(**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).

Special Interview Recorded (3/4/2024) and Uploaded (3/27/2024)

(NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvau6cktFLg&t=4s)

In this special we interview Guillermo Kane, Argentine leader and militant in the Workers' Party Partido Obrero (https://po.org.ar/) We also speak with John Reimann, a retired Carpenter and blogger at OaklandSocialist (OaklandSocialist.com)

We spoke with Guillermo Kane last a year ago about the Javier Milei Government in Argentina: https://youtu.be/VfDWLdbzpRo?si=r0HgVqsZu4GNFUgz

Here we speak with these two about Milei, Trump and the rise of global authoritarianism. Kane and Reimann have some agreement and some significant disagreement on how international workers should be orienting.

#antifascist #argentina #maga

In this Extra we have four contributions from women at events in February and March 2025:

#1 - Salwa Nubani, DO Psychiatry speaks as part of the Disability Justice is Liberation panel at the Lucy Parsons Center on February 22nd, 2025. Nubani is a member of Healthcare Workers for Palestine. The event was organized by Families Against Military Madness (FAMM: https://www.instagram.com/familiesagainstmilitarymadness/) a caucus of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM: https://www.instagram.com/wamm_mn/) You can watch the full video of the event WITH CAPTIONS here: https://youtu.be/0aof3D9zVbc?si=vzirvhJ9JpUWe8LF

#2 - Marcia Howard, English teacher at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and Teacher Chapter President of Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT 59) speaks at the Roof Depot Two Year Victory Celebration on February 23rd, 2025. You can watch addition videos of the event here:

PART 1: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1785415152240599

PART 2: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2057653881377823

PART 3: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1873699620111003

PART 4: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3497293037073475

PART 5: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655230573653019

PART 6: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1904637660363283

PART 7: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3965620520432878

PART 8: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=496828070157117

PART 9: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1893837714760839

#3 - Linda Leighton, a retired Union Member and a descendent of one of the leaders of the 1934 Teamsters Strike here in Minneapolis speaks at the Workers Solidarity Circle - Workers Assembly - Labor Solidarity with Abortion Access Underground on February 28th, 2025. Leighton is also an active member of Remember 1934 (https://rem34.ampmpls.com/) who speaks here at the Workers Assembly about the United States pre Roe V. Wade when abortion was illegal across the entire country. You can see additional photos of the event here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15waNrY6jY/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KSNAH9ZfQ/

#4 - Liz from Unite Here 17 representing workers at First Avenue and 6 sister clubs who ratified their first ever union contract unanimously in February. This was recorded at the International Women's Day Demonstration at May Day Plaza on March 8th, 2025. You can see videos of the event here:

PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRIA2Ia_bk\

PART 2: https://youtu.be/J20kIR9ZwXA?si=MnxTTYxXE86DeAto

INTERVIEW Sammy's Attic, ADHD And Me

(NOTE: This interview has been edited slightly for length. You can watch a FULL video version of this interview on The Urban Cabin YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/z3ITtxB5wpk?si=vCBf_YuEUBYBjJz0)

In this interview we speak with Ben Gallup (you can buy his art here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Benjaminjgallup/shop?asc=u) who wrote Sammy's Attic (https://www.amazon.com/Sammys-Attic-Benjamin-Gallup/dp/1733966129). You can also get the eBook here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sammys-attic-benjamin-gallup/1140404253 or reach out to Gallup on Instagram for a FREE-PDF(https://www.instagram.com/bengallup/). Gallup was diagnosed later in life with ADHD. I also have an ADHD diagnosis and we discuss our ADHD, our general mental health and many other things. Gallup and I met on the West Coast of the United States but he now lives in Germany.

#adhd #children #disabilityjustice

Special Interview Recorded (3/4/25) and Uploaded (3/13/2025)

(THUMBNAIL PHOTO: Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building in downtown Minneapolis provided by Urban Cabin Studios)

In this special we speak with a Minnesota based worker who was recently fired from the federal government as part of the ongoing Trump/Musk/DOGE dismantling of federal unions and the federal workforce (https://prospect.org/labor/2025-03-10-trump-rips-up-governments-agreement-with-workers/). We discuss leaving a previous local government position to move to the federal government, the experience of being fired after just months on the job, and the importance of federal jobs (especially to rural areas of the United States.)

Special Interview Recorded (2/6/2025) and Uploaded (3/6/2025)

(NOTE: A video version of this interview is available on the Urban Cabin Studios YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aioukNmxOQs&t=8s)

In this Socialist News And Views Special Interview we speak with Luke Pickrell of Democratic Constitution Blog (https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/) and Democratic Constitution Podcast (https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/podcast-episodes), which Pickrell hosts with Lucas De Hart, about the need for a democratic constitution in the United States.

