Special Interview Recorded (6/3/2025) and Uploaded (6/5/2025).

In this special we speak with Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism).

Turl's book was just released recently and I have just finished reading it so we primarily focus our discussion on the book, art and the future.

Special Interview Recorded (5/25/2025) and Uploaded (5/29/2025).

In this special we speak with Nadia with Wedge Workers (https://www.instagram.com/wedgeworkers/) who are Co-op staff from both Wedge Lyndale (UFCW 1189) and Wedge Linden Hills (UFCW 663). Nadia, who works at the Lyndale location, where a recent picket was held, talks about the fight for freedom of expression at work. (A note: this picket was not a strike action.)

A new policy was created at the Wedge to target expression of solidarity with the Palestinian People and the call for a Free Palestine! But the ramifications of the policy could go further down the road of the significant restrictions to speech going on across American society under the Trump regime.

Workers are currently continuing to call for the community and Co-op Members to reach out to Co-op CEO Nick Seeberger to express support for the workers rights to free expression and in opposition to the new policy. (Note: Workers are not calling for any kind of boycott of the business at this time.)

You can contact Nick Seeberger CEO (Wedge Community Co-ops

Coop Partners Warehouse)

EmaiI: nick(dot)[email protected]

0ffice: 612(-)465(-)8814

CelI: 612(-)270(-)9281

Special Interview Recorded (5/16/2025) and Uploaded (5/22/2025)

(NOTE: Upcoming event: SSC Inaugural Cookout Saturday, May 24·11:00am – 3:00pm at Powderhorn Park in MPLS)

In this Special Interview we speak with Boris Smelov one of those organizing with the Socialist Social Club (SSC: https://socialistsocialclub.org/).

We discuss the history and future of the club as well as how you can get involved.

NEWS + MUSIC + ARTICLE - The Art Of Primitive Communism by Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: https://www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: https://www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism)

NEWS:

The race for Mayor: https://southsidepride.com/2025/05/06/the-race-for-mayor/

‘Blue Dog’ Democrats vote to roll back paid sick leave for workers at small farms and businesses: https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/blue-dog-democrats-vote-to-roll-back-paid-sick-leave-for-workers-at-small-farms-and-businesses/

St. Paul City Council votes to exempt more properties from rent control ordinance: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/08/st-paul-city-council-votes-exempt-more-properties-rent-control-ordinance

Target boycott — amplified or hijacked?: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/09/target-boycott-movement-tension/

Minnesotans join worldwide May Day call for worker justice: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/10/minnesotans-unite-for-fair-wages/

Capitol rally demands end to forced prison labor: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/10/minnesota-prison-labor-reform/

Minnesota child care advocates rally against federal cuts: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/12/minnesota-child-care-advocates-rally-federal-child-care-cuts/

(Cut from final news recording for time... ‘I never left this block’: How Minneapolis teacher Marcia Howard became a steward of George Floyd Square: https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/marcia-howard-george-floyd-five-year-anniversary/)

Union for nearly 1,000 U of M resident physicians certified by state: https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/union-for-1000-resident-physicians-certified-by-state/

Feds use rare law to hold UMN student, despite immigration judge ordering his release: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/university-minnesota-international-student-dogukan-gunaydin-automatic-stay/

Net metering for solar makes electrical power generation more democratic: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/13/net-metering-for-solar-makes-electrical-power-generation-more-democratic/

Elizabeth, a Wedge Community Co-op owner, member of Jewish Voices for Peace Twin Cities, and a mother who stands in solidarity with the grieving mothers of Gaza, maintained her position (PSL Twin Cities Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/DJiDBeyMthr/

Reproductive rights activists call for closure of anti-abortion ‘clinics’ in Milwaukee: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/reproductive-rights-activists-call-for-closure-of-anti-abortion-clinics-in

Trump Is Bending the Refugee Program to Fit His White Nationalist Agenda: https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-bending-the-refugee-program-to-fit-his-white-nationalist-agenda/

What can be learned from the latest conflict between India and Pakistan? | Inside Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlhFxlHAouM

Commentary on the Indian-Pakistan arms conflict, historical context and ceasefire: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/commentary-on-the-indian-pakistan-arms-conflict-historical-context-and

