money.power.land.solidarity.

money.power.land.solidarity. is a Minneapolis based podcast amplifying working class movements and people power.

HCMC Must Not Close w/ Jamey Sharp 05/13/2026

HCMC Must Not Close w/ Jamey Sharp 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 - - sign the petition to save HCMC and contact your state lawmaker this week! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/41273425

Art Education is Essential w/ Crystal Spring 05/07/2026

Art Education is Essential w/ Crystal Spring We continue our coverage of the resistance to Minneapolis Public Schools cuts to staffing and student services in the wake of Operation Metro Surge by focusing in on our powerful and crucial performing arts programs that are on the chopping block. Long time Social Justice Theatre teacher Crystal Spring sat down to talk us through her two decades of work in Minneapolis Public Schools, the power of art and expression, how theatre and culture helped our students through Covid, the George Floyd Uprising and Operation Metro Surge and the devestating cuts to performing arts being proposed by the district. This episode opens with a clip from South high sophmore Ramsha testifying to the power of her theatre classes at the May 6th day of action for public eduation at the state capital organized by Minneapolis Families for Public Schools. This episode ends with a poem I (jake) wrote in late February. UPDATE: Our organizing is making an impact! Last week MPS announced a reversal to all the proposed cuts to the Adult Ed program we talked about two weeks ago, as well as an additional 10 Million to K-12 education that will save some jobs of Education Support Professionals. This is good, but not nearly enough! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/41200730

Which Side Are You On, MPS? w/ Felix Pablo Muñoz and Jules Barivan 04/30/2026

Which Side Are You On, MPS? w/ Felix Pablo Muñoz and Jules Barivan In the third installment of our emergent series covering the mass layoffs and budget cuts by Minneapolis Public Schools in the wake of Operation Metro Surge we sit down with multi-lingual ESPs Felix Pablo Muñoz and Jules Barivan who both had their jobs cut this year after standing shoulder to shoulder with thier students in resistance to ICE. Tune in to the hard faught wisom these rank and file educators share and keep your eyes and ears open for action opportunities as MPS moves to finalize thier budget in the next month. See you in the streets on May 1st! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/41070365

Save Adult Ed - A Roundtable with Minneapolis Adult Education Rank and File 04/22/2026

Save Adult Ed - A Roundtable with Minneapolis Adult Education Rank and File We continue our coverage of the aggressive budget and staffing cuts proposed by Minneapolis Public Schools in the wake of Operation Metro Surge by sitting down with 3 Rank and File educators from the Adult Eduaction program. The proposed cuts hit Adult Ed particularily hard, eliminating the jobs of 1/2 of thier teachers and all of thier Somali speaking support staff. Said Hassan, Ashley Zimmerman and Amy Elliott join us to talk about how thier school community supported each other during the invasion of our city, the importance of Adult Ed and thier demands of the school district. Follow to support thier organizing Check out this recent reporting on the dysfunction in the MPS finance department - which makes these cuts all the more grotesque /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/40969380

Resisting MPS Budget Cuts in the Wake of Metro Surge w/ Kate Percuco 04/13/2026

Resisting MPS Budget Cuts in the Wake of Metro Surge w/ Kate Percuco During Operation Metro Surge Minneapolis Public Schools became powerful hubs of organizing, mutual aid and community. In the immediate wake of the draw down of Operation Metro Surge Minneapolis Public Schools announced massive budget cuts that are another form of attack on the same communties that were in the crosshairs of I.C.E. On today's episode we talk with rank and file educator Kate Percuco about her experience during Operation Metro Surge and her thoughts on these proposed cuts to vital student services. Keep an eye on this feed and social media for more reporting on this struggle and for opportunities to get involved. The Money Power Land Solidarity Podcast is brought to you by producor Issaac Specktor, social media and back of the house organizer Diana Seegal - Garcia and host @G.P.jacob. /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/40821045

Rent Control Radio 04 01/13/2023

Rent Control Radio 04 Rent Control Radio episode 4 is here! On ep 4 the M.P.L.S. team walks through the final recommendations from the Rent Stabilization Working Group, which includes a surprisingly strong policy framework, and returning guest Tram Hoang joins us to familiarize us with some rent control struggles happening across the nation and we also have some great listener voicemails sprinkled in. /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/25597431

Exposing Empire through Music w/ Jose Antonio Zayas Caban 12/14/2022

Exposing Empire through Music w/ Jose Antonio Zayas Caban On today's episode we have the pleasure of talking with Saxaphonist, Educator and Activist Jose Antonio Zayas Caban. Jose gives us a window into his upbringing in Puerto Rico and move to the Midwest, his Grammy nominated collaboration , US colonialism and more. You can here the enitre extended interview where we dive into Jose's activism, including his participation in the Minneapolis Rent Stabilization Working Group and his work on the campaign with Open Streets MN on our . . This episode contains clips from Estaciones Porteñas and Un Tom Para Jobim, both tracks from the forth coming El Pais Invisible album. /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/25321059