Pickrell has written for many other publications including:

Cosmonaut: https://cosmonautmag.com/search/?category=All&query=luke+pickrell

Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/author/luke-pickrell

Mexico Solidarity Media: https://mexicosolidarity.com/author/luke-pickrell/

Special Interview Recorded (2/9/2025) and Uploaded (2/27/2025)

#disabilityjustice #disabilityrights #law

(Note: A video version of this interview is available on The Urban Cabin Studios YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/BeOb1yps_eg?si=hrmSIZnon5am0oXd)

In this special we speak with Eleanor Frisch who is Of Counsel at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll a plaintiffs class action law firm. Frisch currently represents plaintiffs in class actions involving their retirement and health benefits. Frisch has also worked in other areas of law including civil rights, wage and hour, consumer protection including claims under the American's with Disabilities' Act (ADA). Frisch also has a disability and is one of the founding board members of the Minnesota Disability Bar Association. This is only the second State Bar Association in the Country for Lawyers with Disabilities.

None of the opinions provided in this interview represent the opinions of any organization mentioned above.

MARTA RUSSELL (December 20, 1951 – December 15, 2013) Biography: http://martarussell.org/

NEWS + LONGER REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM PERSPECTIVE + INTERVIEW All We Need Is a Little Enteignen

In this special we speak with David Ackos about their article All We Need Is Enteignen for Socio-Technical Breakthroughs published on Streets MN (https://streets.mn/2025/01/08/all-we-need-is-enteignen-for-socio-technical-breakthroughs/) and republished as All We Need Is a Little Enteignen on Twin Cities DSA blog (https://twincitiesdsa.org/2025/02/all-we-need-is-a-little-enteignen/).

We last spoke with Ackos for our podcast SNV Special Interview: On The Left Bank (https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-on-the-left-bank)

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NEWS:

Viewpoint: After Resounding ‘No’ Vote, Letter Carriers Should Go on Offense: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2025/02/viewpoint-after-resounding-no-vote-letter-carriers-should-go-offense?fbclid=IwY2xjawIgr_tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeWBmee9XdA1EdT1VO2m_tlYqKUijItpVUhincSvGOuwFUb8EeElzQ7YjQ_aem_CHN8fGlJpxT4Cj4H1u9fUw

The Meaning of Trumpism for Mexico and the World: https://solidarity-us.org/the-meaning-of-trumpism-for-mexico-and-the-world/

‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/trump-musk-government-cost-cutting-coup

Trump/Musk Attack on Agencies is an Attack on Working People: https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/single-post/trump-musk-attack-on-agencies-is-an-attack-on-working-people

The Students Walk Out in Los Angeles: https://crimethinc.com/2025/02/13/the-students-walk-out-in-los-angeles-a-report-from-the-streets

Millions of People in Germany Protest Against the Right — and the Parties Respond by Shifting to the Right: https://www.leftvoice.org/millions-of-people-in-germany-protest-against-the-right-and-the-parties-respond-by-shifting-to-the-right/

To Fight The Right, Fight For Socialism: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2025/02/17/to-fight-the-right-fight-for-socialism/

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LONGER REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM PERSPECTIVE

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INTERVIEW: All We Need Is a Little Enteignen (https://twincitiesdsa.org/2025/02/all-we-need-is-a-little-enteignen/).

Housing cooperatives can help renters become owners | Opinion: https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/01/29/housing-cooperatives-can-help-renters-become-owners-opinion/

Opinion: We can all be housed: https://sahanjournal.com/opinion/rent-control-minneapolis-st-paul-affordable-housing/

Doughnut Economics: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/doughnut-economics-paperback/?srsltid=AfmBOooq2k3yrLapVmjxun7-2lMafsR8a7_SCZlAcJK13RT3zKLOW-5B

Push (2021): https://www.pushthefilm.com/

Special Interview Recorded (2/4/2025) and Uploaded (2/13/2025)

In this special we speak with Whitney, who was born and raised in East Tennessee, and is currently a mom, delivery driver and socialist living in Upper Northeast Tennessee.

Links to items mentioned in this special:

State House passes hurricane relief bill as protesters oppose school vouchers, immigration bill:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKBubB8JhA

Tennessee legislature puts hundreds of millions toward private-school vouchers:https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/30/tennessee-legislature-puts-hundreds-of-millions-toward-private-school-vouchers/

The 2 expelled members of the 'Tennessee 3' win back their state House seats:https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1192068281/the-2-expelled-members-of-the-tennessee-3-win-back-their-state-house-seats

Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems:https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/09/17/tennessee-tries-to-rein-in-ballads-hospital-monopoly-after-years-of-problems/