Socialist News and Views

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 Democratic Party 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...

NEWS + MUSIC + FUTURE PERSPECTIVES from a collection of workers, organizers and activists. NEWS: Community group voices opposition to MPD settlement agreement:  ⁠spokesman-recorder.com/2023/04/05/op…nt-agreement/⁠ Cub grocery store workers avert strike after reaching a new contract:  ⁠sahanjournal.com/business-work/cu…labor-practices/⁠ U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks limits to abortion pill...

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:  cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/bre...

Recorded (3/24/2023) and Uploaded (3/30/2023) In this Special Report 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 publi...

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. According to a report from the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University entitled Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq a...

NEWS + AUDIO + INTERVIEW with Mathew John about book published last year entitled Millennial Marxist. ---- NEWS: High Injury Rates Push Minnesota’s Amazon Workers to Organize for Safety: workdaymagazine.org/high-injury-rat…ize-for-safety/ Autopsy Concludes “Cop City” Activist Was Seated with Arms Raised When Shot Dead: www.democracynow.org/2023/3/13/head…when_shot_dead Historic revolt in France—a...

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: 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...