Green Socialist Notes

This week Howie is joined by Natallia Yaroshenko, a Ukrainian ecologist and educator, for a discussion about the environmental consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine.Links Shared During the StreamNataliia Yaroshenko et al., en WAR mental (comic book), https://drive.google.com/file/d/15QHwxL-CWn1SCm25_pN5pNYXzgWBSVXM/viewIryna Kovalenko, “Kakhovka: Inside Russia's Massive Ecocide in the War Against Ukraine,” Ukraine World, June 5, https://ukraineworld.org/en/articles/analysis/kakhovka-inside-russias-massive-ecocide-war-against-ukraineOleksii Kryvobok, "Life After Kakhovka Dam Destruction: A New Beginning,” EOS Data Analytics, October 17, 2026, https://eos.com/blog/life-after-kakhovka-dam-destruction-a-new-beginning/Kollen Post, "‘Nuclear blackmail:’ Russia strikes Chornobyl as world leaders gather for Munich Security Conference,” Kyiv Independent, February 14, 2026, https://kyivindependent.com/nuclear-blackmail-russia-strikes-chornobyl-as-munich-security-conference-kicks-off/Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (UK), “Free the Zaporizhzhia 15,” https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2026/08/17/freez15/James Glanz, "Why the Evidence Suggests Russia Blew Up the Kakhovka Dam,” New York Times, June 16, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-collapse.htmlInternational Convoy in Solidarity with Ukraine, https://solidarityconvoyukraine.com

Streamed on 10/3/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/lIZd3FRKwaw

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

This week Howie is joined by Simón Rodríguez, a Venezuelan socialist in Partido Socialismo y Libertad and author of Why Chavismo Failed, for a discussion about the current situation in Venezuela.

Streamed on 9/26/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/gCwajW4h4tw

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

This week Howie is joined by Jay Walker and Riley Mahon of the Green Party of Allegheny County (PA), who present a workshop on local party building.

https://www.alleghenygreens.org/

https://www.yesgp.org/

Streamed on 9/19/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/rIOf2u41Q3Q

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

Howie talks about current events and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 9/12/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/CLfrgDnOATY

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

This week Howie is at the Socialism 2026 conference, so we will be airing an interview he conducted at the Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center in Buffalo, NY.Guests:Lukia Costello - Spark Filmmakers Collaborative (Buffalo)Emil Bandriwsky - Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center (Buffalo)Matthew Zawisky - Narodnij Dim (Buffalo)

Streamed on 9/5/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/rb7gt2AIxbE

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

This week Howie is joined by Gary Swing, Green candidate for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District.

Streamed on 8/29/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/4O0UeDMJn5E

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

This week Howie talks about current events and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 8/22/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/2VgdFS8fSAY

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

This week Howie talks about the current political climate ahead of the midterms and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 8/15/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/v7Ik_U9d10c

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

This week Howie will be joined by Ukrainian socialist Andriy Movchan for a discussion about his participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the importance of international Left support for both the Ukrainian and Palestinian struggles for national liberation.Links Shared During the Stream:Andriy Movchan, "The Russian Idée Fixe,” CounterPunch, January 1, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/01/the-russian-idee-fixe/Andriy Movchan, "Liquidating the Legacy of Revolution: Ideology of the Russian Invasion,” CounterPunch, February 24, 2023, https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/liquidating-the-legacy-of-revolution-ideology-of-the-russian-invasion/Andriy Movchan, "Socialists and the national question in Ukraine, yesterday and today,” Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal, May 31, 2025, https://links.org.au/socialists-and-national-question-ukraine-yesterday-and-todayAndriy Movchan, "From the Global Sumud Flotilla: An interview with Ukrainian organizer Andriy Movchan,” International Workers League, April 28, 2026, https://litci.org/en/from-the-global-sumud-flotilla-an-interview-with-ukrainian-organizer-andriy-movchan/Andriy Movchan, "‘No one has strengthened the Ukrainian far-right more than Putin’,” Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal, June 1, 2025, https://links.org.au/no-one-has-strengthened-ukrainian-far-right-more-putinAndriy Movchan, "For an Anti-Imperialist Leftist movement,” Osservatorio balcani caucaso transeuropa, June 24, 2026, https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_article/for-an-anti-imperialist-leftist-movement-an-interview-with-andriy-movchan/"Interview with Andriy Movchan, who sailed to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla," Transnational Institute for Social Ecology, May 27, 2026, https://www.trise.net/2026/05/27/interview-with-andriy-movchan-who-sailed-to-gaza-with-the-global-sumud-flotilla/Andriy Movchan, "An Interview on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza,” CounterPunch, June 25, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/25/an-interview-on-the-global-sumud-flotilla-to-gaza/

Streamed on 8/8/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/TLB-xLFtYB0

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

This week Howie is joined by Nina Potarska, a Ukrainian feminist, peace, and social activist, who will talk about her participation in the recent Global Sumud Flotilla to break the blockade of Gaza and her peace-building work in Ukraine.

Streamed on 8/1/26

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/VslhzK6t1-k

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