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MUSIC - Suite of the Long March/The Internationale (Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong (1984): https://youtu.be/L8vRVCAkh1w?si=SAx3GyLUQe3IMhIg&t=1544

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ARTICLE

The Art Of Primitive Communism (https://www.redwedgemagazine.com/online-issue/primitive-communism) by Adam Turl (member of Locust Arts & Letters Collective: https://www.locustreview.com/ a Co-founder of Born Again Labor Museum: https://www.bornagainlabor.com/ and author of the book Gothic Capitalism: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-capitalism)

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Special Report Uploaded (5/8/2025)

(PHOTO: Still from video of Stop the Attacks on Queer and Trans Rights! FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023)

In this special report we here two speeches.

At the beginning we here a speech from Jae who is a member of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J: https://sites.google.com/view/tcc4j/home) and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO: https://frso.org/) which was recorded at Stop the Attacks on Queer and Trans Rights! FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2023 (You can watch a full video of speeches here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCwmPyYBUg&t=729s).

At the end of this report we hear a speech from Monique Cullars Doty who is with Black Lives Matter Minnesota (https://www.facebook.com/BlackLivesMatterMN).

Sandwiched between these two speeches are thoughts about liberation including some quotes and thoughts from:

Eros and Civilization (1955) by Herbert Marcuse: https://ect.humspace.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Marcuse-Eros-and-Civilization-pp.-9-95.pdf

The roots of gay oppression (International Socialism, Spring Issue 1989) by Norah Carlin: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/isj2/1989/isj2-042/carlin.htm

Queer in a Lean World (Against The Current ATC 89, November–December 2000) by Alan Sears: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/965.html

Rebel Girl: The Price of Assimilation (Against The Current ATC 99, July–August 2002) by Catherine Sameh: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1188.html

The Bolsheviks and the Sexual Revolution (Irish Marxist Review 2017) by Sean Egan: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/irishmr/vol06/no17/egan.pdf

And we cover some news items from the past few months including:

Trans rights: The Cass Review one year on

01/05/2025: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/138344/01-05-2025/trans-rights-the-cass-review-one-year-on/

“An Anti-Trans Fever Dream”: HHS Publishes Attack on Gender-Affirming Youth Care Experts immediately slammed the report, which does not disclose its authors: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/hhs-trans-youth-gender-care-report/

The inconvenient paradox of the war on trans rights that the GOP hopes we don’t notice: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/the-inconvenient-paradox-of-the-on-trans-rights-that-the-gop-hopes-we-dont-notice/

In battle against transgender rights, Trump targets HUD’s housing policies: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-battle-against-transgender-rights-trump-targets-hud-s-housing-policies/ar-AA1EatCR?ocid=BingNewsBrowse

Why the far right exploits transphobia: https://socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callinicos/alex-callinicos-why-the-far-right-exploits-transphobia/

Maine wins major court victory about trans rights against president: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/maine-wins-major-court-victory-about-trans-rights-against-president/

Fighting for trans rights in the era of Trump: https://socialist-alliance.org/our-common-cause/2025-03-10/fighting-trans-rights-era-trump

Gen Z is Out of the Closet – Now, Into the Streets!: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/15/gen-z-is-out-of-the-closet-now-into-the-streets/

‘We struck for trans+ rights, you can do it too’: report from Australian socialist: https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/we-struck-for-trans-rights-you-can-do-it-too-report-from-australian-socialist/

Denver celebrates International Workers Day with rally and march: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/denver-celebrates-international-workers-day-with-rally-and-march

Special Interview Recorded (3/19/2025) and Uploaded (5/1/2025)

(PHOTO: Public art, Jeju Island, South Korea)

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY!

(NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/RX2EEgOLEak?si=f9k9i0QlZ6YylxVk)

In this special interview we speak with one time Minneapolis resident, retired professor, writer and world traveler Anne Winkler-Morey (https://annewinklermorey.com/about-the-author/projects/travel-blog-political/) about her new column at the Minnesota Women's Press (https://www.womenspress.com/) Aging on the Run.

