First, we go to CUNY, the City University of New York. For the past months it’s been a flashpoint in the battle over campus free speech during a time of war. At Hunter College on the Upper East Side, the campus has been roiled by the administration’s flip-flopping on whether they will allow a film that’s critical of Israel to be shown. And at Baruch College in Lower Manhattan, top officials there canceled a teach-in on Gaza by members of that school’s history department. We are joined by Tami Go...
Dec 08, 2023•55 min
Wayne Gardine was locked up for a crime he didn't commit and has spent 29 years behind bars. He was exonerated on Monday, but ICE is trying to make sure he never sees freedom.
Nov 30, 2023•4 min
Then we speak with radical theater creator Ash Marinaccio about worldwide performances yesterday, including here in New York, of the Gaza Monologues, a non-fiction play that brings to life the voices of the children of Gaza. The play was created by the Palestinian-led Ashtar Theater which led the effort to stage it around the globe.
Nov 30, 2023•18 min
First, we speak with Indy investigative reporter Ted Hamm about Muhammad Aziz, who was falsely convicted in Malcolm X’s 1965 murder and exonerated in 2021. His recent $40 million lawsuit names 19 FBI officials involved in the incident, investigation and cover-up, including former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Nov 30, 2023•12 min
First, we speak with Indy investigative reporter Ted Hamm about Muhammad Aziz, who was falsely convicted in Malcolm X’s 1965 murder and exonerated in 2021. His recent $40 million lawsuit names 19 FBI officials involved in the incident, investigation and cover-up, including former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Then we speak with radical theater creator Ash Marinaccio about worldwide performances yesterday, including here in New York, of the Gaza Monologues, a non-fiction play that brings to life ...
Nov 30, 2023•55 min
Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton joined King Downing on WBAI's Good Morning Nueva York on Monday November 27 to talk about recent coverage in The Indy including stories about the exoneration of two cops in the killing of Kawski Trawick, the filing of a $40 million lawsuit against the FBI by a man who was wrongfully convicted in the assasination of Malcolm X and an article we did on the similarities between South African and Israeli apartheid.
Nov 28, 2023•53 min
We speak with Indypendent columnist John Teufel, author of our “This Month in Eric Adams” column, about Mayor Adams' proposed extreme budget cuts (15%) and the FBI Investigation into potentially-corrupt Turkish contributions to his mayoral campaign.
Nov 22, 2023•20 min
We turn to Hunter College, one of the crown jewels of the City University of New York, where a shocking act of censorship has rocked the campus and underscored the intense crackdown on pro-Palestine speech taking place throughout academia. Last Tuesday, Hunter’s Acting President Ann Kirschner canceled the screening of “Israelism." Tami Gold, professor of film and media studies at Hunter who planned the screening, joins us along with Hunter faculty member Sandor John, and student journalist P. Ca...
Nov 22, 2023•26 min
In the first half of the show, we look at the growing crackdown on pro-Palestine speech at the City University of New York and other campuses in the city. Then we speak with Indypendent columnist John Teufel, author of our “This Month in Eric Adams” column, about Mayor Adams' proposed budget cuts and the FBI Investigation into the funding of his mayoral campaign.
Nov 22, 2023•55 min
On Election Day in New York City, thousands of people made their voices heard on the steps of City Hall. Protestors demanded President Biden and other elected officials to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. They also demanded a free Palestine. The march was organized by the Palestinian-led organization Within Our Lifetime and other community groups in New York City. The Indypendent chatted with various march participants.
Nov 15, 2023•4 min
First, we get an update on the March on Washington for Palestine, as well as hear voices from everyday NYCers talking about Palestine/Israel. Then, in the Bronx, activists are calling out Congressman Ritchie Torres, one of Israel’s most ardent supporters in Congress, for championing genocide in Gaza and for seeming to have forgotten his own constituents who live in the poorest congressional district in the country. We are joined by Sonyi Lopez and Richie Merino from The Bronx Anti-War Coalition ...
Nov 10, 2023•56 min
We interview Ellen Davidson, a longtime contributing editor to The Indypendent, anti-war activist, and Jewish anti-zionist who has traveled multiple times to the West Bank. She is a member of Veterans for Peace, Jews Say No, and the U.S. arm of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition. We ask her about the article she wrote in our November issue titled “What Does it Mean to Call Israel an Apartheid State?”
Nov 09, 2023•24 min
First, we get an update on the March on Washington for Palestine, as well as hear voices from everyday NYCers talking about Palestin/Israel. Then (at 11:28), in the Bronx, activists are calling out Congressman Ritchie Torres, one of Israel’s most ardent supporters in Congress, for championing genocide in Gaza and for seeming to have forgotten his own constituents who live in the poorest congressional district in the country. We are joined by Sonyi Lopez and Richie Merino from The Bronx Anti-War ...
Nov 09, 2023•54 min
We speak with Andrew Tilson, the executive director of the Workers United Film Festival, which kicked off on Friday, about the featured films this year and why he started the fest in the first place.
Nov 01, 2023•7 min
We talk about the resurgent labor movement. The United Auto Workers announced a historic victory Monday in their six-week strike against the Big Three auto companies. We hear from the President of Local 3039 which represents workers at a Stellantis auto parts warehouse in Tappan, NY.