Rent Control Radio 03 11/30/2022

Rent Control Radio 03 The landlord class was able to successfully snipe Jake with the migraine laser this month, but have no fear because Issac, Diana, B and Erin are back on episode 3 of Rent Control Radio to bring us up to speed on Minneapolis Rent Stablization working group meetings. We start and end this episode with voicemails from the Rent Control Radio hotline and we also have the live audio recording of the Minneapolis United For Rent Control direct action from the November 17th meeting (at just about the one hour mark). 612-424-2512 Call the Rent Control Radio hotline with your thoughts on Rent Control, your landlord, housing in general, really anything you want! support us on so we can afford to self medicate after attending these incredibly tedious meetings /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/25175013

Six Figure Twitter Bully (Patreon Snippet) 10/26/2022

Six Figure Twitter Bully (Patreon Snippet) for as little as $2 a month to get this full episdoe and our entire back catalog of excluisve content. Join us this Saturday, October 30th for the Rent Control Radio Launch Party at The Landing Strip 2614 30th Ave S 3-6pm! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/24806520

Rent Control Radio 02 10/21/2022

Rent Control Radio 02 We are joined by our friends B. Rosas and Erin West on episode 2 of Rent Control Radio, covering the on going struggle for Rent Control in the Twin Cities. Join us at the Rent Control Radio Launch Party Sunday, October 30th, 3-6pm at the Landing Strip 2614 30th ave S. We will have yard signs available free for Patrons, sliding scale for the unsubscribed. Call the Rent Control Radio hotline and tell us about your housing situation, thoughts on Rent Control, make fun of your landlord, etc - 612-424-2512 *This episode contains a brief clip from a conversation with the Seeds of Hope tenants group organized by /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/24758709

Voices from the Nurses Strike 09/28/2022

Voices from the Nurses Strike We hit the picket lines to talk to nurses on the third day of the historic Minnesota Nurses Association strike. We send our solidarity and support to the nurses who are standing up for the health of us all! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/24518700

Rent Control Radio 01 09/13/2022

Rent Control Radio 01 Welcome to Rent Control Radio - a new show that will be airing on the Money Power Land Solidarity feed. On Rent Control Radio we will be covering the City of Minneapolis' "Rent Stablization Working Group", a group appointed by the mayor and city council to shape a potential Rent Control policy for the city. The Rent Stabilization Working Group has their first meeting today 9/13/22 and are scheduled to meet through the rest of the year. On today's premier episode we sit down with Sean Lim from Minneapolis United for Rent Control & the Minnesota Youth Collective and B Rosas who was an organizer in the Housing Equity Now St. Paul (HENS) coaltion that led the successful referendum for Rent Control in St. Paul in 2021. We open today with some context on the stuggles for Rent Control in the Twin Cities and then we go through the appointees to the Minneapolis Rent Stablization Working Group to get a sense of who is on the group and what politics they bring to the table. Theme music created by our producer Isaac Specktor Subscribe to the Money Power Land Solidairty to support working class journalism /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/24357126

May Flowers 05/23/2022

May Flowers The crew is back on the mic to discuss Jacob Frey's appointment of Tom Hoch to chair the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority board, 40 Billion to Ukraine, Joe Biden having way more bodies than Putin, the new director of Minneapolis Regulatory Services' feelings about encampents, Evictions, Rent Control and our plans for taking a summer sabatical from your podcast feed:) Invest on so we can take things to the next level /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/23194898

Voices from the Educators Strike + Public Education is Not for Sale w/ Macks Hopland 04/04/2022

Voices from the Educators Strike + Public Education is Not for Sale w/ Macks Hopland Today we interview striking Special Education Assistant Macks Hopland about his piece . We talk about the corporate power and ruling class interest behind the scenes in our fight for Minneapolis students and famiiles. We supplement the interview with the voices of striking educatos and students directly from the picket lines. *The MFT strike has since been settlted, we still think there is much to learn from Macks' writing and from the courageous struggle of educators and students, the strike is over but the battle for education is still on and poppin. Subscribe on to help us continue to make class struggle joirnalism and art /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22671830

East Phillips Urban Farm Update w/ Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis 03/28/2022

East Phillips Urban Farm Update w/ Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis On todays show we are joined by Joe Vital and Dean Dovolis to get us caught up to speed on the struggle for the East Phillips Urban Farm. Stay plugged in with EPNI Subscribe to us on for bonus epiosdes Please leave a rating and review on your podcast app to help us reach more ears /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22589687

