NEWS + POEM + INTERVIEW - Socialist Comoros
THUMBNAIL PHOTO: Is a merging of two versions of the books cover from I Ain't Your Marionette Press.
(NOTE: A video version of the Socialist Comoros interview ONLY is available on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/cMGc5dY2aF8?si=vEl39-Hsjiaz5QxK)
Interview Recorded (1/13/2026)
In this interview we speak with the poet, artist philosopher, and educator Lucas Alan Dietsche. Dietsche is also Adjunct Professor Prison Education Program/Adams State University and is a PhD Student of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art at the renowned IDVSA (https://www.idsva.edu/)
Dietsche has a new book out from, I Ain't You Marionette Press, called Ylang-Ylang Socialism: Ali Soilihi, Maoism, and Socialist Comoros 1975-1978 (https://iaintyourmarionettepress.com/products/ylang-ylang-socialism-ali-soilihi-maoism-and-socialist-comoros-1975-1978)
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NEWS:
1/23/26 - General Strike! Day of Truth And Freedom! Downtown MPLS (from Urban Cabin Studios): https://www.instagram.com/p/DT39iRUDH1V/
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE: https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-general-strike-minnesotans-ice-protest-trump-cbp
SNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-join-the-20-below-revolt
The neighbor of Alex Pretti slain by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis says everything terrible thing you are hearing from DHS about him is a lie: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT7KQaVjm9V/
End Slavery in Minnesota: 2026 Kick Off Panel: https://youtu.be/KaK0D8SFft4?si=lXDV3IVMLh861mH5
SNV Special Report: End Slavery In Minnesota: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesota
NOT ON NATIVE LAND: Indigenous -Led Civil & Human Rights Rally 2/7/26 at Whipple Fed Concentration Camp (Urban Cabin Studios): https://www.instagram.com/p/DUd3KcIDFqO/
Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli: https://www.facebook.com/Yaocenoxtli/
Announcing the 2026 Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives March: https://www.miwsac.org/announcing-the-2026-missing-murdered-indigenous-relatives-march/
Wild Cat Cabaret - Rebel Love: https://www.facebook.com/events/dual-citizen-brewing/wild-cat-cabaret-presents-rebel-love-ctul-fundraiser/1208427810939322/
Join us Sun, Feb 15th 4-6pm at the United Labor Center for a Workers Assembly to collectively decide the next mass action against ICE!: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUZM1zJEdr5/
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POEM:
Freedom Sings by Gary North
I hear freedom songs in
whistles blown
to alert neighbors of
danger in their midst.
I hear freedom songs
in the sounds of
instructions given
and carried out:
neighbors driven to
appointments;
errands run for others;
food delivered to those
fearful of venturing forth;
neighbors I have seen
standing vigil on street corners
at this time of terror.
I hear a freedom song
in the voice of a taco shop owner
who, through gentle tears,
thanks her neighbors for
looking out for her,
as neighbors will.
I hear freedom songs in
the voices
of the woman, now passed,
who said
“I don’t hate you”,
and the man, now passed,
whose last words
were “Are you all right?”
I hear the single resonating note
of freedom itself
in the desire
of every immigrant
who just,
simply
wants to be free.
Freedom Singing: https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/culture-education/music/
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INTERVIEW:
Socialist Comoros - VIDEO (Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/cMGc5dY2aF8?si=yfYUUyCWHqt9Druj
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