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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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00:17:12

Akeem Browder Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton...

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2021/03/24

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian intervew Akeem Browder, the brother of the late Kalief Browder and the founder of the Kalief Browder foundation, about the HALT Solitary Confinement Act which passed with supermajorities in the New York State Legislature. The act will put humane limitations on the use of solitary confinement in New York so that it will no longer fall under definitions of torture.

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00:53:58

Indypendent Radio Hour on WBAI // 23 March 2020

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2021/03/24

John Tarleton, the Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent, and Amba Guerguerian interview: —Glenn Cantave, a participant in a group of hunger strikers who are fasting until a $3.5 billion excluded worker fund is included in the New York state budget. This would ensure excluded workers (undocumented people, the recently incarcerated) with weekly payments on par with the unemployment benefits other workers have received. —Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance, a membership organization of subway and bus

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00:10:19

Danny Pearlstein Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton

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2021/03/24

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian interview Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance, a membership organization of subway and bus riders in New York City, about what it will take to restore NYC's mass transit system and what will be done with the federal aid that the MTA just received.

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00:15:29

Glenn Cantave Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton...

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2021/03/24

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian interview Glenn Cantave, a participant in a group of hunger strikers who are fasting until a $3.5 billion excluded worker fund is included in the New York state budget. This would ensure excluded workers (undocumented people, the recently incarcerated) with weekly payments on par with the unemployment benefits other workers have received.

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00:10:15

Elizabeth Palley Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton...

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2021/03/17

John Tarleton and Julia Thomas interview Elizabeth Palley, a professor at Adelphi University who has written extensively on the policy and politics of child care in the United States. They talk about the American Rescue Plan that Joe Biden signed into law this past Thursday. The $1.9 trillion spending package provides assistance to American reeling from the pandemic that includes new provisions to help poor and middle class families with children.

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00:19:12

Michael Hollingsworth Interviewed on WBAI by John...

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2021/03/17

John Tarleton and Julia Thomas interview Michael Hollingsworth about how Crown Heights residents are organizing to save the Associated Supermarket, a beloved neighborhood grocery store, as it faces a 30-day eviction notice from a luxury real estate developer. Hollingsworth is a candidate for City Council in District 35, one of the districts neighboring the Supermarket and a longtime housing justice advocate and the lead organizer for the Crown Heights Tenant Union.

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00:12:54

Marcela Mitanyes Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton...

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2021/03/17

John Tarleton, and Julia Thomas interview NY Assemblymember Marcela Mitanyes about the latest in Albany re: the multiple recent scandals around Gov. Cuomo and how the wrap up of budget negotiations is going. Mitanyes is part of a coalition of progressive groups from across the state is pushing a package of bills that would raise $50 billion in revenues from the rich to help pay for New York’s recovery from the pandemic and economic crisis.

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00:55:32

Indypendent Radio Hour on WBAI // 16 March 2020

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2021/03/17

John Tarleton, Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent newspaper and co-host Julia Thomas interview: —NY Assemblymember Marcela Mitanyes about the latest in Albany re: the multiple recent scandals around Gov. Cuomo and how the wrap up of budget negotiations is going. Mitanyes is part of a coalition of progressive groups from across the state is pushing a package of bills that would raise $50 billion in revenues from the rich to help pay for New York’s recovery from the pandemic and economic

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00:14:40

Leia-Lee Doran Interviewed on WBAI by the Indypendent

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2021/03/04

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian interview Leia-Lee Doran of the Indypendent about her recent article,"Being Asian American in a Time of Rising Hate Forces Me to Face My Own Divided Feelings." Read the article here: https://indypendent.org/2021/02/being-asian-american-in-a-time-of-rising-hate-forces-me-to-face-my-own-divided-feelings/

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00:10:40

Pete Sikora Interviewed on WBAI by the Indypendent

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2021/03/04

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian interview Pete Sikora, Climate and Inequality Campaigns Director of New York Communities for Change, about Cuomo's attempt to gut a part of the NYC Green New deal that requires big buildings to switch over to clean energy.

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00:19:46

Sarah Lazure and Tiffany King Interviewed on WBAI by...

