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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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00:14:15

Ridgewood Tenants Union and Spanish Housing Activists...

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2022/04/14

We speak housing justice with Raquel Namuche, a tenant organizer in Ridgewood, Queens who was arrested on Saturday during a police sweep of unhoused people in her community. Towards the end of the segment, we learn about PAH, a radical Spanish housing-justice group, from a journalist who has covered them and one of their longtime organizers.

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00:21:39

NYS Budget Breakdown with State Senator Jessica Ramos

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2022/04/14

NY legislators approved a $220 billion state budget at the end of last week. The measure included a rollback of bail reform laws passed in 2019 and a $600 million public subsidy for building a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills football team. We speak with State Senator Jessica Ramos, who expressed concerns about the budget. She represents Senate District 13, which encompasses several working-class immigrant communities in Western Queens including Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona.

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01:00:00

India Walton Talks Debt Cancellation on...

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2022/04/13

India Walton electrified the Left last year during her run for Mayor of Buffalo when she almost became the first Socialist to lead a major American city in 60 years. She’s now right in the thick of the movement to push President Biden to cancel $1.7 trillion in student loan debt for 45 million Americans.

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00:32:29

Leaked audio from one of Amazon's union-busting...

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2022/03/30

Leaked audio provided to The Indy of a captive audience meeting on March 23, just two days before the current union election (March 25-30) happening at Amazon warehouse JFK8 on Staten Island. Amazon made sure each employee sat in at least 7 of these union-busting sessions masked as “required trainings,” for which union busters made $3-10K/class, says the Amazon Labor Union. The person who asks the first question is Derrick Palmer, Vice President of Organizing, Amazon Labor Union. If you listen

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00:57:04

Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 29 March 2022

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2022/03/30

The story of the late Kalief Browder helped inspire the movement to dramatically reduce the use of cash bail for people charged with crime. In 2010, Kalief was thrown into Rikers for allegedly stealing a backpack at the age of 16. He refused to take a guilty plea and was held there for 3 years awaiting a trial. His case was eventually dismissed. But, he was so traumatized by his experience at Rikers that he took his own life after he was released. His older brother, Akeem Browder, has committed his

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00:20:22

Paddy Quick Explains Interest Rate Hikes,...

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2022/03/30

The U.S. is experiencing an inflation rate of almost 8%, the highest it’s been in 40 years. The cost of just about everything is going up, up and up. To rein in inflation, the Federal Reserve plans to steadily increase interest rates over the coming year. To help us better understand what the Federal Reserve is, why it’s doing what it’s doing and who the winners and losers, Paddy Quick joins us. Quick is a retired professor of economic at St. Francis College in New York, a member of the Union of

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00:09:16

Ted Hamm Court Updates: A Small Slice of Justice...

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2022/03/30

There’s not a lot of justice in our criminal justice system. And when it does come, it is often years in the making. In 2015, Saul Robles was convicted of killing Alex Santiago during a 20-person brawl that took place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In 2019, an appeals court overturned the conviction finding numerous faults with how the Brooklyn DA’s office handled the case. Earlier this week, the DA’s office finally announced it would not try to retry Robles. The Indypendent’s Ted Hamm has been following

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00:16:53

Akeem Browder Says NO to Kathy Hochul's Criminal...

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2022/03/29

The story of the late Kalief Browder helped inspire the movement to dramatically reduce the use of cash bail for people charged with crime. In 2010, Kalief was thrown into Rikers for allegedly stealing a backpack at the age of 16. He refused to take a guilty plea and was held there for 3 years awaiting a trial. His case was eventually dismissed. But, he was so traumatized by his experience at Rikers that he took his own life after he was released. His older brother, Akeem Browder, has committed his

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00:17:23

Longtime Activist Leslie Cagan is Still Asking for...

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2022/03/16

Longtime peace and justice organizer Leslie Cagan was the coordinator for the June 12, 1982 Rally for Nuclear Disarmament, when upwards of 1 million people marched past the United Nations and then gathered in Central Park to demand an end to the arms race. It remains one of the largest single protest events in U.S. history. Cagan takes us through some of the history of that event and the impact it made at the time. She also helps us think about where we are today with nuclear war again on the

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00:24:36

Sandy Nurse Talks Trash on WBAI with The Indypendent

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2022/03/16

City Councilmember Sandy Nurse has a long history as a radical activist and community organizer in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She was elected to City Council last year and is leading some important battles from her new position as Chair of the Sanitation Committee. She explains how trash in NYC works and whats missing. Among other things, she’s leading the fight to reverse Mayor Adams proposed cuts to the Sanitation Dept budget.

