We had reporters Molly Morrow and Yastika Guru out in the field speaking with Lower East Side voters about their ballot selections as they exited their polling places.
In this week's show, Host John Tarleton takes us through an election-night special edition as voters cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries for all statewide offices and all 150 seats in the NY State Assembly. In a heavily Democratic state like New York, the primary is often the race that determines the winner in the general election in November. In this segment we speak with Sumathy Kumar, co-chair of the New York City Chapter of the Democratic Socialist of America, which has emerg...
In this week's show, Host John Tarleton takes us through an election-night special edition as voters cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries for all statewide offices and all 150 seats in the NY State Assembly. In a heavily Democratic state like New York, the primary is often the race that determines the winner in the general election in November. In this segment, we speak with Ana María Archila, Working Families Party nominee for Lt. Governor who some observers think could pull off ...
In this week's show, Host John Tarleton takes us through an election-night special edition as voters cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries for all statewide offices and all 150 seats in the NY State Assembly. In a heavily Democratic state like New York, the primary is often the race that determines the winner in the general election in November. In the first segment, we get an overview on some of the key races and issues from Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette and host of ...
Host John Tarleton takes us through an election-night special edition as voters cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries for all statewide offices and all 150 seats in the NY State Assembly. In a heavily Democratic state like New York, the primary is often the race that determines the winner in the general election in November. We get an overview on some of the key races and issues from Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette and host of Max Politics on WBAI. We’ll also speak with...
On Saturday, as a part of the moral monday movement, tens of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March. We hear from Amba Guerguerian, Indypendent associate editor, who was there and spoke with many participants. She says people are at their wit's end and ready to fight for a democratic system and a redistribution of wealth. We also hear a message from her friend Evan in Cali, Colombia, where the first leftist president was ...
Indypendent Editor in Chief John Tarleton has been closely following some of the latest developments in the first round of Democratic primaries, which will be held on June 28 for all statewide offices and state assembly seats. Early voting is already underway. Tarleton speaks about progressive and socialist candidates that are challenging machine Democrats in a number of key races.
The 53rd annual NYC Pride March will be held this Sunday starting at 12 Noon. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the parade Route which begins at 25th Street and 5th Avenue next and makes its way to 16th Street and 5th Avenue. It will be the first full-scale Pride March held since the Pandemic began. Also on Sunday will be the 4th annual Queer Liberation March which promotes itself as a “cop and corporate free” alternative to the traditional Pride March that honors the radical ...
We focus on the militant, rank-and-file wing of the labor movement which gathered in Chicago this weekend for the annual “Troublemakers” conference sponsored by Labor Notes Magazine. The conference was packed with 4,000 attendees the largest ever in the history of the event. What new plans were hatched, strategies debated and discussed and relationships formed that could blossom into future organizing efforts? New York-based union organizers Wen Zhuang and Eric Dirnbach of the Emergency Workers ...
On Saturday, as a part of the moral monday movement, tens of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March. We hear from Amba Guerguerian, Indypendent associate editor, who was there and spoke with many participants. She says people are at their wit's end and ready to fight for a democratic system and a redistribution of wealth. We also hear a message from her friend Evan in Cali, Colombia, where the first leftist president was ...
We talk about the new city budget that was passed Monday night. The $101 billion Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes full funding for the NYPD but cuts for a number of city agencies most notably the Department of Education while billions of federal stimulus money sit in the city's coffers. We hear from Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton about how budget passing works as well as from education advocates Leonie Haimson and Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, who are infuriated by the austerity budget cuts....
Climate activists hoped that Democratic super-majorities in the NY State Senate and State Assembly could deliver historic legislation that would greatly expand the state of New York’s role in producing renewable energy, create tens of thousands of union jobs and lower rates for consumers. The Build Public Renewables Act did pass the Senate at the end of May but then died in the Assembly without receiving a vote before the legislature adjourned for the year. State Senator Jabari Brisport of Brook...
We start the show in Albany, where climate activists hoped that Democratic super-majorities in the State Senate and State Assembly could deliver historic legislation that would greatly expand the state of New York’s role in producing renewable energy, create tens of thousands of union jobs and lower rates for consumers. The Build Public Renewables Act did pass the Senate at the end of May but then died in the Assembly without receiving a vote before the legislature adjourned for the year. State ...
We are joined by Amazon Labor Union core organizer Connor Spence and lawyer Seth Goldstein: Since winning a union election at the massive JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island in April, the amazon labor union has continued organizing in Staten Island and beyond. They are organizing for a union win in JFK8s three sister warehouses and Amazon warehouses around the country are indicating they want to unionize. But this is no easy fight, and in many ways, an uphill battle. While Amazon continues to pour m...
We are joined by Layan Fuleihan, Education Director at the People’s Forum: On Friday, 10-15 members of a far-right/anti-vaxxer coalition stormed into the People’s Forum, a socialist educational and cultural space on West 37th street. According to members of the People’s forum who were present for the altercation, the NYPD facilitated the barrage by preventing the people’s forum from forcing the occupiers to leave. The protesters remained in the space for over an hour, while staff and guests were...
