This week Howie is joined by author and labor historian Les Leopold for a discussion about the potential for an independent, working class party.

Resources Shared on the Stream

• The Labor Institute, https://www.thelaborinstitute.org/
• Runaway Inequality, https://runawayinequality.org
• Les Leopold, "The Committee of One Million: A Petition to Support a Party of Working People,” Common Dreams, February 27, 2025, https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/petition-for-party-of-working-people
• ​​Les Leopold, The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2006).
• Les Leopold, Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2024).

Streamed on 5/10/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/4dtdzkMj254

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities.

Green Socialist Notes Podcast

Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.

Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.

Music by Gumbo le Funque

Intro: She Taught Us

Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom