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The Indypendent

The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.

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00:56:38

The Indypendent News Hour On WBAI - 99.5 FM 11 July '23

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2023/07/12

In the first part of the show, we speak with Steve Wishnia and Evelyn Jones about retired city workers’ recent legal victory that paves the way for retirees to keep their healthcare. Wishnia is a labor journalist, and Jones Rich is a retired public educator and activist at the forefront of the fight to keep their Medicare coverage. We then talk to Derrick Holmes of Rider’s Alliance, an organization that advocates for improved mass transit in New York, about the fight to make a busway on Fordham

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00:25:13

UPS Teamster Antonio Rosario Talks About How...

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2023/07/12

Amba Guerguerian interviews UPS driver Antonio Rosario about the possibility of a strike on August 1st. They discuss the teamsters and UPS drivers' negotiations with UPS, and the drivers and teamsters willingness to strike if a fair contract is not reached.

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00:10:50

Derrick Holmes of Riders Alliance: Better Bus Service...

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2023/07/12

We talk to Derrick Holmes of Rider’s Alliance, an organization that advocates for improved mass transit in New York, about the fight to make a busway on Fordham Road.

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00:16:19

Steve Wishnia And Evelyn Jones Rich On Retired City...

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2023/07/12

We speak with Steve Wishnia and Evelyn Jones about retired city workers' recent legal victory that paves the way for retirees to keep their healthcare. Wishnia is a labor journalist, and Jones Rich is a retired public educator and activist at the forefront of retirees' fight to keep their Medicare coverage.

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00:17:06

Dr. Jacqueline Echols on the Ongoing Grassroots Push...

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2023/06/28

In this extended version of an interview aired on The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI Jun. 27, we get some exciting updates on the struggle to stop Cop City from Dr. Jacqueline Echols of the South River Watershed Alliance in southern Atlanta, who has been integrally involved in the fight since it began two years ago.

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00:15:55

Journalist Talia Jane On The Rise Of Anti - LGBTQ+...

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2023/06/28

We speak with Talia Jane, an independent journalist who has been closely following the rise in far-right movement that are targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

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00:08:39

Maria Flores Discusses Why Starbucks Doesn't Actually...

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2023/06/28

We speak with Maria Flores of Starbucks Workers United. Flores is a Starbucks barista whose union is challenging their company over its support for Pride, which workers say is hypocritical.

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00:04:49

Indy Reporters Talk to Harlem Voters About the City...

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2023/06/28

Yesterday was Election Day. Primaries were held for a number of local offices including City Council and District Attorney in Queens and The Bronx. The Indypendent’s Owen Schacht and Lydia Wei spoke with voters in Harlem who will be choosing a new City Councilmember in the most closely-watched race of the day. Incumbent socialist Kristen Richardson Jordan dropped out of the race earlier this spring though her name remains on the ballot. Here’s what votes were saying about the three remaining

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00:56:46

The Indypendent News Hour On WBAI - 99.5 FM 27 June '23

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2023/06/28

In the first part of the show, we hear the voices of Harlem voters as well as those of participants in Sunday’s Queer Liberation March. Then we speak with Maria Flores of Starbucks Workers United. Flores is a Starbucks barista whose union is challenging their company over its support for Pride, which workers say is hypocritical. And we speak with Talia Jane, an independent journalist who has been closely following the rise in far-right movement that are targeting the LGBTQ+ community. In the

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00:15:32

Police Critic John Teufel Reveals The NYPD's Broken...

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2023/06/21

We speak with John Teufel, the author of the cover story in this month’s Indypendent that takes a look at the completely broken process for how the NYPD disciplines, or not, officers accused of serious misconduct. John has followed the NYPD closely over the past 20 years; we also talk about the surprise resignation last week of Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

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00:18:34

NY Assembleymember Kristen Gonzalez Discusses the...

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2023/06/21

We get an update on the just-completed state legislative session in Albany from democratic socialist State Senator Kristin Gonzalez. We talk about the Build Public Renewables Act, the New York Power Authority, the failure to pass Good Cause Eviction and more.

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00:11:59

Indy Housing Correspondent Steven Wishnia Explains...

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2023/06/21

We talk about the Rent Guidelines Board which meets today, June 21, to vote on how high rents will be allowed to go up this year and next for New York’s nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants are urging the RGB to scrap proposed rent hikes of as much as 7% and freeze rents or even roll them back.

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01:00:08

The Indypendent News Hour On WBAI - 99.5 FM 20 June '23

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2023/06/21

We talk about the Rent Guidelines Board which meets today, June 21, to vote on how high rents will be allowed to go up this year and next for New York’s nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants are urging the RGB to scrap proposed rent hikes of as much as 7% and freeze rents or even roll them back. Then, we will get an update on the just-completed state legislative session in Albany from democratic socialist State Senator Kristin Gonzalez. We talk about the Build Public Renewables Act,

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00:17:40

Jessica Azulay of Alliance for a Green Economy on The...

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2023/06/14

The only way to stop the climate crisis, or at least slow it down, is with organizing. Here in New York, we have a robust climate justice movement. It has been busy of late trying to put New York at the forefront of a Green New Deal. We speak with Jessica Azulay, executive director of the Alliance for a Green Economy. The Alliance’s goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources to end our state’s

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00:18:45

Ecosexual Pioneers Annie Sprinkle And Beth Stephens...

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2023/06/14

We are joined by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, pioneers in the field of ecosexuality (the earth is a living being and spirit, they say). The ecosexuals will be hosting a four-day symposium in the East Village starting on Thursday, June 15, Exploring the Earth as Lover: Ecosex and the City, the idea is to forage new relationships with the environment, engage in human/ non-human collaboration, critique calcified ideologies, and engage in new sexualities—all through the lens of environmentalism

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00:45:34

The Indypendent News Hour On WBAI - 99.5 FM 13 June '23

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2023/06/14

First segment: The only way to stop the climate crisis, or at least slow it down, is with organizing. Here in New York, we have a robust climate justice movement. It has been busy of late trying to put New York at the forefront of a Green New Deal. We speak with Jessica Azulay, executive director of the Alliance for a Green Economy. The Alliance’s goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources to

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00:16:26

Worker Organizing Committee Gives Updates on NYC...

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2023/06/07

We speak with Sam Fleischman of Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee about the group's expanding efforts to help workers organize labor unions and fight for better pay and working conditions. They recently helped launch the first-ever labor campaign at a standalone pizzeria in NYC.

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00:54:32

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 6 June '23

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2023/06/07

In the first half of The Indy News Hour, we speak with Nerdeen Kiswani of Within Our Lifetime Palestine about right-wing attacks on the CUNY Law School after its commencement speaker denounced Israel as an apartheid state and called on progressives to support the Palestinian cause. She is joined by Mitchel, a former member of the CUNY School of Law Jewish Law Students Association (JALSA). In the second half of the show, we speak with Sam Fleischman of Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee about

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00:30:22

CUNY Law Commencement Speaker Fatima Mohammed Faces...

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2023/06/07

We speak with Nerdeen Kiswani, chair of Within Our Lifetime Palestine about right-wing attacks on the CUNY Law School after its commencement speaker denounced Israel as an apartheid state and called on progressives to support the Palestinian cause. She is joined by Mitchel, a former member of the CUNY School of Law Jewish Law Students Association (JALSA).

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00:09:12

MTA Funds Won/Mass-transit Services Might Improve In...

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2023/05/18

Betsy Plum, executive director of Rider's Alliance, speaks about a hard-won boost in state funding for the MTA that should improve mass transit service in the coming year and what remains to be done.

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