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2021/03/04

John Tarleton and Amba Guerguerian interview Sarah Lazur and Tiffany King of Crown Heights Tenants Union about the reopening of NYC Housing Court, tenant organizers' push for New York State to pass a cancel rent bill and what it's like to be on rent strike.

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00:55:55

Indypendent Radio Hour on WBAI 02 March 20201

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2021/03/04

John Tarleton, Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent and co-host Amba Guerguerian interview: —Sarah Lazur and Tiffany King of Crown Heights Tenants Union about the reopening of NYC Housing Court, tenant organizers' push for New York State to pass a cancel rent bill and what it's like to be on rent strike. —Pete Sikora, Climate and Inequality Campaigns Director of New York Communities for Change, about Cuomo's attempt to gut a part of the NYC Green New deal that requires big buildings to switch over to

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00:06:18

Reverend Billy Talen Commemorates Lawrence...

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2021/02/25

John Tarleton and Olivia Riggio interview Reverend Billy Talen of the Church of Stop Shopping, a New York City based performance art and gospel choir troupe. Talen commemorates Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the legendary Beatnik poet and publisher, died at his home in San Francisco on February 24th at the age of 101.

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00:09:35

Erin McNeill Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton and...

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2021/02/25

John Tarleton and Olivia Riggio interview Erin McNeill, the founder and president of Media Literacy Now, talks about Cook v. Raimondo. In 2018, a group of students and parents on their behalf filed a class-action lawsuit, Cook v. Raimondo against state officials, namely Governor Gina Raimondo. The Rhode Island suit accuses the state of not providing children with sufficient education to prepare them to participate in democracy, therefore violating the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause.

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00:11:01

Vivia Morgan Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton and...

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2021/02/25

John Tarleton and Olivia Riggio interview Vivia Morgan, a licensed real estate agent, a community board member, and candidate for New York City Council for the nearby 40th district. Vivia started Change.org petition to protect the Associated Supermarket has been evicted and has been given 90 days to vacate. A luxury apartment building would replace the neighborhood supermarket in Crown Heights, leaving a food desert in its place.

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00:16:29

Jack Gross and James Innis Interviewed on WBAI by...

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2021/02/25

John Tarleton and Olivia Riggio interview Jack Gross and James Innis of New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They talk about a broad statewide coalition of progressive groups that is backing the Invest in Our New York Act, which would raise $50 billion in new taxes from the wealthy. The DSA is one member of that coalition and they are doing grassroots canvassing in NYC to expand the campaign.

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The Indypendent Radio Hour on WBAI // 24 Feb 2021

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2021/02/25

John Tarleton, the Editor-in-Chief of the Indypendent newspaper is joined by Olivia Riggio in interviewing: —Jack Gross and James Innis of New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They talk about a broad statewide coalition of progressive groups that is backing the Invest in Our New York Act, which would raise $50 billion in new taxes from the wealthy. The DSA is one member of that coalition and they are doing grassroots canvassing in NYC to expand the campaign. —Vivia Morgan, a

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00:19:15

Peter Rickman Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton

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2021/02/17

John Tarleton interviews Peter Rickman, who was an officer in the grad student union at the University of Wisconsin, playing a key role in organizing the Wisconsin Capitol occupation of 2011. Ten years later, John and Peter reflect on the public sector labor unionists and their supporters taking over the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in protest of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s push to strip Wisconsin public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights.

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00:13:32

Shawné Lee Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton

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2021/02/17

John Tarleton interviews Shawné Lee, daughter of "Mama" Joy Chatel, who lived in and fought to protect the "Truesdell House," a relic of the underground railroad's presence in Brooklyn. After years of community efforts, the Landmarks and Preservation Commission of New York City just announced its plans to confer historic landmark status to the house, also known as 227 Duffield Street and 227 Abolitionist Place.

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00:12:05

Linda Martín Alcoff Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton

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2021/02/17

John Tarleton interviews Linda Martín Alcoff, a professor of philosophy at CUNY’s Hunter College, long-time writer for the Indypendent and the author of numerous books including “The Future of Whiteness” and “Rape and Resistance.” They talk about the Capitol insurrection, a second failed impeachment of Donald Trump and where we go from here.

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