U.S.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45V29QQTdM&t=397s The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance (Erica Chenoweth):...

Recorded (8/28/2023) and Uploaded (9/7/2023). Kieran Knutson, President of Communications Workers of America (CWA) local 7250 speaks with us in this special about organizing going on within CWA. Our discussion includes the recent organizing of a candidate forum featuring the three individuals running for President of the National Union that folks in local 7250 spearheaded. We also discussed accusa...

(****EMMETT DOYLE'S UPCOMING SHOWS -- Rust Belt Ballads Album Debut: https://www.facebook.com/events/301082555800843 Rust Belt Ballads Central MN Debut: https://www.facebook.com/events/840267660610017) Special Interview Recorded (8/18/2023) and Uploaded (8/31/2023) In this special we speak with Emmett Doyle about his new album Rust Belt Ballads which you will be able to find here------>(https://em...

Recorded (8/8/2023) and Uploaded (8/24/2023) In this special we speak with a slate of nurses running a rank-and-file campaign for the Board of Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) calling itself Nurses Forward (https://www.nursesforward.org/). We speak with Shiori Konda-Muhammad from North Memorial who is seeking a First VP position, Tami Andersen from North Memorial seeking a Director position, Jil...

In this EXTRA we have some audio cut from the interview called The People's Family where Mary Gachie talks about how mutual aid is an attempt by middle-class activists to replicate what poor communities have been doing organically forever.

NEWS + POEM + DISCUSSION on History, Family and Community with Mary Benrud Gachie, Cameron Phillips, and Grace Wanza. NEWS: How dangerous climate conditions fueled Maui's devastating wildfires: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-wildfires-climate-change-drought-conditions/ a111sen on TikTok from Maui: https://www.tiktok.com/@a111sen/video/7266543219440209195 RAGING Fires In Hawaii...Residents Ask "...

Special Interview Recorded (8/3/2023) and Uploaded (8/10/2023) In this special we speak with Dimeji Macaulay in Nigeria. Macaulay is a socialist (Revolutionary Socialist Movement-RSM: https://www.facebook.com/revolutionarysocialistrsm), trade union activist and member of the Workers and Youth Solidarity Network (WYST). In this interview we talk about a very successful demonstration in Nigeria agai...

Special Interview Recorded (7/7/2023) and Uploaded (8/3/2023). In this special we speak with Bjorn Johnson who is a Paraprofessional in special education in the Inver Grove School District. Johnson says "children are the kindest demographic out there" and "children are some of the kindest people on Earth." Also saying adults must show children respect. In this special interview we discuss how fulf...

Special Interview Recorded (7/6/2023) and Uploaded (7/27/2023) In this special we speak with Andrea Johnson about the new mutual aid project she is working on called F_ck Period Poverty which you can find here------>(https://www.instagram.com/f_ckperiodpoverty/) If you want to get involved in making period kits you can send an email to----->(f.ckperiodpoverty@gmail.com). Some other links related t...

NEWS + MUSIC + COMEDY IS TORTURE by EMPORER SATURN NEWS: Rent control canceled by a minority on the City Council: https://southsidepride.com/2023/07/04/rent-control-canceled-by-a-minority-on-the-city-council/ Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union: https://www.labornotes.org/2023/07/reform-caucus-rises-sues-elections-amazon-labor-union California Amazon strikers, allies bloc...

Special Interview Recorded (7/6/2023) and Uploaded (7/13/2023) In this special I talk to Jon Gold who interviewed many key people about how we were lied to about 9/11. The transcripts of these interviews can be found here---->(https://wewereliedtoabout911.com/) We discuss a number of these lies in this interview. Links related to topics covered in this special: The Whistleblowers: 2002: https://co...

Special Interview Recorded (6/27/2023) and Uploaded (7/6/2023) In this Special Interview we speak to Edwin Fruit who is the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) Candidate for Ward 1 Minneapolis City Council. The SWP publishes a paper called The Militant which you can find here------>(https://themilitant.com/). In this interview we discuss the Ward 1 campaign, the program of the Socialist Workers Party, t...

Special Interview Recorded (6/22/2023) and Uploaded (6/29/2023) In this special we speak with Tania who was part of the May Day Brigade that traveled to Cuba with the National Network On Cuba (https://www.instagram.com/nationalnetworkoncuba/) this year. In this special we speak about the US embargo on Cuba (known as the blockade), the Cuban people as well as discussing the situation of workers in...

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Recorded (6/25/2013) and Uploaded (6/22/2023) In this audio from the archive Workers International League (WIL) General Secretary John Peterson speaks on the book Ted Grant - The Permanent Revolutionary by Alan Woods in a short 2013 interview with Socialist News and Views host Nick Shillingford. WIL is the USA section of the International Marxist Tendency. The interview was recor...

From Public Comment on Funding for Cop City at Atlanta City Council. #StopCopCity

NEWS + MUSIC + SPEECH by Marcia Howard First VP MFT 59 and Organizer at George Floyd Square. NEWS: Robin Wonsley on George Floyd 2023: https://www.facebook.com/robin.wonsley21/posts/pfbid0BLqkXnWYqVKQwJ9z6Vc8kzdVAUjgnnpJFyBKqEdgv4LvSqhWxdnqNbrh6bLU4Gwml Rise and Remember 2023: https://www.georgefloydglobalmemorial.org/rise-remember-2023 Atlanta City Council Public Comment (June 5th 2023): https://...