Green Socialist Notes

This week Howie is joined by Frieda Afary, an Iranian American activist, author, translator, and public librarian who will discuss socialist feminism and internationalism.Resources Shared During the StreamFrieda Afary, Socialist Feminism: A New Approach (Pluto Press, 2022), https://socialistfeminism.org/Iranian Progressives in Translation: A Blog by Frieda Afary, https://iranianprogressives.orgMichele Robinson, "Socialist Feminism: Frieda Afary discusses controversial topics in latest book,” October 20, 2022, https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/socialist-feminism-frieda-afary-discusses-controversial-topics-in-latest-book/article_d36962ee-4f2e-11ed-b29b-7f923ce84d6d.htmlMehdi Bouzouina, “Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now ‘looking for freedom’ from ICE detention,” France 24, October 4, 2025, https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250928-young-woman-who-rallied-for-liberties-in-iran-is-now-looking-for-freedom-from-ice-detentionFrieda Afary, "“We Need a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism,” Posle, September 17, 2025, https://www.posle.media/article/we-need-a-humanist-alternative-to-capitalismOksana Dutchak, Interview with Frieda Afary: "The Iranian rebellion, the role of Russia and the responsibility of intellectuals,” Commons, September 14, 2023, https://commons.com.ua/en/intervyu-z-fridoyu-afari-druga-chastina/Frieda Afary, Catherine Samary, Oxana Dutchak, Vica Kravtsova, and Dorota Spyrka “Putin’s War: Transnational Feminist Response,” January 26, 2023, https://socialistfeminism.org/putins-war-transnational-feminist-response/Frieda Afary and Feminist Workshop, Lviv, Ukraine, "Solidarity with Ukraine: A Feminist Perspective,” September 18, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0er16ufXQxM&t=2sFrieda Afary, "What Is Fascism and How Can We Resist It in the United States?,” New Politics, Winter 2025, https://newpol.org/issue_post/what-is-fascism-and-how-can-we-resist-it-in-the-united-states/Brochure: Immigrants Are NOT Our Enemies, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fbU0ZtDjZFZexcQ-RjDHs9i_1tv4Jdv_/view

Streamed on 10/11/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/N4aVhryjnTo

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 10/4/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/N_OYbu7iDAM

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 9/27/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/RzUCATzlTS4

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 is joined by South African political economist Patrick Bond for a discussion about the case for an anti-polar internationalism in opposition to both imperialist unipolarity and subimperialist multipolarity. Resources Shared on the Stream:Patrick Bond, "As BRICS Meet to Fight Trump Tariffs, is It Time for Multi-Polar or Anti-Polar Politics?,” CounterPunch, September 8, 2025, https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/08/as-brics-meet-to-fight-trump-tariffs-is-it-time-for-multi-polar-or-anti-polar-politics/Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, https://ejatlas.orgPatrick Bond and Federico Fuentes, "US imperial dominance, BRICS sub-imperialism and unequal ecological exchange: An interview with Patrick Bond,” Links: Journal of Socialist Renewal, December 23, 2023, https://links.org.au/us-imperial-dominance-brics-sub-imperialism-and-unequal-ecological-exchange-interview-patrick-bondPatrick Bond, "Pitfalls of National-Resource Consciousness: Mineral depletion, pollution, emissions and social reproduction blind spots,” Review of African Political Economy, March 2025, https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.62191/ROAPE-2025-0009Patrick Bond et al., "From Françafrique to Chinafrica? Ecologically unequal exchange, neocolonialism, and environmental conflicts in Africa," World Development, 2025, https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305750X25001007Patrick Bond, "Forum on China-Africa Cooperation evades contradictions at the end of the Belt and Road: Chinese investment, finance and trade controversies in Southern Africa,” Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt, September 22, 2025, https://www.cadtm.org/Forum-on-China-Africa-Cooperation-evades-contradictions-at-the-end-of-the-BeltPatrick Bond,"Trouble at the tip of the Belt and Road: South Africa’s largest industrial mega-project meets eco-social resistance,” Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt January 14, 2025, https://www.cadtm.org/Trouble-at-the-tip-of-the-Belt-and-Road-South-Africa-s-largest-industrial-megaPatrick Bond and Ana Garcia (eds.), BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique (Pluto Press, 2015)."Ukraine in the Crosshairs of the Superpowers," Ilya Budraitskis, Denys Bondar, Tanya Vyhosky, Howie Hawkins, Tuesday, September 23, 8pm Eastern Time, https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1856428Streamed on 9/22/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/7j6qtkCDAXg

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 9/13/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/gEg1eNPv5mU

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.