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00:47:52

Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 15 March 2022

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2022/03/16

On this week's radio show with hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian: — In our first segment, we speak with City Councilmember Sandy Nurse. Sandy has a long history as a radical activist and community organizer in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She was elected to City Council last year and is leading some important battles from her new position as Chair of the Sanitation Committee. She explains how trash works in NYC works and whats missing. Among other things, she’s leading the fight to reverse Mayor

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00:15:39

Francesca Fiorentini Interviewed on WBAI by The...

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2022/03/10

We talk with leftist political comic Francesca Fiorentini. She’s the host of the Bitchuation Room podcast which brings together political comics, activists and thinkers. She also appears on The Damage Report on the Young Turks Network and is the host and lead writer for AJ+’s Newsbroke which airs short, entertaining videos that use a light-hearted approach to unpack complex topics such as white fragility in the workplace and the history of socialism in America. She’s done all this while facing the

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00:12:08

Kristen Gonzalez Interviewed on WBAI by The Indypendent

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2022/03/10

Kristen Gonzalez, 26, a socialist from Queens, is running for State Senate. If elected, she will make history as the youngest woman ever elected to the New York State Senate. She’s been off to a fast start since entering the race, with endorsements from the NYC Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party.

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00:15:20

Jen Hernandez Interviewed on WBAI by The Indypendent

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2022/03/10

Jen Hernandez, lead housing organizer with Make the Road New York which is a part of the statewide Housing Justice for All Coalition, gives us an update on the campaign for the Good Cause Eviction Law. She also fills us in on why March could be the decisive month for getting such a law passed in New York in 2022.

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00:57:41

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 8 March 2022

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2022/03/10

On this week's show with hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian: — Jen Hernandez, lead housing organizer with Make the Road New York which is a part of the statewide Housing Justice for All Coalition, gives us an update on the campaign for the Good Cause Eviction Law. She also fills us in on why March could be the decisive month for getting such a law passed in New York in 2022. —Kristen Gonzalez, 26, a socialist from Queens, is running for State Senate. If elected, she will make history as the

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00:16:32

Christina Zawerucha Interviewed on WBAI by The...

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2022/03/03

We hear from Christina Zawerucha about her experiences coming of age in New York’s Ukrainian-American diaspora and how it has shaped her life. She also sings us an amazing freedom song live on air.

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00:15:12

Linda Martín Alcoff Interviewed on WBAI by The...

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2022/03/03

Linda Martin Alcoff, a leading critical race theorist, talks with us about why the Left should stop running from the controversy around critical race theory and see it as an opportunity. She says that pretending CRT isn’t real robs us of the chance to mount a strong defense.

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00:19:39

Emilia Decaudin Interviewed on WBAI by The Indypendent

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2022/03/03

Emilia Decaduin, a trans socialist organizer and Democratic Party District leader in Assembly District 37 in Sunnyside, Queens, talks about the growing backlash to Eric Adams’ appointment of several brazen homophobes to his administration.

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00:57:23

The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI // 1 March 2022

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2022/03/03

On this week's show with hosts John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian: —Emilia Decaduin, a trans socialist organizer and Democratic Party District leader in Assembly District 37 in Sunnyside, Queens, talks about the growing backlash to Eric Adams’ appointment of several brazen homophobes to his administration. —Linda Martin Alcoff, a leading critical race theorist, talks with us about why the Left should stop running from the controversy around critical race theory and see it as an opportunity. She

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00:40:00

Brutality Against Homeless New Yorkers in the Name of...

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2022/02/23

The latest front in Mayor Eric Adams crusade for public safety: New York City’s vast subway system. On Friday, Mayor Adams announced that the city would now be taking a zero tolerance approach to unhoused people in the subway system. Alex Vitale, a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the author of “The End of Policing" talks about the Mayor’s new strategy for policing the homeless and his broader approach to public safety. We also speak with speak with Peter Malvan, who spent 32 years

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