Circling Back to the Upper Harbor Terminal w/ Kswiftly 03/21/2022

Circling Back to the Upper Harbor Terminal w/ Kswiftly To mark us reaching 100 episodes we are circling back to the development that prompted us to start our podcast: the Upper Harbor Terminal. /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22509437

Confronting the United States War Machine 03/05/2022

Confronting the United States War Machine Reflections on the role of the United States of America in the Russia-Ukraine War. Produced by Isaac Specktor /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22346114

Imperialism, Canadian Style 02/07/2022

Imperialism, Canadian Style On today's episode we look into the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as they prepare for the Spring opening of their Gateway Tower in Minneapolis. Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of Amir Locke. Please support our work on /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22043810

Imperialism, Canadian Style 02/07/2022

Imperialism, Canadian Style On today's episode we look into the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as they prepare for the Spring opening of their Gateway Tower in Minneapolis. Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of Amir Locke. Please support our work on Big shout out to Fayola Jacobs for supporting this episode sharing with us the following /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/22043807

The Minneapolis Police Department Blue Code of Silence w/ Mike Padden 01/11/2022

The Minneapolis Police Department Blue Code of Silence w/ Mike Padden On today's episode we are joined by attorney Mike Padden to discuss his book "The Minneapolis Police Department Blue Code of Silence: The True Story of the Murder of Terrance Franklin". Mr. Padden served as lawyer for the Franklin family and walks us through the evidence of the brutal 2013 MPD murder of Terrance and subsequent cover up. CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains graphic description of police violence Support the Money Power Land Solidarity podcast on /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21737012

January 10th Rent Control Rally 01/06/2022

January 10th Rent Control Rally Join Minneapolis United for Rent Control for an Inauguration Day rally in support of universal rent control Monday, January 10th, 10:45am outside of the main entrance to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Wear a mask and bundle up /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21699560

The Frey- Bender Years 01/04/2022

The Frey- Bender Years On today's episode we evaluate the last 4 years of municipal governance in Minneapolis under the leadership of Jacob Frey and Lisa Bender by looking at their decisions around the MPD budget, housing policy, development and political appointments. Join us on /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21670412

Bulldozing Tents pt. 2 12/10/2021

Bulldozing Tents pt. 2 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. Subscribe on for as little as 2$ a month to hear the entire 2 part episode and more /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21442940

*UNLOCKED* Reflections FTP w/ Luna Zeidner 11/24/2021

*UNLOCKED* Reflections FTP w/ Luna Zeidner 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 learned from this campaign season. Big thanks to Luna for joining us and to all our Patreon subscribes for keeping the show afloat, we couldn't do it without you:) If you appreciate the show please take moment to leave us a rating and review on your podcast app and/or share with a friend and/or subscribe on /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21271769

How St. Paul Won Rent Control w/ Housing Equity Now St. Paul 11/15/2021

How St. Paul Won Rent Control w/ Housing Equity Now St. Paul 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 fight for rent control across the state. Follow HENS at @henstp to join the effort to defend this victory from landlord reaction. Subscribe on so we can continue to bring you radical working class journalism and art /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21162251

CALL TO ACTION: Letters for Montez Lee 11/11/2021

CALL TO ACTION: Letters for Montez Lee 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 by Nov.14th so do it promptly. send letters to muas@riseup.net /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21135725

Beyond Rank Choice Voting w/ Micah Fitch 11/08/2021

Beyond Rank Choice Voting w/ Micah Fitch 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 Municipal elections coming soon as we are fast approaching our 100th episode. Subscribe on Patreon today to help us keep the momentum going! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21081839

2021 Schmitty Council Election Run Down 11/01/2021

2021 Schmitty Council Election Run Down We got the whole crew back together for another 2021 Municipal election conversation, this time we discuss the potential for socialist gains and liberal cooptation while we run down all 13 city council races. Thank you to everyone who helped us get over the 250 patron threshold, next up is 300, subscribe today! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/21003524

Zombie Vote Crawl 10/26/2021

Zombie Vote Crawl Join us Saturday, October 30th at Van Cleve Park for the Robin for Minneapolis Zombie Vote Crawl. Enjoy Music, Food, Prizes for Best Political Zombie Costume and casting your vote early Make Sure You Turn out all your Ward 2 people between now and Election Day to elect Democratic Socialist Robin Wonsley-Worlobah to the Minneapolis City Council /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/20949725

Board of Estimates and Taxation Primer with Josh Martin 10/25/2021

Board of Estimates and Taxation Primer with Josh Martin On today's episode we are joined by professional parlimentarian Josh Martin to get an overview of the Board of Estimates and Taxation, the arm of local government that sets the property tax rate and issues bonds. Before the interview we reflect on the need to go beyond taxing the rich toward a wholistic redistributive agenda to move us from capitalism to socialism. We are only 4 subscribers away from 250 on , join us today! /episode/index/show/moneypowerlandsolidarity/id/20923727

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