Links shared during the stream:

Lifeline for Palestine, https://lifelineforpalestine.com/Protect Palestine, https://protect-palestine.com/Pjotr Sauer, "‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow,” The Guardian, September 3, 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/i-told-my-family-ill-probably-die-us-immigration-sends-russian-asylum-seekers-back-to-moscowLawrence Wittner, "Trump Deporting Russian Asylum Seekers,” CounterPunch, September 5, 2025, https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/05/trump-deporting-russian-asylum-seekers/Brian Wheeler, New Green leader Polanski vows to 'replace' Starmer's Labour, BBC, September 2, 2025, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0d0d08jnjoMegan Kenyon, Zack Polanski sweeps the Green leadership: With his victory secured, will the left rally to the eco-populist firebrand?, New Statesman, September 2, 2025, https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/greens/2025/09/zack-polanski-sweeps-the-green-leadershipAdam Ramsay, The Green Party Has Finally Picked a Side: It’s socialism or bust, Novara Media, September 2, 2025, https://novaramedia.com/2025/09/02/the-green-party-has-finally-picked-a-side/

Streamed on 9/6/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/cjid8t6kFRo

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 Tanya Vyhovsky, a Vermont State Senator for the Progressive Party.Links Shared on the Livestream:Tanya's last guest appearance on Green Socialist Notes on April 5, 2025: https://youtube.com/live/HEzPSXMNsOgTanya Vyhovsky interview with Ashly Smith, "Leftist Vermont Rep Tanya Vyhovsky Toured Ukraine. Here’s What She Learned,” Truthout, August 28, 2025, https://truthout.org/articles/leftist-vermont-rep-tanya-vyhovsky-toured-ukraine-heres-what-she-learned/Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement) meeting with Vermont Progressive Party Senator Tetyana Vyhovsky in Kyiv (translated by Denys Pilash), Kyiv, August 9, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/social.ruh/videos/776036078416108Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement) meeting with Vermont Progressive Party Senator Tanya Vyhovsky in Kryvyi Rih (translated by Zakhar Popovych), August 16, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/social.ruh/videos/1395691381534192Petition to sign - Global call: Ukraine must receive all it needs to win a just peace! https://www.change.org/p/global-call-ukraine-must-receive-all-it-needs-to-win-a-just-peaceUkraine Solidarity Network, "Self-Determination for Ukraine, Not a Deal Between Trump, Putin, and European Leaders,” CounterPunch, August 29, 2025, https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/29/self-determination-for-ukraine-not-a-deal-between-trump-putin-and-european-leaders/Ukraine Solidarity Network, "Support Ukraine's Nurses – Provide Essential Equipment,” https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-krylas-lifechanging-mission?attribution_id=sl:1176d856-8d63-490a-accb-9c9a5aeb1a93&lang=en_US&ts=1749348785&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_c-amp15_t3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_cTanya Vyhovsky interview with Ilya Budraitskis, "The American Leftists and Solidarity with Ukraine,” August 13, 2025, Posle, https://www.posle.media/article/the-american-leftists-and-solidarity-with-ukraine

Streamed on 8/30-25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/wI-BNhZK6HU

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 8/23/25

Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psCCgHzWQhc

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 8/10/25

Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/live/JMJdY4a-eYI

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 ecosocialist author Richard Smith.

Resources:

Richard Smith’s website, https://www.richardanthonysmith.org/Richard Smith, Green Capitalism: The God that Failed (World Economics Association, 2016).Richard Smith, China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse (Pluto Press, 2020).Richard Smith, "Why China Cannot Decarbonise,” Made in China Journal, July-December 2022, https://madeinchinajournal.com/2023/01/19/prometheus-in-china/Richard Smith, "It’s Time for a Party of the 99%,” System Change Not Climate Change, June 14, 2025, https://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/article/its-time-for-a-party-of-the-99/

Streamed on 8/9/25

Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/live/yeb8IllRtD4

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