Socialist News and Views

(****NOTE: next On the Left Bank submission deadline is June 22, 2023) Special Interview Recorded (6/6/2023) and Uploaded (6/8/2023) In this special we speak with David Ackos (they/them) who is an activist with Twin Cities DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) doing work around rental and housing justice on the East Side of St. Paul. Ackos is also the Founder and one of the Editors and Curators o...

Interview Recorded on (5/25/2023) and Uploaded (6/1/2023) In this interview we speak with Jehad Adwan who is originally from Gaza in Palestine. In 1998 Adwan came to Minnesota as a student on a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at the University of Minnesota. He had a family and still lives in the state. In this interview we speak about what Amnesty International calls "Israel's Apartheid against...

Meeting Recorded (4/17/2023) and Uploaded (5/25/2023) The majority of this Special Report is devoted to a meeting held April 17th which included a report back from a recent delegation which returned from a trip to Venezuela. The trip was organized by the Alliance for Global Justice (https://afgj.org/). Two members of the Anti-War Committee (https://antiwarcommittee.org/) Twin Cities, Drake Myers a...

NEWS + BREAK + END CAPITALISM TO STOP WAR by Farrell Dobbs NEWS: Chaos from Warsame Campaign Causes Ward 10 Convention to Break Down: https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/chaos-from-warsame-campaign-causes-ward-10-convention-to-break-down Latest arrests of ‘Cop City’ protesters ‘feel like overreach’, experts say: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/13/cop-city-activists-arrests-georgia-...

****NOTE (PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY 5/11/2023: https://twitter.com/epni_urbanfarm/status/1656066654286098434/photo/1) Special Interview Recorded (5/8/2023) and Uploaded (5/11/2023) In this special we speak with Chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Twin Cities and Anishinaabe activist Mike Forcia. We discuss a bit about the history of AIM, the LANDBACK movement, Red Road Village, and get an...

Special Interview Recorded (4/27/2023) and Uploaded (5/4/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with BCTGM (Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union) member and SWP (Socialist Workers Party) candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ward 11, Gabrielle Prosser. We discuss the campaign for city council as well as labor conciousness, class conciousness, and building...

Special Interview Recorded (4/25/2023) and Uploaded (4/27/2023) In this special we speak with Tom Wyatt-Yerka who ran for Minnesota House of Representatives as a DFL endorsed candidate in District 16A. Here we talk about the prospects for the creation of a Democratic Socialist Party in Minnesota and why now might be just the right time to start this process. Along the way we discuss healthcare, gr...

NEWS + MUSIC + FUTURE PERSPECTIVES from a collection of workers, organizers and activists. NEWS: Community group voices opposition to MPD settlement agreement: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2023/04/05/opposition-to-mpd-settlement-agreement/ Cub grocery store workers avert strike after reaching a new contract: https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/cub-workers-strike-union-contract-better-wages-la...

Special Interview - Recorded (1/16/2023) and Uploaded (4/13/2023) In this interview we speak with Justin Lee (@DailyJLee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DailyJLee) who has an undergraduate in Engineering and Math, a JD/MBA from Syracuse and a degree in Healthcare Management and Policy from the Maxwell School. Lee also has some history working in construction and tutoring. In this Special Interview...

FROM THE ARCHIVE - Recorded (4/3/2012) and Uploaded (4/6/2023) In this audio from the archive we hear a talk from Rose M. Brewer, PhD (a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and past chairperson of the Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Full list of Brewer's achievements can be found here: https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/brew...

Recorded (3/24/2023) and Uploaded (3/30/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with 40 year rail veteran "Fritz" Edler. We discuss this July's 10 year anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic wreck and the similarities and differences between that rail disaster and the toxic derailment in East Palestine OH. We also talk about the absolute necessity of nationalizing the Railroads and bringing them into pu...

Joshua Farris from Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace speaks at Anti-War Protest: Say NO to U.S. Wars! on 3/18/2023 in Minneapolis.

Special Report with clips Recorded at events on (1/21/2023, 3/4/2023 and 3/18/2023) and Uploaded (3/23/23) Tuesday March 20th 2023 marked the 20 year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Recent Minneapolis Anti-War Events Covered by Urban Cabin Studios: VIDEO: Stop U.S. Wars & Militarism - January 21, 2023 - May Day Plaza (Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CBdPQrG-Uc&t=678s) (Part 2: htt...

