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In todays episode we re-post the MPD 150 audio report Enough Is Enough: a 150 Year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police. Formed in 2017 to mark the 150 year anniversary of the creation of the Minneapolis police department, the MPD 150 project fertilized the soil that produced the Minneapolis uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. We offer our deepest respect to everyone who worked on MPD150 and all who have been in the streets these past few weeks. Justice for George Floyd and all victims of MPD violence.

About MPD150: MPD150 is a participatory, horizontally organized effort by local organizers, researchers, artists and activists. It is not the project of any organization. We stand on the shoulders of the work that many organizations have been doing for years and welcome the support of everyone who agrees with our approach. We hope that the process that we are developing will help organizers in other cities develop practical abolitionist strategies.

Please visit MPD150.com

Continuing our reporting on the impacts of Covid19 we have an interview with public health worker Rosemary Fister. We talked with Rosemary about the relationship between mutual aid and the State, housing, public health and the impacts of Covid19 on the unsheltered community in Minneapolis

The Money Power Land Solidarity is produced by Isaac Specktor

Get plugged into Mutual Aid efforts supporting the unsheltered community in MPLS at @mncovidoutreach on IG

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Continuing our reporting on the impacts of Covid19 we have an interview with public health worker Rosemary Fister. We talked with Rosemary about the relationship between mutual aid and the State, housing, public health and the impacts of Covid19 on the unsheltered community in Minneapolis

The Money Power Land Solidarity is produced by Isaac Specktor

Get plugged into Mutual Aid efforts supporting the unsheltered community in MPLS at @mncovidoutreach on IG

Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity

We sat down with CEO of First Avenue Dayna Frank for an in-depth and critical discussion of the Upper Harbor Terminal development. First Avenue is co-developer of the contested Upper Harbor Terminal re-development project in North Minneapolis. We planned on sharing this interview as a part of Season 2, but with the $20 Million State bonding request for the proposed concert venue at the Upper Harbor being included in the first draft of the bonding bill at the state legislature this week it feels important to share now.

We start with an analysis of the 20 Million dollar state bonding request and share reflections on the interview before we get into the conversation with Dayna. This episode is once again beautifully produced by our very own Isaac Specktor and our creative collaborator Diana Siegel-Garcia helped to prepare for the interview. We all send our thanks to Dayna Frank for joining us and thanks to the listeners for tuning in.

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Here are some other sources and perspectives on the UHT

https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2020/01/committee-urges-delay-in-planning-development-of-upper-harbor-terminal/

https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2019/02/everything-you-need-to-know-for-now-about-minneapolis-upper-harbor-terminal-project/

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/02/19/timeline-a-history-of-north-minneapolis-upper-harbor-terminal-site

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/02/19/minneapolis-north-side-upper-harbor-termina

https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/minneapolis-upper-harbor-terminal-a-geostory-of-collaborative-creation/

We are joined by mail carrier and Socialist Alternative member Tyler Vasseur to talk about the Neo-Liberal attack on the United States Post Office and the impact of Covid-19 on postal workers. Tyler traces the impacts of the 2006 "Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act" and sketch ideas for the future of a healthy post office. We also reflect on the whirlwind timeline of 2020 and the Democratic Party presidential primary makes it first appearance on the pod.

Join us Friday, May 1st for the Cancel Rent and Mortgages Caravan! Meeting 12pm in downtown Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Plaza and rolling out to the Governors Mansion in St. Paul

CancelRentMN.com

In our first bi-lingual episode we talked with Renters United for Justice member and leader in the Sky Without Limits Community in South Minneapolis Vanessa Del Campo Chacon. Vanessa shares with us stories and lessons from her and her neighbor's years long effort to hold their abusive landlord accountable and convert their 5 apartment buildings into tenant owned cooperative housing. We also check in about the impact of Covid19 on the community and the urgent need to Cancel Rent and Mortgage payments during this pandemic.

*Shout out to friend of the show DJ Terrell Lamar from Radio Pocho for the Spanish version of the intro and Renter United for Justice organizer Arianna Feldman for translation and coordination

*That fly music on this weeks intro is a fresh cook up from our producer Isaac Specktor, sampling Weather Report inspired by our last episode

We sat down with working class artist Mark Eliason to continue our exploration of the impacts of Covid-19 on the Twin Cities. Mark and i had a rich discussion about music, housing, homelessness, drugs, health, class, creativity, gentrification and more. Shout out Isaac for salvaging my rough recording. The band Mark is looking for the name of is Weather Report.

Can't Stay Home Without Housing

CancelRentMN.com

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We are shifting gears and releasing an intermediate season 1.5 of the podcast to cover the Covid-19 pandemic. In today's episode we orient ourselves to this new reality and focus in on the impact of the coronavirus on the unsheltered homeless community in the Twin Cities. We sat down with public health nurse Sarah Jane Keaveny for a report from the front lines of the response to this public health crisis and some reflections on the political, spiritual and cultural dynamics of health.

For today's special quarantine edition we are shifting our focus to the political economy of Minnesota's Billion dollar Medical Technology industry in light of the Corona virus pandemic. In 2014 Medtronic executed the largest "Tax Inversion" in history, shifting its legal headquarters to Dublin, Ireland in order to take advantage of Ireland's low corporate tax rate. There is a profound connection between Medtronic's tax offshoring and our gutted public health infrastructure in the United States. We look at Medtronic and beyond to ask how MN can have some of the most prosperous Medical companies in the world but not enough tests, masks, beds or ventilators?

As always, shout out to our producer Issac Specktor

We talked with writer and filmmaker Amber Delgado about her recent essay in Scalawag Magazine and collaborative project "Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification". It was great to compare reflections on our experiences of gentrification, housing justice, race, class and art between Amber's base in Durham, North Carolina and us up here in Minneapolis. Check out the fire essay in Scalawag Magazine and follow the IG handle @curatedtolerance to participate in the project - we want to see some MPLS submissions!

https://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2020/02/durham-nc-gentrification-culture/

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