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NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW Zac Harding For Governor (https://www.zacforgovernor.com/)A link to the Zac Harding for Governor Of Minnesota FULL INTERVIEW from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube will be posted here when available: (The interview included in this episode audio has been edited for length)NEWS:Listen to the moment of silence MN GOP delegates held for Derek Chauvin: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/01/listen-to-the-moment-of-silence-mn-gop-delegates-held-for-derek-chauvin/Minnesotans whose loved ones were killed by police condemn state GOP for praying for Derek Chauvin: https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-minnesota-george-floyd-chauvin-republicans-prayer-a05b50d6d84c25c4a2cd3f662f6a3b88Families Impacted by Police Violence Condemn GOP's Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin: https://www.blckpress.com/post/families-impacted-by-police-violence-condemn-gop-s-moment-of-silence-for-derek-chauvin?fbclid=IwY2xjawSeWiJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFySXpwOUVmRkZnRTkyd2V4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrJjUUZaYom4jbeWb-bL5TWReC1gDRrlsWTmK5B-2R06xWUJRRNK5HCgM8aH_aem_XsWrvJMEq-_AVEbYsmD0hwBrixton Hughes (New Hughes Video Feed): https://www.facebook.com/NewHughes----MUSIC: https://www.danielpatrickrosen.com/----INTERVIEW - Zac Harding For Governor Of Minnesota: https://www.zacforgovernor.com/

NEWS + POEM + INTERVIEW - Socialist ComorosTHUMBNAIL 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)----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-cbpSNV Special Interview: Join The 20 Below Revolt!: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-join-the-20-below-revoltThe 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=lXDV3IVMLh861mH5SNV Special Report: End Slavery In Minnesota: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesotaNOT 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/ ----POEM:Freedom Sings by Gary NorthI hear freedom songs inwhistles blownto alert neighbors ofdanger in their midst.I hear freedom songsin the sounds ofinstructions givenand carried out:neighbors driven toappointments;errands run for others;food delivered to thosefearful of venturing forth;neighbors I have seenstanding vigil on street cornersat this time of terror.I hear a freedom songin the voice of a taco shop ownerwho, through gentle tears,thanks her neighbors forlooking out for her,as neighbors will.I hear freedom songs inthe voicesof the woman, now passed, who said“I don’t hate you”,and the man, now passed,whose last wordswere “Are you all right?”I hear the single resonating noteof freedom itselfin the desireof every immigrantwho just,simplywants to be free.Freedom Singing: https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/culture-education/music/----INTERVIEW:Socialist Comoros - VIDEO (Urban Cabin Studios): https://youtu.be/cMGc5dY2aF8?si=yfYUUyCWHqt9Druj----

In this Extra: A clip from End Slavery in Minnesota (https://mnendslavery.org/) Kickoff Event - Panel Discussion (you can watch the whole thing here: https://youtu.be/KaK0D8SFft4?si=D6DjrNyGqEPJ0mbG) that was not included in the last special report (https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-end-slavery-in-minnesota). Here, Antonio Williams, Founder and Co-Executive Director of Tone Up (https://toneup.org/) who spent 14 years and 2 weeks in Minnesota Department of Corrections talks about strip searches and Muslim prayers while incarcerated.

Special Interview Recorded (1/28/2026) and Uploaded Here (1/29/2026)(A NOTE: You can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH18Nf9Wsqk )(ANOTHER NOTE: National Day of Action at Target stores on Saturday January 31, 2026 - MORE INFO: https://www.iceoutnowmn.com/ )In this special I speak with Kip Hedges, a member of Workers' Solidarity Circle, a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA: https://www.dsausa.org/), a Co-Chair of the National DSA Workers Organizing Workers Committee (WOW: https://workersorganizingworkers.org/), long-time Labor Activist, previous President of a local baggage handlers union at MSP airport and organizer in the fight for a $15/hr minimum wage for workers at the airport.Hedges also writes for Workers Resist on Substack: https://workersresist.substack.com/This interview focuses on Friday's General Strike (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minnesota_general_strike), the x-a-cution of Alex Pretti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti) on Saturday and how we expand the struggle to include more working people so that we can make ICE GTFO! You can watch a video of Kip Hedges giving "a stirringly relevant reading from The History of the Russian Revolution" here: https://substack.com/@kiphedges/note/c-204712514 You can hear the song A City of Heroes by Billy Bragg here: https://braggb.substack.com/p/city-of-heroes You can find a long list of different organizations to donate to in Minnesota to support us here: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/#generalstrike #20BelowRevolt #MinnesotaTaughtUsToBeBrave