Green Socialist Notes

This week Howie is joined by Arthur Pye, from the Emergency Committee for Rojava, for a discussion of the history and current situation of the democratic revolution in the Kurdish region of northern Syria.Resources Shared During the Stream: Arthur Pye, "Hope and Contradictions: My Year in Rojava,” Strange Matters, https://strangematters.coop/arthur-pye-rojava-reporting-preface/.Arthur Pye, "Walking Zirgan: Turkish war crimes on Rojava’s front line,” Strange Matters, https://strangematters.coop/arthur-pye-rojava-reporting-turkish-war-crimes-zirgan/.Emergency Committee for Rojava, https://www.defendrojava.org/.Tony Iltis, "A look at Rojava's democratic, feminist revolution,” Green Left, Sept. 5, 2015, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/look-rojavas-democratic-feminist-revolution.Peter Boyle, "Rojava joins historic partnership to build a new Syria,” Green Left. March 13, 2025, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/rojava-joins-historic-partnership-build-new-syria.Sarah Glynn, "Snakes and ladders of Syrian politics," Medya News. March 15, 2025, https://medyanews.net/snakes-and-ladders-of-syrian-politics-last-week-in-kurdish-news/

Streamed on 3/15/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/gN5Z2eRf5b4

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, Twitter, 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 news and current events and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 3/8/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/FoiU5egTvhA

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, Twitter, 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 Sacha Ismail, a British socialist and trade unionist active in the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. He writes for the socialist paper Solidarity and blogs at southlondonsocialist.wordpress.com.Resources shared during the stream:Sacha Ismail blog southlondonsocialist.wordpress.comEwa Pospieszyńska of RAZEM, Polish left party speaking at Russian Troops Out demo on 22 February, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7E5wC7XwA&t=2sDenys Pilash interviews Howie Hawkins, "'Now We Have Fascists': Howie Hawkins on Trump and the Left’s Resistance Strategy,” Commons, February 28, 2024, https://commons.com.ua/en/govi-gokins-pro-trampa-i-strategiyu-livogo-sprotivu/

Streamed on 3/1/25

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

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, Twitter, 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 Vladyslav Starodubtsev, a Ukrainian historian. On the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, Vladyslav will talk about the current situation and the central role of socialists in Ukrainian independence movement from the 19th century through to the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917-1920).Resources shared during the stream:Vladyslav Starodubtsev substack, https://vladyslavstarodubtsev.substack.comVladyslav Starodubtsev interview, "'Liberation for all': Ukrainian resistance, anti-imperialism, and global solidarity,” The New Arab, April 14, 2022, https://www.newarab.com/analysis/ukraine-anti-imperialism-and-global-solidarityVladyslav Starodubtsev interview, "Ukraine: making a war of liberation,” Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 16, 2022, https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2022/06/16/ukraine-making-a-war-of-liberation/Vladyslav Starodubtsev interview, "Today, people are not just fighting for Ukraine but to destroy the Russian regime,” Links: Internatioinal Journal of Socialist Renewal, September 2, 2022, https://links.org.au/vladyslav-starodubtsev-sotsialnyi-rukh-today-people-are-not-just-fighting-ukraine-destroy-russianVladyslav Starodubtsev interview, “One Ukrainian Democratic Socialist’s Opinion on the War,” The Real News Network, September 20, 2022, https://therealnews.com/one-ukrainian-democratic-socialists-opinion-on-the-warVladyslav Starodubtsev, "The Progressive Legacy of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917-1921),” Friedrich Ebert Siftung, April 17, 2024, https://www.fes.de/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=125571&token=508d8eb8a0c37b365e2c670796282e9b69288668Vladyslav Starodubtsev, "To defeat oligarchy, Ukraine needs strong labor protections. The US can help,” Center for International Policy, April 18, 2024, https://internationalpolicy.org/resource-author/vladyslav-starodubtsev/Vladyslav Starodubtsev interview, "Ukrainian social struggle - then and now,” Ukraine Mentioned, November 20, 2024, https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlyWplmlKLYuriy Badzyo (1936–2018) — Ukrainian socialist dissident https://www.fes.de/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=91346&token=073dccd4c30cad6b2e96edc0b4347e8a121f3d9cYaroslav Trofimov, "Russia Wants to Erase Ukraine’s Future—and Its Past,” Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2025, https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russia-wants-to-erase-ukraines-futureand-its-past-f47fe98c

Streamed on 2/22/25

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

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, Twitter, 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 Sam Friedman, a public health researcher, to discuss public health and the Trump administration.

Streamed on 2/15/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/fot-wVh-Pvc

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, Twitter, 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 Ewa Pospieszynska, a young ecosocialist in the leftwing Razem party of Poland.Resources: Razem,https://partiarazem.pl(In Polish, but can be read in English using a free machine translation app like Google Translate)European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet,https://leftalliance.eu/Central-Eastern European Green Left Alliance,https://ceegla.org/Dan Davison and Ewa Pospieszyńska, Beyond Roe: Strategic Lessons in the Fight for Abortion Rights, New Politics, Summer 2022,https://newpol.org/issue_post/beyond-roe/Dan Davison and Ewa Pospieszyńska, "On Migration, the Polish Left Has All But Given Up: It isn't too late to grow a backbone,” Novara Media, October 2, 2023,https://novaramedia.com/2023/10/02/on-migration-the-polish-left-has-all-but-given-up/Ewa Pospieszyńska, "PiS off! But Tusk’s coalition is a Faustian pact for the Polish left,” Red Pepper, November 16, 2023,https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/europe/pis-off-but-tusks-coalition-is-a-faustian-pact-for-the-polish-left/Ewa Pospieszyńska’s podcast about Polish politics and more, The Polkast,https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-polkast-podHowie Hawkins, "A Political Paradox: A Progressive-Leaning Public Elects a Far-Right President,” New Politics, Winter 2025,https://newpol.org/issue_post/a-political-paradox

Howie talks about new and current events and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 2/1/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/G6lbiw484Z0

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, Twitter, 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 building resistance to Trump's agenda and takes viewer questions.

Howie talks about current events and takes viewer questions.

Streamed on 1/11/25

Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/La3wWkeH9F0

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, Twitter, 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