Co-hosts John Tarleton and Ariana Orozco sit down with Kim Fraczek of Sane Energy to discuss the fight against National Grid's price hikes for consumers. Then, Nancy Romer urges CUNY to make sure of NY Power Authority to lower electric costs and save energy. She is joined by Zach Jonas of Public Power NY about how to build coalition for renewable e…

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Kim Fraczek of Sane Energy discusses the fight against National Grid's price hikes for consumers.Av The Indypendent

Arti Thikdor explains why dancers need more protections and how creative fields (amongst others) can unionize now!Av The Indypendent

Revarend Billy and the Choir of Stop Shopping have dropped their latest album "The Sun is a Star That Keeps Me Warm" and opened their door to new migrantsAv The Indypendent

Jesse McLaughlin of the NYC Bird Alliance explains why birds are battling NYPD drones over Rockaway BeachAv The Indypendent

Co-hosts John Tarlelton and Ariana Orozco of The Indypendent speak with Jesse McLaughlin of the NYC Bird Alliance about protecting wildlife from NYPD encroaching on their habitat at Rockaway Beach, an organizer from the Live Arts Workers Union about establishing better working conditons for NYC dancer, and Reverand Billy about exciting happenings a…

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Russell Brandom (Rest of World) on AI-generated misinformation and regulation by The IndypendentAv The Indypendent

This episode of The Indypendent News Hour features guests Russell Brandom discussing emerging AI technology and its impact on politics and culture, Heidi Schlumph on why the Catholic vote is split, and Nicholas Powers on Kamala's path to the White House.Av The Indypendent

Anarchist-activist Marisa Holmes discusses the lessons she wishes people remembered from Occupy Wall Street.Av The Indypendent

Advocates for Local Parks Hayley Gorenburg discusses efforts to save Mount Prospect Park from being cemented over for a skate parkAv The Indypendent

Peter Sterne, editor and reporter at City and State, discusses developments in the NYC mayor race and newly nominated Vice Presidential candidate Tim WalzAv The Indypendent

NYU student-activist and Bangladeshi-American, Adrita Talukder, discusses the protests in Dhaka and why Bangladeshis are celebrating the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh HasiniAv The Indypendent

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.Av The Indypendent

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 activitiesAv The Indypendent

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 seeingAv The Indypendent

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 ParkAv The Indypendent

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 …

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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 workersAv The Indypendent

Claire Valdez explains how she got involved with union organizing and her plans for Queens District 37 including addressing housing costs and low wages.Av The Indypendent

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Danny Pearlstein discusses how congestion pricing can solve some of the MTA's most pressing issues like overcrowding and train delays.Av The Indypendent

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.Av The Indypendent

Journalist Kayta Schwenk follows the money and discovers the connection between auto dealers and Governor Hochul's campaign.Av The Indypendent

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 q…

Indypendent writer Nicholas Powers explains how protests have developed to confront imperialist colonial projects like that in Israel-Palestine.Av The Indypendent

Eon Huntley is mounting a strong challenge to an incumbent Assemblymember in Central Brooklyn.Av The Indypendent

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.Av The Indypendent

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We interview Jonathan Soto, an educator and community activist who is taking on a 10-term incumbent in a northeast Bronx Assembly district that encompasses Coop City. If elected, Soto would be the first Socialist from the Bronx to serve in the state legislature in more than a century.Av The Indypendent

We hear from Leo with Workers Movement for Liberation (previously Mexicanos Unidos) a radical Sunset-Park group that formed during the George Floyd protests four years ago this summer and continues growing and evolving. He updates us on how things have been going at Plaza Proletaria (previously Plaza Tonatiuh) now that it's been pushed out of Sunse…

Updates about the terrorizing scenes unfolding in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost and last standing city where about half the Strip's population currently is sheltering on day 234 of the genocide in Gaza. Israel is targeting areas it designated as "safe zones," makeshift tent camps where fire spreads fast.…

We provide an update on the latest from Rafah, the besieged town in southern Gaza that is the current focal point of the genocide. And we’ll hear from protesters who took to the streets yesterday in response to a massacre there by Israel.We also hear from Leo with Workers Movement for Liberation, previously Mexicanos Unidos, a radical Sunset-Park g…

We speak with Kazembe Balagun, the new executive director at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, about his vision for creating a people’s democratic film culture.Av The Indypendent

An exciting conversation with Lara-Nour Walton who was on the ground during nearly the entirety of the duration of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment there.Av The Indypendent

We speak with our very own Amba Guerguerian about the NYPD's bloody protest-repression tactics at annual Nakba Day demonstrations this year. Many protesters were left injured, illegal arrests were made, and the police department should expect to be sued for its policing on May 15 and 18.Av The Indypendent

We speak with our very own Amba Guerguerian about the NYPD's bloody protest-repression tactics at annual Nakba Day demonstrations this year. Then we hear from Indy reporter and Columbia University student Lara-Nour Walton who was on the ground during nearly the entirety of the duration of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment there. Lastly, we speak with …

Then we speak with Alex Holmstrom-Smith of Red Cosmos Society, which is dedicated to creating and spreading new holiday celebrations and rituals that embody leftist values of solidarity and struggle to create a better world.Av The Indypendent