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David Backer - Public-school Funding, Local Property Taxes, Private Credit, Wall Street Involvement In Education Finance, And Organizing For Public Education.
Jamey Sharp - The Financial Crisis Facing Hennepin County Medical Center, Healthcare Under Capitalism, And Community Action To Protect Public Healthcare.
Crystal Spring - Arts Education, Theatre And Student Support, The Role Of Culture During Crises, And Proposed Minneapolis Public Schools Performing-arts Cuts.
Jules Barivan - Minneapolis Public Schools Budget Cuts, Worker Resistance, Immigration Enforcement, And Rank-and-file Educator Organizing.
Felix Pablo Muoz - Minneapolis Public Schools Budget Cuts, Worker Resistance, Immigration Enforcement, And Rank-and-file Educator Organizing.
The General Strike w/ FirewithFire.blog
July 20, 2026
As the anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis General Strike approaches, and as the people search for tools in our battle against fascism, we sat down the the FirewithFire blog to discuss thier piece The Big Break: General Strikes in the Past and Present. This interview offers an introductory sweep of General Strikes in U.S. history, labor history and some recent international examples of general strikes that may be instructive. *Producer Isaac is out of town, forgive the dimished audio quali...
Toward A Socialist Understanding of Public School Finance w/ David Backer
July 06, 2026
We sat down with author of As Public As Possible: Radical Finance for America's Public Schools David Backer with the intention of gaining a better understanding of how our public schools are (under)funded today in capitalist America and how we can take control of that finance to create the schools we deserve. We talk about local property tax, the role of private credit and Wall Street in public school debt and some near term changes that familis and educators can fight for. Big shout out ot ...
HCMC Must Not Close w/ Jamey Sharp
May 13, 2026
We are joined by South Minneapolis neighbor and emergency room doctor in training Jamey Sharp to talk about the financial crisis facing HCMC (Henneppin County Medical Center), which is facing imminent closure if nothing is done. Beyond the accute crisis facing HCMC we discuss the chronic crisis of health care in capitalist America, the interlocking nature of the attacks on health care and education and the power of our community to transform these systems for the better. Urgent - https://act...
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