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Nov 5 2024: Bob Hennelly and Nick Powers on Independent Media During the Presidential Election by The Indypendent

Last week, Hurricane Oscar devastated the Cuban island destroying over 1000 homes and directly killing at least six people. As a result of the natural disaster, millions of people are still without power and bread rations have been reduced to the size of a bar of soap. Cuba has repeatedly appealed to the international community, and especially the United States to lift the embargo which has strang...

For our next segment, we turn to New York’s 10th congressional district in Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Anti-war activists in that district are running an unorthodox write-in campaign against their incumbent congressman, Dan Goldman, who has been an all-in supporter of Israel’s war on Gaza. Joining us now to talk about this is Nicole Noble of New York-10 Neighbors for Peace, an antiwar g...

While the nation’s eyes are on the White House, New Yorkers have another major election coming up. Early voting has already begun, and on November 5th, New Yorkers will vote on six ballot measures. The first will enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution while the five others would change the City’s charter. While city officials have condemned the measures as attempts to weaken checks...

Queens assembly member and mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani announced his campaign last weekend and for once his first media appearance he tells The Indypendent how he'll address New Yorkers' biggest problems including the affordability crisis.

This special two-hour episode includes guests Mayoral Candidate and Queens Assembly Representative Zohran Mamdani! The show will end with a special live performance from Eli Smith.

We speak with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance about the largest current campaign Uber and Lyft drivers launched against the rideshare companies, which are locking drivers out of the apps for extended periods. We also hear from two of the Nation interns that published “Kamala Harris Does Not Deserve The Nation’s Endorsement."

We speak with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance about the largest current campaign Uber and Lyft drivers launched against the rideshare companies, which are locking drivers out of the apps for extended periods by taking advantage of a legal loophole.

The Nation interns Samaa Khullar and Thomas Birmingham talk about why they published their recent article, "Kamala Harris Does Not Deserve The Nation’s Endorsement."

Ligia Guallpa is the Executive Director of the Workers Justice Project. WJP aims to empower low-wage immigrant workers and build sustainable solutions for them as they contribute to our city. Earlier this year, the organization launched a movement to combat wage theft against undocumented workers. Six local construction companies in the city are being accused of stealing over $114,000 from their e...

Amygdala gives us a glimpse into the world of drag, from how she manages to make it work on a budget and what the night industry COULD do to make it easier.

We look at two cases of hidden labor: our construction workers behind the buildings we sit in, and our cultural workers who create the shows we remember. We’ll be speaking with Ligia Guallpa of the Workers Justice Project about some of their recent initiatives surrounding wage theft against undocumented workers. Later, we will also be speaking with a cultural worker, Drag Queen Amygdala about how...

New Yorkers took to the streets on October 7th to protest the continued genocidal actions of the Israeli government aided by U.S. Zionists.

October 7th 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel and the subsequent genocidal war that has unfolded. The Indypendent reflects on NYC protests of the event and takes listener call-ins.

We’ll be joined by Andrew Tilson, executive director of the Workers Unite Film Festival. This global celebration of labor solidarity kicks off October 18th at Cinema Village and will continue until October 30th with in-person and virtual events. Films range from student and professional projects telling the stories of struggle and activism for a better world.

We’ll get an update from a pair of New York City activists with long-time ties to the labor movement who are canvassing door-to-door for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in swing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan that will determine the outcome of this year’s presidential race.

Two volunteers join us to tell us about their experience canvasing for Kamala in key swing states while in New York City, workers celebrate Starbucks 500th unionized store and the upcoming Workers Film Festival!

The Starbucks Workers Union recently unionized its 500th store nationwide. And then it announced that a dozen more stores had filed to hold union elections including one in Manhattan and another in Brooklyn. We’ll get an update on how this historic union drive is going when we speak with worker-organizer Evan Sunshine.

This week, co-hosts John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco are busy working on the final edits for this month's issue of The Indypendent. Instead of a live show, enjoy some of our favorite interviews from the past few months including a conversation with contributing writer Nicholas Powers about the power of revolutionary cinema, a journalist who specializes in unconvering AI's impact in governmental ele...

Amanda Raker and Bryan Fotino of the Bronstein Tenant Union encourage people to come out September 21st to support tenants in their near decade-long fight with Bronstein Properties LLC.

Co-host John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco are joined by Michael Lange who explains the recent scandals embroiling the Eric Adams administration. Later, union leaders from the Bronstein Tenant Union demand justice from their landlords in Queens.

Sept. 10: Strother School of Radical Attention is Leading the Attention Revolution

Meet two traveling activists – Osama Oliwat and Rotem Levin – who have lived on the frontlines of the conflict for decades and who believe peaceful co-existence with equal rights for all is still possible in Palestine/Israel. Also listen to original NYC Indymedia member Rivka Einy’s latest song “Open Eyes.”

On this week’s edition of The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM, John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco spoke with two traveling peace activists – one Palestinian and one Israeli – who have lived on the frontlines of the conflict for decades and who believe peaceful co-existence with equal rights for all is still possible in Palestine/Israel. We also had a fascinating conversation with two instructor...

Eco-Socialists Call on CUNY, Gov. Hochul to Embrace Potential of NY's Build Public Renewables Act by The Indypendent