Green Socialist Notes

Green Socialist Notes
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Green Socialist Notes is a weekly podcast/livestream devoted to discussing current events and politics from a Green Socialist perspective. Hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker, the weekly program includes commentary on current news and events, occasional guests, and Q&A sessions. Streamed weekly on Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM EST on Howie Hawkins official Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch social media platforms and released as a podcast every Thursday morning.

  1. Aug 10

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 323 with Special Guest Andriy Movchan

    This week Howie will be joined by Ukrainian socialist Andriy Movchan for a discussion about his participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the importance of international Left support for both the Ukrainian and Palestinian struggles for national liberation.Links Shared During the Stream:Andriy Movchan, "The Russian Idée Fixe,” CounterPunch, January 1, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/01/the-russian-idee-fixe/Andriy Movchan, "Liquidating the Legacy of Revolution: Ideology of the Russian Invasion,” CounterPunch, February 24, 2023, https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/liquidating-the-legacy-of-revolution-ideology-of-the-russian-invasion/Andriy Movchan, "Socialists and the national question in Ukraine, yesterday and today,” Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal, May 31, 2025, https://links.org.au/socialists-and-national-question-ukraine-yesterday-and-todayAndriy Movchan, "From the Global Sumud Flotilla: An interview with Ukrainian organizer Andriy Movchan,” International Workers League, April 28, 2026, https://litci.org/en/from-the-global-sumud-flotilla-an-interview-with-ukrainian-organizer-andriy-movchan/Andriy Movchan, "‘No one has strengthened the Ukrainian far-right more than Putin’,” Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal, June 1, 2025, https://links.org.au/no-one-has-strengthened-ukrainian-far-right-more-putinAndriy Movchan, "For an Anti-Imperialist Leftist movement,” Osservatorio balcani caucaso transeuropa, June 24, 2026, https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_article/for-an-anti-imperialist-leftist-movement-an-interview-with-andriy-movchan/"Interview with Andriy Movchan, who sailed to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla," Transnational Institute for Social Ecology, May 27, 2026, https://www.trise.net/2026/05/27/interview-with-andriy-movchan-who-sailed-to-gaza-with-the-global-sumud-flotilla/Andriy Movchan, "An Interview on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza,” CounterPunch, June 25, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/25/an-interview-on-the-global-sumud-flotilla-to-gaza/ Streamed on 8/8/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/TLB-xLFtYB0 Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  2. Aug 3

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 322 with Special Guest Nina Potarska

    This week Howie is joined by Nina Potarska, a Ukrainian feminist, peace, and social activist, who will talk about her participation in the recent Global Sumud Flotilla to break the blockade of Gaza and her peace-building work in Ukraine. Streamed on 8/1/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/VslhzK6t1-k Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  3. Jul 27

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 321 with Special Guest Marie Therese Merhej Seif

    This week Howie is joined by Dr. Marie Therese Merhej Seif, a Member of the Political Board of the Green Party of Lebanon (GPL), where she champions a green political vision rooted in ecological responsibility, social justice, transparency, and inclusive decision-making. Within the party, she works to advance climate resilience, renewable energy, sustainable cities, and biodiversity protection, while placing gender equality at the heart of environmental policy and governance.She also serves as UNEP's Regional Facilitator for Major Groups and Stakeholders (MGS) for the West Asia Region, representing civil society perspectives in UNEP regional processes and strengthening dialogue between stakeholders, governments, and environmental actors.A committed advocate for women's leadership, Marie Therese is Gender Focal Point for the Arab Region within the Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED), promoting gender-responsive climate policy across Arab civil society. She is a member of the UNEP Women's Major Group and the IPEN Women's Caucus, and was elected to the G100 Global Network of Women Leaders, representing the Environment, Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Oceans sector.A Lebanese architect with a PhD in Forestry Engineering and Sustainable Development, and President of the Human Environmental Association for Development (HEAD), Marie Therese continues to bridge green politics, environmental governance, and women's leadership—building a more just, sustainable, and gender-equal Lebanon and Arab region. Streamed on 7/25/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/t4pmuvZG3m0 Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  4. Jul 20

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 320 with Special Guest Victor Hernandez

