US Out of Africa Committee of WAMM: Socialist News And Views Episode # 86 (9/17/2026)

<p>NEWS + MUSIC + INTERVIEW with Nicholas Tolliver from the new US Out of Africa Committee of W.A.M.M. (Women Against Military Madness: <a href="https://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://womenagainstmilitarymadness.org/</a>). He is also a host of the Death Drive Dialectics YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@deathdrivedialectics/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/@deathdrivedialectics/featured</a></p><p><br></p><p>(You can watch a video of the interview only on the YouTube for Urban Cabin Studios here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZM7HO_zQ6s&t=43s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZM7HO_zQ6s&amp;t=43s</a> )</p><p><br></p><p>----</p><p><br></p><p>NEWS:</p><p><br></p><p>Caretakers clean Alex Pretti memorial site after vandalism (9/11/2026): <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/11/caretakers-clean-alex-pretti-memorial-site-after-vandalism/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/11/caretakers-clean-alex-pretti-memorial-site-after-vandalism/ </a></p><p><br></p><p>East Side businesses say summer of roadwork has slowed recovery after Metro Surge (9/9/2026): <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/st-paul-east-side-arcade-construction-immigrant-businesses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/st-paul-east-side-arcade-construction-immigrant-businesses/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Hennepin County secures grant renewal to expand youth mental health stabilization services (9/13/2026): <a href="https://spokesman-recorder.com/2026/09/13/hennepin-county-youth-mental-health-grant-renewal/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://spokesman-recorder.com/2026/09/13/hennepin-county-youth-mental-health-grant-renewal/ </a></p><p><br></p><p>Twin Cities Labor Report 9/14: <a href="https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-cities-labor-report-914" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-cities-labor-report-914</a></p><p><br></p><p>Federal report finds Rapidan Dam removal will have beneficial effects on Blue Earth River (9/13/2026): <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/13/new-report-finds-rapidan-damn-removal-will-have-beneficial-effects-on-blue-earth-river" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/13/new-report-find