NEWS + AUDIO + INTERVIEW with Matthew John about book published last year entitled Millennial Marxist. NEWS: High Injury Rates Push Minnesota’s Amazon Workers to Organize for Safety: https://workdaymagazine.org/high-injury-rates-push-minnesotas-amazon-workers-to-organize-for-safety/ Autopsy Concludes “Cop City” Activist Was Seated with Arms Raised When Shot Dead: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/...

Recorded (2/10/2023) and Uploaded (3/9/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with writer and organizer Ayman Makarem. We talk about the comic series Revolution in Every Country (Available to view from Unicorn Riot here: https://unicornriot.ninja/revolution-in-every-country/) which is drawn by Hisham Rifai and written by Ayman Makarem as well as their book A Letter Home (available here: https://...

Talks/Speeches Recorded (2/15/2023 and 2/26/2023) and Uploaded (3/2/2023) (MASS MOBILIZATION IN ATLANTA - MARCH 4-11: https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/mobilize) The title of this Special Report is aspirational and is dedicated to all those involved in the movement to Stop Cop City, Decolonize and Heal our Communities and Environment. ****In this Special we hear speeches from a (2/26/2023) eve...

Recorded (2/9/2023) and Uploaded (2/23/2023) In this Special Interview I speak with Ramy Khalil a substitute teacher who is active in the Seattle Education Association and on the Leadership Body of Seattle Democratic Socialists of America. Khalil is also a member of the Reform and Revolution Caucus of DSA (https://reformandrevolution.org/) which calls itself "a Marxist caucus of Democratic Sociali...

NEWS + MUSIC + LETTERS (1934 Teamsters Strike) and (Democratic Party and Farmer Labor Party Bloc) NEWS: City Council Demolition Vote – Against EPNI 7-6: https://twincitiesdsa.org/2023/01/city-council-demolition-vote-against-epni-7-6/ As hunger rises in Minnesota, House passes school meals for all bill: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/02/09/as-hunger-rises-in-minnesota-house-passes-school-meals-...

Recorded (2/5/2023) and Uploaded (2/9/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with Jessica Garraway. Garraway is a teacher, an activist (doing labor work, environmental work, anti-fascist work and more) as well as a writer (Common Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/author/jessica-garraway & Truthout: https://truthout.org/authors/jessica-garraway/) and musician who was at involved in the Standin...

(Picture: Members of RSS - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - India - the largest fascist organization in the world) Recorded (1/13/2023) and Uploaded (2/2/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with Craig Johnson the host of the podcast Fifteen Minutes of Fascism (which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964) who is also writing a book about how to prevent the right-wing radicaliza...

Special Interview - Recorded (1/14/2023) and Uploaded (1/26/2023) In this Special I wanted to speak with someone who has run an election campaign as a Socialist in an area typically considered to be a conservative stronghold and get some lessons about this type of campaign. I spoke with Delilah Barrios who ran for office for the first time for Governor of Texas (https://delilahfortexas.com/) in 20...

Agriculture pollutes underground drinking water in Minnesota. Well owners pay the price.: https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/01/17/agriculture-pollutes-underground-drinking-water-in-minnesota-well-owners-pay-the-price/

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW - Non-Violent Regime Change and Revolutionary Provisional Governments ------ (This is the week of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Check out this Speech: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - The Three Evils Of Society (1967): https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/speech-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-1967-the-three-evils-of-society) ------- In the second portion of this episode I...

Recorded (1/6/2023) and Uploaded (1/12/2023) In this Special we speak with Aaron Amaral, a member of the Tempest Collective and Editorial Manager of the Tempest website (https://www.tempestmag.org/) who is also involved with the Ukraine Solidarity Network – U.S (here is their most recent statement: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/11/solidarity-with-ukraine/) who says in this interview that Uk...

Special Report uploaded (1/5/2022) Is The World On The Brink Of Nuclear War? I'm aware of Betteridge's law of headlines which states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." I'm not an expert on nuclear conflict and don't expect to draw a solid and unassailable conclusion on how close we are to nuclear war on earth in this podcast. But I will paint a picture of...