    This week Howie is joined by Victor Hernandez, Green candidate for California State Assembly District 59 in Anaheim, who is in a November run-off election with a Republican opponent. Links Shared During the Stream Victor Hernandez for State Assembly, District 59, California, https://www.victorforassembly.com/ Dan Schnur, "A Judge Just Ordered Huntington Beach to Give Voters More Choice,” Independent Voter News, July 2, 2026, https://ivn.us/a-judge-just-ordered-huntington-beach-to-give-voters-more-choice/ Paul Glover, Los Angeles: A History of the Future, 1982, https://www.paulglover.org/8212.html Howie Hawkins, New Green Horizons, A Political Paradox: A Progressive Leaning Public Elects a Far Right President, https://newgreenhorizons.us/a-political-paradox-a-progressive-leaning-public-elects-a-far-right-president/https://www.markrendon4ad14.com/ Streamed on 7/19/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/41eY-dhTBfE Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  5. Jul 13

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 319: Prairieland Defenders

    This week Howie is joined by a friend of the Prairieland Defendants. https://prairielanddefendants.com/ Streamed on 7/11/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/RZmyo6eSoxc Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  6. Jul 6

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 318

    Howie talks about current events, America: 250 years since a revolution, and takes viewer questions.Links shared during the stream:Move To Amend, https://www.movetoamend.org/amendmentVietnamese Declaration of Independence, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vietnamese_Declaration_of_IndependenceMalcolm X, “A Declaration of Independence,” March 12, 1964, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/a-declaration-of-independence/Lizzie Skurnick, "The Fight to Fight: Black Soldiers in the Revolutionary War,” New York Times, July 2, 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/travel/revolutionary-war-black-soldiers-history.htmlSidney Lens, Radicalism in America (Crowell, 1969 rev. ed).Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again,” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907/let-america-be-america-again Streamed on 7/4/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/CxB4ek5Ew8k Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  7. Jun 28

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 317

    This week Howie talks current events and takes viewer questions. Streamed on 6/27/26 Watch the video at: ⁠https://youtube.com/live/OR_NuKRxBps⁠Links Shared During the Streamhttps://www.wamc.org/news/2024-02-27/new-paltz-remembers-first-same-sex-weddings-20-years-laterUS Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 for S.4814 to extend TPS for Haitian immigrantsMegyn Kelly, Racist rant against Haitians, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1724331988983674Youth Against Sweatshops, No More 24 Videos, https://www.instagram.com/youthagainstsweatshops/News Release, Hawkins for Governor, May 30, 2018, https://www.howiehawkins.org/hawkins_fasts_in_solidarity_with_displaced_bowery_tenants_on_a_3_day_hunger_strike_calls_housing_a_right_not_a_privilege_at_rally_outside_city_hallMichelle Breidenbach, "Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE,” Syracuse.com, June 24, 2026, https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/federal-agents-track-down-syracuse-woman-demand-she-remove-instagram-post-about-ice.htmlMichelle Breidenbach, "Civil rights experts: ICE warning to Syracuse woman was scare tactic against citizen critic,” Syracuse.com, June 26, 2026, https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/civil-rights-experts-ice-warning-to-syracuse-woman-was-scare-tactic-against-citizen-critic.htmlPaigelynn Gonyea, https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-defend-my-civil-libertiesReagan on Citizenship: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hPPB0pDS49I Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

  8. Jun 22

    Green Socialist Notes, Episode 316 with Special Guest Shehla Faizi

    This week Howie is joined by Shehla Faizi, Green candidate for Texas State Comptroller. Links Shared During the Stream:Kenneth Mejia for LA City Controller, https://www.mejiaforcontroller.com/Shehla Faizi for Texas State Comptroller, https://www.faizifortexas.com/ Streamed on 6/20/26 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/UfaPFmnVvl4 Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

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Green Socialist Notes is a weekly podcast/livestream devoted to discussing current events and politics from a Green Socialist perspective. Hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker, the weekly program includes commentary on current news and events, occasional guests, and Q&A sessions. Streamed weekly on Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM EST on Howie Hawkins official Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch social media platforms and released as a podcast every Thursday morning.

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  • Creator
    Green Socialist Notes
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    316
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Green Socialist Notes
  • Show Website
    Green Socialist Notes

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