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This week Howie and Angela talk about the war on whistle blowers, the filibuster, Kamala Harris' immigration statements, some book promos, and take viewer questions!

00:00: Intro: War on whistleblowers (Howie)

02:00: Intro: Manchin and the filibuster

08:15: Intro: Kamala Harris on immigration (Angela)

11:35: Intro: Fourth Stimulus check (Angela)

13:55: Intro: The Queens English - New Book Promo (Angela)

15:10: Intro: Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments - New Book Promo (Angela).

16:40: RCV Nationally (Q&A)

24:40: Free Speech (Q&A)

28:55: Critical Race Theory (Q&A)

33:45: Dems killing NY healthcare bill (Q&A)

34:40: Russia and China (Q&A)

45:15: Anniversary of Medgar Evers murder (Q&A)

46:30: LGBTQIA+ Education (Q&A)

49:50: Republicans and Democrats (Q&A)

52:35: Senator Seinema (Q&A)

53:55: Not going back to normal (Q&A)

55:37: CA Governor Race (Q&A)

56:30: Community Control of the Police (Q&A)

59:42: Green messaging

1:03:10: Closing Thoughts

Streamed on 6/12/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/SJGmrsLyuiY

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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, Twitter, 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

Angela is working this week, so Howie talks about the attacks on US democracy and takes viewer questions on topics ranging from organizing locally to the filibuster to election observers.

00:00: Intro: Attacks on democracy (Howie)

10:00: New York municipal elections

11:30: International monitors of US elections

12:45: Direct democracy

16:20: 2024

17:15: Building at the local level

21:45: Shutting down pipelines

24:55: CA Recall

26:30: PRO Act

28:05: Trump’s claims of his reinstatement in August

28:52: GOP turning into the Trump Party

35:30: Obama and Biden

37:55: Running against established Democrats locally

40:50: Term limits

42:35: Biden a progressive president?

50:15: Local advocacy

53:00: Liz Cheney

55:20: Bill Gates buying farm land and agriculture policy

58:00: Outro

Streamed on 6/5/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/8aZm5X9iwgE

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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, Twitter, and Twitch.

Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.

Archives at greensocialist.net/stream and greensocialist.net/pod

Music by Gumbo le Funque

Intro: She Taught Us

Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom

Howie and Angela are back (along with Angela's dogs) for another episode of Green Socialist Notes.  They talk about topics from the filibuster to bodily autonomy to organizing and more!

00:00: Intro (Howie): Filibuster and RCV

10:12: Intro (Angela): Reproductive Freedom Bills and Pride Month

11:45: Dems scapegoating the GOP

13:25: Conservatives and the PRO Act

16:25: Dems waiting to 2022 to move on filibuster?

18:05: Pride Month Streams

18:35: Speaking to rural white folks

22:45: Discussing Ecosocialism in the Hispanic community

25:20: Attacks on bodily autonomy

33:40: Public banking

35:25: Ending wars

40:30: Could Biden abolish the filibuster?

43:10: Fiat currency crashing?

46:10: Explaining the political spectrum

47:30: Liquid democracy

48:15: Single issue voters

49:20: Citizen voting input on bills

53:45: Most progressive state party

47:10 Final Thoughts

Streamed on 5/29/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/V9Mr0gzNIsM

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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, Twitter, 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

This week Angela returns (she's been working long hours) and Howie and Angela give their takes on current events and take viewer questions.

Streamed on 5/22/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/yYSUqIwk0jw

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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, Twitter, 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

This week, at our new day/time, Howie talks about the conflicts in Palestine and Columbia and takes viewer questions on a wide range of topics. 



00:00: Intro: US Imperialism: Israel, Columbia, and Beyond

06:40: NY Democrats attack third parties ballot access

11:25: Response to “both sides” messaging in regard to Israel/Palestine

12:35: Media portrayal of the conflict in Palestine

14:05: Palestinian allies?

16:08: US history of allying with dictators

20:30: Engaging people for structural change

23:15: How to deal with anti-semitism accusations for criticism of Israel

24:50: Future for US colonized lands

27:20: Connecting Palestinian and Black liberation

28:35: Left wing opposition in Israel

30:20: Biden and gun rights

32:10: What have you been reading lately?

34:20: Worker Coops as an alternative to capitalism

37:05: 9/11 and neverending war

32:22: German Greens

42:25: Global capitalism becoming neo-fuedalism

44:22: Climate change

48:35: Kamala vs Biden, who’s worse?

50:52: Free Software Movement

52:20: Is hand counting possible in US?

53:30: Drug war and Columbia conflict

57:30: Worst atrocity committed by the US?

58:28: El Salvidor election

59:30 Final Thoughts

Streamed on 5/15/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/pg-vscbMwB0

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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, Twitter, 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

Howie Hawkins is joined by whistleblower John Kiriakou, a former CIA analyst and case officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant.  Kiriakou revealed that waterboarding torture was not just what some rogue agents were doing, but rather it was an established policy of the US government.  For that revelation, he served 30 months in a plea bargain for "violations" of the Espionage Act of 1917.

00:00: Reporting the death of activist Nikeeta Slade

2:24: John Kiriakou Introduction

11:33: John Kiriakou’s story

41:04: Q&A

Streamed on 5/11/2021

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/CeOdsHdUUNw

Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker.  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

NEW DAY/TIME! Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch.

NEW DAY/TIME! Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.

Music by Gumbo le Funque

Intro: She Taught Us

Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom