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Today we highlight the connection between capitalist real estate development and police violence. We start with an overview of the history of racialized state violence tied to the real estate economy and then we look at some recent examples including the murder of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky and the new "Power Shift" of the Minneapolis Park Police targeting gentrifying South Minneapolis neighborhoods. We close with some reflections on the relationship between police abolition and socialist restructuring of our economy.

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Here are some articles to dig into some of the stories mentioned today

https://theappeal.org/the-role-of-police-igentrification-breonna-taylor/

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/09/the-cop-who-quit-instead-of-helping-to-gentrify-atlanta/

https://theappeal.org/police-killed-saheed-vassell-in-a-gentrifying-neighborhood-did-that-make-a-difference-e3a64bb837e7/

Today we talk with ER Nurse and union steward Cliff Willmeng. On May 8th, 2020 Cliff was fired from United Hospital, owned by Allina Health, in the midst of advocating for PPE and workplace safety during the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic. We talk about the circumstances that led to Cliff's termination, the conditions for front line nurses battling this pandemic and the campaign to #BringBackCliff.

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On today's episode we compare and contrast the 2 major proposals put forward to compete with Jacob Frey's recommended 2021 budget for the city of Minneapolis. The People's Budget was consolidated by Black Visions, Reclaim the Block and others through years of organizing and engagement, the Safety for All Budget was brought forward by City Council members Phillipe Cunningham, Lisa Bender and Steve Fletcher. The final public hearing and vote on the Minneapolis budget will be held this Wednesday, December 9th. The Mayor, City Council, Park Board and Board of Estimate and Taxation are all up for election in November 2021.

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We had the opportunity to talk with 3 of the 12 members of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG) who collectively resigned in protest of the MPCA's approval of permits for Canadian corporation Enbridge to construct the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline through Northern Minnesota. By approving this permit MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop and the Walz administration have violated the sovereignty of indigenous nations and enacted a brutal violence against the water, land, animals and people of Minnesota. We talked with Maryan, Magdalena and Kaleigh about the decision to resign and how we can keep up the fight against Line 3. Read their powerful resignation letter here

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The Money Power Land Solidarity team got together on a frozen front porch to reflect on the 2020 elections. We talk about our personal experiences of election week(s), winner's and losers, the potential of a coup, Proposition 22 in California and what it means for working people across the nation and more. This is the edited version, head over to our Patreon page and become a subscriber for the full episode.

We take the first 10 minutes of today's episode to give an update on the Upper Harbor Terminal re-development struggle, then we dive into a wide ranging interview with Niko Georgiades of the incredible independent media collective Unicorn Riot. Niko reflects on 5 years of movement reporting since the 2015 occupation of the 4th precinct in response to the MPD murder of Jamar Clark and invites us into Unicorn Riot's investigations into white supremacist organizing in Minnesota and law enforcements efforts to repress resistance to the Embride Line 3 tar sands pipeline project. Check out Unicorn Riot's essential 5 episode series George Floyd Uprising: Reporter Reflections. Episode 3.2 drops tonight!

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We were joined by 2 organizers from Reclaim the Block who walk us through Mayor Jacob Frey's proposed 2021 city budget and the fight to defund the Minneapolis Police Department. Sheila and Corenia give us an overview of the budgeting process, put the 2021 budget in historical context and dig into the ways we can move money away from the police state and into our communities.

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We had the good fortune to sit down with movement artist and luminary Ricardo Levins Morales to put gentrification into deep historical context. We start with a brief history of how Ricardo set on the path of 50 years of activism and then transition into a wide ranging discussion on the roots of capitalism, the relationship between real estate and police violence and much more. Immense thanks to Ricardo for the decades of art and organizing he has shared with Minneapolis and the world. Check out RLM arts for great social justice posters, shirts, buttons, card and more https://www.rlmartstudio.com

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Today's episode is a reflection on the role of foundations and non-profit organizations in the political economy of Minneapolis. We take a close look at the McKnight Foundation's interjection of a $250,000 grant at a critical moment in the struggle over the Upper Harbor Terminal, assessing the implications and impacts of that grant. We also use Blue Cross Blue Shields Foundation and the Pohlad Foundation as case studies for how foundations and non-profits consolidate ruling class power. We close with some thoughts on organizing within, against and beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Isaac goes off with a soundscape that brings it all together and gives it life.

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We were honored to sit down with Northside artist and youth worker Koo Keem to reflect on the dynamics of real estate, gentrification, the music industry, housing policy and police power at play in the Upper Harbor Terminal redevelopment. We also talk through some of our experiences with the Minneapolis uprisings in the wake of the MPD lynching of George Floyd in light of Derek Chauvin posting bail the day this interview was conducted.

Follow Keem on socials at @keem_exm and stream his music.

We close with the song "City Pages" By Koo Keem ft G.P. Jacob off Keem's 2016 project "It'll All Be Worth It"

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