The Indypdent News Hour August 6- Hayley Gorenburg and the Fight to Save Mount Prospect Park
Advocates for Local Parks Hayley Gorenburg discusses efforts to save Mount Prospect Park from being cemented over for a skate park
Aug 12, 2024•9 min
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The Indypdent News Hour August 6- Peter Sterne's perspective on mayor and presidential elections
Peter Sterne, editor and reporter at City and State, discusses developments in the NYC mayor race and newly nominated Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz
Aug 12, 2024•28 min
The Indypendent News Hour August 6-Adrita Talukder discusses the fall of Bangladeshi autocracy
NYU student-activist and Bangladeshi-American, Adrita Talukder, discusses the protests in Dhaka and why Bangladeshis are celebrating the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasini
Aug 12, 2024•14 min
The Indypendent News Hour August 6
Adrita Talukder discusses Bangladeshi protests, Peter Stern gives his thoughts on the mayoral and presidential elections, and Hayley Gorenberg discusses efforts to save Mount Prospect Park.
Aug 12, 2024•58 min
The Indypendent News Hour- Josh Kraushauer and Recreational Socialism
Chair of the NYC-DSA Membership Committee details how to nurture a Socialist movement that can be sustainable for the long haul through softball games, family picnics, book reading clubs and other community building activities
Jul 31, 2024•17 min
The Indypendent News Hour- Rider Alliance Danny Perlstein on the Recent Lawsuits Against Gov. Hochul
Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance talks about a new lawsuit filed last week to reverse Gov. Hochul cancelling of the congestion pricing in Lower Manhattan and the cascading effects we are already seeing
Jul 31, 2024•18 min
The Indypendent News Hour- NYU Student Activist Adrita Talukder Discusses Continued Student Protests
NYU student activist discusses a new round of repressive measures against pro-Palestine speech that NYU administration recently announced and how the logic of the Occupation is being replicated from the West Bank to Washington Square Park
Jul 31, 2024•19 min
The Indypendent News Hour July 30
The Indypendent’s John Tarleton speaks with NYU student activist Anita Talukder about her university’ recent capitulation to lawsuits brought by Zionist students alleging pro-Palestinian protests were anti-semitic and how the logic of the Israeli occupation is spreading to Americna universities like hers. We also speak with Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance about the struggle to revive congestion pricing and with Josh Kraushauer of NYC DSA about how organizing softball leagues, family picn...
Jul 31, 2024•55 min
Nicholas Powers on Why He Thinks Kamala Harris Can Win Big
The Indypendent's Nicholas Powers talks about why he thinks Kamala Harris can win big in November and what she will need to do to navigate the stereotypes of Black women July 24.
Jul 25, 2024•28 min
The Indypendent News Hour July 24
The Indypendent News Hour July 24 by The Indypendent
Jul 25, 2024•59 min
Amba Guerguerian: How the French Left Mobilized Disaffected Voters in Recent Parliamentary Win
Aired July 23
Jul 25, 2024•21 min
Shonita Joshi of NY-10 Neighbors: Protest Against Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech at Capitol Hill
Aired July 23
Jul 25, 2024•6 min
Jonathan Smucker: Building Working Class Power and the Future of Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign
Aired July 16
Jul 25, 2024•59 min
Alex Vitale Discusses Why Liberal Police Reform Failed With Listener Call-Ins
Aired July 9
Jul 25, 2024•37 min
Listeners Call In to Tell Us What Issues They Care About in the 2024 Presidential Race
Aired on July 16
Jul 25, 2024•23 min
The Indypendent News Hour July 16
Aired on WBAI-99.5 FM
Jul 25, 2024•22 min
The Indypendent News Hour July 9
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Jul 25, 2024•53 min
Ted Hamm On Lack of Accountability for Cops Who Murdered Eric Garner 10 Years Later
Aired July 9
Jul 25, 2024•21 min
The Indypendent News Hour July 2
Aired on WBAI-99.5 FM
Jul 23, 2024•57 min
Newly Elected UFT Retiree Chapter Vice Chair Arthur Goldstein Discusses Protecting Medicare Coverage
Newly elected United Federation of Teachers Retiree Vice Chair Arthur Goldstein explains the efforts to the stop the city from stripping healthcare benefits from 250,000 retired NYC workers
Jun 19, 2024•26 min
Claire Valdez "Workers deserve it all" DSA Candidate for Queens Assembly seat
Claire Valdez explains how she got involved with union organizing and her plans for Queens District 37 including addressing housing costs and low wages.
Jun 19, 2024•25 min
The Indypendent News Hour June 18
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Jun 19, 2024•55 min
Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance Warns Hochul's Congestion Pricing Reversal Will Hurt New Yorkers
Danny Pearlstein discusses how congestion pricing can solve some of the MTA's most pressing issues like overcrowding and train delays.
Jun 12, 2024•16 min
State Senator Julia Salazar Responds to Gov. Hochul's 'Irresponsible" Congestion Pricing Decision
Julia Salazar critiques Gov. Hochul's decision to delay congestion pricing. She believes that congestion pricing would help improve MTA service and provide essential services like accessibility.
Jun 12, 2024•17 min
Kayta Schwenk of The Lever Uncovers Hochul's Connections to Auto Dealers
Journalist Kayta Schwenk follows the money and discovers the connection between auto dealers and Governor Hochul's campaign.
Jun 12, 2024•14 min
The Indypendent News Hour June 11
Can Gov. Hochul be compelled to restore congestion pricing? After years of debate and planning, New York City was scheduled on June 30 to implement congestion pricing for cars that enter Manhattan below 60th Street. However, last week Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she was "indefinitely pausing" the plan which would have reduced traffic, improved air quality and pedestrian safety while providing a billion dollars per year in revenue to the MTA for capital spending. On today's show, we speak with so...
Jun 12, 2024•53 min
Nicholas Powers Reflects on Decolonial Protests from Algeria to College Campuses
Indypendent writer Nicholas Powers explains how protests have developed to confront imperialist colonial projects like that in Israel-Palestine.
Jun 12, 2024•13 min
Eon Huntley, DSA Candidate For State Assembly Holds Rally in Bed-Stuy
Eon Huntley is mounting a strong challenge to an incumbent Assemblymember in Central Brooklyn.
Jun 12, 2024•21 min
Kim Fraczek of Sane Energy Urges State Legislature to Pass NY HEAT Act
Kim Frazcek of Sane Energy discusses the fight to keep a corporate polluter out of Greenpoint, Brooklyn as well as the final push in Albany to pass an important piece of environmental legislation before the state legislature adjourns for the year.
Jun 12, 2024•15 min
The Indypendent News Hour June 4
No North Brooklyn Pipeline!
Jun 12, 2024•54 min
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