You can find the columns we discuss here:

Part 1: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-on-the-run/

Part 2: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-on-the-run-against-forgetting/

Part 3: https://www.womenspress.com/column-aging-across-borders-3/

Part 4: https://www.womenspress.com/aging-across-borders-4-vignettes-for-international-womens-day/

Last time we spoke to Winkler-Morey on the podcast we were discussing here fantastic book Allegiance to Winds and Waters: Bicycling the Political Divides of the United States. You can find that interview here: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/allegiance-to-winds-and-waters-socialist-news-and-views-episode-37

#aging #travel #justice

Special Interview Recorded (4/21/2025) and Uploaded (4/24/2025)

(NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: https://youtu.be/kqFA7wNWsnc?si=IUmV3Jn7UF97GV7l)

In this special interview we speak with John Wallace, a forest activist and Vice President of the Shawnee Park and Climate Alliance (https://www.shawneentlpark.org/). Wallace recently retired but previously worked as an Environmental Educator at Southern Illinois University's Touch Of Nature Environmental Center outside of Carbondale Illinois and as the Cedar Lake (a municipal water source for Carbondale, IL) Manager.

In this special we speak about the USDA Forest Service, Shawnee National Forest, Climate Change and The Shawnee Park and Climate Alliance.

#shawneenationalforest #shawnee #southernillinois

NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW Lessons From The Toya López Campaign

In this episode we speak with Toya López (https://www.facebook.com/votetoyalopez/) about lessons learned from a run for the 61A House of Representatives position last year as a Green Party candidate in Minnesota.

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NEWS:

FRSO off to fast start: $15k netted, $85k to go!: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/frso-off-to-fast-start-15k-netted-85k-to-go

Tariffs, the stock market and the working class: https://www.workers.org/2025/04/84946/

The Attacks on Us All: https://solidarity-us.org/the-attacks-on-us-all/

Palestine Solidarity Under Attack: A Conversation with Helyeh Doutaghi: https://www.blackagendareport.com/palestine-solidarity-under-attack-conversation-helyeh-doutaghi

Sanders’s Rallies Show a Working Class Ready to Fight, Not Fall Back into the Democratic Party: https://www.leftvoice.org/sanders-rallies-show-a-working-class-ready-to-fight-not-fall-back-into-the-democratic-party/

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MUSIC: https://www.jackklatt.com/

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INTERVIEW Lessons From The Toya López Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/votetoyalopez/

(**The views expressed in this debate are the views and perspectives of the individuals only and do not necessarily represent the official positions of any other entity or organization.**)

(THREE NOTES...

NOTE 1: This Debate was recorded before the "Hands Off" April 5th protests across the country.

NOTE 2: This interview is available as a video from Urban Cabin Studios on their YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/O-_PPC8_-jw?si=QrETmXZD_5MqEj5Z

NOTE 3: The next Twin Cities Workers Assembly is May 17th. You can find the event details on FB here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2123169111478937)

This debate is hosted by Nick Shillingford,long-time Socialist, Organizer and Community Journalist. In the debate we discuss perspectives on how the working people's movements can defeat Trump and his regime. Originally 4 participants were expected in the debate but circumstances lead to only two being able to participate so this expectedly narrowed the scope of debate, but an important discussion was had on this topic.

Included in the debate are:

Stephanie Cholensky - Who was the Socialist Party USA (https://www.spusa2024.org/) Vice Presidential Candidate 2024. She is a long-time SP USA ((https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/)) member and leader who lives in Minneapolis.

Jessica Garraway - Who is a teacher in the Minneapolis School District, active member and leader in Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT 59: https://www.mft59.org/) She is also a long-time environmental activist and member of Black Cat Workers Collective (https://www.facebook.com/TC.WorkersDefense/) which is part of The Worker's Solidarity Circle.

FROM THE ARCHIVE - Recorded (9/1/2023) and Uploaded (4/3/2025)
This is never before published narration from our September 2023 visit to Rabideau CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) Camp (https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/chippewa/recarea/?recid=26640) in Blackduck Minnesota. This narration leaves off at the end of our visit to The Lost 40 in our THE LOST FORTY9th Episode # 49 (https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/the-lost-forty9th-episode-socialist-news-and-views-episode-49-12212023).