Midwest Socialist

This week Matt talks with Vicko from the South Side Steering Committee of CDSA and AFROSoC about the recent mutual aid efforts of CDSA and what the future holds.

The next event will be 12/20/2020 and you can donate here:

http://bit.ly/CDSAmutualaid

On this episode we talk with Jasson from Chicago DSA's Defund Campaign and AfroSOC to talk about anti-racist, abolitionist, and coalition building organizing.

For a link to Jasson's original thread click here: https://twitter.com/IolaElla/status/1330923402098581506?s=20

This week Matt sat down with Midwest Socialist producer Ali C. to talk gender, socialism, and the future of the Socialist Feminist Working Group in CDSA!

Matt T. and Carlos E. discuss a piece of theory and history from the past! They look at a classic pamphlet from the Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee, published in 1981, 'Confronting Reality/Learning from the History of Our Movement'

Find the piece here:

https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/basoc/index.htm

Matt talks with Chicago DSA's Political Education Coordinator Sveta S. on the importance of education in our organizing.

Surprise episode! CDSA Comrades Mal and Max came on the pod to review Aaron Sorkin's new film 'Trial of the Chicago 7'

Matt wraps up the two part election special with Jake Flores from Pod Damn America and T from Machete y Mate to talk the election cycle so far, and more importantly what this election means for Latin America and what the future of the U.S. left looks like.

Content Warning: Sexual Assault

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On this episode of the Midwest Socialist Podcast, Tara Reade gives a statement on her experience and feelings going into the elections, what her story as a sexual assault survivor still means to this day, and why the work to work make a better world is still necessary.

Then Sarah H., Ali C., and Natalia T. have a discussion on why socialist and feminist organizing is the only tool we have against the patriarchal capitalist society we live in today.

Matt is talkin' theory with Angela from CDSA

Matt talks with Chicago comrade Ramsin Canon.