On this week's Indy News Hour: —Prakash Churaman joins us with his lawyer Jose Nieves: When Churaman was 15 he was was snatched from his home by the NYPD and bullied into making a false murder confession. He would spend 4 years on Rikers awaiting a trial while his peers went to high school and looked to begin building their adult lives. Churaman was convicted and then saw the conviction overturned on appeal but was forced to live under virtual house arrest with an ankle monitor that tracked his ...
Prakash Churaman, who was 15 at the time, was snatched from his home by the NYPD and bullied into making a false murder confession. He would spend 4 years on Rikers awaiting a trial while his peers went to high school and looked to begin building their adult lives. Churaman was convicted and then saw the conviction overturned on appeal but was forced to live under virtual house arrest with an ankle monitor that tracked his every move.. The Queens DA’s office was planning to retry Prakash in the ...
A mini segment with Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton, who has been following New York State’s electoral politics and redistricting. The maps for Congress and State Senate drawn by the Democrats in the state legislature earlier this year were thrown out by the state’s top court and control over the mapmaking landed in the hands of a Republican judge in Stueben County, New York, who in turn appointed a "neutral third party" expert to draw the maps.
We speak with labor organizers Wen Zhuang and Eric Dirnbach, who are trying to speed accelerate worker unionization rates. EWOC is pioneering a new model of labor organizing that fills a huge void left by traditional unions that don’t emphasize organizing unorganized workers. The Indy’s Amba Guerguerian wrote the cover story on the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) after covering various labor battles in the city over the past year.
Sireah McNeill is being denied a lease to her family home after her mother’s passing in February and is determined to rally community support to stop this act of displacement and gentrification in the Historic Clinton Hill community. We speak with McNeill and two organizers from Brooklyn Eviction Defense, a grassroots group of tenants supporting tenants in Brooklyn.
We start with a mini segment with Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton, who has been following New York State’s electoral politics and redistricting. Then: Sireah McNeill is being denied a lease to her family home after her mother’s passing in February and is determined to rally community support to stop this act of displacement and gentrification in the Historic Clinton Hill community. We speak with McNeill and organizers from Brooklyn Eviction Defense, a grassroots group of tenants suppor...
We talk about Cuba, where co-host and Indy Associate Editor Amba Guerguerian just traveled with a brigade of journalists, who were present at the International Workers Day parade in Havana. Guerguerian talks about some notable differences between Cuba and the U.S., how the blockade works, and how sanctions affect nearly all aspects of Cuban life.
To help us better understand the struggle we’re in right now for a woman’s right to control her own body, we're joined by two guests: Melanie MacLennan works as an addiction doctor here for the New York City health system. Until around 2008, she was an abortion doctor and performed abortions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. She was 18 years old when Roe was decided and is furious about what’s happening now. We also hear from journalist and documentary filmmaker Erin She...
To help us better understand the struggle we’re in right now for a woman’s right to control her own body, we're joined by two guests: Melanie MacLennan works as an addiction doctor here for the New York City health system. Until around 2008, she was an abortion doctor and performed abortions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. She was 18 years old when Roe was decided and is furious about what’s happening now. We also hear from journalist and documentary filmmaker Erin She...
Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers talks about his new novel, the resurgence in interest in psychedelics (which he has always been a champion of) and why men should be speaking out just as loudly for a women’s right to choose.
Working-class nurse, tenant organizer and NY State Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest speaks about her first term in office, which includes becoming a mom for the first time just a few months ago. She is one of a wave of young socialist NY legislators elected in the past few years, defeating a 4-term incumbent in 2020 to win Assembly District 57. She is now running for reelection.
On this weeks' Indy News Hour: Working-class nurse, tenant organizer and NY State Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest on her first term in office, which includes becoming a mom for the first time just a few months ago. She is one of a wave of young socialist NY legislators elected in the past few years, defeating a 4-term incumbent in 2020 to win Assembly District 57. She is now running for reelection. Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers talks about his new novel, the resurgence i...
Ana Maria Archila is a longtime immigrant rights leader and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, one of the largest community organizing networks in the country, with 54 affiliate organizations in 32 states and Puerto Rico. She is running for Lt. Gov. in the June 28 Democratic primary with NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams who is running for Governor. The Lt. Governor’s race was blown wide open last week when now-former Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin resigned following his indic...
Nerdeen Kiswani is a is the founder and chair of the NYC-based group, Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, a community organization revitalizing the revolutionary spirit of the Palestinians in exile in pursuit of liberation. Through WOL, Nerdeen has organized around the Palestinian cause nationwide and worldwide, building solidarity with oppressed peoples fighting for liberation. Nerdeen is in her third year at CUNY school of Law, where she is the president of Students for Justice in Pale...
Ana Maria Archila is a longtime immigrant rights leader and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, one of the largest community organizing networks in the country, with 54 affiliate organizations in 32 states and Puerto Rico. She is running for Lt. Gov. in the June 28 Democratic primary with NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams who is running for Governor. The Lt. Governor’s race was blown wide open last week when now-former Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin resigned following his indic...
