This week Howie is joined by Oleh Savytskyi, a Ukrainian climate and energy policy expert with Razom We Stand in Kyiv, for a discussion of Ukraine's current energy crisis and the corruption, security, and reconstruction implications of fossil fuels and nukes vs. green energy systems.Links Shared in the Stream: Razom We Stand, https://razomwestand.com/Oleh Savytskyi, "$100M stolen from Ukraine’s nuclear proves the choice: Soviet monopolies Moscow corrupts, or green systems it can’t,” Euromaidan Press, November 15, 2025, https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/18/russia-is-freezing-ukraine-to-death-the-west-must-respond-with-energy-aid-and-a-crackdown-on-putins-oil/Kateryna Kontsur and Oleh Savytskyi, "The West condemned Russia’s attacks. Ukrainians are still freezing,” Europmaidan Press, January 18, 2026, https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/18/russia-is-freezing-ukraine-to-death-the-west-must-respond-with-energy-aid-and-a-crackdown-on-putins-oil/

Streamed on 2/7/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/6jZLcmrJUQU

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