Dec 10, 2021
Today on the Patreon feed we dropped part 2 of our essay "Bulldozing Tents" reflecting on the role of the local Non-Profit Industrial Complex in repressing the encampment movement and evicting unsheltered people from public parks in the summer of 2020.
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Nov 24, 2021
Today we are unlocking a Patreon exclusive episode. We are joined by Luna Zeidner, campaign manager for the 2021 Sheila FTP Mayoral campaign to reflect on the recently concluded Minneapolis municipal elections. We get to know a bit about Luna's pathway into electoral politics and talk about the successes and lessons...
Nov 15, 2021
On today's episode we are joined by Tram Hoang, Monica Bravo and B Rosas, 3 organizers with the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS)Coalition that led the victorious campaign for Rent Control in St. Paul. We discuss the ins and outs of how this historic victory was achieved and what lessons renters can take as we...
Nov 11, 2021
We are uplifting a call to action from Minnesota Uprising Arrestee Support (MUAS) in support of Montez Lee, a 25 year old father of 2 who is in federal custody on charges stemming from the uprising after the murder of George Floyd. Click the link below and submit a letter to in support of Montez Lee, letters must be in...
Nov 8, 2021
Today we are joined by friend of the show Micah Fitch for a discussion on voting systems. Micah helps us understand the strengths and limitations of Rank Choice Voting a little better and introduces us to two potential alternatives, Approval and STAR voting.
We have some autopsies of the recent Minneapolis...