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On today's episode we look into the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as they prepare for the Spring opening of their Gateway Tower in Minneapolis.

Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of Amir Locke.

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On today's episode we look into the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as they prepare for the Spring opening of their Gateway Tower in Minneapolis.

Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of Amir Locke.

Please support our work on Patreon

Big shout out to Fayola Jacobs for supporting this episode sharing with us the following

On today's episode we are joined by attorney Mike Padden to discuss his book "The Minneapolis Police Department Blue Code of Silence: The True Story of the Murder of Terrance Franklin". Mr. Padden served as lawyer for the Franklin family and walks us through the evidence of the brutal 2013 MPD murder of Terrance and subsequent cover up.

CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains graphic description of police violence

Watch the Time Magazine documentary on the case here

Get Mike's book here

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Join Minneapolis United for Rent Control for an Inauguration Day rally in support of universal rent control

Monday, January 10th, 10:45am outside of the main entrance to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Wear a mask and bundle up

On today's episode we evaluate the last 4 years of municipal governance in Minneapolis under the leadership of Jacob Frey and Lisa Bender by looking at their decisions around the MPD budget, housing policy, development and political appointments.

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Today on the Patreon feed we dropped part 2 of our essay "Bulldozing Tents" reflecting on the role of the local Non-Profit Industrial Complex in repressing the encampment movement and evicting unsheltered people from public parks in the summer of 2020.

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Today we are unlocking a Patreon exclusive episode. We are joined by Luna Zeidner, campaign manager for the 2021 Sheila FTP Mayoral campaign to reflect on the recently concluded Minneapolis municipal elections. We get to know a bit about Luna's pathway into electoral politics and talk about the successes and lessons learned from this campaign season. Big thanks to Luna for joining us and to all our Patreon subscribes for keeping the show afloat, we couldn't do it without you:)

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On today's episode we are joined by Tram Hoang, Monica Bravo and B Rosas, 3 organizers with the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS)Coalition that led the victorious campaign for Rent Control in St. Paul. We discuss the ins and outs of how this historic victory was achieved and what lessons renters can take as we fight for rent control across the state.

Follow HENS at @henstp to join the effort to defend this victory from landlord reaction.

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We are uplifting a call to action from Minnesota Uprising Arrestee Support (MUAS) in support of Montez Lee, a 25 year old father of 2 who is in federal custody on charges stemming from the uprising after the murder of George Floyd. Click the link below and submit a letter to in support of Montez Lee, letters must be in by Nov.14th so do it promptly.

Montez Lee sentencing letter template

send letters to [email protected]

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Today we are joined by friend of the show Micah Fitch for a discussion on voting systems. Micah helps us understand the strengths and limitations of Rank Choice Voting a little better and introduces us to two potential alternatives, Approval and STAR voting.

We have some autopsies of the recent Minneapolis Municipal elections coming soon as we are fast approaching our 100th episode. Subscribe on Patreon today to help us keep the momentum going!

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