Nov 01, 2023•9 min
We get updates from an on-the-ground reporter in Gaza who we've been following, as well as talk about Palestinian solidarity movements across the globe and take a call from a listener.
Nov 01, 2023•33 min
In the first half of the show, we get updates from an on-the-ground reporter in Gaza who we've been following, as well as talk about Palestinian solidarity movements across the globe and take a call from a listener. In the second half of the show, we talke about the resurgent labor movement. The United Auto Workers announced a historic victory Monday in their six-week strike against the Big Three auto companies. We hear from the President of Local 3039 which represents workers at a Stellantis au...
Nov 01, 2023•56 min
John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian discuss the shocking events in Israel and the Gaza Strip from the past few days and what may lay ahead. There’s a lot to unpack there.
Oct 11, 2023•11 min
We hear from Carl Miller and The Indy’s investigative reporter Ted Hamm. Forty-two years after he was convicted of an infamous murder of a Crown Heights rabbi, Miller is still seeking exoneration from the Brooklyn DA’s office. Hamm wrote about the case and why his conviction should be overturned in the current print edition of The Indypendent.
Oct 11, 2023•15 min
We hear some of the music from the Indigenous People’s Day celebration on Randall’s Island recorded by Indypendent reporters Elias Guerra and Kimberly Izar. Peoples from Hawaii, the Philippines, Nigeria, U.S. and N.Y. tribes, and many others were there.
Oct 11, 2023•4 min
We get to get a perspective from Mexico on the continuing surge of migrants from South America to the United States & on Mayor Adams' recent visit to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia to discourage migrants from journeying north. Our guest, Laura Carlsen, is the director of MIRA: Feminisms and Democracies, A Mexico-City based think tank.
Oct 11, 2023•18 min
In our first segment we get to get a perspective from Mexico on the continuing surge of migrants from South America to the United States & on Mayor Adams' recent visit to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia to discourage migrants from journeying north. Our guest, Laura Carlsen, is the director of MIRA: Feminisms and Democracies, A Mexico-City based think tank. We hear some of the music from the Indigenous People’s Day celebration on Randall’s Island recorded by Indypendent reporters Elias Guerra an...
Oct 11, 2023•55 min
In New York City, subway and bus fares seem to go only one way: Up. But on Sep. 24, the MTA threw those fare hikes in reverse for riders on five of its bus routes. Those routes — one in each borough — are now free for all riders. It’s a six-month pilot project to see if free fares will drive up bus ridership and increase the speed of the buses whose drivers no longer have to collect fares. Then we hear field reports from The Indypendent's Elias Guerra. He spoke with riders on the B60, one of the...
Oct 05, 2023•3 min
On Sep. 24, the MTA threw those fare hikes in reverse for riders on five of its bus routes. Those routes — one in each borough — are now free for all riders. It’s a six-month pilot project to see if free fares will drive up bus ridership and increase the speed of the buses whose drivers no longer have to collect fares. The Indypendent's Elias Guerra. He spoke with riders on the B60, one of the trial lines. Then we speak with State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who represe...
Oct 05, 2023•13 min
Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and the big Hollywood studios reached a tentative contract agreement that ended the screenwriters’ strike after 148 days. We hear from J.T. Allen, who was a WGA strike captain at the Warner Bros. picket line near Los Angeles. Then we spend most of the segment with labor historian Toni Gilpin about the historic autoworkers strike now in its third week with workers out on strike in more than 20 states. Gilpin comes from a proud UAW family and is the aut...
Oct 05, 2023•34 min
First segment: Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and the big Hollywood studios reached a tentative contract agreement that ended the screen writers’ strike after 148 days. We hear from J.T. Allen, who was a WGA strike captain at the Warner Bros. picket line near Los Angeles. Then we speak with labor historian Toni Gilpin about the historic autoworkers strike now in its third week with workers out on strike in more than 20 states. Gilpin comes from a proud UAW family and is the author ...
Oct 05, 2023•57 min
We speak with labor historian Toni Gilpin about the historic autoworkers strike now in its third week with workers out on strike in more than 20 states. Gilpin comes from a proud UAW family and is the author of The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland.
Oct 04, 2023•34 min
The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 3 Oct. ‘23 Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and the big Hollywood studios reached a tentative contract agreement that ended the screen writer’ strike after 148 days. The contract agreement was unanimously approved by the WGA’s executive council and is now being voted on by the union’s 11,000 members. We hear from J.T. Allen, who was a WGA strike captain at the Warner Bros. picket line near Los Angeles.
Oct 04, 2023•4 min
We speak with Hector Oseguera, anti-money laundering specialist and former candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th congressional district, about the corruption and bribery scandal that has engulfed New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez.
Oct 04, 2023•21 min
First we turn to Belleville, Michigan, where President Joe Biden joined striking auto workers outside a General Motors facility. Then we venture across the New York City region from a United Auto Workers picket line in the Hudson Valley, to the corruption scandal that has engulfed New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, and back to New York City where our reporter Keating Zelenke has been speaking with student-loan debtors who face a Sunday, Oct. 1 deadline to resume making their monthly payments af...
Sep 29, 2023•57 min
