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Socialist News and Views
Ongoing News from the fight against misogyny, racism, homophobia, cuts in public services, restrictions on democracy as well as their root cause which is capitalism. Speeches, interviews, history, culture, and music from those struggling for a better world. Regular Episodes with news, art and perspectives posted the third Thursday of the month with Special Reports and Interviews on the other weeks of the month. All content produced by Urban Cabin Studios in South Minneapolis, MN USA.
Episodes
Socialist News and ViewsAssata Shakur Speaks: Socialist News And Views Episode # 75 (10/16/2025)
NEWS + MUSIC + ASSATA SHAKUR SPEAKS (letter read by Shakur from 1998 on Pacifica Radio). NEWS: Wall Street’s Bid For Your Power (10/3/2025)…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Save Our VA Update
Special Interview Recorded (10/07/2025) and Uploaded (10/09/2025) In this special we speak with Jeff Roy and Arlys Herem from Veterans For Peace…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Their Repression And Our Response
Special Interview Recorded (9/25/2025) and Uploaded Here (10/2/2025) (NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the YouTube for Urban Cabin…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: La Penultima By Elaine Klaassen
Special Interview Recorded (9/11/2025) and Uploaded (9/25/25). In this special we speak with the local author Elaine Klaassen about her book La Penultima: With…
Socialist News and ViewsEXTRA: Nepal - Two Days In September
In this Extra we hear the voice of Journalist Pranaya Rana from Nepal who has reported on recent Gen Z protests at Kalam Weekly…
Socialist News and ViewsSocial Movement Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode #74
NEWS + MUSIC + PERSPECTIVES on Social Movements from listeners. NEWS: State DFL declares war on Minneapolis…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Marxists Must Understand Social Reproduction Theory
Special Interview Recorded (9/9/2025) and Uploaded (9/11/2025) (ILLUSTRATION: from Laws of Social Reproduction Twitter of the European Research Council.)…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Twin Cities Labor Roundup
Special Report Recorded (9/2/2025) and Uploaded (9/4/2025) (PHOTO: Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Workers informational picket in St. Paul Winter 2022)…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Stop The Attacks On Our VA Workers
Special Report (8/28/2025) In this special report we hear audio from a protest at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center on Monday August 25th 2025. A speech and…
Socialist News and ViewsSyria And Lebanon: Socialist News And Views Episode # 73 (8/21/2025)
(NOTE: An audio version of this interview on YouTube includes CAPTIONS: youtu.be/V5Pt0VN03UU?si=32pzkag9TMleYyPt) INTERVIEW with Jihad Jneid…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Journey To George Floyd Square
Special Interview Recorded (8/5/2025) and Uploaded (8/14/2025) In this Special we speak with Raycurt Johnson (AKA Raycurt Lemuel AKA FIDDLA…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: George Ibrahim Abdallah Is Free!
Special Report (8/7/2025) In this special we discuss the release on July 25th, 2025 of George Ibrahim Abdallah from a French prison after 41 years as a…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Zero Burn Coalition Says "SHUT IT DOWN!"
Special Interview Recorded (7/29/2025) and Uploaded (7/31/2025) (NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Against Sheltered Workshops
Special Interview Recorded (7/10/2025) and Uploaded (7/24/2025) In this special we speak with long-time activist Beth Blick, Board Member of Minnesota Citizens…
Socialist News and ViewsSeven Days In Chengdu: Socialist News And Views Episode # 72 (7/17/2025)
NEWS + POEM + ESSAY - Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China ready by Anne Winkler-Morey…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: 40 Years Since Rainbow Warrior Bombing
Special Report (7/10/2025) In this special we revisit 40 years since the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Anne Winkler-Morey Interviews Host Nick
Special Interview Recorded (6/19/2025) and Uploaded (7/3/2025) (NOTE: A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube here…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: My Union Left Me
Special Interview Recorded (6/24/2025) and Uploaded (6/26/2025) (NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here…
Socialist News and ViewsHelen Keller - In Behalf Of The IWW: Socialist News And Views Episode # 71 (6/19/2025)
NEWS + MUSIC + ESSAY In Behalf of the IWW by Helen Keller (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/18_03_x01.htm) NEWS: St. Paul…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Hit By Vehicle After Minneapolis ICE Raid
Special Interview Recorded (6/10/2025) and Uploaded (6/12/2025) In this special we speak with Andrea Stearns a Registered Nurse and socially conscious…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Gothic Capitalism
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Wedge Workers Fight For Free Expression
Special Interview Recorded (5/25/2025) and Uploaded (5/29/2025). In this special we speak with Nadia with Wedge Workers…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Socialist Social Club
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…
Socialist News and ViewsThe Art Of Primitive Communism: Socialist News And Views Episode # 70 (5/15/2025)
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Solidarity Can Win Liberation For All!
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Aging On The Run
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Shawnee Park And Climate Alliance
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…
Socialist News and ViewsLessons From The Toya López Campaign: Socialist News And Views Episode # 69 (4/17/2025)
NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW Lessons From The Toya López Campaign In this episode we speak with Toya López (https://www.facebook.com/votetoyalopez/) about lessons…
Socialist News and ViewsSocialist News And Views DEBATE: How Do We Defeat Trump?
(**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…
Socialist News and ViewsFrom The Archive: Visit To Rabideau CCC Camp September 1, 2023
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Milei To Trump - Global Views On Authoritarianism
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…
Socialist News and ViewsEXTRA: Women Speak Out!
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSammy's Attic, ADHD And Me: Socialist News And Views Episode # 68 (3/20/2025)
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Fired From The Federal Government
Special Interview Recorded (3/4/25) and Uploaded (3/13/2025) (THUMBNAIL PHOTO: Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building in downtown Minneapolis provided by Urban…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: We Need A Democratic Constitution!
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Disability Justice In The Age Of Trump
Special Interview Recorded (2/9/2025) and Uploaded (2/27/2025) #disabilityjustice #disabilityrights #law (Note: A video version of this interview is available…
Socialist News and ViewsAll We Need Is A Little Enteignen: Socialist News And Views Episode # 67 (2/20/2025)
NEWS + LONGER REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM PERSPECTIVE + INTERVIEW All We Need Is a Little Enteignen In this special we speak with David Ackos about their article…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Don't Write Off Southern Workers. Hurricane Relief Now!
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…
Socialist News and ViewsSocialist News And Views DEBATE: Should Working People Support The Democratic Party?
A debate/discussion, about whether working people should support the Democratic Party, between 3 guests: Samuel Doten - A lifelong Minnesotan, who was an…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: DON'T Stop Talking About That
Special Interview Recorded (1/9/2025) and Uploaded (1/30/2025) In this special we speak with Tom Goodkind long time Socialist and Labor Activist based in…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: South Minneapolis Murals And The Situationists
Special Interview Recorded (12/3/2024) and Uploaded (1/23/2025) In this special we speak with longtime South Minneapolis resident Matt Pogatshnik…
Socialist News and ViewsRevolutionary Optimism Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 66 (1/16/2025)
NEWS + REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM PERSPECTIVES + MUSIC NEWS: City invests nearly $18.5 million into affordable housing projects…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Discussion On The Developments In Syria
(NOTE: A video version of this podcast is available on Urban Cabins Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW1Tfz0I6nA&t=3s) Special Interview…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Fund Healthcare Not Genocide
(****UPCOMING EVENT: Healthcare Workers for Palestine - Twin Cities - Sick From Genocide - Monday January 6th from 10:30am-12pm at Stewart Park - 2700 12th Ave…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Holiday Special Report 2024
Special Report (12/26/2024) In this special we discuss the 1984-85 UK Miners Strike…
Socialist News and ViewsEXTRA: Update From Syria - Full Interview with Thomas Schmidinger
#syria #kurdistan #marxism In this interview we speak with Thomas Schmidinger, who is an Associated Professor at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) in…
Socialist News and ViewsJulius Nyerere - The Party Must Speak For The People: Socialist News And Views Episode # 65 (12/19/2024)
NEWS + ESSAY + SPEECH by Julius Nyerere - The Party Must Speak For The People. NEWS: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’: Internal emails reveal Minnesota…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Crashing Into America
Special Interview Recorded (12/3/2024) and Uploaded (12/12/2024) (NOTE: A video of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Socialist Elected Mayor Of Yarra
Special Interview Recorded (11/28/2024) and Uploaded (12/5/2024) (NOTE: You can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios here…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Settler Colonialism Continues
Special Interview Recorded (11/24/2024) and Uploaded (11/28/2024) (NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview here…
Socialist News and Views"Cancel Culture" Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 64 (11/21/2024)
NEWS + MUSIC + "CANCEL CULTURE" PERSPECTIVES NEWS: Kid Friendly Rally for Climate, NOT for War!: https://www.facebook.com/events/1098480028433294 Minneapolis…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Thoughts On The Trump Trifecta
Special Report (11/14/24) Donald Trump has again been elected President of the United States. ELECTIONS RESULTS…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Police and Public Safety
Special Report (11/7/2024) This special report is on Police and Public Safety. We divide the report into three sections: 1.History - Thoughts from Mary Benrud…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Building Relationships And Building The Movement
Special Recorded (10/10/2024) and Uploaded (10/31/2024) (PHOTO: Minneapolis International Worker's Day March 2021) (NOTE: A Video of this Interview is…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Kansas City Defender
Special Interview Recorded (10/22/2024) and Uploaded (10/24/2024) (NOTE: You can watch a video version of this interview on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios…
Socialist News and ViewsTwin Cities Really Really Free Market: Socialist News And Views Episode # 63 (10/17/2024)
NEWS + MUSIC + VOICES from the Twin Cities Really Really Free Market In the second half of this episode we hear voices from the Twin Cities Really Really Free…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: A Short History Of Settler Colonialism
Special Interview Recorded (10/9/2024) and Uploaded (10/10/2024) In this Special I speak with Anti-war Activist and Labor Organizer Anthony who recently MC'd a…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Report: Capitalist Hellscape Earth
Special Report (10/3/2024) This special report covers the devastation in the South East United States brought by Hurricane Helene and unchecked Climate Change…
Socialist News and ViewsSNV Special Interview: Families Against Military Madness
Special Interview Recorded (9/21/2024) and Uploaded (9/26/2024) In this special we speak with Anna Madison from Families Against Military Madness (FAMM)…
Socialist News and ViewsJames Earl Jones Re-Enacts Paul Robeson Testimony: Socialist News And Views Episode # 62 (9/19/2024)
NEWS + MUSIC + RE-ENACTMENT by James Earl Jones of Paul Robeson's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities from 1956. NEWS: We spend the…